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Re: New Knight's Kingdom Prices
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:36:06 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Laswell wrote:
> ... but labor is probably at the heart of it. Many American
> companies have resorted to transfering their production to China and/or
> third-world countries because the reduced labor costs more than compensate for
> the increased transportation costs, and yet their products still usually cost
> more than they did 20 years ago. The LEGO Company has, until now, kept their
> production confined to Denmark and Switzerland ...
While primarily correct, there have been several examples of TLC farming out
some items to China (PRC). The ones I have noticed are: Galidor action figures,
The recent McD's promos and (IIRC) the Bionicles from the previous cycle with
McD's. I think part of this is due to items that did not need to meet TLC's
standards or had to have a low cost point, but they may be testing the waters.
Ray
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| (...) Huh. Interesting. I'd never noticed that, but indeed the package says that the parts were made in China. It reminds me of my two Craftsman adjustable wrenches that were also made in China (they're 2" wrenches that were made for use as (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm never sure whether to be amused or aggravated when I see people griping about how much more LEGO sets cost now than they did when they were growing up. The one simple answer that noone seems to figure out is "inflation". Think about it. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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