Bat man Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) Obviously, TLG has a formula to assess ROI, and that is definitely the most important factor for them, but outside of that is there aspect that drives their decision one way or the other? Seems like sets withh IP face additional difficulty, there are still sets from 2015 that are “in review” (the office) Edited September 11, 2017 by Bat man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickvoyeur Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) Profit, profit, and profit. If they can price it high and still sell it like hotcakes, it's just printing money. I'd also think ease of creation is a part of it. If they can make a set without creating new molds, that's got to be a perk on their end. Granted, if they want to maximize the time it takes the knockoffs to reproduce a set they should toss in as many new molds as possible to slow down their production time. Edited September 12, 2017 by brickvoyeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro23 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 One important factor is to create something totally different to the already released (Ideas) sets: Birds Maze Old Fishing House Prate ship in the bottle Another important factor is to create an existing spaceship/orbiter/rover/rocket: Hayabusa Mars Rover Saturn V Old not more allowed factor was to create sets from existing movies DeLorean Ecto-1 Dr. Who Big Bang Theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Yet we get Women in Science and Research Institute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minicoopers11 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 There isn't one. It's a bit more nuanced. Recommend reading articles (can find some on brickset) where an AFOL evaluates each project in review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 14 minutes ago, Val-E said: Yet we get Women in Science and Research Institute? Those sets get them their progressive gold stars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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