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(...) Not sure I'd write off private sales and auctions for a while yet. I'm sure some clubs like yours will be able to get some of the parts you want in some of the colors you'd like but with an evergreen inventory of 100 elements and a rotating (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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With the number of LEGO clubs forming I believe that the target number for a min order can easily be hit. Elements could then be distributed within the group, thus insulating TLG from smaller orders. This also is, in a minor way, a forcing function (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) older (...) Well, from "The World Of Lego Toys" (or something like it, one of the world tours), the comment was that in198(7?) they had been producing there molds using CAM for at that point about 20 years, so it is possible. I know how the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That's true - if and only if you are looking for multiple colors. The sales of large single-color lots on places like eBay show that there's a definite market for this sort of thing. I ran out of black 1x bricks while building my latest MOC (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It may suck, but it _does_ exist. (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) While they almost certainly have CAD/CAM files for newer parts, there are almost certainly some older parts which they don't have CAD/CAM files for. I'd strongly suspect there are parts we WON'T see because they no longer have a useable mold. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I don' t know Ed, I think that the market is full of Red, Blue, Yellow and even Black. But I'd love to be able to order bulk Grey, Dark Grey and Tan bricks...maybe even Brown and Clear. Those would be great for building some nice downtown type (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oh, I think I could find a use for 1000 tiles... Look at Sanjay D'Souza's Millenium City for some ideas... (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'll wait to see the price of 2*4 bricks from LD, before I think about any specials. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Inn, (...) will (...) far (...) I hate to rain on anyone's parade but I don't see this happening except in the case of the Yellow Castle. Why not? All the other sets require PRINTED elements which would greatly increase the manufacturing costs (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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