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| In lugnet.build.microscale, Ross Crawford wrote: download the building instructions>, including a PDF or the .lxf file. (...) Um, there is. eg (URL) I want to know is why don't any of the sets have those new cool 8x8 road plates that were in the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) I agree with you Jeff, These parts are VERY small, paying 5 cents per part for parts that are only a fraction of the size of 2x4 bricks seems rather pricey. And then grouping the designs together.... As a town person, I am disappointed that (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Having a manufacturing background, and having worked a little ops management.. the more SKU's you have, the more associated costs you're going to have (for example--just boxes alone: -more boxes to design and print--adds money to product, (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) It's not a matter of simply adding more numbers to the system. As was pointed out elsewhere, each new product brings added complexity to the system, as well as additional development costs. Designing and printing one box, for example, is (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) I think ones that used fixed burden accounting, yes, but many companies have switched to variable burden, or even Activity Based Costing. I believe the cost that LEGO fears lies elsewhere. FUT trimmed to just lugnet.dear-lego (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Nice catch, John. You figured out what I saw pretty quickly too. Possibly, LEGO will be able to track the submission of an individual copyrighted model design like Nathan's SoL, but you never know. The cat's out of the bag, so we'll have to (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I work for a publisher here in NYC and one of the requirments from our Editor in Chief is 'keeping the sku count low' (number of different books we produce, not quantities of each title that we print). I'm not 100% sure this is the reasoning (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| . (...) How much does it cost to have some more numbers?! Tim (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) OK, so 2 + 2 will give us 5... We have access to the .lxf files, we have access to the means of ordering the sets individually. Basically, what we'll need to do is rip out the individual models we would like and then order them as a single (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I'm 80% sure (guesswise) that the reason is "we don't have enough SKUs"... This seems to me a sign of internal breakage, LEGO needs to fix their systems so they can have more SKUs without it costing them a lot more. (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) I have to agree. While I'm delighted with the idea of the lego factory sets and keen on getting the models that are available, I'm just not liking the prices. I don't make a habit of buying $40, $70, & $130 sets. $15-20 sets are more my speed. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Yes. I agree, and thats not including the fact that they are even more expensive in the UK. The price per piece might not be high but the sets are just too big. If each winner was an indiviudual set I might end up buying most of them over a (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| In lugnet.build.microscale, Jeff Szklennik wrote: -snip- (...) -snip- I'd like to voice agreement with this. Personally, I drop about ~$20 on LEGO every pay day. I don't drop more as I can afford more each pay day, and I dont save up to buy more (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) One thought came to mind as to a "Why"- Star Wars minis. There are still, what, one or two more years left till the Star Wars licence ends? When the Star Wars line does come to an end TLG will have to fill the store shelves with something and (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) I think the size of those PDF files, there should be an indication on the download page so that people on dialup know it's gonna take a while. ROSCO (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) SNIP (...) SNIP This is an example of unwise marketing/pricing on the Lego Co.'s part (IMHO). To make these more widely accessible, the sets should have been sold per individual winner (just the pirate ship, just the Statue of Liberty, etc.) (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Also check out this link: (URL) And most notably, this bit at the bottom of the page: "Experience LEGO Factory Today! Use the LEGO Factory website and Digital Designer to create your own incredible models! Then, coming in August to North (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) (URL) LEGO Factory> has been updated, and there is now pricing on each set. Preorders are available for shipping by August 8th, and descriptions include real names of the winners. The (URL) Airport> set, with 607 pieces, is USD$39.99. The (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for pointing this out. I am really impressed with the sets and like the fact that the individual sets represent more than one designer. I am wondering about price points though. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I wonder what (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Maybe my Toy Fair pics? It was definitely featured at Toy Fair ... (...) I too hope that, and sort of expect that maybe they will, based on nothing more than a hunch and the way they were talking at Toy Fair. (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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