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Bricklink: there were roughly 2500 sets sold to scalpers. We're not going to do anything about it, though. It was an error on our part and it wouldn't be fair to the scalpers to cut their orders from 5 to 1. Uh huh.
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Could we just change the number of every order to 1? Yeah. Will we? No.
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Jul 8, 2021 04:31
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Actually, they said 75% of orders were for 1. Not 75% of the sets. That would mean that the number is lower than 7500. Probably much lower. If 6000 people ordered 1 and 2000 ordered 2, that is still 75%. And now the numbers are starting to look really bad because it is very likely the numbers are much worse. I'd guess that at least 1/2 the sets were ordered by resellers. They really should cut all orders to 1.
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Jul 8, 2021 04:38
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I'd say cut it to two, because there are collectors out there who like to have one sealed and one to open, which is justifiable. There is no good excuse for buying 5.
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Jul 8, 2021 05:39
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A Bad Poster posted:I'd say cut it to two, because there are collectors out there who like to have one sealed and one to open, which is justifiable. There is no good excuse for buying 5. Keeping Lego in sealed boxes is not reasonable. The only reason to do that is to resell them at some point.
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Jul 8, 2021 05:47
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Not gonna say it's anything close to a majority, but I'm pretty sure plenty of people like to display/just have sealed boxed stuff too. For some people there's the collection aspect, and selling/trading along parts of it are part of that but not the actual goal, which I think is a meaningful distinction. Beyond that too, I have a few old sets that I ended up just never opening. At first it was by accident, but at this point I never want to, and I don't have any intention of selling them either. Honestly I get way more joy out of getting to look at the old style boxes and rattle them around from time to time than I think I ever would by assembling them and letting them languish. Carbohydrates posted:Yeah I wouldn't be torn up about skipping Docks. The original City is my favorite set but I sold my copy of Docks and never looked back. I'm surprised by the Docks hate itt; it's definitely a less immediately impressive set, but I think the contrast of tall city + short docks is a lot more effective than just the city by itself, and the individual rooms on the docks are imo a bit more interesting.
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https://twitter.com/VICE/status/1412899235469701124?s=19 lol Their warrant probably had something like 'any and all materials related to government buildings' in it. But still lol. deoju fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Jul 8, 2021 |
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Koramei posted:I'm surprised by the Docks hate itt; it's definitely a less immediately impressive set, but I think the contrast of tall city + short docks is a lot more effective than just the city by itself, and the individual rooms on the docks are imo a bit more interesting. edit: Focusing on making the rear of it the 'presentation' angle instead of the front was also a misstep, and the docks themselves were really not the highlight. Felt like a decent amount of wasted space there with its larger footprint. It was perfectly good, and compared to the average LEGO set it was utterly phenomenal (as high priced, adult oriented D2C sets tend to be), but it's nearly impossible not to compare it to City and Gardens, and that's where my negativity comes from. Carbohydrates fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Jul 8, 2021 |
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Jul 8, 2021 06:34
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Cojawfee posted:What's the deal with B-wings? They don't look like a B, why call it a B-wing? X-wing looks like an X, makes sense. The B-wing looks like a T, they should call it a t-wing. Actually...
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Jul 8, 2021 07:16
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Think the Seinfeld set will immediately sell out? I guess I should get my order in while I can.
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Jul 8, 2021 10:10
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RatHat posted:Think the Seinfeld set will immediately sell out? I guess I should get my order in while I can. It’s going to sit on Lego store shelves for the next 2 years easily. You’ll be fine.
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Carbohydrates posted:Brickset: Bricklink responds to crowdfunding problems Interesting and appreciated information. I was wondering if my second order will go through and now it looks like it might. I'm just going to leave the orders as they are and see what happens. As I've said before when the Nebulon-B Frigate came out I put in three orders and was lucky one of them showed up. I'll keep the same attitude here and hope at least one castle shows up.
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deoju posted:https://twitter.com/VICE/status/1412899235469701124?s=19 this individual also had a lego model of a personal computer, presumably the one used to communicate with other insurrectionists
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deoju posted:https://twitter.com/VICE/status/1412899235469701124?s=19 quote:Authorities also collected an array of spaceship designs, suggesting a getaway to Mos Eisley where the US has no extradition treaty.
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Jul 8, 2021 16:56
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Anyone know why the original Star Wars Republic Gunship(7163) is apparently so valuable? Is it the mini-figs?
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Jul 8, 2021 18:17
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Cancel all the orders of more than one set and blacklist those credit cards, addresses, etc for 12 months
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Jul 8, 2021 19:45
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Spookydonut posted:Cancel all the orders of more than one set and blacklist those credit cards, addresses, etc for 12 months You’d make a terrible businessperson. “Yeah, let’s blacklist our most prolific customers. Good business decision.”
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Jul 8, 2021 19:53
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On day one, make people pay for 10% of the purchase with VIP points to be able to place an order.
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Jul 8, 2021 20:24
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RatHat posted:Anyone know why the original Star Wars Republic Gunship(7163) is apparently so valuable? Is it the mini-figs? I had some sweet printed parts. Maybe that? Also Jedi Bob has a cult following, and the Super Battle Droids were metallic blue back then, so yeah the figs too.
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Jul 8, 2021 20:30
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Earth posted:You’d make a terrible businessperson. “Yeah, let’s blacklist our most prolific customers. Good business decision.” Clearly a joke but I see how it’d hit a little too close to home 
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Jul 8, 2021 20:31
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N17R4M posted:I had some sweet printed parts. Maybe that? Also Jedi Bob has a cult following, and the Super Battle Droids were metallic blue back then, so yeah the figs too. Unfortunately the droid arms break really easily.
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Jul 8, 2021 21:31
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Clearly a joke but I see how it’d hit a little too close to home Considering how many man-children are here it’s pretty hard to identify when someone is joking or being serious because they can’t get certain toys without paying above msrp. Speaking of, kudos to the first red title I’ve ever gotten! Thanks, stranger.
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Jul 8, 2021 21:45
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drat lol someone really wanted that castle
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:drat lol someone really wanted that castle Probably should have saved those $10 to help buy a castle from a scalper. In other news check out this ideas set! https://ideas.lego.com/projects/906f72e1-46fd-4228-b364-a3fbb7cea249 This set was at about 150 supporters just a few hours ago. I bet this hits 10k shortly.
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Jul 8, 2021 23:33
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Earth posted:Probably should have saved those $10 to help buy a castle from a scalper. "It's not a political statement, it's just me saying GME is going to the moon  "
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Jul 8, 2021 23:44
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It's on the front page of reddit now so all the meme stock dorks are doing their bandwagon thing. To no avail, Lego will never make that set.
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Jul 8, 2021 23:55
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xzzy posted:It's on the front page of reddit now so all the meme stock dorks are doing their bandwagon thing. Ryan Cohen, the major owner of GameStop, tweeted that set out. He’s rich as gently caress. He might offer to grease Lego’s wheels to get it selected. GameStop has just started selling lego so that may help too. I wouldn’t be surprised if it hits 10k by Friday.
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I’m trying to think of some cool cars I haven’t seen yet and probably won’t ever unless I build them myself. I wonder if I can make a convincing Nissan R390 GT1 road car in SC style. The Prince Skyline BLRA-3 is another one to attempt.
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:I’m trying to think of some cool cars I haven’t seen yet and probably won’t ever unless I build them myself. I wonder if I can make a convincing Nissan R390 GT1 road car in SC style. The Prince Skyline BLRA-3 is another one to attempt. 787B would be dope as hell speaking of Japanese Le Mans cars.
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Jul 9, 2021 05:23
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Please someone make my 94' Ford Ranger. GOD PLEASE
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N17R4M posted:I had some sweet printed parts. Maybe that? Also Jedi Bob has a cult following, and the Super Battle Droids were metallic blue back then, so yeah the figs too. It also just seems like one of the more popular prequel ships and hasn't been made in years.
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Jul 9, 2021 08:12
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lol That game stop thing is already at 10k.
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I just looked it up out of morbid curiosity, and wow. That is the bar none the absolute worst thing I have ever seen reach 10k, by such a wide margin. I think people can get a bit hyperbolic about how bad a lot of the 10k builds are sometimes, but that is truly horrible lol. Not that it will ever get made but jfc just burn Lego Ideas to the ground and make it into something better.
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veni veni veni posted:I just looked it up out of morbid curiosity, and wow. That is the bar none the absolute worst thing I have ever seen reach 10k, by such a wide margin. I think people can get a bit hyperbolic about how bad a lot of the 10k builds are sometimes, but that is truly horrible lol. Not that it will ever get made but jfc just burn Lego Ideas to the ground and make it into something better. Because it's not a real submission. It's just a meme for brain dead mush-heads.
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veni veni veni posted:It also just seems like one of the more popular prequel ships and hasn't been made in years. I wonder if it’s appreciably higher than the more recent one, I’m too lazy to look. And of course, we know the UCS one is supposedly coming soon.
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How the hell does GameStop have fans? If it wasn’t for the stock bullshit they’d still be solely remembered for abusing their employees and pushing lovely magazine subscriptions with every purchase.
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Because the kind of people who post on reddit are the kind of people who are basic enough to strongly identify with a certain brand as representative of their childhood joy and *realises what thread I'm in and tugs collar nervously*
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Earth posted:In other news check out this ideas set! https://ideas.lego.com/projects/906f72e1-46fd-4228-b364-a3fbb7cea249 This set was at about 150 supporters just a few hours ago. I bet this hits 10k shortly. Are GameStops particularly well-known for having mannequins in the front windows?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:How the hell does GameStop have fans? If it wasn’t for the stock bullshit they’d still be solely remembered for abusing their employees and pushing lovely magazine subscriptions with every purchase. The lovely stock bullshit is the set. The wallstreetbets guy is on the back painting a line
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