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Re: 10152 Update
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lugnet.lego
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Sun, 19 Dec 2004 06:11:18 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, John Neal wrote:
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Perhaps, but that still doesn’t change the fact that TLC is purposefully
breaking their word. And unnecessarily so. Why not use the extra Maersk
blue pellets for a run of GP38 locos? Or trucks? Why willfully produce more
of a set that they promised would never be produced again?
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Um, because their big and important customer asked them to do so, and paid for
the pellets specifically to produce this particular set, not so you, John Neal
can have your fantasy GP38s in a color scheme never seen on a GP38 in the
wild(and then complain that they have new grey in them)?
Sure, I’d rather have 1633 as I already said. Or a redesign of 10152 that uses
more sizes of bricks and plates to achieve the same model, even, so I can build
a wider selection of things with the parts in it... but that isn’t what is on
offer.
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Why willfully produce more of a set that they promised would never be
produced again?
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I’m not remembering this part the same as you.
They said they weren’t going to have the pellets again to produce anything in
Maersk Blue because they had no plans to buy more, and that this set would use
up the last of what they had. How does that translate into a promise never to
produce any again? Pellets just rained from the sky that they did not expect to
have. That changes everything.
Yes, I agree. It sure is bad form to do what a big customer wants you to do and
is willing to pay for when you are losing money and have idle production
capacity you’re not sure what to do with! Why make easy money when there are
rabid AFOLs to keep happy (neglecting that *nothing* you can or will do will
make some of them happy)? How silly!
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What’s worse, they may cancel the run of dark blue that (at their request!)
AFOLs voted upon???
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There you have my agreement. I think LEGO SHOULD run this set again in another
color.
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And the whole thing is so unnecessary!
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Lost me again.
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Somebody at TLC had better think this one through better because the whole
plan stinks.
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Ya, that doing what big customers ask you to do and pay for you to do is madness
all right.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Hi, very poor try of irony, Larry, you normaly write better ones ;-) To make a serious theme out of this: It's for sure a good deal for TLC when Mearsk wanted them to re-release the ship. But that they now decided to make the same model again (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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| (...) Irrelevant. TLC made a promise. They are willfully breaking that promise. (...) Perhaps, but that still doesn't change the fact that TLC is purposefully breaking their word. And unnecessarily so. Why not use the extra Maersk blue pellets for a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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