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There are a few weird things going on in this group:
- The curved track comes in twos. So if you put one curve in your model, you will have to buy two. That’s why there are only 5 curves pictured in the model.
- The train wheels are coming up “Not Available”, so I don’t have a price for them. Any model containing the wheels also shows up as “Not Available” - see this ‘Passenger Car’.
- The switch point lots say they contain 40 pieces. I don’t know why - they’re 10 pieces in LDD.
As always, parts are in lots of 10 and prices are in USD.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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There are a few weird things going on in this group:
- The curved track comes in twos. So if you put one curve in your model, you will have to buy two. That’s why there are only 5 curves pictured in the model.
- The train wheels are coming up “Not Available”, so I don’t have a price for them. Any model containing the wheels also shows up as “Not Available” - see this ‘Passenger Car’.
- The switch point lots say they contain 40 pieces. I don’t know why - they’re 10 pieces in LDD.
As always, parts are in lots of 10 and prices are in USD.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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The prices are just plain odd and high. A pair of switches is 27.99, but one is
22.96? AND you need to buy in lots of ten? Straight track is 12.99 for a box of
eight, but 19.99 for a lot of ten? I could buy one motor for 24.99 under your
old system, but now need to buy 10 of them for 349.90? Geez TLC, do you think
that you might be pricing yourself out of the market/causing your new product to
fail?
Compare this to an ordinary train set from a hobby seller:
http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/6-31990.html
Doug
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First of all Train Wheels are available again, It looks like $1.24 per set.
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Doug Foreman wrote:
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The prices are just plain odd and high. A pair of switches is 27.99, but one
is 22.96? AND you need to buy in lots of ten? Straight track is 12.99 for a
box of eight, but 19.99 for a lot of ten? I could buy one motor for 24.99
under your old system, but now need to buy 10 of them for 349.90? Geez TLC,
do you think that you might be pricing yourself out of the market/causing
your new product to fail?
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First you don’t have to buy in lots of 10, that is just how Mark set it up.
Second the prices are extravagent and I have not been able to determine why
using my contacts as an Ambassador.
This is why we are asking folks to NOT include motors in the SNVT Build-a-Train
contest. We will tell folks how to buy them separately using S@H.
If I ever do get an answer to the price differances I will forward them on.
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Compare this to an ordinary train set from a hobby seller:
http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/6-31990.html
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Personally I don’t see that as a valid comparison. LEGO Trains are
significantly different. When you buy a Lionel train what you see is what you
get. When you buy a LEGO Train you are buying an infinite number of possible
trains. Part of what you pay for with LEGO is the flexibility and the “System”.
If those are things you arn’t looking for then the Lionel Train is probably
better for you. A small premium to get the extra qualities a LEGO Train brings
is perfectly OK to me. My problem is having 2 semi-connected LEGO systems
selling the same part for significantly different prices.
-Eric
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--SNIP--
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Second the prices are extravagent and I have not been able to determine why
using my contacts as an Ambassador.
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I have a thought... what if these are the new prices for 9V. Shipping through
factory would be a good way for Lego to sell 9V trains (there are some potential
problems with confusion between systems but it could be made to work) but with
9V being turned into a hobby system it makes sense for Lego to raise the price
on the items to keep it viable.
Just a theory but not an impossible one I think.
Tim
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Timothy Gould wrote:
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--SNIP--
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Second the prices are extravagent and I have not been able to determine why
using my contacts as an Ambassador.
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I have a thought... what if these are the new prices for 9V. Shipping through
factory would be a good way for Lego to sell 9V trains (there are some
potential problems with confusion between systems but it could be made to
work) but with 9V being turned into a hobby system it makes sense for Lego to
raise the price on the items to keep it viable.
Just a theory but not an impossible one I think.
Tim
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Yeah I had thought the same thing as well. The problem at the moment is that
the same product is currently available through S@H for a lot less. Now if LF
Becomes the only source for 9v parts then I guess I couldn’t complain to much as
long as the 9v system were still available.
Actually the increase for straight and curved track I could probably live with
if I had to. The increase for motors and switches needs a bit of explaining
before I go blindly accepting it.
-Eric
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On 5/22/06, Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > --SNIP--
> > > Second the prices are extravagent and I have not been able to determine why
> > > using my contacts as an Ambassador.
> >
> > I have a thought... what if these are the new prices for 9V. Shipping
> > through
> > factory would be a good way for Lego to sell 9V trains (there are some
> > potential problems with confusion between systems but it could be made to
> > work) but with 9V being turned into a hobby system it makes sense for Lego
> > to
> > raise the price on the items to keep it viable.
> >
> > Just a theory but not an impossible one I think.
> >
> > Tim
>
> Yeah I had thought the same thing as well. The problem at the moment is that
> the same product is currently available through S@H for a lot less. Now if LF
> Becomes the only source for 9v parts then I guess I couldn't complain to much
> as
> long as the 9v system were still available.
>
> Actually the increase for straight and curved track I could probably live with
> if I had to. The increase for motors and switches needs a bit of explaining
> before I go blindly accepting it.
I would expect that the track available through Factory would not
continue to be powered rail once the new train system is launched.
Kids buying the new IR controlled trains at TRU would expect the same
kind of all-plastic track from Lego too.
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Doug Foreman wrote:
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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There are a few weird things going on in this group:
- The curved track comes in twos. So if you put one curve in your model, you will have to buy two. That’s why there are only 5 curves pictured in the model.
- The train wheels are coming up “Not Available”, so I don’t have a price for them. Any model containing the wheels also shows up as “Not Available” - see this ‘Passenger Car’.
- The switch point lots say they contain 40 pieces. I don’t know why - they’re 10 pieces in LDD.
As always, parts are in lots of 10 and prices are in USD.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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The prices are just plain odd and high. A pair of switches is 27.99, but one
is 22.96? AND you need to buy in lots of ten? Straight track is 12.99 for a
box of eight, but 19.99 for a lot of ten? I could buy one motor for 24.99
under your old system, but now need to buy 10 of them for 349.90? Geez TLC,
do you think that you might be pricing yourself out of the market/causing
your new product to fail?
Compare this to an ordinary train set from a hobby seller:
http://www.digitalgiftstore.com/6-31990.html
Doug
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As Eric noted, you don’t have
to buy LEGO Factory parts in lots of 10. The intent of LEGO Factory is for
people to design models in LDD, and buy the whole model. I put together these
“models” to figure out how much each part costs, and so that people who can’t or
won’t use LDD could still buy the parts.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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