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(...) Somehow I'm expecting LD to be a little bit more expensive than 4 cents a part shipping included... It is possible that for normal bricks they will trim their profit margins to approach the bucket price per brick (closer to 1-2 cents per (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) jets, (...) gladiator (...) in (...) Why? There is no special packageing, no instructions, or printed boxes. A 'specialty' part is no different from a normal brick in terms of how much it would cost to produce. (injecting plastic into a mold (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) jets, (...) gladiator (...) chairs in (...) Yep, I think people may be in for a shock pricewise. (let's hope not) Surely TLC would not want sales of their normal stock affected. pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) -yes, there is a price difference. It depends on the cost of the mold...believe it or not, a large cost for each piece is the mold, and not the plastic-often the material is the cheapest part of it (packing, mold, Machine costs are often the (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Two points here: 1. LEGO Direct WILL impact sales of regular sets (even if they sell no pieces which are in sets, some people will chose to buy pieces instead of sets with their limited LEGO budget) 2. As long as the service is priced such (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) We are talking about a mold that has already existed for well over a decade. I seriously doubt that the price of this particular mold would be part of the price. (...) order (...) No way it would be that low and still cost effective unless (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Petrucelli <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:Fv0vCK.AnM@lugnet.com... (...) ratio (...) Uh... NO. Not that I am looking at production figures, but it does make sense to market the tubs as a loss item, as it prevents inroads from (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah right. Not even TLC would be dumb enough to sell something that doesn't generate profit. Molded plastic does not cost alot to produce once you have the eqipment and molds. (...) That is my point though. DVDs cost far less then VHS and (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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