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Re: That AT-ST Scout Walker.
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:45:46 GMT
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My comment was based on LEGO's propensity for taking the least expensive
route to solve a given problem.
The set is supposed to retail for $9.99. I would imagine that it's pushing
that price point with the parts included.
There already exists a mold and a process for painting Chewie. Therefore
it's cheaper to toss him in the set than it would be to make a new AT-ST
driver figure. Supposing they used existing parts, they'd still have to
paint a new torso.
I would suspect that if a new figure were created, it wouldn't stay within
the $9.99 price point.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
> From: "James Simpson" <jsimpson@rice.edu>
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> I agree with Jay - Chewbacca scores more "loveable" points with kids and
> parents. I'm also suspicious that Lego may make us salivate for a while
> before
> we get really cheap Stormtroopers. I'm actually giving the clueless company
> the
> benefit of the doubt in regards to the astuteness of their marketing on this
> one.
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| (...) I agree. A small, standard, off the shelf mold base will cost you, about 3000-5000$. That doesn't even include the cost of the hot runner (or cold runner depending on the resin and how the part is gated.) Then you have to machine it. The cost (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I agree with Jay - Chewbacca scores more "loveable" points with kids and parents. I'm also suspicious that Lego may make us salivate for a while before we get really cheap Stormtroopers. I'm actually giving the clueless company the benefit of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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