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Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:40:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Darrell Urbien wrote:
   Just bounced this off the Head of the Architecture Department (heh, that sounds funny), and he’s pretty jazzed about the concept. Anyone hazard a guess as to what 5% royalties for 6 months might actually turn out to be? Or is $100 a good guess?

Say (conservatively) these are placed in 1,000 retail outlets worldwide (include S@H as one)

Each sells 5 sets per week.

Since these are micro, with a small piece count around 100-150, estimate price at about $10

Designer earns 5% of each sale.

.05 (royalty) x $10 (each) x 5 (per store per week) x 1,000 (stores) * 26 (weeks) = $65,000

That’s a VERY conservative estimate. I expect it would make a great college fund.

Kelly



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  Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
 
(...) I believe the site says 5% of net profit, not retail cost. And I doubt most outlets will carry these items. Mat (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)

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(...) LPRIZE, anyone? :) As far as my students, it'll probably be a case of them designing in whatever package they want (even, gasp, REAL LEGO) and then one or two of them figuring out how to make the design over again in LDD for contest upload. I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)

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