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Re: TRU returning open setsProduction runs (was:
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Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:25:54 GMT
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Christopher Masi wrote:
> Jasper Janssen wrote:
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> > On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:04:59 GMT, "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl>
> > wrote:
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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?
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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
nice spelling, huh?
> just
> concerned with keeping things full, and then near the end of a run the concern
> was...how many left and do we have enough stuff. Castle LEGO was the hot new
> theme when I worked there. For some reason the Black Falcons Fortress sticks
> out in my mind; did we do two runs of the Black Falcons
> Fortress.....hmm....maybe. So, I am leaning towards more than one run.
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
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>
> Yeah, when I worked there the finished product area was essentially a shipping
> area. It wasn't that large; however, a few years ago LEGO built a HUGE new
> warehouse (kitty-corner to the Sommers (I think its with an O), CT maximum and
> medium security prisons.) When I say huge I mean it looks to be at least twice
> as large as the old production/warehouse/distribution center. So, I imagine
> the the production facility has a much large production capability than when I
> was there.
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> >
> > 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?
>
> How about boxes of minifigs? Several hundred leg sets, helmets, hair, bodies
> per box. All of them smiling up at you as you pour them onto the kitchen
> table.
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> >
> >
> > Jasper *drool... twitch* Janssen
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