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Re: Lego Roadshow
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 1 May 2000 05:17:02 GMT
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"Whytcross, Benjamin" wrote:
> That's the strange thing...They continually blame Denmark and shipping for
> everything from low stock to delayed arrival. You'd think they'd have
> learn't by now how long it takes to get items here, and if they can't get
> that right, then the least they could do is put a manufacturing plant in
> somewhere in the Australia/asia area. Then, maybe we'd be able to get some
> exclusive sets, and a good range at a reasonable price, not to mention sets
> released at a comperable time to the rest of the world.
>
> Benjamin Whytcross
> BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
> Ph: (03) 9856 5282
> Directory Technology Pty Ltd
> 1/436 Elgar Road,
> Box Hill, 3128
>
> Growing older is compulsary..Growing up isn't :-)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Howse [mailto:jehowse@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 2:08 PM
> > To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> > Subject: Re: Lego Roadshow
> >
> >
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> > > G'day, you wouldn't be able to get a travel schedule/list of sets they're
> > > selling this time round, would you?
> >
> > > >
> > > > The lego trailer seen last year is back with some new
> > > > displays. This time it includes dioramas featuring the new starwars sets,
> > > > Knight's Kingdom and the artic sets. Up the back of the display the six
> > > > roboriders are posed coming out of their respective cannisters, dispite the
> > > > fact that they're not due on shelves 'til Juneish. It's probably not worth
> > > > a trip out to see it, but keep an eye out in your local as it'll be touring
> > > > (as least I assume that's what these things do).
> >
> > No sales associated with the trailer, bummer. As for the
> > itnery <sp?> it'll be
> > in Castle hill next. The trailer belongs to the reps, it' not
> > run from head
> > office so they're very sketchy on details.
> >
> > As for more info on roboriders, expect them July and
> > catalog.2 in July/Aug.
> > They blame shipping/Denmark for the delay.
> >
> > James (who's now infamous at LAHQ :)
Yeah, a lego china or something, wages are low, therefore that drives the cost
down (we would hope)
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| (...) Unfortunately the quality may suffer as well. As well they may be worried about piracy and their precious moulds and China's bad reputation for copyright infringement. Wasn't Korea a possible site for manufacturing and is there a plant in (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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