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Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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Mon, 16 Aug 1999 13:41:39 GMT
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ARRRGHHHH!!!!
This is the awful story that Mark told me many months ago. Think of all the Classic
Windows that went into the shredder!!! Sigh........
Gary Istok
Mark Harrison wrote:
> Hi Sanjay,
>
> Does that mean that all the pieces from the model room at Lego NZ will be
> transfered to Australia or will they just dump them?
>
> That's what Lego Australia did when they moved from large premises to their
> current smaller premises. Tonnes of lego was either crushed, shredded or
> securely buried as there was nowhere to store it and it was found to be to much
> of a hassle to sell it off to the public. This all happened about 1 month before
> I had any contact with lego. The lego that was destroyed represented the
> accummulation of 25 years of returned sets, shopping centre displays, extra
> copies of instructions and anything deemed to be useless by the storeman who I
> later found out has no interest in lego whatsoever. This included baseplates,
> monorail track, 4.5V and 12V motors and internal electrical components (you
> could buy the internal german made motor for train motors). Hell, think about
> it, how much lego weighs a tonne, how much lego will fit into an industrial
> waste bin. All I know is that if I had been in contact with the people I know
> now at lego six weeks before I actually first contacted them, I'd have a couple
> of tonnes of lego stored in my garage and would be spending the next two
> lifetimes going thru it.
>
> Its depressing just typing this again.
>
> Mark H.
>
> Sanjay D'Souza wrote:
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> > --Parts on hand--
> >
> > Alternatively the spm the piece in stock. The Spare Parts Manager at LEGO
> > NZ had a stock of pieces that he had accumulated during the 3 years that he
> > was in the position. This consisted of shelves which were jam packed with
> > old sets, instructions, and draws full of old pieces sorted by type. He
> > also had another area he was setting up to better organise the many pieces
> > he had. Being a small time operation he didn't have a large number of spare
> > parts but he had a large variety.
> >
> > Sanjay
> > --
> > LEGO Stadium @ Http://Homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
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