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Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:57:42 GMT
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> > Frankly I
> > find it baffling that someone would not want at least 1,000 of any given • basic
> > piece. (bricks, plates, and slopes)
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> Maybe, but such people exist. I would suggest that not many 10 year olds would
> want that many.
Most 10 year olds that like Lego would. (I work in a toy store, trust me on
that one.) I belive your point was how many parents would buy them for kids.
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> > I will buy the argument that someone
> > making a forest would not want 1,000 trees.
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> Likewise someone building a mobile crane...
The old service packs were better for that sort of thing. I thought the whole
point of bulk was to allow each of us to build our own mini-lands.
> > > > > And I would much rather see more coverage than 10,000 cheap 2x4's.
> > > >
> > > > This is the second person that did not read my post. I said I wanted • 10,000
> > > > 6x8 PLATES. 6x8 plates are a bit different than the 2x4 bricks two posts • now
> > > > have assumed I said.
> > >
> > > Relax, there are a lot of postings. I think someone did say 2x4's at some
> > > point, and I wasn't directly addressing yours. But I will now: "I would
> > > rather see more coverage than 10,000 unit packs of 6x8 plates to make Mike
> > > happy." ;-)
> >
> > I would definately rather see something that makes the most people happy even
> > if it does not personally make me happy. (After all that would make the • company
> > the most money, and that is the whole point in the end.)
> >
> > I still belive true bulk sales would make the company more money than the
> > single piece service packs are now.
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> But we'll never know for sure, because they're unlikely to tell us.
Exactly
> > I definately want to see an expanded
> > selection.
>
> Don't think you'll get much disagreement there!!!
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> > For example slopes ("roof bricks") are basicly useless to me
> > without inverse slopes to go with them. (I am, after all primarialy a space
> > builder)
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> And here lies the point - everyone builds differently. For some, bulk (1000+)
> would be a god-send. I'd personally like to be able to buy technic beams in • all
> sizes in any common colour in lots of 50 or 100. But I doubt I'd ever buy
1000.
Again the old service packs in differnt colors would benefit small scale
building better. Bulk is for large scale. (at least thats how I see it.)
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> > I would not buy them as single peice service packs though. The price
> > per peice is the same or higher than a retail set despite having no R&D, • retail
> > overhead, instruction printing, or retail packaging costs. Now I know TLC is • a
> > business so, as I have said before, I do not expect charity. On the same • note,
> > I will not pay for what I perceive as a rip off either.
>
> The free market at work! At some stage, if TLC figure the pricing or packaging
> of these packs is hurting their bottom line, they'd be silly not to do
> something about it. What they do is another question entirely. All we can do • is
> suggest options 8?) but they're moot until TLC decides they need to do
> something.
When half the Lego isle is taken up by Mega Blocks that would generally be an
indicator that something is wrong.
At least we have those cool LD sets and Legends to look forward too. And I
will admit that I plan on getten a few packs of cypress trees. Despite my
critizisms I do like the general direction LD is going. My only real complaint
is that so far bulk purchases of basic elements does not really exisit (yet?)
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) Mike, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I feel it's only fair to state this: If the LEGO company as a whole doesn't soon pull up its socks, there won't be any LEGO Direct, there won't be any bulk parts and there won't be any more (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) How many people have posted (supporting your assumption) on this thread? How many people buy from S@H? (...) Maybe, but such people exist. I would suggest that not many 10 year olds would want that many. (...) Likewise someone building a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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