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Re: Lego Roadshow
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 1 May 2000 05:59:02 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > "Whytcross, Benjamin" wrote:
> > > The least they could do is put a manufacturing plant
> > > 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.
It's even simpler than that. The cost of setting up, supplying and staffing a
factory anywhere in the Australasian region would nowhere near be offset the
costs saved in transport. And let's face, it the average john doesn't even
know what they're missing out on in terms of sets or release dates, not only
doesn't he know but probably wouldn't care if he did. After all we still buy
lego, I know we complain about these things but it doesn't actually hurt LA's
sales any.
However all that said, I agree with Benjamin, you'd think they'd know and
budget time for transport to achieve simultaneous release dates. It's not good
enough in this global age to view a first world country as a second string
market. Surely lego can't run production that close to release that sets
simply aren't ready to send in time.
Enough spleen venting, I'm off to set up a toy import company.
James (who's joking about importing, the government doesn't understand)
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