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Re: how many creators
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Date: 
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:13:44 GMT
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message
news:HAK2rG.Exu@lugnet.com...

> > - is it really so expensive to produce bricks so they are so... • expensive?
> 
> Yep. It costs a lot of money to produce the molds.

yeah i know that but one mold can be used many times (i know they lose
dimensions or so)
i meant creating plastic jars for cosmetics or something like this
cannot be too expansive don't you think?

> > when i see shelfs full of bionicle only
> > i cannot imagine how lego is going to increase the sale
> 
> Bionicle sells, that's the harsh reality.

grrrrr

> > even xmas gives me nothing (in shops... in poland) why why why???
> That probably has to do with LEGO Poland.

they say they are depended on lego hq

> Never heard of COBI, Sweden is pretty free from clones, but the bricks are • far
> more expensive then in the US, mostly due to different taxes (25% VAT on
LEGO).

http://www.cobi.com.pl

> I'd say they are growing in Sweden again, 2003 will be a great year with • LEGO
> going back to their roots and all.

hallelujah!!!

br
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  Re: how many creators
 
(...) Plastic jars hardly require the same high quality as the bricks do, it's a snug fit between studs that would be impossible if the quality were lower. Just try to stack any clone brand 2 x 4's like this: (URL) Bionicle sells, that's the harsh (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: how many creators
 
(...) Well said. They belong in a comic book/action fig. shop. (24 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)

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(...) They don't answer questions about why they do or don't do certain things. (...) I seem to recall something about three to four designing Technic. I might be mistaken though. (...) Some probably has to do with that. (...) TLC tries to include (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)

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