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Subject: 
Re: an update -- and an apology
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:38:49 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Scott A wrote:


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.

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 limited demand. Even if they were to make 4558 nose sections
again for LD (which has been ruled out), what would demand really be... a few
hundred, or parhaps a 1000. The cost in lost production would make it
pointless. Parts like castle walls, I know, would/could/will sell by the 1000.

Right.  BUT, I'd also like to see a low-volume purchase option, where we (the
insane) could purchase any current parts which aren't availble in service packs
(or bulk purchase).  This would be buying in small volumes, for a premium unit
price (hopefully south of AucZILLA prices, but not necessarily).  This option
would require a high service charge, to address the extensive manual labor
required to collect and pack the parts.

Steve



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  Re: an update -- and an apology
 
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Steve Bliss (<ld7obsggkqkh3cuh77...kh1hsj2@4a x.com>) wrote at 19:38:49 (...) Or we could do it. I can see the potential for cooperatives/syndicates being set up to buy the bulk volume that LD will want to sell, and then (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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  Re: an update -- and an apology
 
(...) 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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