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Subject: 
Re: an update -- and an apology
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:38:49 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Scott A wrote:

> 
> > LD will want to piggyback on other production runs, getting a relatively small
> > numbers of bricks from a huge batch.  They will save money this way, because
> > they'll avoid paying the cost of doing custom runs.
> 
> Agreed 100%. I think we are looking after sought after volume parts which are
> in current sets. I'm thinking of parts like castle walls, 4561 thin wall
> windows and the like. I doubt you'd ever get parts like 4561 nose as those
> parts only have limited demand. Even if they were to make 4558 nose sections
> again for LD (which has been ruled out), what would demand really be... a few
> hundred, or parhaps a 1000. The cost in lost production would make it
> pointless. Parts like castle walls, I know, would/could/will sell by the 1000.

Right.  BUT, I'd also like to see a low-volume purchase option, where we (the
insane) could purchase any current parts which aren't availble in service packs
(or bulk purchase).  This would be buying in small volumes, for a premium unit
price (hopefully south of AucZILLA prices, but not necessarily).  This option
would require a high service charge, to address the extensive manual labor
required to collect and pack the parts.

Steve



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  Re: an update -- and an apology
 
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Steve Bliss (<ld7obsggkqkh3cuh77...kh1hsj2@4a x.com>) wrote at 19:38:49 (...) Or we could do it. I can see the potential for cooperatives/syndicates being set up to buy the bulk volume that LD will want to sell, and then (...) (27 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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  Re: an update -- and an apology
 
(...) Agreed 100%. I think we are looking after sought after volume parts which are in current sets. I'm thinking of parts like castle walls, 4561 thin wall windows and the like. I doubt you'd ever get parts like 4561 nose as those parts only have (...) (27 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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