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John Neal wrote in message <385C79AE.8C1BD78D@u...st.net>... (...) current (...) publish (...) John, I think that is a bad idea. It seems to me that Brad typed too fast for his own good. I don't think TLG would like us scanning and sharing current (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I am not sure that instructions scans would hurt their business. They dont sell instructions (though you might want to argue that are part of the set inventory I suppose) How would it hurt their business? 1. People making up the sets from the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) of (...) I'll put my .02 in... (...) sets (...) sets (...) The economic sense is that if you can acquire parts in bulk (and I mean really obscene amounts here) you could undercut TLC's pricing and still make a decent profit. (...) This is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Doh! NLP means Non-Lego Parent. Will Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Bull ;-) TLC will just price the bulk pieces high enough so that this is not economically viable. I just can't imagin them selling bulk parts for less than $.10-.20 on average, as that is what they cost in sets these days. -- Tom Stangl (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Exactly why do you see bulk parts sales (and for special, one-in-one-set pieces we're still only talking about maybe a few thousand copies, remember) as being cheap enough for that? I doubt the basic bricks will dip significantly belowe bucket (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Won't happen. LEGO won't sell to us at a price that would allow us to build our own X-Wing sets (for example) more cheaply than we can buy them from Walmart. Depend on that. They won't have every piece available for sale, and they won't be (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) other (...) current (...) make (...) It appears that I have stirred up quite the hornets nest with this quote, so let me clarify some things. I do not think that such a practice is practical, but it is possible. Those who say that TLC would (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ah, but the thing is, except for second-hand, we'll never be able to undercut Lego from the things _new_: bulk parts, and the hypothetical free copying of current instructions. You see, Set-breakers exist now. What do you think they do with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well personally, I havea large stack of them in my closet because I can't be bothered to list them in order to sell them! Kevin (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Throw them away. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I believe that they have spoken, but the original discussion wasn't hard copies of instructions...it was scans of instructions for sets in the current catalog, and how this might have an adverse effect on TLC. Man...that's what my English (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Use 'em for packing material. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That too, if I can find my shredder. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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