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Re: Brad Justus...
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:40:36 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:

"Timothy D. Freshly" wrote:

Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:38AAF740.349174D8@umich.edu...
I can hear it now.... "yes, we would like to sell you those blue train • windows, but
we can't since it would deplete most of our current inventory, and it • doesn't look
like they will be included in the production schedule (to make more) for • the rest
of the year".

Let's hope this scenario is not true!

Just Speculating,

Gary Istok
A Fan Of LEGO since 1960.

Of course, if they allowed AFOLs to bulk order pre-production, they wouldn't
have to worry about depleting their inventory because they would know in
advance how much of each part they need to manufacture (their needs + AFOL
advance bulk order needs = Total Production run of part X).

I don't know about you, but I'd be happy to wait three to six months for my bulk
order to make it through the production queue--at least it'll be *possible*.
(However, I know that such a delay would not be acceptable for most FOLs, and
wouldn't be the sort of thing TLG would base its service around.)

best

Lindsay

If but it were so simple!

There is one thing I don't understand about TLC.  That is the "consumer spare parts
inventory" versus the "model shop inventory".  I would love to know the procedures
involved for maintaining these two.   Here are some questions for a TLC person:

Is the model shop inventory tracked at all?
How does the two different inventories compare.
And how do they get additional parts.
What determines that a light blue 2x4 brick only goes to the model shop, and not to
the consumer spare parts inventory (since no known LEGO set has this piece)?
How will LEGO Direct Bulk Sales inventory be obtained?
How will it be maintained?
Will production runs be made to satisfy bulk sales?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Gary Istok



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  Re: Brad Justus...
 
Gary, This sounds oh-so-similar to a question I asked here... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Brad Justus...
 
(...) I don't know about you, but I'd be happy to wait three to six months for my bulk order to make it through the production queue--at least it'll be *possible*. (However, I know that such a delay would not be acceptable for most FOLs, and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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