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Re: lego pick a brick
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lugnet.parts
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Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:42:52 GMT
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In lugnet.parts, John Patterson wrote:
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Who might know? I was just on Lego’s pick a brick and a brick 1x1 that has
the studs on two sides is 9 cents, studs on 4 sides is 24 cents, almost 3
times as much for 2 extra studs. (actually 3 studs for the first one and 5 for
the second one.) I have often wondered how Lego prices their sets and now
their parts. Any insight would be appriciated. Also brick 1x10 is 29 cents
and 1x12 is 25 cents.
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Part cost will always have as much or more to do with the complexity of the mold
and the quantity of those parts that are being made than just the amount of
plastic in the part. If I run a mold to make 1,000 pieces, vs running that mold
to make 2 million pieces, the price is going to be a lot different.
The issue you mention of a 1x10 costing more than a 1x12 must mean that LEGO is
already making a lot of the 1x12 for sets and the 1x10 is a lower volume part.
As for the 1x1 with studs, we can look at mold complexity.
 The mold for this part will be fairly straight forward,
pulling just up and down.
 This part
will need two slides (the mold has to pull in 4 directions.)
 This mold will need four slides, so it will pull in 6
directions.
You could argue that the mold for the 4 side stud one has been around for a long
time and should be all paid off (quite possibly, although it might have worn and
been replaced) but if they aren’t using it much lately, then it will cost more
just to run the tool.
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| Who might know? I was just on Lego's pick a brick and a brick 1x1 that has the studs on two sides is 9 cents, studs on 4 sides is 24 cents, almost 3 times as much for 2 extra studs. (actually 3 studs for the first one and 5 for the second one.) I (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.parts)
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