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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:37:59 GMT
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote:
> Ah, but you've BOUGHT other MT sets - 2 5571s at least. Granted, they were on
> clearance, but TLG still got paid for them. And every MT set you buy for parts
> STILL gets money to TLG. So I would think you would be FOR MT sets, if for
> nothing else but parts you just can't get in quantity in new sets.
Well, sure, given TLG's current anti-builder/anti-AFOL stance on parts
packs and bulk orders, I recognize that MT sets are sometimes good for
parts. I'm much rather just buy the parts, though.
I agree wholeheartedly with what you said in another post about parts
pack sales and bulk sales being a potentially huge addition to direct
TLG sales. I know of other MT sets that had parts I wanted, but in
such low quantities and at such high set prices that I just said
"forget it." That's money TLG never saw, period.
And not that I want to damage any of the parts auctions, my own
include, but imagine how much money TLG could make by offering a good
selection of the right parts. Forget bulk ordering for a minute - I'm
talking a train windows and doors pack in several colors. Instead of
seeing them pulled out of random sets and sold for 10 bucks each TLG
could sell them at a buck apiece and make a killing.
> AhHA, and THIS is why you would like MT sets, if they produced smaller ones,
> right? I wish they would have $20-30 MT sets, I can't justify $50-100 that
> often.
Not really. I honestly don't care for vehicle sets at all. If it
were a $30 MT building of some sort, maybe. But until another set
like 5541 comes along that just strikes my fancy MT sets will be just
a source for parts like everything else TLG makes.
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| (...) Ah, but you've BOUGHT other MT sets - 2 5571s at least. Granted, they were on clearance, but TLG still got paid for them. And every MT set you buy for parts STILL gets money to TLG. So I would think you would be FOR MT sets, if for nothing (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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