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In lugnet.market.shopping, Kevin Salm writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Kevin Salm writes:
> > >
> > > Dacta is the educational division of Lego. Sales in the USA are now
> > > exclusively handled via partnership with Pitsco, Inc. The partnership is
> > called Pitsco-Lego Dacta and their website for ordering products is >here • --www.pldstore.com
> >
> > Nope... I think others might get miffed with your information. See The
> > Construction Site at: http://www.constructiontoys.com/ for more Dacta. Also,
> > see lugnet.dacta.
> >
> > Also, many Dacta sets can be found at local educational supply stores, and
> > through companies like these:
> > http://abceducation.net
> > http://www.edumart.com
>
>
> Okay, so scratch off the word 'Exclusively' from the previous post. That is
> incorrect--my bad...
>
> While there are other merchants and suppliers who deal in Dacta products,
> Pitsco-Lego Dacta is a partnership that is more involved than simply the
> re-selling of merchandise. At one time (5 years ago or so) there were at least
> four educational suppliers who had a strong relationship with Lego Dacta;
> Pitsco-Lego Dacta appears to be the only partnership-type deal left.
>
> As for The Construction Site, this is a brick-and-mortar retailer that has made
> special arrangements with TLC/Lego Systems, Inc to sell products not available
> to other Lego toy retailers--like Dacta and a larger assortment of Train sets.
> Other people know more about this arrangement than I do, namely Todd Lehman.
> Online ordering of Lego or Dacta is not allowed through
> http://www.constructiontoys.com/ either as part of their arrangements with TLC.
?
I can order Dacta sets from their site just fine. I wonder what the details
of this arrangement they (The Construction Site) have with TLG? Their
prices and shipping costs are slightly better than Pitsco, by the way.
Ed
> I checked the availability of Dacta merchandise at the other sites you listed
> and after a quick scan, it appears that these dealers do not carry the full,
> complete line of current Dacta items. Pitsco does have the full assortment.
>
> The original post by Jason simply aksed where to get Dacta stuff. The best
> place is http://www.pldstore.com
Agreed - with selection as the criterium.
> Naturally Jason could have found this himself if he checked the lugnet.datca
> page --> http://news.lugnet.com/dacta/
>
> __Kevin Salm__
> ....Lego enthusiast for over 20 years....
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| (...) --www.pldstore.com (...) incorrect--my bad... While there are other merchants and suppliers who deal in Dacta products, Pitsco-Lego Dacta is a partnership that is more involved than simply the re-selling of merchandise. At one time (5 years (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.dacta)
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