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Re: new sculpture set #3451 Sopwith Camel!!!!
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lugnet.general
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 11 May 2001 21:06:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.general, Timothy D. Freshly wrote:
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> [about the Sopwith Camel Biplane]
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> > $0.0867 per piece. Not bad considering that most retail sets today are way
> > over $0.10 per piece. I guess this reflects the reduced cost involved with
> > direct ordering (little or no marketing costs, minimal box design, etc.).
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> And a few other cost-saving bits:
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> - no new part molds were created (I'm pretty confident about this one)
> - it's only a single model, not a complete theme
> - it probably contains a fairly high percentage of regular bricks,
> compared to retail sets.
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> :)
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> Steve
The wholesale price of the 4 chrome castle sets is about $1.20 USD. KB sells
them for 4.99. That is about a 75 percent markup after TLC takes its profit on
the set. When buying Lego brand products most of the cost is simply for the
brand name. S@H could sell stuff at a 10-20 percent retail discount and still
make a killing.
Forwarded to lugnet.market.theory
-Mike Petrucelli (Assistant Manager at a KB toys store.)
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 | | Re: new sculpture set #3451 Sopwith Camel!!!!
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| In lugnet.general, Timothy D. Freshly wrote: [about the Sopwith Camel Biplane] (...) And a few other cost-saving bits: - no new part molds were created (I'm pretty confident about this one) - it's only a single model, not a complete theme - it (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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