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Re: Better sets for adults
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 09:48:11 GMT
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Christian Jacobsen <xtian@net[stopspam]-collect.com>
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> I don't think anybody is asking for that. I would be willing to wager
> a large amount of money that the people who are asking for bulk parts
> *really* want bulk parts. As in "by the pound".
One of the old regular-posters on rec.toys.lego found a factory that would
produce similar-to-LEGO bricks (but not similar enough to infringe on
patents) in massive quantities. We were planning on making a number of bulk
purchases, but then I moved to Hungary and fell off the Internet for a year.
I never heard if the deal ever happened.
The point is, that I *vehemently* dislike sets and especially the
proliferance of unique non-modular parts (for instance, snakes, spears,
etc).
I build with LEGO to build what is in *my* head...So I want to buy LEGO's in
the thousands...if not tens of thousands. I then want to buy a
comprehensive packages of wheels, or a package of gears, or windows, etc.
It seems that bulk ordering like this is not a tall order to fill. After
all, www.constructiontoys.com already does something similar, although in
smaller quantities. (See the "LEGO BASIC 5+ Sets" and the "LEGO SYSTEM
Supplementary Sets" to see the kind of thing I am talking about.)
Even if the bulk deals were only available directly from the factory, it
seems that it would be of minimal cost to TLG and a great benefit to the
LEGO fans like me who want to build spectacular things. LEGO could even use
these big constructions as promotional items. (My pet project was to create
a block of San Francisco Victorian-style houses that would cover one wall of
my flat and function as a bookshelf/storage area.)
ON A POSITIVE NOTE, TLG's recent public acknowledgement of it's adult
customers is very heartening. MindStorms (which I haven't yet been able to
locate here in Hungary) are a brilliant stroke, and I have told all my
US-based friends that no other presents will be accepted at Christmas! :-)
Opening the guts of the Scout on the LEGO website is another exciting
opportunity.
I just hope that this new "openness" from TLG expands to their traditional
products as well.
<Rant Off>
- Christian
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Christian Jacobsen
Net-Collect.com
Budapest, Hungary
"Without crackpots, freedom of expression is just no fun."
- Roahn Wynar
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| Jacob Schultz writes: > I think a major problem is that it is a lot more expensive to sell > pieces as single parts. I don't think anybody is asking for that. I would be willing to wager a large amount of money that the people who are asking for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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