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Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.[Star Wars Question]
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:17:26 GMT
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Lucas's group had final creative authority on the Star Wars sets. (A former
model builder friend of mine I still talk to was on the design team.) With any
luck, even TLG will see the viablity of high quality sets again.
-john
> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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