Legoman Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 why does lego release things all at diffrent times why cant they just release it around the world all at once it would make the job easyer for them too they would make more money tons more at these times but in New Zealand they probbly wont come out for another few months they could have just made $10000000 so why lego why |-/ Quote
Hobbes Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 [...] they could have just made $10000 [...] I guess you missed a few zeros... Your question I can't answer, though... Quote
Jipay Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 This company has some weird practices when it comes to business :-D Quote
SuvieD Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 For a set number they have to make enough bricks, package them, ship them to the distribution center so they can then be shipped all over the world. Now multiple all that by 30 set designs and at least 10,000 of each one. The bricks alone would be in the 500 million range. Not only that but they do this twice a year and still make parts for promotional, shop at home, and for the factory sets. The brick machines need to run non-stop I bet just to do all that. Plus the extra sets they sell on Christmas, the high demand sets like SW, the special sets retail chains get, LEGO legends, and more. This doesn't even count Duplo or Bionicle. LEGO is very busy. Quote
Legoman Posted December 4, 2005 Author Posted December 4, 2005 then why cant they just start making the stuff sooner |:| Quote
Legoman Posted December 4, 2005 Author Posted December 4, 2005 [...] they could have just made $10000 [...] I guess you missed a few zeros... Your question I can't answer, though... added :P Quote
snefroe Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 then why cant they just start making the stuff sooner |:| well i guess they didn't think their products would become so successful. the problem is most likely capacity. Perhaps they shut down machines that provide extra capacity for the production of specific parts during the year, perhaps they don't have enough resources, whatever... it's difficult for a management to predict how bad or good a product is going to sell 1.5 year after having designed it. Lego is going thru some changes which might also have a negative impact on capacity. They'll sort it out next year... They also have a poblem with distributing the lego products... they need to clear that up as well... Quote
Hobbes Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 They also have a poblem with distributing the lego products... they need to clear that up as well... That's correct, the Maersk ship is sold out in Austria ;) (and I missed it again... |-/ ) Quote
Jipay Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 For a set number they have to make enough bricks, package them, ship them to the distribution center so they can then be shipped all over the world. Now multiple all that by 30 set designs and at least 10,000 of each one. The bricks alone would be in the 500 million range. Not only that but they do this twice a year and still make parts for promotional, shop at home, and for the factory sets. The brick machines need to run non-stop I bet just to do all that.Plus the extra sets they sell on Christmas, the high demand sets like SW, the special sets retail chains get, LEGO legends, and more. This doesn't even count Duplo or Bionicle. LEGO is very busy. That's the normal challenge for every company in the world though... Car manufacturers for instance have many more pieces to take care about for one model. Quote
KimT Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 They also have a poblem with distributing the lego products... they need to clear that up as well... That's correct, the Maersk ship is sold out in Austria ;) (and I missed it again... |-/ ) I think the Maersk ship is wrong to use for measurement. TLC is only allowed to produce a certain number of maersk blue bricks at a time. Hence the set is quickly sold out in some areas. The sets are distributed per size of country and market share ;) I'm sorry that it's sold out and you didn't get one. Better luck next time if there's going to be a next time. KimT Quote
snefroe Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 They also have a poblem with distributing the lego products... they need to clear that up as well... That's correct, the Maersk ship is sold out in Austria ;) (and I missed it again... |-/ ) I think the Maersk ship is wrong to use for measurement. TLC is only allowed to produce a certain number of maersk blue bricks at a time. Hence the set is quickly sold out in some areas. The sets are distributed per size of country and market share ;) I'm sorry that it's sold out and you didn't get one. Better luck next time if there's going to be a next time. KimT at around june, several retailers in Belgium got a letter from lego saying there's a delay of the shipment for july. the new shipment will arive in september. I'm afraid lego is looking for cheaper ways to distribute the products, so it takes longer for the sets to arrive and obviously the channels they're using are far from perfect. for instance, they used to transport the sets from denmark to belgium thru holland, which is the fastest way to do it. Now it seems they're using british distribution lines, so the lego goes to the UK first and then gets shipped to belgium. lego is just trying to save money on transport, therefore relying on cheap, low-quality transport companies and becoming a very unreliable company herself. some sets are sold out for now, but you can still order them. That's a normal situation. When lego uses the term "sold out" it means the sets are no longer available, or in production. both aren't the result of bad production/distribution... Quote
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