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Re: 10152 Update
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lugnet.lego
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Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:41:55 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Patrick S. O’Donnell wrote:
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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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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.
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Message is in Reply To:
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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