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Re: Got some new news on Enfield Plant closing
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lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 21 Dec 2000 22:34:54 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin McMillin writes:

<snip>

The news articles all got it right and correctly identified molding as
ceasing. There's a nuance there, though, in that they're saying that they
will continue to pack sets (using pieces molded elsewhere only, instead of a
mix of molded in Enfield and elsewhere).

That's interesting. Thanks for sharing.

++Lar



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  Re: Got some new news on Enfield Plant closing
 
I still fail to see how this will save them money, unless: 1 - having the extra sets of molds/machines is killing production costs 2 - the raw ABS is ONLY available from Europe. I can't see how molding the bricks overseas and shipping them to the US (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Got some new news on Enfield Plant closing
 
Hope it hasn't been mentioned earlier. When I heard about the Enfield closing, I sent a letter to LEGO in Denmark, asking why the sets were simplified and if the sets would still be packaged in Enfield. I got the following back on an (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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