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Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:29:45 GMT
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--SNIP--
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Yeah, but the Super Chief had 3x more pieces than the 10157.
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Which I would think helps my argument, not yours.
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Per piece, the
Super Chief comes in at 9.17 cents per piece, while the High Speed Locomotive
comes in at 17.73.
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Which might represent a higher profit margin for Lego. Either way I doubt your
typical kid (or their parents) looks at the price per piece.
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Beyond the savings in not designing a new mold for every
new engine, using normal bricks makes it much more likely that those pieces
are already in production for use in other sets - just run off a few thousand
more.
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Well the prodction doesn’t quite work like that from what I’ve gathered but the
moulding would be an added cost I agree.
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And according to TLC, the target market for the Super Chief is “10+”, while
the 10157 is “7+”.
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And considering that children start leaving toys for gadgets at about 13
represents twice the time to sell to people.
Tim
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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| (...) Only if the Super Chief was three times as expensive, which it wasn't. Real bricks mean more value for the dollar than molded super-pieces. (...) I have no idea what effect price per piece means for TLC's bottom line. They seem to go to either (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Thoughts on Spy Photos of New Trains
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| (...) Yeah, but the Super Chief had 3x more pieces than the 10157. Per piece, the Super Chief comes in at 9.17 cents per piece, while the High Speed Locomotive comes in at 17.73. Beyond the savings in not designing a new mold for every new engine, (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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