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Re: 1999 Train 4561
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:40:16 GMT
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:23:11 GMT, "Steve Berry" <steveb@codenet.net>
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> I definitely think this gets to the heart of the plague that is Town Jr.
> There's no other explanation for this kind of approach by a
> construction/building toy company. It's hard to believe ABS plastic is
> getting that expensive, but I guess it's happening...
Not so much the plastic, I think, as the
molds/design/handling/packaging/box size/shipping charges/etc.etc.etc.
Jasper
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| (...) But the *size* of the sets is not being reduced. If anything, the mass and size of sets are increasing. Also, the Town Jr. parts are, on average, more complex than prior sets. More-complex dies/molds are more expensive to create, not less. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) reduced (...) significantly (...) I definitely think this gets to the heart of the plague that is Town Jr. There's no other explanation for this kind of approach by a construction/building toy company. It's hard to believe ABS plastic is (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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