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Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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Date: 
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:05:06 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Steve Dunn wrote:

The problem is they now make some pieces in only one colour !
I don't want blue axle pins.
the 8440 had red axels, tops
the space shuttel had white axles, awesome.
now they only come in black (for even) and grey (for odd).
what would the spacies think if TLG made left wings black and right wings grey ?

Your absolutely right, I've noticed this, it hasn't become a problem yet, but I
haven't been building much lately. These small parts will really stand out if
they're the wrong colour. Lego should only mould these invaluable parts in
neutral colors so they dont look out of place. Black and grey can be added to
most mocs without looking out of place but blue pins on a yellow excavator could
look terrible.

I must say i agree "the range is going down the crapper", the jcb didn't overly
inpress me and this year.

I have seven, but the later six we're going cheap, and I'll even buy studless
sets to get 10 pnumatic cylinders and related parts.


there is a bionicle air plane !

Sacrilige!

Steve



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  Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
 
Steve, iv'e got your back man. I remember walking into a lego shop (in sydney) when i was a kid and purchacing the most obscure pieces, ie, the 2x1 tap peice required to build the distributor on the 8860. service packs don't have the bits i want. I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)

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