Subject:
|
Re: Power Puller 8457 & Silver Champion 8458
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.technic
|
Date:
|
Sat, 27 May 2000 09:03:44 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
752 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.technic, Gus Koffler writes:
> After reading snippits about these two sets all over the newsgroups, I decided
> that I would call lego myself and get the straight dope. This is what I found
> out:
>
> The Power Puller 8457 is due out in Aug. and will go for $109
>
> The Silver Champion 8458 is due out in Sept. and will be $179
>
> So I asked the lady on the phone if she knew why the Silver Champion would
> cost so much and of course she didn't know, but I am thinking that the silver
> plates that make up the body just may be metal. Perhaps I don't know what I
> am talking about, but I think lego has had a few metal parts before. If these
> peices were in fact metal, it would explain the high cost due to the exacting
> standards that all legos are subject to, and of course, the material cost of
> metal compared to ABS plastic.
I don't think so. The plates are like the wheels from 8448. Silver-coloured-
PLASTIC. The large scale of the model (or is it the small scale-number..??) is
the reason for the high price.
Eelco Kooiker
http://www.kooiker.demon.nl/eelco/
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Power Puller 8457 & Silver Champion 8458
|
| After reading snippits about these two sets all over the newsgroups, I decided that I would call lego myself and get the straight dope. This is what I found out: The Power Puller 8457 is due out in Aug. and will go for $109 The Silver Champion 8458 (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.technic)
|
5 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
