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Re: NEW 2001 sets (Scuplture Dragon! and HTO stuff among)...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Sun, 24 Dec 2000 19:55:52 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.lego.direct, Huw Millington writes:
it's also available in the UK shop, price 80GBP.

We've now seen three of these large scale dealiethings.

I wonder how well they are doing? That is, what are the goals of these, is
it opportunistic sales (do it because they're relatively easy to develop and
since they use mostly basic bricks, relatively low cost production),
something to build brand awareness (these would tend to get displayed, I
would think) or something else entirely?

Myself, they kind of leave me cold. But I don't have space to display
everything I would want to display even from my own designs, much less my
current collection, and I don't see them as an economical source of bulk.

++Lar

This is a good point. They are quite expensive. I know that shop sized
displays sell for a little less, and, although glued, are far more unique.
One would have to know the numbers sold to know if the are a money spinner,
but I expect it must be pretty borderline.

Offering instructions-only at low/no cost to increase bulk brick sales may
give them a better return.

Scott A



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  Re: NEW 2001 sets (Scuplture Dragon! and HTO stuff among)...
 
(...) Agreed. Let's see what the latest announcement plays out as... I suspect (even ignoring the non availability of graygreen/verdigris) that the current bulk packs cannot make you any of the statues (the legodude uses plates not in the bulk (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: NEW 2001 sets (Scuplture Dragon! and HTO stuff among)...
 
(...) We've now seen three of these large scale dealiethings. I wonder how well they are doing? That is, what are the goals of these, is it opportunistic sales (do it because they're relatively easy to develop and since they use mostly basic bricks, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk)

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