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Re: Famous planes vs. Republic Gunship
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Date: 
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 17:54:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Rene Virsik writes:
Heya all,

how is it possible that the Famous planes set (offered by LEGO S&H) is
cheapper than the Republic Gunship ? The Republic Gunship is crap and it's
more expansive...

While I do not think the Republic Gunship is crap....  It is probably more
expensive because it is a licensed product from Lucas Films.  Lego probably
pays 5-15%** or more for every thing they make..

Ken


**Based on information for other products.



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  Re: Famous planes vs. Republic Gunship
 
If you look at the price of the key chains it looks like it's 33,3 % that goes to George Lucas. So one fourth of the money ends up on his account. Even if this was his only way of making money he would be rich. Martijn Zwaal "Ken Cefaratti" (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)

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Heya all, how is it possible that the Famous planes set (offered by LEGO S&H) is cheapper than the Republic Gunship ? The Republic Gunship is crap and it's more expansive... (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)

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