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RE: Lego bulk (was :I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!) )
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Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:22:05 GMT
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Wilcox, Doug <DOUG.WILCOX@spamlessIMCKESSON.COM>
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Great ideas. Maybe the LUGNET collective is someplace to begin.
You can clearly see the marketing behind the pieces in the Star Wars set
minifigs.
Want Princess Leia or C-3PO? Buy the Millennium Falcon for $100 ...
Want Padme? Buy the giant Pod Race set for $85 ...
At least R2-D2 is in lots of sets!
Doug Wilcox
Senior Web Developer
iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham
160 Gould Street, Suite 130
Needham, MA 02494-2308
Phone: 781.453.2900 x 237
Fax: 781.455.7990
e-mail: Doug.Wilcox@iMcKesson.com
http://www.imckesson.com
"You see, I had this space suit. How it happened was like this ..."
(Opening lines from Robert A. Heinlein's Have Space Suit-Will Travel)
-----Original Message-----
From: John Barnes [mailto:barnes@sensors.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 5:12 PM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Lego bulk (was :I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!) )
I suspect that their idea of bulk and ours is very different.
They need to grab some mimimum $$$ per purchase to even make
it worthwhile answering the phone. I suspect that figure is in the area
of $20. So selling individual pieces between $1 - $4 just doesn't do it.
There are obviously people who order multiple items at a time, but
calling up for one airtank isn't going to keep the spare parts end of
the business in business!
The classic answer is to have intermediaries who buy "in bulk"
who can survive in business selling ones and twos of things. You see
them on ebay and you know how much parts cost that way! The real
key to being successful in the parts business is knowing what kinds
of parts are commonly called for. And that requires experience at
using the parts!
"We" collectively have that experience!
I wonder if lugnet, albeit somewhat of an amorphous entity at the
moment, could ultimately have enough mass to be able to sit down
and plan such a business with tlg? Time will tell, but I do hope so ...
JB
ps: tlg must know what the good parts are too. They always find a way
to dilute them with the less useful ones in every set and service pack
the sell! And I can't see the plastic injection molding robots the use
can tell the difference! So why are the "so special"?
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