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| | | You know Orion, it may be a dead horse but that certainly doesn't make the problem go away. Keeping it in the forums every once and awhile is a good thing in my opinion. You are not required to agree with me and neither is anyone else. However, I am (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Anne Carasik
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| | | | | (...) Thank you Greg. I agree with you. TLC seems to be avoiding this question, which is really frustrating. -Anne (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Gregory Muri
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| | | | | | Hi Anne, glad there are people out there who feel the same way I do and are not afraid to say so. TLC has made zero effort with regards to the color change issue. Simply posting that garbage about the color pallette and then dropping the issue is (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Anne Carasik
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| | | | | | | (...) Why should I be? I give them money. Since I have a choice on what I pay for, I have a right to open my big mouth and say something :) (...) I couldn't agree more. I couldn't tell you how upset I was about the whole thing. It was enough to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Mark Riley
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| | | | | | | | (...) I think what Greg might have been referring to is the disparaging remarks from some other folks here (who aren't bothered by the color issue) who find it necessary to characterize those who feel otherwise as "whiners" or "complainers". FWIW, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Tanvir Mahtab
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| | | | | | | | (...) I don't mind new colors in new sets. But I do dislike what the changes mean for reissues of old sets. I was looking forward to reissues of sets like 6080 down the line. But even if that happens, it will look less like a light gray building and (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Jeff Reuland
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| | | | | | | Well you can mark an X next to my name and put me on the 'unhappy' list! I like the old grays. Someday people will be buying Lego collections on ebay just to get the old colors......... (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Don Heyse
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| | | | | | (...) Me too. I've resisted buying the new colors, but I just started building a set I got as a gift and a couple of things struck me. I just don't buy the lame focus group / crisper pallette explanation. The implementation is just too hurried and (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Tom Bozzo
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| | | | | | (...) I actually think "lame focus group" is a perfectly good explanation. Focus groups seem to result in plenty of abominations that happen to have tested well -- if not necessarily in a well-designed test. I didn't find the color palette (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —David Schilling
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| | | | | | (...) You know what I think is really funny about all the griping about these new Lego colours? As soon as we find out that TLC *does* change its mind, and returns to the old colours, (and understand I'm not saying that they have or will!) everyone (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | (...) I wonder if most Lego fans aren't truly happy unless they have something to complain about.... Cheers Richie (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Paulo Renato
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| | | | | | | | (...) Richie, You're speaking for yourself right? There a lot of people here that are talking for theirselfs but trying to input that on others. And at least, there are two on this tread already. Doesn't seem very reasonable to me. I think we should (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Paulo Renato
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| | | | | | | David, You make good points in your post. 1. This one is not: (...) As for me (and i think for a lot of people) you are *very* wrong. Are you saying we just want a color or a part because it is rare? Not me. I don't care if a part is rare, i care if (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) Sure. New colors are good. What's bad is getting rid of *key* old ones. (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | | (...) You're right, you have the right to complain but as a reply to this particular thread I feel it was inappropriate and rude. In my opinion, if you want to add more to what must be 500+ posts, start you own thread. -Orion (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Mark Riley
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| | | | | | | (...) Inappropriate? Naw, if TLC's management and policies are getting revaluated, then I can't think of a more opportune moment to remind TLC that some of us AFOLs still haven't "gotten over it". Mark (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Aaron Muhl
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| | | | | | | (...) particular (...) to add (...) Orion, This is an open forum where people can discuss ideas, and share their opinions. No one has personally attacked Jake. I don't feel opinion sharing is rude at all. In fact, even though I don't agree with you (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Gregory Muri
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| | | | | | | First off, there is nothing at all rude about me posting in this topic. This is exactly where a viewpoint, such as mine, should be made. Lego made a public posting and I chose this as my response. For the level of frustration and disgust I have (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Paulo Renato
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| | | | | | (...) Orion, I find Gregory's post *very* appropriate. I really can't understand what makes you so upset. Color change is not a closed subject and, it seems for me that we (the people who are bothered about it) have here a good opportunity to reopen (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: The sky is *not* falling —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Agreed. Sorry, Orion, I can't appreciate a sarcastic tone belittling what for the large-scale builders is an *extremely* serious issue. You may not find it so, but trust me, if you own 500lb. of dark grey, it is *very* serious indeed, so I (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego)
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