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If you need the letter translated into danish I'll be willing to help you out. Just email it to me, ok? (22 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that sounds easy. But keep in mind Pitsco sells the Mindstorms set with RoboLab software. And, looking around at Lego.com, you can find LEGO's own text-based programming language, Mindscript, available for download. Most AFoLs seem to use (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sorry that I gave you a wrong impression. One important point is that I am very straightforward - When I consider something to be a mistake, I say so. Because the worst thing to do with a mistake is to ignore it in the hope it might just go (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Has it been a year already? wow. I've been away for a long time. I totally avoided the color battle because I didn't want to get upset. Just recently, I returned to buying large amounts of LEGO elements for those "spring cleaning" boxes. I (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) "Gee, dad, that new LEGO set looks like it would be a lot of fun to play with! Can I have it?" "It does look fun, but you may not have it because the grey bricks are slightly bluer than they used to be. Sorry." -Greg (22 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hi there, I understand this situation... love it or hate it... the colours I'd like changed back, light/dark grey and brown, also minifigs to be as they are known and loved 'yellow'. For me that represented something different, no-one is (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Since it's Christmas time I think of that joke: Q. What do toy trains and a womens chest have in common? A. They're originally for the children, but it's the fathers who end up playing with them. With that in mind I wonder if Lego is going the way (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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"Steve Hassenplug" <steve@teamhassenplug.org> schreef in bericht news:I7ouDv.1LGG@lugnet.com... (...) cool (...) the (...) but (...) your (...) least (...) some (...) spend (...) Hassenplug, (...) Programming environment sounds easy to me: You get (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.lego, William R. Ward wrote: snip (...) The (URL) numbers> (25%-30% drop in sales since 2002) don't support your conclusion that TLC is in touch with their market. That can't be blamed entirely on the color change, but does anyone here (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Bravo, and amen to that! A post like this is worth a spotlight anytime in my book. (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Touche, bravo, and well-said. onedaycnn (sid) (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) This rather sounds like a "someone hand me a brain please" plea. The level of ignorance is truly astonishing. I'm always wondering what's going on in the minds of I'm-not-at-all-bothe...nge-thingy people. They should make Teunis their (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Did you just compare the Catholic Church and the Protestant Revolution to Lego and the color change? Are you the same guy who runs around on Slashdot and compares college kids being busted for pirating music to the civil rights movement of the (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) If you insist on going at this, why don't you do a petition from a more representative group of LEGO's customers, namely parents? (And they can sign on behalf of their children if you want, as you probably don't want to be "using" children for (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't confuse not getting everything you want and them not being concerned with you. It's impossible to please everyone (including themselves), so they have to make tough decisions. It doesn't mean they're not concerned with the people those (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) And you have evidence from inside the company that the net result of all the pros and cons of this change shows that this decision was a poor one? KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Matthew please cry me a river. I know Arizona needs more water. Give me a break. We are still talking about the changes that Lego has done. I thought we were all over this. However I guess the memo never got to you. If you don't want to build (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I got 4 buckets - they had green and orange 2x2 corner slopes! (one each) Old slope - Exploriens pattern 2x3 low slope that was last in a Space Accessory pack. I also like the white 3x4 low slopes (2), green 2x2 low slope apex (2), white 1x2 (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) My area K-Marts have priced them at $9.99. Deals at CVS with BOGOF, and the Walgreens boxes are much better. Usually when WalMart had the small tubs like this, they priced them low and watched them fly off the shelves by nine in the morning. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) OK. If someone manages to write up a petition, I'll see to have it translated in German for the next larger AFOL event over here (Frechen, January 8th and 9th), and round up some people to get it signed (Which should not be a problem at all, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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