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Subject:	Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Sun, 12 Dec 1999 22:16:23 GMT
Reply-To:	rsanders@&AvoidSpam&gate.net
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Nephilim wrote: > > I see it as light-years away from selling clones. I get what you're > saying, but, clone manufacturers have to take care not to violate > any of LEGO's patents. Since we're not manufacturering bricks, that's > not a problem in the least. > > There is nothing wrong with selling custom models made of LEGO elements > as long as you don't represent them as being a product of TLC, which > was really what you were saying. I agree. It's no more a problem for > LEGO for us to do this than it is for us to auction off old sets or > hold piece auctions. Ahh, but all the parts *are* official TLC parts (even if you do not say that). A big issue with bulk sales is that someone does not take advantage of the *privilege* (of buying bulk) to compete with TLC in the same venue. I would hate to see a MB package with the sticker "now with official Lego pcs" <shudder>. See some of my other posts in this thread about venue. Ray

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		Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
Ray Sanders wrote in message <38541EAB.7CA7F4DB@gate.net>... (...) Hey cool. MB has some reasonably nice set designs, and if they got TLC to manufacture the parts they have that TLC doesn't that would be even cooler - they have some nice parts. If (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

		Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
(...) I'm too much of a pessimist to expect that the bulk sales are going to come cheaply enough that a clone manufacturer could hope to compete directly against LEGO by buying their elements. I don't think LEGO isn't going to price the bulk (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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		Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
(...) I see it as light-years away from selling clones. I get what you're saying, but, clone manufacturers have to take care not to violate any of LEGO's patents. Since we're not manufacturering bricks, that's not a problem in the least. There is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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