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Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 25 Oct 1999 00:20:57 GMT
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I've been following this group for a while, and I'd like to add my 3.059 cents
worth (the exchange rate at the moment's a pain).
If it is true that AFOL's requesting bulk orders would only make up a small
percentage of Lego sales, then I cannot see how Lego would lose money on the
deal. OK, they might not make much money on it, but if they're not going to
lose money, what's the problem? You can already buy tubs and service packs, we
just want to go a little more specialised.
If I tried to buy all the parts for my car (my real car that is) and build it
myself, apart from taking a very long time, I'm positive it would cost me
considerably more than if I was to buy it straight from the dealer. Similarly
I think Lego would be silly if they sold an equivalent parts list for sets
cheaper than the sets themselves. Perhaps categorising parts and setting
prices for different parts would solve the problem. Who wants to pay the same
for a 1x1 plate and a road base plate (just as an example. Although it would
be fantastic if they were both 6 cents each - just not practical for Lego).
I don't htink there would be many people who would try to buy all the parts to
a set and sell it for cheaper than retail. Sure some would try, but that's
where the scaled piece price list comes in. I'm sure all of us in Lugnetland
wouldn't mind paying a bit extra for pieces if it meant we could get the ones
we wanted in the quantity and colour we wanted. Even 1 cent extra would
discourage these people, and wouldn't break our budgets.
Someone made a comment about the construction of Legoland, so we know that
they already punch out zillions of pieces in every shape and colour
imaginable. It therefore wouldn't be hard to box up special orders and send
them off. Most of us are after specific pieces in specific colours and not
looking to reproduce whole sets.
The whole basis of Lego is to be able to invent and build your own creations,
not just the models in the official sets. Lego certainly shaped my early life,
and I'm positive I'm a better civil engineer having played with Lego as a
child. If I want to put a sporty exhaust system on my car I don't have to buy
a whole new car and use it's exhaust system on my existing car. So to denying
us access to individual parts to enhance and create our own models is going
directly against the original vision of Lego.
That's my say for the moment.
Peter Callaway
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