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(...) Since I posted I've been thinking about that. I doubt he'd let two rules slide, but If I could bump up the order to $10 he might consider shipping to England. At least we speak the same language. I've been scouring his inventory for the type (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) and that is the understatement of the century. Transport costs are already a goodly portion of the gross order billing. One year I calculated that 28% of remittances were for shipping/transport. Parts (unless the part is rare/desirable/low (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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Biomechanical Bricks Kits ==== Product Test Shots: (URL) MC7 Evolution Gallery> Box Graphics Builders Frame - Model #01 (URL) Soon>> Display Frame - Model #02 (URL) Soon>> Product Shots Builders Frame - Model #01 (URL) Soon $70 USD>> Display Frame - (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) They don't know about it? (...) If there were a web page we could point retailers to (or a onesheet we could print out and give them???) that might help. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) If those are the only restrictions, I wonder why more shops don't use this program? There are some anecdotes that suggest that the old retailer program was designed for the big box stores, and thus many small retailers swore off Lego. If (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) The Small Retailer Program does exist, and retailers can get access to a subset of the LDMI item list. People at LEGO's SRP are very willing to work with retailers, but there are still S@H exclusives, I believe, that small retailers can't (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Jake would know for sure, but I do believe there is a North American LEGO fullfillment option called the Small Retailer Program. I don't know anything about it but I suspect that product actually comes from LDMI (Shop At Home). Perhaps the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Lines? I'd heard that restriction had been lifted, at least partially, but that maybe there was still a restriction on assortment within a line. I would love it if even the LEGO brand retail stores would be allowed to order what sells... more (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) should be pushing those lines which aren't carried at the big boxes, like Mindstorms and trains. My impression is that the independents are forced into carrying certain lines in any contract with Lego, and those lines aren't liked by the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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"John Riley" <Rohnjiley@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IFxAqJ.18y9@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) TLG. (...) took me (...) Otherwise, we (...) years. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] While I don't disagree with what you have written, I will (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I don't think it's missed market opportunities but the nature of the product. Most kids who want a train set want something they can set on the track right out of the box and don't want to have to mess with building the train first. So by its (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) OK, so let's be realistic: most retailers (especially the big three toy retailers in the US: TRU, Wal-Mart, and Target) are not going to sell Lego trains year-round; trains tend to be strictly a holiday purchase, and otherwise languish on the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) Dealing with a mall can be tricky. Often they are owned by companies that have several malls in an area. They often only accept larger deals, in which a chain has to commit to put a store/play area in EACH of those malls. Also, having a Lego (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Perhaps the lack of sales of trains with LEGO's target markes is because THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW LEGO TRAIN EXIST!! In the USA, train sets have been available at standard retail outlets only sporatically ever since the introduction of Lego trains (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) It's not the upfront money, it's the projected sales that determine whether a new mold is produced. Trains, while popular among AFOLs, just don't sell well among Lego's target market. I imagine that the projected sales for 10170 is at most (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | Re: What's up with the Wal*mart Lego selection?
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(...) As it happens, there was a magazine article in (Australian) Business Review Weekly this week primarily about the demise of TRU but also about Wal-Mart as it is the category-killer's killer. What it says ... Discounters [e.g. Wal-Mart] realised (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hey there, I recently stumbled accross the following: (URL) for fifty pieces. Morne (21 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: What's up with the Wal*mart Lego selection?
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(...) To a certain extent, toys are a seasonal product. True there will be toys sales all year long, but the volume of toys sold is concentrated between November and February. I definately see this in my BL store (becuase I sell primarily sets). Toy (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) And then there's the economic impact of Wal-Mart. A recent study from the Pennsylvania State University, (URL) that the presence of Wal-Mart in a county increased the family poverty rate or lowered the magnitude of the decrease in family (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Bricklink - Underage participants
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Don't worry about it, Admin is much smarter that to get on shaky ground. It has already been discarded. Paul (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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