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Bulk Direct
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:23:46 GMT
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Okay, I've been bitten by the castle bug. :-)
Now, as has been pointed out here in the past, it's pretty hard to lay
your hands on large quantities of grey bricks cheaply. Anyone have any
comments to the contrary on that?
Lego's bulk-direct sales service is an amazing step forward in this
regard (thank you Brad et al!), and I'm eager to see what is in store
for this service in the future. I hope it's successful enough that the
offerings will be greatly expanded.
Continuing on that thought, does anyone have any comments on the
likelihood of Lego ever offering something that caters to the castle
maniac? Something on the order of the 1200 piece tubs with dark grey,
light grey, black bricks, arches, a few minifigs would be mind-blowing.
I just don't know if there's a large enough market to make something
like that worthwhile for Lego.
And has anyone ever pursued the possibilities of having Lego fill a
special bulk order from a ragtag group of Lego enthusiasts? There seems
to be enough interest around here to put together an order for several
hundred thousand bricks. I just don't know if Lego would be interested
in doing that (i.e. if it makes sense business-wise for them).
Enough rambling for now. Hopefully Brad will read this and be able to
do something.
-Roy
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct)
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| Roy Wood <roy@centricsystems.ca> wrote in message news:1001016140839-r...tems.ca... (...) Roy: Welcome to Castle! It is pretty easy to be bitten by that "bug"! IMHO, theme buckets would be huge, not only among AFOLs but also with parents. At (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Bulk Direct
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| (...) We'll forgive you anyways <grin,duck,run> (...) Sorry, unless you scope out garage sales or have a relative strapped for cash. (...) We are all waiting to see. (...) It would be nice to see more Theme-based tubs and buckets. (...) I do not (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Bulk Direct
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| (...) I mention this with caution, as, even among purists who cut, paint, and sand their LEGO bricks, the very mention of clones is verboten, but the MegaBloks ProBuilder Series USS Kittyhawk retails for about $50 and includes over 600 2x4 grey (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Bulk Direct
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| (...) DEAREST LEGO, If I made a LEGO CASTLE bucket/tub it(they) would contain 500-1200 pieces and be assorted in Black, Light Grey, Dark Grey, Brown, Tan, Green, Blue and Red. Special parts might be varied arches, windows, wooden doors, gates, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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