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Re: what makes a legend?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 03:41:20 GMT
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To All,
Something to think about in terms of mold cost. When I worked in a plastic
injection molding plant in Fowlerville, Michigan, a few moons ago, they were
making molds for various hard plastic parts for various customersd, such as
Ford. A typical mold, let's say for the Chrysler Neon Battery box (Just the
ottom of it) came out to $500,000 in 1995. That was about the shape of a
3033 tub. So figure witht he multiple cavities and precision tolerances LEGO
does run, I am sure a mold is quite expensive. If they can substitute
another part without jepordizing the model or their profit / loss margin,
all the more power to them.
Scott "Who saw a lot of molds, both yesterday and today" S.
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| (...) "every problem has a simple solution. Unfortunately, it's often wrong" Just thought I'd toss that out to ponder. (...) Great advice in general. Not a valid response to Geoffrey who is asking "why can't we have this part back that we don't have (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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