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Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:06:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Allan Johansen wrote:
> In my experience, Pick-a-Brick, and by extension the LEGO Factory, are
> crazily expensive compared to Bricklink. When I build a model in LDD I
> usually end up buying the bricks through Bricklink, thus cutting the price
> in half...
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> But perhaps it’s just me having a love for the wrong bricks...?
That's exactly it. If you're looking for black 2x4 bricks, the market is
flooded with them, so BL prices have settled pretty low (and the rarer parts in
a given set help offset those low prices so that sellers will still find it
worth parting those sets out). If, however, they were to offer up red monorail
motor covers, I doubt they'd run $20 apiece through the LEGO Factory, where on
BL they'll get bought up within minutes at that price.
Bricklink prices vary based on a combination of supply and demand, where LEGO
Factory prices go mostly by how much it costs to make them. I mean, it's not an
exact cost-to-price thing, or else black parts would cost noticably less than
just about any other color, but they'd probably take a loss on certain parts if
they tried to undercut BL prices.
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| (...) I didn’t say that they should stop selling the normal sets. I just asked for an additional service above and beyond that... But of course you have a point regarding the need for profit. Perhaps such an offer should be available only to certain (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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