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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin McMillin writes: <snip> The news articles all got it right and correctly identified molding as ceasing. There's a nuance there, though, in that they're saying that they will continue to pack sets (using pieces molded (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I still fail to see how this will save them money, unless: 1 - having the extra sets of molds/machines is killing production costs 2 - the raw ABS is ONLY available from Europe. I can't see how molding the bricks overseas and shipping them to the US (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, according to (URL) letting 1,000 people go they save £83Mil(122,159,397 USD) I'm not sure. Kevin <snip of Larry's post> (26 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) be (...) and (...) costs (...) This seems glaringly obvious to me but apparently is eluding many. It is probably cheaper to ship molded parts to the US then to ship molded parts to Europe. If the plant in Enfield was shipping more to Europe (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I believe they were only molding basic bricks at the Enfield plant. Considering how few basic bricks are in the current sets, it probably bade good business sense to shut it down. I wonder if they will discontinue bulk buckets and tubs? KL (26 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Lets try a different approach to understanding this. TLC recently opened a new production facility in the Czech Republic. This is talked about in this press release... (URL) The important part is the last lines in the release "It (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Concerning only basic bricks being moulded in the US... There is currently another thread about shipping containers being lost overboard while travelling across the Atlantic, (URL) inventory only showed special elements, which may confirm your (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all, if you haven't checked shop.lego.com yet, you might want to see all the new 2001 sets that were uploaded these days! Among is a NEW LEGO Sculture Dragon as well as many small HTO sets that we have NOT seen before. Instead of opening each (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.lego)
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Hi again, while posting my previous message, I have unfortunately forgotten to mention that the new LEGO Sculptures Dragon #3724 is right now only available when you log on with 'german' basket. I just ordered my copy so I wasn't aware of the fact (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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it's also available in the UK shop, price 80GBP. Huw "Christian Gemuenden" <GECH1@t-online.de> wrote in message news:G611G5.3xD@lugnet.com... (...) mention (...) of (...) check (...) (26 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk)
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