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| | | (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Ray Sanders
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| | | | 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... —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | (...) Thanks Ray, I must have missed your reply. It certainly makes you wonder how they handle the two processes. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Model Shop Inventories —John Kelly
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| | | | It's a good thing somebody sent me this one.... Thanks J1. The Enfield model shop orders it's pieces from the stores of the production runs. While it was possible to have a custom run made for a large (20+ K8's. A K8 is approximately a 2'x 1'x 1' (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —Robert M. Dye
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| | | | | ---...--- (...) production (...) Given the above, would it not be possible for someone at the model shop to hire some kid to do special orders out of the bulk, thus to defer the cost of parts ordered by the model shop? Seems like a (please don't (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | Does that mean there are still K8s of light blue bricks and plates laying around there that we might talk them out of? ;-) I say that because there are all SORTS of pieces at LLC in light blue that never came in a production set, and aren't used in (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —Christian Gemuenden
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| | | | | | | [snip] (...) if they (...) Those would (...) Actually I think I did see trans-dark-blue heads in sets also. I only remember there's one in 5808. It is printed with a fish and used for the small aquarium in the Belville Castle. I think they've been (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | (...) <big snip> Doesn't the 'Ultimate LEGO Book' have pictures of LLC buildings being built at the model shops in Denmark? I don't think the Enfield model shop builds anything for LLC - the build stuff for the Imagination Centers; for the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —John Kelly
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| | | | | | There are multiple model shops across TLG, the one in Enfield does get most of it's bricks from down the road. As a general rule, only the shops that are designing/building for the theme parks have access to the really rare pieces in any type of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | For those of you who were hoping that LEGO Direct might be able to sell rare LEGO pieces (like light blue bricks and plates), this info from retired LEGO employee John Kelly sheds new light onto this. I hope that Brad Justus is able to get rare (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Model Shop Inventories —Kevin Loch
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| | | | (...) production Here's an example of a K8 box: (URL) this case it's not full of bulk bricks, but just a convenient container for newly purchased sets). (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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