Bumping Up Against My Afol Roots
There are times when my new job bumps up against years of being an AFOL. Today was one of those times, for a couple of reasons.
I'm currently working on what'll go onto BIONICLE.com and BIONICLEstory.com for 2008, and I just finished a design comp for BIONICLEstory. At the bottom is the legal disclaimer, of course, which I had to type in in Photoshop. So I started typing in the "standard" disclaimer, which I know by heart, having typed it into so many fan sites over the last half-dozen years.
It wasn't until I was adding the red LEGO logo that it dawned on me I was using the wrong disclaimer. The fan sites need to use one that says LEGO doesn't support or endorse the site, etc. etc. But of course BIONICLEstory.com is for LEGO. So I had to go find the right one to use.
It was very weird.
Another thing that happened today made my fan-driven eyes light up, but contrasted with my LEGO employee eyes. My office is right in the middle of BIONICLE central, and there's a small book case right in front of my desk. It's the first thing you see when you come into the area. Frequently, the latest designs are put there for temporary display. This morning, several new containers for next year's products were on the top, all lined up nice and pretty. It took several seconds to remember that I couldn't take a picture... years of dedicated LEGO product scouting and reporting wrestled with my webmaster position, but only for a few moments. Still, it was a struggle.
Didn't help I'm jetlagged today, too.
I'm not entirely certain I'm supposed to even say this much, and I'll certainly not answer any questions about the products, but I'm going to take a chance and post this. Worst that can happen is I get a wrist slap. But I don't think that'll happen.
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