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Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 02:11:38 GMT
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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.E7E205BE@gate.net...
> 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.
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> <Speculation>
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> Could it be that Enfield only makes bricks ? Every box that I have
> mentions "Contents made in DENMARK, SWITZERLAND AND USA". Are all the
> special parts made in Europe ? The Duplo Toolo I have even says
> "Contents made in SWITZERLAND & USA" (no mention of Denmark). Is it
> possible that all the parts we want would have to be made in Europe ? If
> so, then Enfield does not even have the molds.
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> </Speculation>
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> Ray
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> Eric Kingsley wrote:
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> > C. From what I was told, and I don't know much about where and how • bricks are
> > made, TLG does have the capability to do bulk orders but their biggest • hurdle
> > is to cut down shipping costs to make it worth while. It seemed to me • that
> > they were saying that the parts are all manufactured in Europe and the • problem
> > resides in filling bulk orders and keeping shipping costs down. Know I • have
> > no idea how much of this is true but this is what I understood from my
> > conversations.
> >
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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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| 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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