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Re: color problems with 10190
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:25:29 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bryan Wong wrote:
> 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.
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> 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
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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...
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> -Bryan
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 that they are going to package the sets in Mexico(Juarez) and they ship
from Tennesse)
John P
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