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Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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lugnet.general
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:47:03 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Michael Shiels wrote:
> > Think of the models one could build if system bricks were
> > available at production price plus packaging and shipping?
Well, if you include a margin for profit (which does seem fair), this *does*
exist - it's called Pick-a-Brick, and you can do it on-line via S@H. Yes, I
*know* it doesn't have all the elements, or all the colors... but it has loads
more than previously available. When I wanted to build a large-scale mechanical
calculator out of LEGO, I figured it out and realized that the design would need
more than 300 1x4 studded beams... and I could actually purchase them, in bulk,
from S@H at lower prices than existed on Bricklink.
I'd love it if I could request custom runs of parts in the colors I choose, and
I'm sure if I could purchase enough to make it economical, TLG would probably do
it (why do you think the Maersk ship existed?). The problem is then an economy
of scale, and it's pretty impressive that they can scale it down to selling
individual elements via mailorder the way they already do.
--
Brian Davis
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| (...) I didn’t say that they should stop selling the normal sets. I just asked for an additional service above and beyond that... But of course you have a point regarding the need for profit. Perhaps such an offer should be available only to certain (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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