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Re: How does Lego sort Lego?
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 21:01:41 GMT
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Hi Brian,
In lugnet.dear-lego, Brian Lanning writes:
<snip ideas about packaging - other posts explained>
> It would be nice if this sorting
> and packaging machine could be fed automatically from robots in a warehouse
> (or
> something) so that we could place an order on the website which would be sent
> to the warehouse for packaging. We would receive the pieces we requested in
> neat little bags just like from the store. Then, Lego could place
> instructions
> from all of their previous sets (as well as some of the larger displays or
> sets
> that were suggested but never released for whatever reason ) on their website.
> We could browse these sets, then with a click of a button, place an order for
> all the bricks needed to make that set. It would arrive in a dacta-type plain
> box complete with color instructions. I think this is a tall order, but
> internet shopping is where the future is. And the beauty of internet shopping
> is that it allows you to get arround the limitations of retail. Amazon.com
> for
> instance has a selection five or ten times that of a walk-in book store. That
> would be impossible in a retail store. This setup would allow lego to
> esentially offer any set they've ever made in addition to other things without
> having to worry about fitting all the options on a shelf. You don't even
> have to spend the money on designing and making an attractive box. You could
> set up a terminal in the imagination centers. Enter a theme and price range,
> see the matching sets on a monitor, add the selections to the virtual shopping
> cart, and swipe a credit card. If you could do this and still be able to
> select individual pieces, I think this would be everyone's dream. You could
> offer bulk (or individual piece) ordering and older sets all through the same
> mechanism.
I agree this would be great, and probably possible (IMO). You're not the first
to think about this, see Todd's ideas:
http://www.lugnet.com/dear-lego/?n=736
I think that bulk ordering could be even easier than regular sets - you
specify pieces, and a quantity for each piece. The strip containing that
specific piece drops in the required amount, then the pieces could be sealed
in a bag (or maybe just put in a box). On each bag/box, a code is written that
matches your order in the computer, with an additional code of the piece. Then
in a big "center", all the bags/boxes are scanned for their codes, then
divided up and dumped into bigger bags/boxes that will later be sent to you. A
computer monitors the "dumping", once all the required bags reach your
box/bag, it is sealed and the code is printed on it.
Then, a last step - scanning the codes, printing your address.
Piece o'cake.
-Shiri
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| When the bricks are first made, they're dropped into large buckets. Then a miracle occurs. Then pieces are very acuratly sorted into polybags. How are the bricks sorted? It would almost have to be automated. If that's the case, could that process be (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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