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Re: source for 1 x 12 technic beams in red?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:56:34 GMT
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> > > > Can anyone suggest a source for 1 x 12 technic beams in red?
> > > > Briclink has them but if there is another way to get them that would • be
> > > > preferable.
Just for the record, define "preferable" -- what does it mean?
I'm genuinely curious because, for quantities of a specific part, there are
effectively only two options. First, you pray that S@H happens to have them
in a bulk pack (which applies to a relatively small set of parts). Secondly
and most realistically, you visit bricklink, where I observe the part is
highly available (including here in Oz -- which avoids issues with
international payment and postage if this is your concern).
I can't see how buying sets is going to be a better solution. There were at
most 8 of these parts in any set (see the link below for the complete list
of sets that have this part).
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3895&in=S
so I can't see why it could be in any way cost-effective to buy sets as a
way to get such a part.
Ebay is hardly a solution -- what are the odds that someone is going to
auction off a lot comprising primarily of this particular part? Like with
sets, you'd probably end up purchasing a lot of other stuff in order to get
what you want.
Just to tie this to another theme (lack of loc.au postings), I think it is
the success of S@H and bricklink and ebay that reduces posts to loc.au. Once
upon a time, getting hold of certain parts or sets was a challenge and you
needed to pick the brains of others to achieve it, but now everything is
available (albeit with a shipping cost) -- hence there is less to discuss.
Kerry
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| (...) For Mr.Wilson I think it means 75% cheaper than all other possible options. (snippage) (...) Not too sure if the SAH/BL/eb success can take sole credit. Most people were probably sourcing items from within their own LUG anyway. Next January it (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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