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Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct)
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Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:56:46 GMT
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Roy Wood <roy@centricsystems.ca> wrote in message
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> Okay, I've been bitten by the castle bug. :-)
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> Enough rambling for now. Hopefully Brad will read this and be able to
> do something.
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> -Roy
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
$20.00, you could get a taste of a theme and lots of bricks to boot. I
would think that a 500-600 piece bucket with lots of gray, dark gray basic
bricks, castle wall sections, arches, and arched windows, and 2-4 minifigs
could be done for $19.99-$24.99. I see the Pod bucket for SW as a good
first step (even though I did not buy one and probably won't) towards more
theme buckets. Time will tell.
Tim
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