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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 10:32:30 GMT
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Peter White wrote:
> 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)
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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 Brazil
> or somewhere in South America
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> pete.w
I think they closed the brazil plant.
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