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My set buying days are over. I will not buy any 2004 or later sets until
such time as the grey and brown colors are changed back to their original
versions (which I expect will be never). I believe that if Lego as a
company would make such poor business decisions then they deserve every bit
of financial hardship that comes their way. The color changes are only one
of the many decisions I am referring to. I do feel sorry for the every day
workers at Lego. As is typical in a corporate environment, they are the
ones that suffer from pathetic upper management decisions.
From the end of 2003 going forward, I will limit my Lego purchases to
Bricklink and Ebay for the most part. I will work to find older sets that I
did not buy or that were available during my lengthy dark age. I am sure
that my spending on Lego as a product will be reduced to almost nothing
compared to the last 2.5 years since I re-discovered how much I enjoy it. I
suppose I will go back to one of my other hobbies that fell to the wayside
when I started buying Lego. :(
One seriously disappointed and disgusted ABS junkie,
Greg
"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELETE-TO-REPLY@apotome.com> wrote in message
news:HuJAMp.1KI7@lugnet.com...
> I know the whole 'new colors' topic has been done again and again, but I • was
> thinking today about the way it has affected my recent buying decisions. • I was
> wondering if other people had been affected to the same degree.
>
> To be fair, I did buy one set that includes the new colors. I wanted to • see
> them first hand, compare them and then use that as a basis for future • buying
> decisions.
>
> So far the decision has been to not buy any other new sets. As much as I • love
> the Star Wars minis, I have passed on the 3rd series completely. As much • as I
> really love things like the Make & Create sets (4406, 4407) I have passed • on
> them, with the exception of the 4408 that I bought as the trial noted • above.
>
> So what _have_ I been buying recently? Well, I've gone back and bought • LEGO on
> eBay for the first time in more than 8 months. I've bought some sets from • last
> year (and older) at places ranging from a nearby independent LEGO outlet • store
> to a local grocery store and even a pharmacy. And I've placed a couple of
> Bricklink orders which most definitely contained the old grey color.
>
> At the moment I don't see this trend changing much. True, there are some • great
> things coming down the pipe. I'm jazzed about the X-Pods and a couple of • the
> yet-to-be-released Designer Sets, but I'm still just not sure how much • I'll want
> to invest in any of them that come with the new colors. Whereas I bought • at
> least one of nearly all the first series of Designer Sets I'm thinking • I'll be
> more picky from now on. Less money spent on new sets, more money directed • to
> the secondary market.
>
> Are other people in the same boat? Has the color change truly affected • your
> buying decisions/patterns? (By that I mean not just your attitude, but • the
> actual way in which you are spending your dollars.) Are there people who • have
> learned to love the new colors and are therefore buying the same number or • more
> of new sets than before?
>
> I'm just curious how this change is going to play out where it really • matters
> most... at the cash register.
>
> Best regards,
> Allan B.
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