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Subject:	Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 2002 05:39:13 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.nl, Jeff Stembel writes: > In lugnet.general, Richard Marchetti writes: > > In lugnet.loc.nl, John Henry Kruer writes: > > > Oh, come on... Lego dosn't have the molds, they couldn't do it if they > > > wanted to. > > > > This same tired argument again and again. > > Its only tired to those who refuse to accept that TLC doesn't have limitless > coffers. > > > But, of course, they COULD do it with the right windows -- if they wished. > > Yes, they *could.* And I could one day fly a manned spacecraft to Saturn. It > *could* happen, but it isn't very likely. > > > What exactly do you think TLC is in the business of doing? Don't have the > > molds? Make new ones. It would jump the price? Maybe. I didn't realize any > > of us knew that much about their internal strategizing, although I admit > > it's not a bad assumption. But nobody knows for sure either, right? > > I've heard from multiple sources that making a new mold costs $100,000. > Someone mentioned that a $15 price increase would be worthwhile to them for > those windows, but Lego would still have to sell 6,667 copies of the set just > to *cover* the cost of the mold. Since they are a business, as you keep > saying, they have to make a profit. Can you guarantee they'd sell enough to > cover their expenses and still make a worthwhile profit? I sure can't. I don't buy the excuse of "LEGO can't afford to make new molds." They make molds for new pieces by the barrelful every time a new line comes out. If they can afford to make new molds for a lot of weird, single-use pieces (Galidor limbs, King Leo's Castle gate, etc.), then they can afford to make a mold for something as useful and reusable as a 1x1 window. There is no excuse - LEGO (for whatever reason) doesn't WANT to make the mold for this piece, so it doesn't. Let's see if they make back their $100K on the "Nick Bluetooth" molds. -Marc Nelson Jr.

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		Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
(...) I think (as Larry P and others have stated) the issue here is not whether the Lego Company can or is willing to reproduce these parts, but rather that 'Lego Direct', the department within Lego whose brief it is to make these Legends, wasn't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)

		Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
(...) Alright, this flipped my switch. Now I have to respond :-) Your argument that they make new molds for all new lines is valid. But pleace remember that those new lines are to be sold to 'the world'. And in that world, there are an enormous (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)

		Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
(...) It's not a "they" it's a "them". There is a big difference! The group making new molds is not LD. Large complex organizations sometimes have large complex budgeting schemes. Brad has said his organization does not currently have the brief to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)

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		Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
(...) Its only tired to those who refuse to accept that TLC doesn't have limitless coffers. (...) Yes, they could. And I could one day fly a manned spacecraft to Saturn. It could happen, but it isn't very likely. (...) I've heard from multiple (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)

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