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Re: Santa Fe Super Chief Train Engine Registry
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:45:06 GMT
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john@tcltc.orgNOMORESPAM
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Todd Thuma wrote:
> Just Conjecture but...
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> Brad Justus at BricksWest indicated that the first 10,000 units of the set
> 10020 were "limited edition" sets with the numbers specific for each set, the
> subject of the registry now going on. He indicated that the Super Chief set
> would continue beyond this as a set without the designation "limited edition."
> Don't quote me on this, but that was my understanding. He also indicated that
> they would be available in the Lego Outlets and stores eventually.
My understanding as well.
> I am assuming this and basing this on nothing other than complete conjecture,
> but it seems reasonable that there will be regular sets available at the stores
> but not necessarily the "limited edition" sets. Call me crazy but I think by
> the time this set gets into Lego Retail Outlets, the 10,000 "limited edition"
> units will be gone.
I'll tell you what's crazy-- they are limiting customers to 3 per household. The
first 10,000 will probably be gone by the end of next week!
> Does anyone have any idea what the typical production run of a LEGO Set is? I
> believe that it must exceed 10,000 by a fairly large margin.
For retail, I'd say most sets of a typical theme are produced in the 1,000,000s.
LD produces a lot shorter runs, on the scale of what we're seeing here.
-John
> After all, if you
> place one set in every Target, K-Mart, KB Toys, Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart, etc. will
> you not have at least 10,000 there?
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> The conjecture is mine.
>
> Todd
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