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Re: TRU returning open setsProduction runs (was:
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Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:34:00 GMT
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:04:59 GMT, "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl>
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> 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?
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 20.000 before Christmas, i imagine
20k units in their projections should have lasted at least till
summer, possibly even till next gift season), and put 60k RCX bricks
in a warehouse, then later making more RISes, rather than having 60k
RIS-sized boxes in a warehouse (I mean, that is _one_ large shed...).
What I'm getting at, is that the cost of making a few separate runs
rather than a single one, should be immensely cheaper than storing
lotsa boxes in a warehouse for up to 2 years. Especially for larger
sets.
How would you feel about driving into a warehouse with a monster rig,
and picking a few cases stuffed to the brim with RCX bricks?
Jasper *drool... twitch* Janssen
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| (...) You know, I cannot really say. I was just a high school aged factory guy. Its funny; I have no recollection of how large the runs were. I was usely just concerned with keeping things full, and then near the end of a run the concern was...how (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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