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Re: Impact of New Colours -- 1 year later [Was: Deathstar]
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Tue, 8 Mar 2005 05:41:53 GMT
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At 09:55 PM 26/02/2005, you wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > 
> > I am curious how the rest of you have reacted to the colour change. Have
> > your buying habits changed? Is this what you would have predicted? (But
> > please don't rehash the arguments about the colour change -- you can read
> > all the old postings on the  LUGnet archives if you feel the need to
> > maintain your rage).
> 
> 
> I've bought less Lego in the last year, but then that's mainly due to buying a
> (non-Lego) house.
> 
> What it comes down to is that I don't yet regard bley parts as an incentive to
> buy a set, but they're not a disincentive - e.g. I have bought 4508 Titan XP
> (and would like another) for non-bley parts, but I haven't bought any of 4492
> MINI Star Destroyer as it's only bley.
> 
> When I start bullding with bley[1], I will start buying for bley - and
> that will
> be when I run out of classic grey. That won't happen for a while yet, but
> seeing
> as I rarely take MOCs apart it'll probably happen...
> 
> No, what worries me most about bley is that there won't be enough MUGS members
> willing to go partsies[2] in sets that contain it!

Disturbing as it is I have taken a few bley parts in partsies, in fact I'm
even building in Dk Bley.

Shocking.  and I found I need (yes, need) the parts from 2 mini Start
Destroyers (3 x 12 wings mostly, but the dk bley elements shall prove useful)

Leg Godt

Travis Matheson



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  Re: Impact of New Colours -- 1 year later [Was: Deathstar]
 
(...) I've bought less Lego in the last year, but then that's mainly due to buying a (non-Lego) house. What it comes down to is that I don't yet regard bley parts as an incentive to buy a set, but they're not a disincentive - e.g. I have bought 4508 (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.au)

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