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Re: A piece everyone needs lots of... Chairs.
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 23 May 2000 17:02:44 GMT
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In lugnet.general, James Powell writes:
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> > 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 doesn't change cost
> > because the shape of the mold is different)
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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 majority of the price). So, if it takes longer to make
> each piece/ sprue, then it will cost more to make.
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.
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> I assume that an agraggate order
> > will be close to 10 million units as a bare minimum. (i.e. that would • translate
> > into $400,000.)
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> -from what has been said, the minimum order size is likely to be 3 6 CU. Ft
> Boxes (18 Cu. Ft of product), so a lot less than 10 million. More in the • order
> with the chairs of 10-50K pieces.
No way it would be that low and still cost effective unless they charge more
than most people are willing to spend.
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> > Besides chairs in brown is a piece they are already producing
> > and will continue to do so at least through 2001.
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> No. Lego makes sets in batches, and quite often only one batch of a set will
> be made. (depends on demand for set). In other words, they most likely are
> -not- making brown chairs right now.
In all likelyhood they will be making them again for the 2001 Flash Speeder
sets.
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> > Anyways at 10 cents a chair I would rather pretend. You don't actually need
> > the chair piece for any of my previously mentioned ideas. they would simply
> > be
> > nice to have for apperance. Unless it is something large like 1/4 saucer
> > sections in trans-red <drool> I would be very reluctant to pay more than 5
> > cents a piece. (assuming 2x4 brick is standard)
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> That is a personal thing. Most of us are willing to pay $.1 a piece, and hope
> some pieces will be less than that for them. I would be quite willing to pay
> that kind of price for chairs, the last ones I bought in auction were around
> $.5/each.
Wha- ?! Lego could sell almost all their parts at the .01 to .02 price ratio
that the bulk tubs have and still turn a healty profit. <Rant mode on> CDs
were designed by the record industry to be a cheaper alternitive to Records and
obviously DVDs are far cheaper to make than VHS yet people are stupid enough to
pay more for them. If people refused to pay such a high price for merchandise
then the companys would sell it at a much lower but still hightly profitable
price. <Rant mode off>
> The only pieces I would not be willing to spend that kind of money
> on are the basic bricks, which are availabe in the buckets for less than that
> per brick. Haven't you ever priced how much it costs for lego bought in sets
> rather than in bulk buckets? The price is quite a bit higher (up to
> .15-.2/brick, depending on the set).
Well, I never pay more than $0.10 to 0.11 a piece for normal sets. I do most
of my shopping durring Ames' and K-mart's frequent sales. I would make a
slight exception if the set contained GOOD large pieces. (Good large pieces
are ones that can NOT be made out of existing parts.) Anyway in a Lego set one
has a multitude of parts in various colors with high quality printed
instructions. Ordering a few thousand of one part in one color should be
significantly cheaper.
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> James P
-Lord Insanity
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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