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In lugnet.dear-lego, Tony Priestman wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Steve Bliss (<ld7obsggkqkh3cuh771jk72fv1nkh1hsj2@4a
> x.com>) wrote at 19:38:49
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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 breaking it down &
> selling it on.
Except I am expecting that there will always be a large number of parts which
will not be offered through bulk sales. I don't remember the exact number, but
between all the product lines (if that's the right term -- System, Technic,
DUPLO, LEGO Baby, etc), there are some 2,000 elements 'currently available'. I
doubt LD will be able to support bulk orders for *all* those parts. It goes
back to what parts they can offer at a low cost to themselves.
> This could be the basis for a whole new set of groups in the
> lugnet.market.* hierarchy.
Ain't that the truth.
Steve
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| (...) from (URL) "2,069 is the total of different moulded elements in 1998. There are 77 LEGO PRIMO elements, 435 LEGO DUPLO elements, 175 LEGO SCALA elements, 1061 LEGO SYSTEM elements, 205 LEGO TECHNIC elements and 116 LEGO DACTA elements - and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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