Natman8000 Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 I hope those tan beards don't go for too much on Bricklink. I think they will cost $2 or more dollars, since there a quite a few of them. Also the diamond and jestor hat price may go down, as there are so many of them in this set. Quote
Bartram Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Why is it that most torso's in the set are shared by two minifigs?? Quote
Svelte Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Instructions are now online for the Carousel. Book 1 Book 2 Quote
Brickthus Posted July 2, 2009 Posted July 2, 2009 Why is it that most torso's in the set are shared by two minifigs?? It's so much cheaper to produce! Half the number of torso production lines, plus there is a minimum volume below which it is uneconomic to produce a piece of a certain size and/or number per mould cycle. E.g. 12 2x4 bricks per machine injection cycle. A mould does about 100000 cycles. The printing of elements is comparatively expensive and minifig parts are some of the most expensive for their size and weight (the average consumer cost is about 10p/piece, counting each of the 10 movable parts of a standard minifig as a piece). The machine assembly processes for torsos and legs don't help either. The cost of buying and running a warehouse full of machinery just to put together a few pieces is an overhead most parts don't have. The machine precision required to put hands into arms and arms into torsos is finer than that to put bricks together in normal building. If minifigs weren't a kids' toy, I'd advocate putting the 5 torso parts in a bag rather than putting the torso together in the factory! Much cheaper! (I'd also make hands available in bulk, for making handrails etc...). Mark Quote
qjawe Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 This set 10196 Grand Carousel is very expansive on eBay and in Hong Kong after market price range from HKD 10,000 to HKD 20,000 that's crazy price to build on this set!! Quote
CityBuilder Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 A mod will probably tell you this but since I'm here I might as well. Bumping a topic that is more than 5 years old isn't really a good idea. Quote
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