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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> This sucks for the people in the US. I just checked out S@H for the UK and
> freaked out! It was like stepping back in time. Large beams in different
> colors, bulldozer chain links, old tires (the solid ones), 4.5V motors, etc.
>
> HEY LEGO: WHY DON'T YOU OFFER THIS IN THE US?
>
> If I saw the same items offered here, for the US, I'd have a massive order
> going as quick as I could, never mind the bank account. I'm sure there are
> plenty of people that would immediately order large amounts of parts. (HEY
> LEGO: HERE'S A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME $$$ !!!)
Just a short notice:
I talked for some time with the phone bank people in the
process of making an order, adding to it, adding to it, and
adding to it, and got their take on the situation: Basically,
it seems to have been some kind of warehouse clearance of
back stock, not a revisited manufacturing run. So when they're
gone, they're gone; and they were found in Europe, so they stay
in Europe. As there's no problem whatsoever in selling out of
this stuff, there's really no reason for them to try to make
them available everywhere--just mark 'em up a bit for inflation
and move 'em out where they lie, spending the smallest possible
additional amount to do so.
However, in the sense that they could do very well if they
actually *would* reissue these packs, I agree 100%--get 'em
going and distribute, distribute, distribute! I wonder if this
is part of a timed-release sequence--for example, are these
parts being released now as a basic change in LEGO policy on
keeping spares for released sets? Is the 1988-1993 range on
most of this indicative that LEGO keeps things for 8 years,
and in five more years will we see a ton of 1993-1998 parts?
Just idle speculation, which probably doesn't belong in .dear-lego.
Set followups as necessary.
best
LFB
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