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Re: S@H on line pick a brick
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:32:19 GMT
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flournoy@post.harvard&NoMoreSpam&.edu
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> I don't recall seeing this anywhere. Looks like through factory, you can=
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> buy bricks w/o making a creation.=20
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> <http://shop.lego.com/department.asp?d=3D18&t=3D7>
I bet they noticed that a large number of customers were using the
Factory this way, and figured this was more efficient.
I myself bought a couple of the engineer minifig "model" that someone
had posted, and the tiny 4 part bag came packaged in a cigar-box-sized
box with the customized label on it. It was amazingly wasteful,
especially considering that it only cost me something like $1.20. I
bet/hope this pick-a-brick will bring their overhead down.
--Raymond Flournoy
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flournoy@post.harvard.edu "Because, of course, a man with an
flournoy@yahoo-inc.com obsession is a man who has very little
sales-resistance." -- C. S. Lewis
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 | | Re: S@H on line pick a brick
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| (...) Wasteful indeed. I bought 20 copies of Tim Goulds dark red wall (about 112 dark red 1x2 bricks in each). Each time I also rec'd bunch of factory boxes. (which went right into the recycle bin). Interestingly, I ordered these 10 at a time, and (...) (18 years ago, 4-Oct-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: S@H on line pick a brick
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| (...) A great quote for this thread! I am always partial to the wisdom of Lewis (one of Ireland's greats ; ) God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 9-Oct-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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