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Re: Why not smaller & more affordable for all?
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lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:04:48 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Tim David wrote:
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I’m 80% sure (guesswise) that the reason is “we don’t have enough SKUs”... This seems to me a sign of internal breakage, LEGO needs to fix their systems so they can have more SKUs without it costing them a lot more.

How much does it cost to have some more numbers?!

It’s not a matter of simply adding more numbers to the system. As was pointed out elsewhere, each new product brings added complexity to the system, as well as additional development costs. Designing and printing one box, for example, is always going to be cheaper than designing two boxes or certainly 10 boxes.

Each time a new product is inserted into the system (not the number only, but the physical product itself), costs increase from things like distribution, storage, management, development, quality assurance, marketing, planning... the list goes on.

With SAH exclusives, we have a smaller market overall compared to, say, retail. So there’s not as much flexibility to create an unlimited number of products. Heck, for that matter, we don’t even created “unlimited” product lines even in retail.

Hope that helps.

Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team



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  SKUs (was: Re: Why not smaller & more affordable for all?)
 
(...) Just looking at <shop.lego.com>, I find: 13 keychains 4 pens 4 backpacks 15 books 1 watch and 55 'other' - mostly Bionicle shoes, t-shirts, and costumes Even this listing leaves out tons of other items that can be found in a Brand Retail store (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)  

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  Re: Why not smaller & more affordable for all?
 
. (...) How much does it cost to have some more numbers?! Tim (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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