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Subject:	Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:20:22 GMT
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mike Walsh wrote: > TLC has changed some of their requirements. I had a conversation with a > small toy store owner a few months ago and she mentioned it had recently > become easier for her to do business with TLC. Thye had lowered the minimum > buy to $1000 and it didn't have to be paid for in advance. She could also > choose a subset (she chose Soccer, Harry Potter, and Dinosaurs) of the > product line to carry. Um, isn't this *really* big news? A minimum buy of $1000 would make it reasonable for some parts sellers to buy Lego at wholesale. It's not 75% off clearance, but wholesale would be a good price, especially if it gave a seller the opportunity to have a large, known quantity of brand new sets to part out and make available for sale. Sadly, more information does not seem to be available; lego.com is curiously lacking in any information for retailers. . . > I agree wholeheartedly that some of the LD/S@H stuff should be available in > retail outlets. If it was available retail a lot more money would come out > of my pocket. Yes, actually making the product available to the whole market, not just the small collection of people who are willing to buy toys mail-order, would probably make some money, although the margins would be lower. The value in brand building by having quality sets like the Blacksmith Shop in retail shops would, however, be enormous. FUT .market.theory, I reckon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWS Garrison tgarriso@math.purdue.edu http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/

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		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
(...) minimum (...) By crikey, at that minimum, it would be viable for some regular consumers to buy wholesale from them! I reckon I could put together an order of that size entirely based on pre-sales from local AFOLs. Now there's a thought! Kerry (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0...due.edu... (...) minimum (...) also (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I managed to get a little insight into the retailer pricing from my conversation and the few prices she (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
(...) While I know that the minimum would not be a problem for some of us (I can easily spend several thousand at a time) there are sure to be other stipulations to be able to purchase wholesale. Most obviously that you are actually going to RESELL (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)

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		Re: LEGO disappearing from small toyshops
"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GrJ4uD.KFK@lugnet.com... (...) they (...) to (...) TLC. (...) capitalize (...) LEGO (...) stores...things (...) that (...) [ ... snipped ... ] TLC has changed some of their requirements. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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