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Subject:	Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:55:31 GMT
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Purple Dave wrote: > As for Austria and Hungary, I'd been unaware that they'd started production > there at all until I checked a recent box last month to confirm that they no > longer list China as a country of origin. Hungary I can understand, being that > they're a recovered ex-Eastern Bloc nation, but Austria? Hungary has Flextronics Duplo operations. Not sure what they make for System sets. In the CR - printed parts, manual assembling and packaging Austria - I'm not 100% sure, but I think they make the plastic cans (and again, I think this is made by an Austrian company in Czech Republic, but since 'Made in' has many meanings... <g>) Regards, Jindroush

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		Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
(...) Remember that they were originally planning to move production to China. Reportedly there were two main considerations with abandoning that idea. The first was that there was an intense backlash concerning quality issues (which would only have (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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