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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:30:27 GMT
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Mookie wrote:
> Frank I have to agree with most of what you've said there... the Train
> groups really do give TLG a lot of exposure.. and I'm sure will kindle
> or even rekindle a fondness in people... THOUGH... If these "new" people
> think that they can create what they are seeing out of the box... they
> will be sorely mistaken... Conan's collection, from what I can tell, has
> been assembled over a 20+ year time frame... when LEGO made GOOD sets...
> even if you were to buy all the train stuff they currently have out..
> and buy duplicates of every set possibly even 10 or 20 of some of them..
> there's still NO way to recreate what Conan and the other Guys have
> done..
Well, one thing that could happen is serious clones of Lego bricks. I
don't know what the costs are of doing ABS molding, but model railroad
hobbyists are pretty resourcefull. There is a TON of small manufacturers
in model railroading. If enough people get interested in Lego trains,
the small manufacturers will figure out a way to capitalize on that. And
they'll put out quality products. And model railroaders are willing to
pay for their products (that's one reason Metroliners go for so much).
I don't know how much input the airlines and other customers of the
promotional set line have, but an NMRA Lego Train special interest group
which designs sets and asks TLG to produce them would be another avenue.
What I would love to know is the REAL reason the Star Wars sets are
non-juniorized. Is it because George Lucas forced it, or is it because
TLG really does want to make sets like that, but doesn't see market
viability, but saw that in the case of Star Wars, they could get away
with it because the collectors market would suck up enough units to
ensure profitability. If this second is the case, TLG will respond to
the demands of model railroaders if there is a sufficiently large market
(which I suspect there is).
--
Frank Filz
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Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) Frank I have to agree with most of what you've said there... the Train groups really do give TLG a lot of exposure.. and I'm sure will kindle or even rekindle a fondness in people... THOUGH... If these "new" people think that they can create (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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