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Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:31:21 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Brian Lanning writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > That error actually showed the wrong piece whereas the other errors we've
> > > mentioned have been in color and nomenclature. Although we would argue that
> > > the low slope apex brick is the wrong brick, it can be used (in most cases) • in
> > > place of the medium slope brick.
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> > Not really, for starters it can ruin the "uniform" look of a roof and
> > secondly, as Eric mentioned, with the absense of corner-peaks in low slopes,
> > one cannot make a 90 degree turn in the roof.
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> Well, what I meant was that although we would call it the wrong piece and
> certainly complain, a child may not since they're less likely to make a
> complicated roof. It's still a roof apex brick, even if it's the wrong one.
> And maybe that wasn't enough of an error for them to justify the time for the
> fix. (see my other response)
To really play the devil's advocate, who says its has to be a "roof" apex
brick? Is it really a brick per se if it has no studs? And the term "medium"
can applied because of a few reasons, not the least of which, is the
comparative slope angle to other sloped pieces.
> > So if they truly thought these are the train windows we asked
> > for - they obviously don't know what they're talking about, and
> > didn't "research" the matter enough.
Lack of research is more likely. And indifference as well.
> Or maybe they chose that name since that's the most identifiable use of that
> brick lately. Maybe they're assuming that people will be drawing on their
> experience with late model sets when asking the reps for pieces rather than
> drawing on a five or ten year history and a thourough knowledge of the history
> of lego products.
IMO, most likely. Consider that building with Lego is a way of life for us
(for me since 1970), but not necessarily for those that have worked there for
a year or two.
> We call a train window a train window because that's how we
> remember it. <snip> And who's to say that this
> window isn't also a train window? It was used in a train, right? I'm playing
> the devil's advocate here, but I can see why they may not want to call that
> piece the "offical" name as we've so named it. Still, if this is a train
> window then what do you call a real train window. :-)
While we'd like to think that our favorite company would do things with 100%
consistency, it's just not the case. It's clearly not unrealistic to hear some
manager or supervisor that has something to do with this say to some
inquisitive employee, "Well.. we're using these for train windows now. What of
it? As long as we put up the picture with it, who cares?"
I was surprised that they put element terms at all. Even with the accessories
packages of today and yesterday, the labels rarely get more descriptive
than "Space elements" or "window pieces", and sometimes no label at all, just
a number and a picture (and of course the price).
-Tom McD.
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| In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom McDonald writes: <snip> (...) A dangerous attitude if they don't get the picture right. :-) (...) I bet, in the end, the names will be dropped. We have a naming convention that works well... in english. I'd hate to have to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) in (...) Well, what I meant was that although we would call it the wrong piece and certainly complain, a child may not since they're less likely to make a complicated roof. It's still a roof apex brick, even if it's the wrong one. And maybe (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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