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Subject: 
Re: TLG and "Seeding"
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Thu, 1 Mar 2001 14:04:43 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) writes:
> > > To help make the experience better for kids of all ages, we have inserted
> > > certain color changes into the sets to make this easier.
> > 
> > LOL...Yeah, right.  Who do they think they're fooling?  Why feed us garbage
> > answers like this?  Does TLC think we're all a bunch of idiots?  We're not
> > good enough for a completely candid answer?  :-/  :-/  :-/  sigh...
> 
> Actually, what I meant was...  Who does this particular quoted marketing
> and/or PR person think they're fooling?  Does this particular LEGO employee
> think LEGO fans are idiots?  Why else the stock answer?
> 
> --Todd (not implying that spotter bricks don't make building easier)

Thanks for clearing this up.

I would tend to agree that using the spotter brick explanation to explain
the wacky color changes on the *outside* of a lot of recent sets (e.g. the
Imperial Shuttle(tm), what's wrong with either white or gray??? why some of
each??) is a bit of an evasion.

++Lar



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  Re: TLG and "Seeding"
 
(...) Help me out: was that last bit straight or ironic? Steve (26 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: TLG and "Seeding"
 
(...) Actually, what I meant was... Who does this particular quoted marketing and/or PR person think they're fooling? Does this particular LEGO employee think LEGO fans are idiots? Why else the stock answer? --Todd (not implying that spotter bricks (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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