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Re: 10152 Update
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lugnet.lego
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Sun, 19 Dec 2004 06:19:28 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
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We’d been working
from a large stockpile of the Maersk blue for years (we buy big to make it
cost-effective), and it was finally about to run out. Out of coincidence,
Maersk requested a new Maersk LEGO set. We decided to run out the supply of
ABS with this one last set. Once it was gone, it simply wasn’t going to be
cost-effective for us to buy another supply of ABS to continue developing
that color.
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But after a few months, Maersk came back to us with a request for more of the
10152 sets. Apparently the 10152 that they had taken delivery of were working
quite well for them. They agreed to cover the expense of buying a very small
(and expensive) quantity of Maersk blue ABS in order to be able to produce
more sets. We purchased just enough ABS for this one run, and while we don’t
have any plans for more production, I certainly won’t promise again! :)
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Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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And it appears that many a Lego fan has requested the grays to remain the same.
Of course there was no choice. Perhaps all those in favor of keeping the old
grays have less pull than Maersk. Seems there’s no problem producing Maersk
blue again when there was no plans to ever run that color again, hmmmm. Of
course $$$ talks. It’s just all too fishy. I can’t make heads or tails off it.
I can understand that certain colors cost more than others, but this stuff isn’t
silver and gold and I don’t see it being any more than the difference of a few
cents to a buck per set. Nothing against you Jake, I’m starting to feel sorry
you work for Lego. I wonder if the price of Maersk blue parts on BL shops will
drop. Considering how things have gone with Lego lately I wonder if The Maersk
company didn’t receive enough of the first batch of 10152 for their employees
due to the high demand from the general public. Here’s an idea, don’t charge
Maersk extra for the increased cost of the ABS pellets and in turn they give
Lego a great rate for shipping from China in the future. :)
-Patrick
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) This is good news! All we have to is find a shipping company whose trademark color is old light or dark gray, and convince them to subsidize a run of old-gray 10152s. Simple. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Message is in Reply To:
| | 10152 Update
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| All, As the saying goes... I have some good news and some bad news about the 10152 Maersk ship. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post an update. We've been working on a number of things surrounding this set. As you certainly recall, the situation (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce, FTX) !!
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