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Subject:	Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic
Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:52:47 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Thomas (T. J.) Avery writes: > In lugnet.dear-lego, William R. Ward writes: > > I'm pretty sure they were intended to compete with MegaBlox which had > > been producing similar tubs at similarly cut-rate prices. Lego's 3033 > > (just about?) completely annihilated the competition. Now that there > > is no competition for that (I don't think MegaBlox makes them anymore) > > Lego can safely discontinue the blue tubs, which were probably not > > profitable at only $19.95 (when you include the costs of distribution, > > etc.). Lego has stated that 3033 is NOT a loss leader. (meaning it's profitable).

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		Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?)
(...) I've heard that too, but I suspect they are just talking about production costs. ABS is cheap, and there's no retooling needed to make basic bricks. So from that end it is certainly profitable. But when you include the distribution costs, I'm (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

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		Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?)
(...) That's a shame. I consider the Blue Tub (3033) a staple set amongst AFOLs everywhere. Their content is just too essential to our building needs. Even if you only use 50% of the bricks, it's still worth the $20 price (comparing it to bulk (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

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