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Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:58:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Doug Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Thomas Main wrote:
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Personally, I have never understood the 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.
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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! $$$$$
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To test your theory and see how bad it would actually be, I built your tower.
http://www.elecbrick.com/lego/factory/10storyfactory.htm
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 pieces free.
Several BrickLink stores are charging more for these pieces and only one
store has that quantity available. I think this is actually a pretty good
value proposition for rare parts.
Doug
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That depend’s on whether or not the clear glass panes for the windows come in
the same baggies. Or will it require another 13 baggies!
That black window is one of the few Brick Factory parts that I don’t mind paying
a premium on.
Of course, with my luck that 559 pieces “free” will come with 130 of those
headlight bricks that I don’t much care for (in the “Lego I Hate” thread). :-(
Thanks for checking it out Doug!
Gary Istok
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| (...) As you got me thinking about this... Just uploaded a "test" window. One black window with one glass insert. Total cost: $11.98 Pieces used in set: 2 Total pieces: 121 Either it's one big ol' bag of parts, or methinks it's two seperate bags. (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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