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RE: Lego Roadshow
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Mon, 1 May 2000 05:44:25 GMT
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How about putting a new manufacturing facility in Australia...With the value
of the aussie dollar, we could probably export the sets to the US for less
than it costs to produce there. Also, they'd have a good selection of
week-end workers who'd accept partial payment in parts :)
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: Peter White [mailto:aztekium@optusnet.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:41 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Lego Roadshow
>
>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> >
> > "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.
> >
> >
> > Yeah, a lego china or something, wages are low, therefore • that drives the cost
> > down (we would hope)
>
> 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 Brazil
> or somewhere in South America
>
> pete.w
>
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