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In lugnet.lego, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: Gary, I agree with a lot of your post, but there are a few things that I wanted to comment on: (...) Well, yes, as long as the two shades are old gray and old dark gray. Basically, while I agree that people (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Lego still sells the old gray. They still sell bulk packs. Aren't you buying them? (...) Wrong. The factory is not intended to ease your color-change pain, and no one (including Jake) is trying to pretend it is. It is possibly the start of a (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well you believe it will help the community, and obviously so do some others. But just as obviously, there's a significant part of the community that disagrees. They could be wrong. Equally, you could be wrong. More likely it's somewhere in (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) *waves away the soap bubbles* You know what's even older than complaining, Gene? It's complaining about complainers - especially if the complainers do have pefectly valid points of concern. Your observations at WalMart indicate you have at (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego) !
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(...) Good to know. I was watching for them to show up, but now I think I won't bother. The Walgreens sale is consistently offering a buy two get one sale that has the Lego at a penny per piece. 8.99 for 400 doesn't cut the mustard. If anyone does (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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My local Kmart had a pile of these on the shelf today, or at least they had a set that I believe to be these. It was a small blue bucket with 200 pieces + 200 bonus pieces on it. Seemed to be very similar to the Walgreen's set as far as the standard (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Terry, I understand where you are coming from. And your message was received with good intentions. But by bringing it up over and over again, the message gets lost. This was not the first time TLG made a major change. They did it twice before. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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I am a lurker (and have been for some six years), sadly. Partly due to time to respond, partlt due to wanting to build, not gripe. I appreciate your words - they were made before I could get off my rear and post my own. I have only been a follower (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I think you don't get it. It's about the attitude of LEGO towards its clients, me, you, every AFOL and children. The Color change is more than just a color issue, but even if it was, it's still too big to get over it easily. (...) Then go buy (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi there Do you know if there are any plans to expand shop@home to more countries? And if its planned to open up for shipping to norway? regards (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Steve, I agree with you on the Technic argument. I personally haven't liked Town since the 1970's, but others don't see it that way. Around 1980 I started to build MOCs. Granted a lot of AFOL's prefer to build mostly what the company comes out (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) That's fine, but the bricks I used were all from the period 1970-1980, as they were put away when I began my 20 year dark age in 1981, and I have since always kept them separate from my new bricks. I actually picked out the bricks that looked (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Jake, Would that be a small blue bucket which states it contains 200 pieces + 200 bonus pieces? JB (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Thanks for speaking up for the silent majority. (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) [Snip - quality issues] (...) I can imagine, that a wild mix of used bricks from 196x till nineties have different clutch forces and similar tolerance spread as the plates now. But if you took only bricks of one colour and type out of one type (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hi Ben, while those stacks look bad, I don't see any stacks of older plates beside them to compare. I stacked my older bricks and found much variation, I would be interested to see your findings. A lot of people say LEGO tolerances have become (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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Thank you for addressing this. I was similarly irritated while reading some of the responses to the universal color list. And was motivated to write a rude response to some of the negative comments, but I knew that would not solve anything. I feel (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Hello there First off, AMEN! And offcourse, thank you for taking this up. I think that the problems are the people whining about lego are the general direction they've taken the last couple of years, and see where it goes. Off course TLC will have (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Mike, I didn't even think of that,but,yes,it would make more sense. Thank you. (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: Snip (...) Ok Jake, I am ready for serious discussion on the "blays". Let's change them back. You have my vote. Whom inside the executive management do we need to convince? ;-) Played well. Ben (22 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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