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(...) Amen. And that is all I have to say. (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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(...) When LEGO Factory was announced I can't say how excited I was - I saw it as such a breath of fresh air. Creativity. Design by design. Community building.. Then this post comes to remind me of the Dark Side of AFOL-dom. Some of youse guys is (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Coincidentally, that was almost exactly 1 year ago! Anyhow, I think Jake does a great job of dealing with us sensitive AFOLs. He always manages to maintain his professionalism even when things are directed towards him personally (when it's not (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) While we're not all rah-rah "We Love The Lego Community!" up here (well, not most of us) we're defintely supportive of what Jake and Lego have done for us. I agree with Dave--let's be thankful for what HAS been done for us (which has been a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) It really seems like that's your issue with Jake. Just the fact that he didn't warn the community about the color change. Was there anything else? Now, I don't know what happened at the time. Looks like Jake made his first post on the issue on (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Terry, stop saying 'we' as if you are talking for other people than yourself! You are certainly not talking for us (The Isaksson family)!!! (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well Hasbro had one for Transformers, but had to "call it quit" after a while: (URL) don't know any detail but transfans are about the most immature bunch so that is not surprising. (...) I agree. (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi Jake: In the past you've been commendably willing to address my concerns directly, despite the particular role that I fill here on LUGNET. I can't really address any of Terry's comments, but I wanted to offer a few points that I think might (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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(...) In other words, they are not locked - if TLC wants to change their colors, I doubt that "discussion" with AFOLs would change their mind (although I would love to see 3 of these locked colors change). However, thanks Jake for venturing back to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Not nearly enough of them!!! JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well, not to belittle Ross' building ability (heck, it's way better than mine even though I'm probably much older than he is), but how many teenagers have access to the motherload of parts that Ross has access to?! :) -Bryan (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(snip a lot of crap) (...) Wow, I didn't think you could stoop any lower in my opinion. Thanks for proving me wrong. It's been fun. -Tim (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Everyone at Lego including Jake works hard and diligently to bring us the best products in the world - new lightup minifigs and all. Thanks Jake. I finally see that my work IS being recognized by the TLC! Very gratifying.... I'm glad I was (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Instead of "link", after a post like this, "filter" seems more correct. -Tom McD. (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Terry Prosper wrote: I just think a real AFOL would be better suited (...) If you had ever met Jake you wouldn't be saying this. The way you've been acting, I'm starting to think the "A" in your AFOL means something other than (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I've met Ross, he's a great kid. The standing joke in the GMLTC is every time we see his Dad displaying some of of Ross's work we ask "Does his mother build with Lego?", feigning that there's no way he could have gotten than talent from his (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) These names don't match the names on the above web site. I'm guessing the names are actually the Bricklink names. Is this right? Here are the entries from (URL) that I think are correct: | Bricklink | Peeron | LDraw | Lego Name | | Name & Num (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) brother, whom John forces to sleep in a small bed to preserve the illusion of youth. I conclude this logically, because *I* certainly wasn't producing stuff like Ross' when I was his alleged age. Dave! (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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I really don't think the drop in sales had anything to do with the color change, and if you do, you're not being honest with yourself. LEGO didn't publicize the color change, either positively or negatively, to the consumer-at-large (AFOLs don't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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