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| (...) (URL) Here>, I believe, is the first posting about it in OT.Debate. (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (URL) Some postings from that sad day: (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
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| (...) Yeah, there's been a lot of complaining lately, and I'm certainly guilty on that score. However, I believe most of the major complaints are all justifiable, i.e. the color change, click-hinge replacement of fingered hinges, Bionicle parts in (...) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
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| (...) "Sometimes it feels like TLG is deliberately trying to break with the older fanbase" is close enough for me. (...) Excellent news. (...) I worry because by virtue of sharing a hobby there may be some perception of crossover between your views (...) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
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| In lugnet.ambassadors, Timothy Gould wrote:> (...) Hey Tim, I've always noted the change in the style of roof bricks, from the circular pattern to the rougher bumpy style to the hopefully current more-smooth-but-still-bumpy pattern. That never (...) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
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| (...) From what I remember when we last asked that question, the answer was indeed that one - the textured area of slopes is wearing off with time; in particular when molds are cleaned. We'll pass the question again anyway. Jean-Marc (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
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| (...) I think you'll find that there has always been variation in the depth of the texture on slope bricks, it's just that the variation is now greater. I'll hazard a guess and say that TLG are using their molds for longer to save money. If you (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.off-topic.debate) !
| | | | | Re: To No One's Big Surprise...
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| (...) This reminds me of a debate loooong ago on RTL (search LEGOdeath, IIRC) about art. The rub is in the defining of "art". What is art? Because if art is anything, then art is everything, and therefore nothing-- that is, the term is meaningless. (...) (17 years ago, 25-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Exactly? I feel, that art should be something that is admired by "the common" man; and not be reproducible by the commoner. To me, art is something I would not be able to do. I can not paint a Mona Lisa, or carve "The Thinker." That is art. (...) (17 years ago, 25-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Why, exactly, must art represent anything? Dave! (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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