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Re: New Elements on Factory?
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:50:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dave Sterling wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jeramy Spurgeon wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jack Hawk wrote:
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I’m usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just
the past couple of days, it looks like they’ve made some changes to the
train elements:
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--snip--
Anybody else notice that the train baseplates jumped up to $20.00 and
$25.00!!!????
-Jeramy
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I suspect that on these plates and the 16x32 baseplate, someone must have
slipped a decimal point. If they seriously are charging $20 for a train
base...they’re nuts.
-Dave
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For the record, the decimal place is off and this is an error that will be
corrected on Monday. I noticed the level building plate listed at $30.00 and
thought there was an error. I am still concerned about the size of the price
increase. This same plate was only $1.83 before the increase. The price and
new parts were loaded by the IT people in Europe and can only be corrected by
the same people who made the error. This will occur on Monday.
It also appears that the 9V train track and other 9V items are being removed
from the pick a brick program all together. All of the single 9V straight and
curve track that was available was in the old gray. The 9V track can be ordered
via the phone shop at home as replacement parts but the price has increased to
around $2.50 per track. In addition, there are only less than 400 pieces of the
straight track reported in the system.
I honestly expected some kind of warning before the 9V parts were removed from
the inventory. I just ordered about 50 pieces of the straight track and was
notified yesterday that they are on their way. I am hoping that LEGO will
distribute the remaining 9V inventory to the LEGO train Clubs. The delay in
launching the new hybrid line is more than a year away. It is becoming clear
that the new line may be compatible with the 9V line but will not include the 9V
track. The inventory that collectors have may be the last of the line.
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| (...) I suspect that on these plates and the 16x32 baseplate, someone must have slipped a decimal point. If they seriously are charging $20 for a train base...they're nuts. -Dave (16 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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