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I just purchased 4776 from Toys R Us, and it has the same problem - the shields are simply black rather then printed like it shows on the box. I did buy the smaller Knight and Squire set at the same time. The shield in that set is printed. Thus, I'd (...) (22 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Mebbe this isn't the appropriate group for the letter?
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I'm guessing it would be better to post updates to the letter in lugnet.color? Admins or those in the know please let me know. Until then I will only post updates in lugnet.color as that seems the best place to me. Dave (22 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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(...) Hello Arne, I have to politely disagree with you. If what I am thinking is correct, you are seeing what appears to be grey parts in the #218 (2x4 bricks), #219 (2x3 bricks), #220 (2x2 bricks), #221 (1x2 bricks), #222 (1x1 bricks) #223 (1x1 (...) (22 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Next draft of the letter. I think it's coming together well!
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Hey all, After reading the responses to my last draft and the other threads on this board, I've lengthened the letter quite a bit, taking into the excellent suggestions offered, especially Mark Jordan's excellent list, of which I've incorporated (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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(...) Ooo, do you have inventories for these sets? (hint, hint!) Stuff that's pre-70's in Peeron isn't terribly complete... (even pre-80's is sketchy for some stuff) Actually, I guess Peeron even accepts "partial" inventories if you know a few (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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(...) Normal grey bricks like 2x2, 2x3, and 2x4 were available in abundance in 1960/61 in expansion sets like 218, 219 and 220. Also, as far as I know, grey plates were used in 1957 in set 323, Train. Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
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(...) Hey Scott, Everthing you wrote is correct except for this: (...) If you look at the Snowspeeder set you will also see that Luke and Dack are yellow. Thats because the Snowspeeder was in the last wave of sets to have yellow minifigs - along (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I do think that #3 is an important issue. Might be convinging as well. Maybe if you add that that 'nightmare' is due to the similarity of the colors (and you have to compare them consistently if you don't wanna mix them up), the more room/bins (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) GREAT post! You sure summarized pretty well my feelings. Well said! Best regards, Paulo-Renato (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey Dave, Peeron is wrong on some of the 60's dates for grey. In 1963 (Christmas 1962 to be accurate) grey plates in 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 and strange as it may seem 8x11 came into production. These early ones were Cellulose Acetate. They (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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By focusing on general sentiments of disappointment and broken promises, the (f)actual disadvantages of the color change were left out. Please make clear in the letter, that on a very practical level there are many ways in which both AFOLS *and* TLG (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Oops, wrong link... (URL) Yeah, grey *brick* was really uncommon until around 1984 when the castle (...) Cross between bored and curious I guess :) Once I realized how to do it rather quickly, it was pretty easy... Though admittedly writing a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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(...) Parents (and, in theory, kids) are also on LUGNET. Nothing at all prevents an AFOL from writing a letter that emphasizes the parental perspective more than the AFOL perspective (if at all). An AFOL-parent has the advantage that they can be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
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(...) I didn't say profit was their only principle, I said it was a primary one. A company doesn't make changes just because they think it's an improvement. That improvement has to cut costs or increase revenue (via increased customer satisfaction (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) as making very late appearances... (...) Yeah, the earliest grey bricks I got were in classic space set 894 Tracking Station in 1979 (a 2x4 and a bunch of 1x1,2,3). (...) Yup! Must've been bored! ;] Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Your comments above are excellent. Short, concise, and sums it up. I like 4 through 6 the best. #3 is probably the least convincing statement of the 6 IMO, but is still true. If we wrap it around why "Lego should care" about AFOL (some (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
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(...) TLC is what it is today (for better and worse) by having more than just profit as a guiding principle. I am sure they made the change because they seriously believed it was an improvement, and I don't see how the change conflicts with their (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Leave the parent and kid letters up to the parents and kids. (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty #3450 Status
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(...) Yah, I saw that 'Limited Quantities' in a recent catalog and was hoping to grab a few more (love that color!) after the holidays. They were showing as sold out on NA S@H this past weekend though. Maybe the MOA has some...<sneaks off> I know I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Wow! That may not be the most eloquent, but it sure gets the point across. I'm tempted to change all instances of "AFOL" above to "me/I" and print that out and send it in! -Bryan (22 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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