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Re: More on the Pod Race Bucket
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Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:59:15 GMT
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I think Paul deserves the prize! EUREKA...
That does indeed explain a lot. I knew of a factory in Korea, but wasn't sure
on what they did, and who gets whatever it is that they do indeed do *breathe*
So perhaps the lower prices are a permanent feature? GST, new factory, all we
need now is that Darwin-Alice Springs railline completed to reduce shipping
costs and we'll be getting Lego sets that are (dare I say!) comparable prices?
Santosh
(who will be a railway engineer someday!)
In lugnet.loc.au, Paul Baulch writes:
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> I rushed over to Box Hill Target this morning to pick up the Pod Race bucket
> for $33 (thanks Ben, and thanks Target for 25% off!).
> Anyway, later on I was scrutinising the outside of the bucket, and I saw
> something rather interesting. When I got home I checked all of the most
> recent boxes I have (especially the Soccer sets). They all say:
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> "Made by Lego System A/S, DK-7190 Billund, Denmark."
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> On the side of the Pod Race bucket, however, can be read:
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> "Made by Lego Co, Seoul, Korea."
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> So what is the brick quality like? After scrutinising them carefully I find
> them indistinguishable in quality from any recent bricks "from Billund".
> Unfortunately I don't know about the Adventurers Dino Islend sets that have
> been released. Perhaps Ben (or anyone else) would be able to tell us what
> the side of their boxes say.
> So how much Lego do you get in the bucket? Well, it's not full, I'd say
> around two-thirds full of Lego, but you seem to get a fairly decent amount
> of Lego (and a good selection of useable pieces). Even at Target's original
> pis-poor price of $45 it's around 15 cents a brick, compared to 25-30 cents
> for your average Target SW set. I sure hope Big W stock this bucket, I could
> see myself getting three more.
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> This is interesting, very interesting. It's a lot cheaper to ship from Korea
> than Europe, right? This could be a sign that cheaper Lego is on the way.
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> --
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> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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