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Subject: 
Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:13:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mike Walsh wrote:
> 
> "John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Hpn49t.pD3@lugnet.com...
> 
> [ ... snipped ... ]
> 
> > 
> > Kate: The bulk order has been exactly this. In LEGOland the answer to this
> > question will also be, that we cannot dispatch what we don´t have.
> 
> 
> [ ... snipped ... ]
> 
> > 
> > Oooohhhhhh.....  The possibility to order pieces in truly large quantities.
> > Bricks by the thousands or even tens of thousands.
> > 
> > This would be so amazingly cool!
> > 
> > JohnG, GMLTC
> 
> This caught my eye as well and it appears to validate a rumor I heard a
> while back.  The rumor I heard was S@H Europe is offering bulk orders for
> any element which LEGO currently has in production.  From what I understand
> it is a fixed price per piece (not by weight like LEGOLand parks sell
> elements or by the cup like PaB) and the price is reasonable.  I dismissed
> this as a pipe dream when I heard it until I read the transcript of the
> chat.
> 
> So LEGO - inquiring minds want to know!
> 
> Can we really order any production element in bulk?
> How much?
> How do we do it?
> Is this a Europe only offering?
> If so, why?
> How does one find out what is in production?
> 
> Mike


In reply
Yes you can order bricks from Lego Direct Europe.
The price is set at per brick and not by weight, and I was quoted 7 to 10 pence
per brick so it is still cheaper to buy them through pick a brick or S@H.
I didn't put and order in.

Duncan



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  Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
 
(...) As for the bricks that are shipped to the Lego brand stores, if you ask about buying a lot of any one brick that's in the range, the brand stores can't sell them any cheaper no matter how much you want to buy. As I understand it, once a carton (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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"John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Hpn49t.pD3@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) quantities. (...) This caught my eye as well and it appears to validate a rumor I heard a while back. The (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)  

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