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Re: Sticker Shock...Lego Direct?
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lugnet.lego
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Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:22:17 GMT
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Too bad you didn't ask in here - I have over 100 of those rims from 8246s, I would
have let them go at $.10-15 each ;-)
richard marchetti wrote:
> 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
> 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.
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> Just (virtually) thinking out loud,
>
> Richard
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