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Re: TRU returning open setsProduction runs (was:
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Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:04:59 GMT
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Christopher,

What I've always wanted to know: are LEGO sets always produced in a single
production run or are there multiple runs as sales demand?

Eric



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  Re: TRU returning open setsProduction runs (was:
 
(...) I would imagine that, frex, Mindstorms had multiple production runs. I can see them making all the RCX bricks for the entire run (80000 I think?) at once, but it would be much cheaper to make 20000 RIS'es (since they were expecting to sell (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: TRU returning open sets
 
Back when I worked for LEGO in Enfield not many bricks fell on the shop floor and I swept up most of the bricks that were left on the floor and tossed them in a dumpster. LEGO brick versus forklift wheel...you can imagine which object wins. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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