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Re: 10152 Maersk promo ship comes back as 10155
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lugnet.promo
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Sun, 2 Jan 2011 16:10:22 GMT
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In lugnet.promo, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.promo, Benjamin Medinets wrote:
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In lugnet.promo, Dave Schuler wrote:
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I seem to recall that when the 10152 was released, TLG made a big noise
about how “Maersk Blue” was a limited production run and would never be
reproduced (or even reproducible, perhaps).
Is this another example of TLG nobly standing by its principles until
jettisoning those principles as unprofitable? Or am I misremembering that
story about Maersk Blue?
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Didnt we hear similiar noise earlier about a wide parts pallette (for Lego
Brand Retail) and trying not to use lots of SKU’s that it would be too
costly.... we are seeing TLC making unusual parts and seeing the new
catalogue with the 3 whole pages of ninjago.... need I say more????
I guess if you downsize your operations in North America and Western Europe
and move everything eastward, you can be quite profitable.
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An interesting point, but not quite the same thing IIRC. The Maersk Blue
issue wasn’t a matter of cost; it was (allegedly) a one-time production of a
very limited quantity of this very special color, never to be repeated.
Until it seemed profitable to do so, of course. And this way they get the
benefit of all of the first-round buyers who snapped up the expensive set as
well as the second-round buyers who’ll pay this time because they don’t want
to miss out again.
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I suspect the previous limited production run used a batch of pre-colored ABS
granules. Now that many of the molding operations have converted to coloration
at the machine, it may be easier to make special colors (ie Maersk blue) in
limited batches.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 10152 Maersk promo ship comes back as 10155
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| (...) That's my guess as well on the colors... What they said back then was true but not necessarily contradicted. (also, what if this time it's just medium blue instead of Maersk... the ad copy didn't, to my read, claim a rare color, but I could (...) (14 years ago, 2-Jan-11, to lugnet.promo, FTX)
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| | Re: 10152 Maersk promo ship comes back as 10155
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| (...) An interesting point, but not quite the same thing IIRC. The Maersk Blue issue wasn't a matter of cost; it was (allegedly) a one-time production of a very limited quantity of this very special color, never to be repeated. Until it seemed (...) (14 years ago, 2-Jan-11, to lugnet.promo, FTX)
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