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In lugnet.castle, Roy Wood writes:
> Okay, I've been bitten by the castle bug. :-)
We'll forgive you anyways <grin,duck,run>
> 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?
Sorry, unless you scope out garage sales or have a relative strapped for cash.
> 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.
We are all waiting to see.
> 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.
It would be nice to see more Theme-based tubs and buckets.
> 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).
I do not know.
> Enough rambling for now. Hopefully Brad will read this and be able to
> do something.
I don't know if he reads .castle so I x-posted to .lego.direct. He did do
something about the chrome castle sets, so you never know...
> -Roy
Keep building,
Jude
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