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In lugnet.trains, John Kelly III writes:
> I always find these types of comments fascinating. It could be that LEGO
> has changed quite a bit since I was a Model Builder for them. (Well it’s
> changed a lot in that most of the shop I was part of was moved off shore.)
>
> One of the common misconceptions that occurred was that as a model shop we
> had this fantastic inventory system and could get any brick we wanted in any
> color in any quantity. Fact of the matter was that we rarely had a complete
> selection of even the most current elements. I find that I have a more
> complete assortment of bricks in Conan’s basement then I did in the model
> shop. What the model shop had in quantity was basic bricks and plates. If
> we needed a supply of roof bricks, we’d have to order them. If we were
> lucky, they might be in inventory at the plant down the road. If they were
> not, we’d look overseas to their inventories. If it wasn’t there, we’d
> frequently redesign the model. That is how expensive it was for a Lego
> department to order a molding run done. We’d do it occasionally. It
> usually meant that we would have boxes and boxes and boxes of that
> particular element for months since the minimum production runs were always
> greater then the number we needed.
>
> If you consider it was tough for a model shop with 15-25 full time model
> builders to justify a production run, imagine how difficult it is for a Lego
> Direct sales forecaster.
Perhaps it is, but they made 'recently?' a whole lot of new models for the
LEGOLAND GERMANY park, so, i guess they run a whole lot more bricks than
they used for the models they build. I visited LEGOLAND WINDSOR too in the
opening year and could see in 'MINI EUROPA' that they used a lot of non
commercial colored bricks. If they can make them for there models, why can't
they, let's say, run half a day longer on the same brick/color? Molding a
floppy disk case takes 3.5 to 4 seconds(front and back side). I guess that
molding the regular bricks, and especially the little ones (plates ,technic
pins, ) doesn't take longer than molding a floppy disk case.
I recently placed a 'virtual' model on my home page from a Belgian passenger
car (perhaps also used by the österreich railroad) in ORANGE/White color.
I'm quite sure it will stay an 'virtual' model because we will never get
those pieces in those colors. If interested see :
http://www.geocities.com/ludo_soete/ and select 'Trains & Cars', then scroll
down untill the end.
Regards,
Ludo
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> Thanks -
>
> -John 3
>
>
> In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> >
> > "Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > news:H07n5n.Fn6@lugnet.com...
> > > In lugnet.trains, Tom Stangl writes:
> > > > Well, they've been CAST in dark grey, just not for public
> > > > consumption. Someone posted a MOC from Europe a copule weeks back,
> > > > using the dark grey low slopes gotten from a Red Letter day at Legoland,
> > > > from what I can remember.
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> >
> > Lawrence
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