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Allan Bedford wrote:
> It's very interesting. I think it's even more amazing that this figure (by
> their own account) does not include pieces that are parts of sets. So is
> this figure purely bulk bricks? That represents only one menu off their
> products list on the sidebar of the site. How much other stuff is going off
> the shipping docks if that's the #'s for bulk bricks. Wow.
I think the clarifying statement that Lego has made about this number is
actually confusing the issue.
"Pieces sold on LEGOshop.com since Nov. 1, 2002!"
"Piece count reflects individual pieces sold and not complete sets"
I took this to mean they were adding up the pieces, Lego Elements, in
every set they sold. The term "piece" is often used to indicate a
single item that is for sale. "We sold 50 pieces of that item." Under
this interpretation a piece would be a set because that is the item for
sale. So I think they are trying to differentiate between "piece" the
set, and "piece" the Lego element with this disclaimer.
This would mean it gives us no information about bulk brick sales, and
they aren't doing quite as much business as we thought. Although that's
still pretty damn good business.
Derek
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| (...) Well why didn't they *say* that then. :) O.K. I guess I was reading into the statement only what I wanted it to mean, rather than what it might really mean. But it does point out how tricky semantics can be. What I thought it meant was, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I've been watching this thing all week. Back on Monday night I mentioned it in another thread and it was only at about 42,000,000. If you watch it over time I belive you'll find that it increases by an average of 130,000 bricks per hour during (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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