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Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not?
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Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:54:25 GMT
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i agree with this sentiment. in my mind limited edition in the case of the
super chief is a short production run of 10,000 and NO MORE. what's the
point of having a LIMITED EDITION if only a second run is going to be made
with the only difference being a numbered tile?!?!

In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> 
> 
> Mark Rideout wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.trains, Ahui Herrera writes:
> > > I just finsihed the transcitps the of Q&A with Brad Justin at Brickswest.
> > > On the question of 10,000.  This is what he said.
> > > 
> > > Question 39: How limied (on train engine) is limited?
> > > 
> > > Answer: "It's a seriesm of 10,000.  We run out of the numbered ones at
> > > 10,000 and then will we see how it goes."
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ***************
> > > From my understand of this I'm taking it that if the demand for engines
> > > after the first 10,000 is still high they might make more but these next
> > > 'batch' MAY NOT be numbered!  Anyone else at brickswest want to comment on
> > > this. -AHui
> > 
> > That is how I also heard it. My interpretation was that *IF* any more were
> > produced, they would not be numbered (this was not implied one way or
> > another, just my interpretation\opinion.)
> 
> I understood it as Mark did.  Personally, after 10,000, I rather see a
> *different* engine run of 10,000 and have the Super Chief go out of production
> for a while (based on the fact that LD can only have so many different sets in
> production at any given time)
> 
> -John(#2)  ;-)
> 
> > 
> > 
> > -Mark (#2)



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  Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not?
 
(...) Personally, I don't think 10000 is all that limited. I mean, even after Larry's placed his order[1] there'll still be plenty to go around. What production run would you expect of a set like this? I'm not a huge fan of forced 'collectibility', (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 10020 limited to 10000 sets or not?
 
(...) I understood it as Mark did. Personally, after 10,000, I rather see a *different* engine run of 10,000 and have the Super Chief go out of production for a while (based on the fact that LD can only have so many different sets in production at (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)

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