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Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
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lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:54:35 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.nl, Cary Clark writes:
> In lugnet.loc.nl, Jeff Stembel writes:
> ...
> > I've heard from multiple sources that making a new mold costs $100,000.
> > Someone mentioned that a $15 price increase would be worthwhile to them for
> > those windows, but Lego would still have to sell 6,667 copies of the set just
> > to *cover* the cost of the mold.
> ...
> This assumes that the mold would be solely used for one set. But a 1x1
> window would have applications beyond this single set. As Mike Walsh already
> noted, it would be used in a re-released Yellow Castle, and would
> undoubtably sell very, very well as a bulk pack in any color.
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> If LEGO Direct wanted to make a business case for creating a mold for an
> element that would receive common use in multiple sets, present and future,
> the 1x1 window would be a fine candidate. After all, every time a new
> element is injected into any mold, the mold receives a little wear, and must
> eventually be replaced. LEGO must make new molds nearly continuously.
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> For this particular element, it may be more than the mold. 1x1 windows with
> glass probably require an assembly jig that doesn't exist anymore as well.
Good analysis. The jig probably would be a lot simpler than, say, the jig
for assembling monorail motors, but it would need a jig, nonetheless.
Brad has said LD doesn't have the brief to get molds made at this juncture.
That doesn't in my view rule it out at some point in the future. But this is
here and now. We were asked how we felt about sets with parts substitutions
where older parts were not available,
(http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=3462)
and my read of the discussion which ensued was that a number of people (but
not all) were OK with it, preferring to get a set that met the spirit if not
the exact part for part duplicate.
That begs the question of whether this particular substitution is so bad
(assuming that the rumors are true, after all, someone found some pics on
the site, that doesn't PROVE that this is the set we are getting although it
is likely) that it may or may not have been better to wait to reintroduce
this one until LD DID hold the brief to get molds made. I haven't decided,
myself, yet. What if it never does? Would we be worse off having never got
this set, even imperfect? I dunno.
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