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Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego
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Sun, 12 Aug 2001 03:06:52 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Rich Manzo writes:
> How do [you] think TLC can do this? Make a Castle Kingdom for $50.00? Impossible.
Gee, I am no math wiz, but here goes:
#3450 Statue of Liberty 2800 pcs. @ $199 USD = $0.07 USD an element
#3451 Sopwith Camel 577 pcs. @ $49.99 USD = $0.09 USD an element
#3724 Lego Dragon 1530 pcs. @ $99 USD = $0.06 USD an element
#7127 Imperial AT-ST 107 pcs. @ $9.99 USD = $0.09 USD an element
#7144 Slave 1 165 pcs. @ $19.99 USD = $0.12 USD an element
#7126 Battle Droid Carrier 133 pcs. @ $9.99 USD = $0.07 USD an element
#8008 Stormtrooper 361 pcs. @ $34.99 USD = $0.09 USD an element
#6776 Ogel Control Center 410 pcs. @ $49.99 USD = $0.12 USD an element
#10000 Guarded Inn 246 pcs. @ $24.99 USD = $0.10 USD an element
This is a random sample of sets available in the current catalogue at a
decent price. Yes, there are sets costing more -- and yes, I would tend NOT
to buy them at their current price point. My point was to show that there
are a lot of sets in the $0.10 per element range that some of us find at
least tolerable -- certainly bulk bricks should be packaged in larger
quantities of bricks at a greater savings, but let's leave that to the side
for now. Can everyone agree that TLC can make sets costing an average of
$0.10 USD an element (the actual average of the above was $0.09!)? Good.
So for my $50 USD I might expect to get around 500-600 elements for my hard
earned cash. Let's see what I can score for these prices from the back
catalogue of stuff that TLC doesn't have to do much fuss over to rerelease
(no talk of making molds, please -- I think that matter is well settled!).
Here we go:
#6040 Blacksmith Shop 89 pcs.
#6041 Armor Shop 109 pcs.
#6059 Knight's Stronghold 221 pcs.
#6060 Knight's Challenge 160 pcs.
Total elements for the above is 579. With this Ultra-Castle Package I get a
small castle thingy, some seige equipment, a tournament field, a blacksmith,
and his armour storefront! That wouldn't suck at all!
How about I swap out the #6059 and the 6041 for the #6077 Forestmen's River
Fortress 348 pcs.? This would give me an element total of 597. And this
Ultra-Castle Package contains a full-sized camouflaged style castle, a
tournament field, and a blacksmith shop. A great bargain!
Impossible! Can't be done?! It CAN, and SHOULD BE DONE!!!
An interesting contrast is the 6091 King Leo's Castle 524 pcs. for between
$90-100 USD retail. Gee, I wonder why I still see so many of these on the
shelves? Could it be that it's actual valuation by the paying public is more
in the $50 USD range? Even that price would be too much for all those jr.
elements to my mind...
-- Hop-Frog (don't shoot me, I'm the only Lego Curmudgeon you have!)
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