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Re: color problems with 10190
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:37:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Patterson wrote:
> I know that I didn't imagine it, but there was a post on Lugnet that linked to a
> story in a financial publication that said they were out sourcing the production
> of the bricks to Flextronics with has sites around the world mostly in emerging
> nations. It stated and the thread stated the Lego was no longer making the
> elements. Perhaps someone else remembers that and has the link. I started
> noticing problems with the Avitar sets in that the bricks did not fit well
> together and noticed that they were being produced, or at least some, in the
> Czeck Republic and China. I have also noticed in other sets that the bricks are
> sometimes too tight and they are hard to break apart after being built. Also
> ten years ago those sets would not have been released if there was a color
> problem. Lego would have ate the costs and corrected it.
I think this is post you're referring to (and it does include a link to "Journal
Inquirer"): http://news.lugnet.com/mediawatch/?n=2115
From my understanding, the production of basic parts has indeed been outsourced
- i.e. those parts are made using machines that aren't owned & operated by LEGO
themselves. Also, just because LEGO has outsourced production of parts doesn't
mean they don't have a say in quality control!
The article also states that LEGO will continue to produce Technic & Bionicle
parts, but even those may end up being produced by a third party in the future.
My guess is that they also continue to produce parts that require more complex
molds.
Another thing to consider is that the production of a SET consists of many steps
- producing the parts, gathering the parts to make up a set, packaging,
distribution, etc. and something could go wrong at any part of this process.
Yes, ten years ago, LEGO might have eaten the costs of any production errors,
but not now when they're trying to fight for profitablity in such a competitive
toy market...
-Bryan
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| (...) Thank you, I knew that I read it somewhere on Lugnet. Reading the article again, it appears that things might get worse unless Lego does something about the quality control in the next three years. (What I understand and this may be wrong is (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I know that I didn't imagine it, but there was a post on Lugnet that linked to a story in a financial publication that said they were out sourcing the production of the brioks to Flextronics with has sites around the world mostly in emerging (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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