10200 Customs Garage Now Available

[jmenomeno]

Thanks for the info Joe. Congrats on this set. Care to tell us what part of the set you designed? As concerns a PAB update, somehow a "neither confirm or deny" from someone involved is way more encouraging than any other evidence for or against.

I designed the garage. The cars that I designed up until deadline weren't all that great, but some elements of them got incorporated into the other cars. Turns out that I hit my car stride in the alternates, which are on the box art and in the CD.

And you're catching on about the "neither confirm or deny":-)

Joe

PS Thanks for the compliment!

Edited September 8, 2008 by jmenomeno

[highlandcattle]

Alright printend intructions I'm buying it for christmass

[brickzone]

Well, I will admit that despite my pseudo-premonition, I wasn't expecting the price to change so quickly! At €70 it is certainly far better value and quite a reasonable price! I agree with what someone else mentioned - that it seems odd for the main photo not to show the entire set!

[Johnny 5]

Saw this on the frontpage but never opened this thread, then I open it just now and see that the engines are modular!

That is FANTASTIC!!!

That one detail alone has made this the next set I order (which is not to be confused with the next set I buy, 7739).

[Mirandir]

It seems like there's been a few misshaps in European pricings lately... First there's the 10188 Death Star that goes up by almost 20% and now this set dropping 30% i price. Both whitin the first five days after "release" on S@H.

Ok, two misshaps in three months isn't that much but, after all, this is two quite spectacular changes in price.

I guess it could be that the latest change is a result of poor sales in combination with the pricebashing in this forum. But still the original price was extremely high for a non-licensed set.

[jmenomeno]

It seems like there's been a few misshaps in European pricings lately... First there's the 10188 Death Star that goes up by almost 20% and now this set dropping 30% i price. Both whitin the first five days after "release" on S@H.

Ok, two misshaps in three months isn't that much but, after all, this is two quite spectacular changes in price.

I guess it could be that the latest change is a result of poor sales in combination with the pricebashing in this forum. But still the original price was extremely high for a non-licensed set.

Both happened because exchange rates were not updated.

It would be wrong to assume a price change would happen so quickly because of poor sales whithin the first month, much less the first five days. As for any one forum influencing any price policy....

Joe

[Mirandir]

Both happened because exchange rates were not updated.

I'm afraid you lost me there... Exchange rates hasent changed *that* dramatically over the last three months, has they? I don't think that DKK has dropped by some 30% recently. Or am I totaly missreading you here. Buiness economics aren't directly my strong side. ;)

And as far as I remember the european price on the 10188 skyrocketed becasue of an information misstake as the set was actually larger (piecewise/minifigcount) when released than was originally planned. So I'm wondering if this set was originally planned to be bigger than it is...

The point I was trying to make is that it seems like the people at LEGO responsible for the European pricing doesn't seem to be 100% on top of things. And are wondering if we will continue to see sets that are released with suprisingly high/low prices that changes whitin a few days.

[donneyboy]

hi, Eurobricks members, i just found out that set number 10200 Custom Car Garage is on sale for 34.99 USD, and 49.99 GBP.

[LegoFranks]

That's just in the good ol' USA, unfortunately.

Still the same price here in the UK at £49.99, more's the pity...

M.

[donneyboy]

oh, it is. well i dont live in the UK, so i wouldn't know.

[KimT]

hi, Eurobricks members, i just found out that set number 10200 Custom Car Garage is on sale for 34.99 USD, and 49.99 GBP.

It's been on sale for quite some time now.

[WhiteFang]

hi, Eurobricks members, i just found out that set number 10200 Custom Car Garage is on sale for 34.99 USD, and 49.99 GBP.

Donnyboy, this is considered a past event news item, which most of us are already aware of. You could visit SHOP@Home website to view the item which is listed across different supporting countries.

Next, there is a topic which was done much earlier ago. To prevent Eurobricks to be cluttered up by multiple topics of the same agenda which do not serve any purpose at all, I have merged your topic with this. Discovering this discussion is simple, use the search function to ensure that no such similar topic was done previously. Thanks.

WhiteFang

[DJ Force]

I designed the garage. The cars that I designed up until deadline weren't all that great, but some elements of them got incorporated into the other cars. Turns out that I hit my car stride in the alternates, which are on the box art and in the CD.

And you're catching on about the "neither confirm or deny":-)

Joe

PS Thanks for the compliment!

Sorry for bumping the thread back, but finally I REALLY have to know what that additional "rack" is supposed to be. I bought my second 10200 lately to enlarge my garage, and now I´m stuck with two of these rack thingies. If I knew the use, I could decide wether to keep both intact or disassemble one for the parts...

Joe, maybe you as one of the designers can shed some light on this? I´m talking about the thing with the 4 grey handles...

[Rick]

Isn't it a limited-by-the-pieces-available-gas-pump?

[DJ Force]

Without even a hose? There are hoses in LDD and PaB, so my guess is they would have been included in a gas pump, IF it was a gas-pump :)

I might think it is something to measure the tire pressure. The decals would give a hint for that....