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Re: the latest news
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:10:46 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Ed Jones writes:
> In lugnet.lego, Brad Justus writes:
> > Dear All:
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> [snip]
> > · Initial availability will be in North America, but Europe will follow
> > soon after.
> > · When we say bulk orders, we mean large quantities of a single element
> > (e.g. 1,000 red 2x6 bricks), not a single order of a thousand different
> > elements.
> > · Initially, we will offer somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 "basic"
> > elements (standard bricks, some tiles and plates, etc.). The list for
> > the first available elements will be published in early May. • [snip]
> > Play Well.
> >
> > -- Brad
> >
> > Brad Justus
> > Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
> > legodirect@lego.com
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> Brad this is very good news.
>
> However, I must state my pessimism of LEGO Directs success if the choice for
> initial elements is bricks. Bricks are very easily obtained in basic buckets.
> The current market is saturated with 2x bricks.
Not quite... there are very few white and red 2x bricks on ebay and the
truly bulk (2500) ig white goes for $80-$100 I dont have that kind of money.
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> Plates and tiles should sell well provided all colors are available.Yes I hunger for more
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> IMO, the market is much hungrier for minifigs and minifig elements, space
> elements, train elements and castle elements. MORE MORE MORE
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> But this is still great news! yup
Jonathan McKay
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| (...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) Brad this is very good news. However, I must state my pessimism of LEGO Directs success if the choice for initial elements is bricks. Bricks are very easily obtained in basic buckets. The current market is saturated (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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