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In lugnet.lego, Brad Justus writes:
First, things really seem to be comming along but I do have a couple of
questions. (See Below)
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> Second, I'd like to thank all of you for being so patient during these
> last couple of months. We know that it must be difficult to believe
> that there is a light at the end of the tunnel (such light being lit by
> my first communication in December) and then to be frustrated that it
> seems to draw no nearer. And we realize that though it may seem as if
> there have been many words and few actions, we can assure you that we
> have not been idle - but we needed to ensure that all the correct pieces
> were in place before beginning actively our interactions with you. These
> pieces are now largely where they ought to be and, consequently, we are
> ready to begin putting the rubber to the road (or the brick to
> baseplate, as it were).
I really don't think you need to apologize. You said we would have ordering by
the end of the summer or there abouts so it looks like you are right on
schedule to me. I for one didn't think you were twiddling your thumbs so to
speak. I would rather you work hard to get bulk ordering done than spend
countless hours trying to post and respond to requests.
<snip>
> · Initial availability will be in North America, but Europe will follow
> soon after.
> · When we say bulk orders, we mean large quantities of a single element
> (e.g. 1,000 red 2x6 bricks), not a single order of a thousand different
> elements.
> · Initially, we will offer somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 "basic"
> elements (standard bricks, some tiles and plates, etc.). The list for
> the first available elements will be published in early May.
This is my primary question...
What exactly constitutes an element in TLG's view?
For example is a 2x4 brick in any color considered a single element or does
each color variation of an piece constitute a different element?
I ask because I personally look forward to buying thousands of Gray, DkGray,
Tan, and Brown 1xX bricks. Mostly 1x4's and 1x2's but also the other lengths
as well. Obviously it makes a difference as to how excited I should be about
40 basic elements to kick off Bulk Ordering. If each color represents a
different element my hopes of being able to get these bricks to start out with
will be low but if a 1x4 brick in any color is an element I will be excited.
I personally have plenty of these bricks in the more basic colors of Red,
White, Yellow, Blue, and Black so being able to order these bricks does not
excite me quite as much.
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> · It is our intent going forward to make a certain number of basic
> elements (perhaps a couple hundred or so) available year-round.
> · In addition to this evergreen group, we are creating a system that
> will allow us to offer a set (perhaps an additional 50 to 100) of more unusual
> elements each month. We will publish these elements at the beginning of
> each month, and collect orders for them during the course of that month.
> At the end of the month, we will tally the orders for each element, run
> our production against demand and then ship to you. In order to
> cost-justify production (changing the molds, running the machines for a
> certain period of time), we will require a minimum aggregate order (i.e.
> from all consumers) for each element, or we will not be able to produce
> that element. The beauty of this system is that it potentially allows us
> to manufacture elements which we are not currently producing - which
> will give you the ability to commission purchase of elements long out of
> production (assuming we still have the molds and that you as a group can
> commit to the minimum aggregate purchase). We hope to begin this service
> late this year or early in 2001.
This sounds great!! With a forum such as LUGNET for communication I am sure we
can build up those quantities for special items to make it well worth your
while.
Thanks again,
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| <snip>(Eric K said) (...) Eric said it almost perfectly. The "common" bricks (1x1,1x2,1x3,1x4,1x6,2x2, 2x3,2x4,2x6) are availabe in the "common" (Red, Blue, Black, White, Green, Yellow) colours in the 1200 piece buckets. I doubt you can beat the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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