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Re: Catalogs, Justus and Lego
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Sun, 19 Dec 1999 22:26:57 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Will Hess writes:
> > 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?
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> I'll put my .02 in...
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> > 1. People making up the sets from the instructions using parts from other • sets
> > and then sell them? Where is the economic sense in that? They are current • sets
> > remember.
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> 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.
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 that cheap. Even if you buy in obscene amounts.
Yes, they'll be "cheap" ... compared to the cost of buying a $50 set
to acquire the 6 pieces you want.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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