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Subject:	Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:42:39 GMT
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"John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Hpn49t.pD3@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] > > Kate: The bulk order has been exactly this. In LEGOland the answer to this > question will also be, that we cannot dispatch what we don´t have. [ ... snipped ... ] > > Oooohhhhhh..... The possibility to order pieces in truly large • quantities. > Bricks by the thousands or even tens of thousands. > > This would be so amazingly cool! > > JohnG, GMLTC This caught my eye as well and it appears to validate a rumor I heard a while back. The rumor I heard was S@H Europe is offering bulk orders for any element which LEGO currently has in production. From what I understand it is a fixed price per piece (not by weight like LEGOLand parks sell elements or by the cup like PaB) and the price is reasonable. I dismissed this as a pipe dream when I heard it until I read the transcript of the chat. So LEGO - inquiring minds want to know! Can we really order any production element in bulk? How much? How do we do it? Is this a Europe only offering? If so, why? How does one find out what is in production? Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot

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		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
(...) There is this really big piece of land/island stuck out in the middle of the ocean... somewhere... out there... who would also like to be able to even get anything like this, available to them... Btw, that land is called 'Australia'... anyone (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
(...) As one of the Europeans that monitor the s@h-site each day. I'd like to know the answers too. (Hint: It's not availible at this time AFAIK. And yes, it would be a dream!) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
Hi Mike (...) We spoke not about _any_ bulk order, but about _the_ bulk order we planned 8 month ago and which isn't finished so far. It's some kind of testing it, so we're still waiting for simplier possibilities to order in bulk too. But as Kate (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)

		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
(...) In reply Yes you can order bricks from Lego Direct Europe. The price is set at per brick and not by weight, and I was quoted 7 to 10 pence per brick so it is still cheaper to buy them through pick a brick or S@H. I didn't put and order in. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
(...) As I read through this very interesting thread, a thought struck me which I haven't yet seen here; If TLC is prepared to enter into a bulk purchasing scheme yet is retiscent about dealing with orders from all over the place, why not enter into (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
(...) Hi Mike, as given in the other answers: there has been a one-time-test-order, which is not finished so far. The (not really all) available parts have been listed in this message on the 1000steine-board. The prices are higher than PaB, partly (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
(...) Yes, Thank You, Volker! This is one part of the chat I find very interesting: ===...=== Q: LEGOLAND model makers order parts from Billund in bulk, they just fax/email they need a K8 full of this or that and they get it. Granted they have to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)

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