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As Kevin L also noted, AFAIK, the bricks molded in the US were only destined for
the Americas.
Mike Petrucelli wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Tom Stangl writes:
> > 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 will be
> > cheaper than molding them here UNLESS the raw ABS is only available overseas and
> > they are currently shipping it HERE to be molded. Even then, the shipping costs
> > will be GREATLY increased, as molded bricks take up MUCH more volume than raw
> > pellets.
>
> 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 than it was
> usising domestically then the move makes complete and total sense.
>
> -Lord Insanity
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