 | | Re: Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct) —Frank Filz
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| | | (...) Based on the $24.99 price for the 291 piece 7159 Podracer Bucket, I doubt we'll see a 500-600 piece castle bucket for $20. (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct) —Timothy D. Freshly
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| | | | Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:39EC87CC.1CFB@m...ing.com... (...) At (...) basic (...) minifigs (...) more (...) Yikes! I had not realized that the Pod bucket was only 291 pieces (I have no interest in Pod racers so I have (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct) —Roy Wood
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| | | | (...) have (...) bucket). (...) in a (...) of a (...) I'm not convinced that the cost need be higher just because of specialty pieces. I think the cost of producing a specialty piece in large quantities is probably about the same as a simple 2x4 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) Economy of scale certainly is something which affects the price of specialty pieces, but I bet they do cost somewhat more to make (the extra cost of plastic should be relatively small, but the mold makes fewer parts, and probably costs more to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Theme Buckets (was Re: Bulk Direct) —Erik Olson
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| | | | There's been a lot of speculating about margins. Why not put some numbers on it? To get things started, how much is a ton of bricks? You may assume the standard assortment found in a blue tub or other basic bucket. Further assume that the wholesale (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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