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Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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lugnet.lego
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Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:28:03 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Richard Marchetti writes:
> I had to call the Consumer Affairs people to replace some old black wheels as
> found in Technic set #8246 and old Blacktron I set #6941 (almost the same
> element except for minor details). I had recently purchased several of these
> from a fellow Lugnut and when I took the big tires off of the little wheels,
> the little wheels fell apart from stress and age -- these would be the bigger
Yes, just last night I had a couple of those hubs crumble when I tried
to remove them from old tires. They were gray hubs.
> tires as found on Blacktron I set #6941, BTW. Point being: they charged me
> $0.40 USD an element which I was happy to pay. But, I think this may stand as
> a measure of what Lego Direct prices may be like for specialty parts (not
> common bricks and such, hopefully!)-- they will not be sold for $0.05 and
> $0.10 each as some people seem to believe even if they are sold in bulk. I
> guess this may present us with the problem of say Cypress Trees being $1 each • -
> - I am not sure I can or want to buy 1000 of these in bulk at such a price.
This is why we will see several part resellers and part trading sites
spring up. You might buy 1000 and put 990 of them up a parts
trading/sale website.
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| I had to call the Consumer Affairs people to replace some old black wheels as found in Technic set #8246 and old Blacktron I set #6941 (almost the same element except for minor details). I had recently purchased several of these from a fellow Lugnut (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego)
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