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Subject:	Re: Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead tothe 8466 4x4 off-roader
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:32:45 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson wrote: > That set has been, IMHO, (next to the 8431 Crane Truck re-issue) the best > "really big" technic set in recent years (mindstorms doesnt count as technic) Others may not agree, since S@H has had to put it on 50% clearance twice to clear out inventory. I too think it is a great parts set, except... > The 8466 has so many good attributes: > 1.a fair few studded beams, including the (exclusive to that set) l-shaped > studded beam (its like 2 1x4 beams joined at right angles) > 2.good specialist parts (like the 4x4 suspension parts for example) > 3.a really cool color (LEGO, please make more parts in Metalic Green) You're the first person I've seen that likes the pea soup puke green. There's a reason why those panels don't sell well on Bricklink. The color is hideous. It was hideous when it started showing on real cars in the 70s, and it's still hideous today (yet OEMs still occasionally sell a car in that nastly shade). I would bet that if they had used silver or dark silver in place of the puke green, the set would have sold better. I know *I* have more puke green panels than I know what to do with, so the spray paint is probably going to have to come out to make them at all useful to me. -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs

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		Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
(...) The only thing that would make those parts useful to me would be a Lego recycling machine set on beam. (Is it possible to recycle worn Lego?) I think people would much sooner have the 8880 which had a much superior 4x4 mechanism and could be (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead tothe 8466 4x4 off-roader
(...) Okay, he's the first to PUBICLY say he likes the color. I'll be the second. Any new colors that aren't derivitives of Tan are welcomed be myself and many others. Bring on more metallic colors-we'll keep using them. They key to using these (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead tothe 8466 4x4 off-roader
"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3EAFFAAC.C448F1...faq.com... (...) There's a (...) hideous. It (...) still (...) shade). (...) puke (...) panels (...) to come (...) I'm with you there! The color sucks and yes, going (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
That set has been, IMHO, (next to the 8431 Crane Truck re-issue) the best "really big" technic set in recent years (mindstorms doesnt count as technic) The 8466 has so many good attributes: 1.a fair few studded beams, including the (exclusive to (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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