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Re: Ep.II Sets: I'm not that impressed
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:53:50 GMT
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:15:12 GMT, "John Grubber"
<jgrubber2000@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I was at a walmart today and i saw the sets, and left empty handed. There is
> not much to be excited about, imho. I like the new slave I, but not at that
> price ($70). I like the gunship (kind of) but not really, and not for that
> price ($100). The bounty hunter set is nice, but would have been better served
> as two smaller sets- i don't like the car, but Zam's speeder is pretty neat
> (Makes me excited to see what TLC does with future space lego!). At $40,
> though, i still won't be buying it.
<<snip>>
I guess they have to charge extra to cover the license with Lucas.
Here in Sweden the LEGO prices are even higher [1] and I generally
refuse to pay more then 0.10$ US per piece.
[1] 7163 Republic Gunship is 1299 Skr in Sweden, which is aprox. 126$.
One US$ translates into 10.271 Skr. A pretty convenient fact since
that means I refuse to pay more then 1 Skr for 1 LEGO brick.
So I'd excpect the 7163 to be a 1260 pcs. set, not 686.
S@H US tells me the 7163 is USD 89.99 and that means the Swedish
prices are 140% of the US prices and I know the salarys don't reflect
this since US jobs generally pay more. Perhaps it's time to move? Now
that would be a radicall LEGO hobby desicion - move to cheaper bricks
:)
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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