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In lugnet.dear-lego, Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote:
> I don't think we need to limit the COLOR, only the type. Supposedly they will have to
> mold the LD bricks on demand, or in large batches. In that case, there should be no
> reason why they can't mold them in "strange" colors while they are filling inventory.
I don't think so, and here's why: doing one part in different colors is
(probably) treated as a different production run for each color. And it's
doubtful that LD will want to stock an entire production run of a single part in
a single color.
LD will want to piggyback on other production runs, getting a relatively small
numbers of bricks from a huge batch. They will save money this way, because
they'll avoid paying the cost of doing custom runs.
Steve
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| (...) Agreed 100%. I think we are looking after sought after volume parts which are in current sets. I'm thinking of parts like castle walls, 4561 thin wall windows and the like. I doubt you'd ever get parts like 4561 nose as those parts only have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| I don't think we need to limit the COLOR, only the type. Supposedly they will have to mold the LD bricks on demand, or in large batches. In that case, there should be no reason why they can't mold them in "strange" colors while they are filling (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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