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Re: Lugnet Promo Sets
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:25:24 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, James Powell writes:
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> > That's what I was curious about, what are the volumes? I could believe
> > millions for the Shell sets, but I seriously doubt the Velux promo runs
> > to the millions. I kind of doubt the airline promos do either (now if
> > they were sold on domestic flights or through the airline's gift
> > catalog, that might increase the volumes, but I still doubt it). Now
> > clearly Shell's (and Kabaya's) higher volumes is why they have a wider
> > variety of sets, and I bet they get more say in what kinds of sets are
> > produced, but I could almost imagine there being a catalog of "promo"
> > sets which potential partners get to pick from.
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> I fired off a Email to Jake (which I will repeat here:
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> I'm not sure if you would have access, but there is some info on my web page
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> (you all can dig for it, its on the UNICEF van :)
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> which is about a van made here in Canada by Sampsonite. It suggests that in
> the past there was a capability to manufacture smaller runs of sets, but it
> might well have been lost when Lego took over the Canadian operations.
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> Perhaps some enquiries about this set might give some ideas as to production?
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> I _think_ that a set with a Minifig, and a van like this would be a ideal • promo
> set for LUGNET and TLG. Even a plain Minifig with a LUGNET sticker, and
> LUGNET stickers for the side of the van would be cool, and this brings it into
> the land of the custom kit, like what I hand produce (or any of the other • Guild
> of Bricksmiths produce). I believe there are ~1000 members of LUGNET, which
> would probably generate sales in the order of ~2000-4000 units, which is about
> as many as sold of the UNICEF van.
Heck, if they didn't juniorize it, and made it with decent pieces, I'd buy
anywhere from 10-50 myself, depending on cost and the parts involved.
Personally, I'd want something along the lines of 2149 or 1831 if 4-wide, and
1650 (but better wheels than 1650) if 6-wide. If just a small van, I'd still
want the cargo doors off of the containers on 2149/1831 on the back of the
cargo area to make it interesting. And any truck/van would HAVE to have real
town doors, either 1x3x1 or 1x3x2.
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| (...) Umm, I wouldn't be complaining too much about wheels if we got a set similar to 1650 (gosh, how many center sections does that thing have? Is that TLC's longest ship? It looks like it could be longer than a BSB or SES). I assume you meant (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) I fired off a Email to Jake (which I will repeat here: I'm not sure if you would have access, but there is some info on my web page (you all can dig for it, its on the UNICEF van :) which is about a van made here in Canada by Sampsonite. It (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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