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Re: 4400 Tubs
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Mon, 3 Nov 2003 01:38:58 GMT
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The things I’d like to know (but fully recognize that I have no real right to
most of the answers) are:
- Why were so few of these put out?
- Will we see them again?
- At the same price point?
- What is the deal with that price point? 70% of the last tub at 50% of the price? That is a fantastic price for retail; certainly the lowest price/piece ratio I’ve seen for a long time (excluding sale items).
- Will you be honoring the backorders placed before you pulled the product?
- What was this tub? A Walmart Canada special deal that somehow ended up at S@H? A loss leader item to get basic bricks out there? A X-mas special accidently released early? An elaborate hoax pulled off by clone-brand terrorists?
- Who decided the element mix? Kudos to them, it’s fantastic.
- Will (if it becomes available again) it show up in other regional markets?
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I have another question/comment -
TLC keep telling us AFOLs we are a trivially small minority market. So how come
there aren’t enough 4400 to supply a few hundred of us who only want 10 - 25
buckets each. Heck, that’s only a few thousand. Surely they would have made
50,000 - 100,000 to satisfy the world market?
JB
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) On the "spumoni ice cream" theory, I bet these bricks were Lego's leftovers. Just like the S@H bulk sand red bricks, they had resin and time leftover and someone at Wal-Mart agreed to buy the result. The quantity may have been just perfect for (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| Hi guys, Would it be possible for someone to check into the 4400 tub situation and let us know what the scoop is? The tubs appeared briefly in Canada, possibly in connection to a "anniversary sale" at Walmart, and not in any great quantity - as far (...) (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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