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Big Mean Jerk posted:
Do people still think this? Ideas sets run for about a year. I remember they pulled all the Wall E sets for a while and made new ones.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:[*]It's an Ideas set that isn't yet another nostalgia cash-in ...he says about a model about the glory days of the space program.
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Jun 2, 2017 04:00
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Forgive the anecdote but I'm not a regular Lego customer at all - I've only bought one other set for myself as an adult - but the Saturn V was compelling enough to get me standing in line in the mall this morning. The size and the modularity make it a good display piece and the price is low enough that I won't second-guess spending money on it. Plus space poo poo is loving cool.
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Jun 2, 2017 04:00
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We got to the Mall of America Lego store at 10:10, they were already sold out, said they had a line starting at 7am!
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Jun 2, 2017 04:10
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Waltzing Along posted:Mine has said "In Warehouse" all day. Hmm.. Mine has said "in warehouse" since the 31st, double hmmm...
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Waltzing Along posted:Mine has said "In Warehouse" all day. Hmm.. Me too, I emailed customer service.
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Jun 2, 2017 04:21
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The order I managed to get through online last night claims to be shipping. But it will take 7-8 days because wtf FedEx. Will be a fun Father's Day build with my 7 year old and extra fun trying to keep my toddler who just tries to eat small things at bay.
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Jun 2, 2017 04:24
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Lizard Combatant posted:Mine has said "in warehouse" since the 31st, double hmmm... Mine says it left Fedex's Romeoville, IL facility about 3 hours ago. Called around at about 11am this morning. Tukwila had two left, and he expected they'd last about 10 minutes. Belleveue was sold out. None of the 3 Barnes & Nobles had any clue about them, and despite having new shipments, no Saturn V among them. Guess I'll just have to suffer until it gets here Wednesday.
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Pyroclastic posted:Mine says it left Fedex's Romeoville, IL facility about 3 hours ago. IIRC, you got your order through just a few minutes before mine.
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Jun 2, 2017 04:52
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Lego customer service email said they usually ship tuesdays and thursdays and that mine is on its way despite what the website says.
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Jun 2, 2017 06:32
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Vader transformation is almost literally the same set as the carbon freezing chamber. It's kind of neat and the helmet play feature is super clever but I feel like both of those sets pretty much exist to find a way to charge $25 for 3 minifigures.
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Jun 2, 2017 07:54
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My GF said she'd give the Saturn to me as a birthday present if I wanted it. I am not a space nerd per se and lego collection is small but we proudly display Tower Bridge on the living room wall as well as Big Ben on the other side of the room. We like them because we both have thing for London and they are cool display pieces and so is the rocket. It is a part of history, it took the first humans to the moon. This makes displaying the rocket the slightly nerdy but a) way cheaper and b) imho cooler alternative to hanging a Picasso from the wall. Without exception everybody who ever came to see us went "woah what a cool model" at the TB and BB and I expect the rocket will do the same. Just a piece that is cooler than your dad's bronze figure of an Indonesian monk or whatever. tl;dr: rocket is a cool display piece for anyone
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Jun 2, 2017 07:59
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Huh it only took me about 3.5 hours to build. Fun though.
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Jun 2, 2017 17:03
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Can't even back-order it online now. Hope Lego is upping production significantly!
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Jun 2, 2017 17:47
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Scipiotik posted:Can't even back-order it online now. Hope Lego is upping production significantly! It's still available for backorder in EU lego online stores, although the estimated shipping date keeps slipping and is now at 5 July. I back ordered it on the 31st of May and it's now showing "In Warehouse", so I'm pretty sure there's more coming no matter what the US site says. I know it was always a decently popular set, but did anybody actually think it would be quite this popular?
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Jun 2, 2017 18:11
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When I ordered mine it said it would ship the 7th. Got an email an hour ago, saying they just shipped it. 
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Jun 2, 2017 18:14
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Mine also says it shipped from Romoville IL but its just a created shipping label and hadn't moved anywhere. Funny thing is it still says I will have it by the end of today.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:01
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xzzy posted:Spotted on reddit: Wow, what a shitlord. I hope Lego restocks super fast and resellers like this end up with a stack of unsellable stock
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Jun 2, 2017 20:01
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I think it's fine to do that when things are on clearance and they're expunging stock at the end of a set's life cycle, but doing that on day 1 is the worst. Reminds me of the dude who filled an entire room floor to ceiling with Transformers Masterpiece Soundwaves, which were 2 per store iirc. Also reminds me of the dude who would openly brag about doing this sort of thing and people found his address and robbed him. 
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Captain Invictus posted:Also reminds me of the dude who would openly brag about doing this sort of thing and people found his address and robbed him. Stealing is wrong but also 
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Jun 2, 2017 20:25
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Captain Invictus posted:I think it's fine to do that when things are on clearance and they're expunging stock at the end of a set's life cycle, but doing that on day 1 is the worst. Oh sure, that's fine to me too, everyone who was looking forward to getting one has already got one, and the people buying them later will be those who weren't collecting at the time. When something is already scarce it's pretty lovely to make it MORE scarce then double the price.
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Fatkraken posted:Wow, what a shitlord. I hope Lego restocks super fast and resellers like this end up with a stack of unsellable stock They have nothing to lose. Whatever they don't sell after 29 days, they take back to the store. What I want to know is, how do they get so many in the first place? Like how does a store let you carry out 30 of them on day one.
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Cojawfee posted:They have nothing to lose. Whatever they don't sell after 29 days, they take back to the store. What I want to know is, how do they get so many in the first place? Like how does a store let you carry out 30 of them on day one. I'm guessing some sort of co-ordinated effort of a bunch of buddies who share in the profits?
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Cojawfee posted:They have nothing to lose. Whatever they don't sell after 29 days, they take back to the store. What I want to know is, how do they get so many in the first place? Like how does a store let you carry out 30 of them on day one.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:43
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They don't come from a single buy, they either have a route to visit several stores in a rapid loop, or have helpers/kids/slaves to ring up several separate purchases. Probably some shenanigans with employees at retail stores buying their own inventory too.
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Jun 2, 2017 20:44
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They've got about 6-8 Saturn V sets on the shelf at Lego store Downtown Disney Anaheim.
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Jun 2, 2017 23:39
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I ordered one! Backordered until somewhere in July. Don't really care, I have a backlog of sets myself.
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Jun 2, 2017 23:40
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Keeping my Saturn in the box until I have some good ME time but have started on the Ultimate Batmobile for my kid...
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Feenix posted:Keeping my Saturn in the box until I have some good ME time but have started on the Ultimate Batmobile for my kid... I still have the Assembly Square and the Slave I.
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Jun 2, 2017 23:49
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I just finished putting together the big sandcrawler set. Fun set, for the most part. Clicking together 38x8 track links for the tracks was kind of anti-fun though.
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Jun 2, 2017 23:53
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Does Australia finally have a online shop warehouse now or something? (for context, we still don't have an Amazon warehouse) My order started in the country according to tracking information. This is an excellent development.
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I am finally employed again and I'll earn about 15% more than before to boot, so I wanted to treat myself. As mentioned before when I was in elementary school I loved 1: LEGO and 2: Space exploration so I just ordered a Saturn V, really excited to get it. Even if its kinda pricy at €129.99 irregardless of my country sharing a border with Denmark.  Its weird, after ~14 years I bought Lego again and I'm so happy about it.
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Fwiw, I ordered the SV yesterday morning, while it was on backorder status. It's already shipped and will be here Tuesday.
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Jun 3, 2017 03:50
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What the gently caress?! I ordered it when it said available, at 12:40AM, and chat says it's backordered until the 17th. This is some bullshit. Must be alphabetical or some poo poo.
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Jun 3, 2017 03:52
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mine updated to in Warehouse after being backordered. woo
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Zedd posted:I am finally employed again and I'll earn about 15% more than before to boot, so I wanted to treat myself. 
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Tuesday? Mine is now due Thursday. WTF Lego!
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Zedd posted:
Same boat I was all about Legos as a kid and mentioned how I couldn't wait until my daughter was old enough to have a crate of them to my fiancé, so she went to target and surprised me with the AT-ST and Y-Wing set. 20 years since I had that feeling of excitement and it all came flooding back.
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Still haven't built my VW Beetle, and I'll get Assembly Square soonish, and then the Fishing Store... I'm just glad I haven't been swept up in Saturn V fever.
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Scipiotik posted:mine updated to in Warehouse after being backordered. woo My lego shop one says that, too. I still haven't decided what to do with it, since my Amazon one arrives today. E: the Amazon order showed up today, just as the Lego store one shipped. 3 Action Economist fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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