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Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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Thu, 1 Sep 2005 06:14:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Thomas Main wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Eric Sophie wrote:
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> > In reality, this is a start.
> >
> > Imagine if you will, a giant facility filled with millions of parts. A full
> > pallet of Lego parts in all system sizes and shapes, with machines to divert,
> > sort pack feed label and collect the 40 left monkey arms Pharmacy style I need
> > to complete that ship that guy made! Completely automated, full pallet, Pick and
> > pack facilty, Parts Farming Madness!
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> Yes, this is probably the kind of system that Jake prompted us to imagine when
> he asked us to ponder where this system might be 6-10 years down the road
> (provided it is sucessful). As you brilliantly put it, in the "World of next
> Thursday." I am concerned that this first step, while incredibly neat, might
> not draw the huge amounts of people into the system that are needed to get to
> "step two."
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> Personally, I have never understoodthe current parts packing system and I see it
> as a roadblock to getting to "step two." I'd like to see baggies of parts that
> have about 10 of the identical element restricted to the most common colors as
> the basis of the parts pallettes we can work with in LDD. This would vastly
> reduce the cost of ordering a model that used, say, 15 1x4x3 brown window
> frames. To me, it would also seem easier than diverting baggies from production
> sets that might contain 3 brown 1x4x3 windows along with 23 different and
> miscellaneously colored parts. Are they overthinking how to implement this
> scheme? Or would it be too much of a risk to dedicate these 10-pack parts packs
> to the LDD/Factory concept?
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> --
> Thomas Main
> thomasmain@myrealbox.com
Thomas,
You must have been reading my mind.... I was thinking about building a Lego
Factory Skyscraper with 8 black 1x4x3 windows on each floor, and making it 10
stories tall. Well based on the fact that only 6 come in a baggie, I can only
imagine what my final price will be with using 13 baggies that have those, plus
all the other baggies I might need for more common white bricks. Also, all the
extra parts that will come with these 13+ baggies! $$$$$
I too am worried about getting to Step 2 if Step 1 is so very restrictive and
may not be successful! I only hope that the Lego Factory's dependence on these
baggies will not cause its' downfall.
Gary Istok
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| (...) To test your theory and see how bad it would actually be, I built your tower. (2 URLs) 10 Story Tower (window frames only): Total Pieces: 637 (Pieces used in set: 78) Price: USD 72.67 You are buying window frames at $0.93 each and getting 559 (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, this is probably the kind of system that Jake prompted us to imagine when he asked us to ponder where this system might be 6-10 years down the road (provided it is sucessful). As you brilliantly put it, in the "World of next Thursday." I (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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