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Re: the latest news
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:12:37 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Dan Jezek writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Will Hess writes:
> > > How about voting on all parts which are not commonly available that are
> > > required to build highly sought after classic sets like the 6067 Guarded • Inn,
> > > 375 yellow castle, Galaxy Explorer or the Metroliner.
> > > We have the instructions so we know what parts we need to build it.
> > > Couple people could get together and each buy 100 (or the minimum quantity
> > > required) of a certain part needed to build 100 guarded inns or yellow
> > > castles. Then everybody would send all the parts to a middle person who • will
> > > use them to build the sets and sell them back to people who want them for • far
> > > below current auction prices. Instructions could be done in Ldraw or
> > > downloaded from Brickshelf.
> >
> > I hate to rain on anyone's parade but I don't see this happening except in
> > the case of the Yellow Castle. Why not? All the other sets require PRINTED
> > elements which would greatly increase the manufacturing costs (and time).
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> Well, who says they can't make printed elements? For this idea to work, Lego
> Direct would have to make pieces on request and for this to be worth it, we'd
> have to look at the price of each element and how much it would cost
> to "recreate" a classic set. If it would cost $100
Not if they only made the hard to find pieces and the rest would be from a
normal collection
worth of parts to make 1
> guarded inn then forget it, might as well pick up a used one on eBay. It
> would definitely be worth it to buy a guarged inn for let's say $40 than to
> get a used one for 3 times as much.
> I'd definitely take this idea into consideration and try to persue it but
> seeing what kind of rating my original reply received, I don't think there
> would be any interest at all.
>
> D.
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| (...) Well, who says they can't make printed elements? For this idea to work, Lego Direct would have to make pieces on request and for this to be worth it, we'd have to look at the price of each element and how much it would cost to "recreate" a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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