 | | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
In lugnet.lego, Terry Prosper wrote: <snip> (...) Terry doesn't speak for me. After reading the newsgroups here at LUGNET, and attending BF, as well as checking out other websites/venues regarding our chosen hobby, and partaking in many discussions (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
(...) Wow what a load! It hurt my head trying to figure out what you typed Terry. I had to read it twice to figure it out, once to get past the poor grammar and spelling, then again to try and put together what you were actually saying...after all (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
I very rarely post to these threads as they are not directly building related, but.... Not really going to spend time refuting Terry's opinion. It's is own and despite whether I agree or disagree with it, I doubt we'll change either other's take by (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
(...) Your message has been sanitized. Please resume building activities. Ed (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
(...) snip (...) I know that you don't want to hear that it wasn't Jake's fault... but that wasn't Jake's fault. He was just as blindsided by the color change as the rest of us, and so were most of TLC's employees. Some of them still don't know (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
(...) Who the heck are you to be giving Jake "chances to redeem himself"? You've got a lot of brass, I'd say, to be coming off the way you do. (...) I'll give you this part. (...) Adult? I have my doubts. Especially when you put up an entire post (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
Hello! (...) Well, I can only speak for myself. The year is eleven months old and I can count on two hands how many new sets I have bought. No multiple copies of one and the same set, either. What I bought, however, are old-grey and old-brown parts (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
(...) Yea! More new colours! More shades of pinkish violet-green, 'cause the kids love them! This list, however universal it is deemed now, still has some drawbacks. The main problem I see is with these ugly new greys, which are on the list, and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
(...) The colour we usually call "tan" ist "Brick Yellow", Lego colour No. 5. I ordered some pieces once, and we had some difficulties matching the colours from Lego Speech to The Real World, but we managed by examining some sets, the lady from the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
(...) Terry, until you said that, I was saying to myself "Well he's entitled to his opinion". But to say Jake is not a real AFOL is laughable. Just search through his Lugnet messages - you'll find many posted before he even joined LEGO, on so many (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
|
|
(...) Oh well, I tried. I honestly tried to give it a chance, but seriously, how could I take this whole thing seriously after a post like this? I complain about the way The LEGO Company treats us and all you answer back is that you are working (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: LDD v.1.3 Launches; well, not on MY computer
|
|
(...) I've had problems with the shortcuts as well. You can create a new one by browsing to the C:\Program Files\LEGO Software\LEGO Digital Designer\ folder, right-clicking on designer.exe, and selecting "Send To..." followed by "Desktop (Create (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
(...) With all due respect I don't think the color change had much if any real effect on sales. I am no LEGO appologist, actually the change bothers me more and more as time passes but I don't have the time or desire to waist time complaining about (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: LDD v.1.3 Launches; well, not on MY computer
|
|
In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: SNIP I've apparently installed LDD brickmaster on my computer, but double clicking th icon does not launch the program. installing it was a pain too. are there known bugs, or can someon else help? i'm also posting (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: One last Spring Cleaning set
|
|
(...) Hmm, I wonder if the newly purchased stores by Sears will have these as well. It was also anounced today the Kmart is buying out Sears, but plans to rename all the existing stores under the Sears brand name. Mat (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
(...) Dang. You're right. Thanks James, sarcasm it is definitely! But wouldn't you agree on how ironic the whole situation is? How set sale numbers of LEGO dropped like a stone, despite the wonderful new colors? Well, I suppose bad Knight's Kingdom (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
(...) That's sarcasm, not irony. (22 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
Hi Jake, could you please ask your colleagues to provide lego numbers? I couldn't decode few of the colors on the LEGO list... (...) I assume color 5, Brick Yellow (Tan in Peeron terminology) (...) Nougat, color 18, looks totally improbable to me. I (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | One last Spring Cleaning set
|
|
D'oh! I completely forgot to post this yesterday (the first day I had clearance to post). On or around 25 November, there will be one last Spring Cleaning set hitting K-Mart. I'm not actually sure of the details, but just that it's coming. Jake --- (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
|
| |
| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
|
|
(...) Good to have the info. Can't quite seem to find out how to get Peeron to cross reference between the Lego name and "our" name however. I was trying to figure out if what we call tan is on the "keepers" list. JB (22 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
|
