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RE: Molds - I just don't grok the economics
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Mon, 21 Apr 2003 03:13:41 GMT
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Another clue to the economics lies in the sets' price per piece ratio.
Some of the Designer sets go for as little as 5 cents/piece while
Jabba's Palace is nearly 13 cents/piece. Star Wars licensing, raw
material costs (for larger pieces), etc. are also involved, of course.
Doug
Kerry Raymond wrote:
> Why it is uneconomic to make new molds for cypress trees etc which • could
> be
> used in many sets when it is possible to make a new mold for Jabba's • body
> which has about zero potential for reuse in any other set (apart from • one
> involving Jabba)? You could put a cypress tree in every creator and
> designer
> set (and many other themes), but you could hardly put a Jabba in them.
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 | | Molds - I just don't grok the economics
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| As I was building 4480 Jabba's Palace, I was thinking "nice pieces, useful colours, but what will I do with all those Jabbas if I buy more of them?" Then I thought to myself ... Why it is uneconomic to make new molds for cypress trees etc which (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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