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There seems to be a disparity between the costs of bricks in the bulk tubs and parts in general. Bricks in bulk tub vary around 1.5 - 2 cents each. In general set parts seem to cost 10 cents (or higher) per piece on average. <Speculation> Could it (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have two thoughts/speculations: - Enfield only makes the highest volume parts. Below some production level, it is more cost effective to make the parts at a different factory and ship them to the other factories rather than each factory (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ray, You could be on to something. That would explain why the European service pack catalog has like 3 times the number of service packs in it then our does. If people want bulk, maybe we ought to contact them over seas and see if we can do business (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ray Sanders skrev i meddelandet <3815C171.E7E205BE@gate.net>... (...) According to a book I read a while ago ('LEGO and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen' It is about GKC, LEGO A/S, and The LEGO Company, written by a Danish author - Ole Steen Hansen) all (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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So how much does it cost to ship some molds to Enfield? Build On! John Matthews Ray Sanders <rsanders@gate.net> wrote in message news:3815C171.E7E205...ate.net... (...) bricks are (...) hurdle (...) that (...) problem (...) have (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) More than it seems, I would guess. Just shipping would be negligable. However, there would be more costs - the production time lost to remove a mold from a molder, and again to re-install it; the lost throughput by taking down a machine to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <3815C171.E7E205BE@gate.net>... (...) I think you may be right for at least some of the 'special' pieces. For example, the technic pieces are produced in Swiss mainly. BUT, there's also another reason why basic brick (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Where I said 'classic' I meant 'basic', sorry. Eric (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <bad cheese joke> Produced in Swiss? That explains why they're full of holes. (rim shot) </bad cheese joke> LFB. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Besides, think of all the people that would want that Mold... they'd have to send an armed guard with it while it traveled :( (...) Keep on Bricken' -Tamy Follow the bouncing boxes! (URL) (mirror site) Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life! (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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