10228 - Haunted House

[Neosphinx]

Probably the set I look most forwards too buying used and building it. It was made by an inspired person...The attic has plenty of neat stuff. Loved the stair also and in general, the colors fit well. It can also be easily transformed in a non-monster house to fit in any modular town. It will not be long before this one sells out completely. Have not bought any yet as still enough stock. I think this one has a lot of potential  and if I would be able to exchange my 5 DS for HH, I would :-|

[biniou]

Usually caused when Custer support gets too many complaints. From what I heard from them, it's usually too many shipping damage cases.

I believe this set is known to have unmatching green bricks (slightly different colors), so it can be another reason.

[Huskers1236]

I believe this set is known to have unmatching green bricks (slightly different colors), so it can be another reason.

Hopefully not as bad as the Harry Potter Knight Bus.  Having had both, I only noticed it on the older version.  But the color differences in the dark purple were so bad I thought that I had the wrong pieces.

[TheOrcKing]

I really didn't notice any color differences on my Haunted House when I built it nor now as it sits there on the shelf.

[biniou]

 

Last brick on the third line, for example.

 

Nothing incredible but I can understand that when people buy a $200 set they may complain.

[JDLego324]

Are we tracking seal codes on this one as well?

[emazers]

Don't everybody Panic on the Haunted House, will be out until at least October.

[dbost01]

October of this year ?

[hxckid88]

2020

[DoNotInsertIntoMouth]

Yeah I am pretty sure this one is sticking around a while. But gonna be a nice seller either way.

[naf]

I think it looks better with the different shades of green bricks.  Sometimes a defect can be a good thing!

[Guest TabbyBoy]

 

Last brick on the third line, for example.

 

Nothing incredible but I can understand that when people buy a $200 set they may complain.

 

 

Quality does seem to have fallen somewhat in recent years, I noticed that the grey in my first Helms Deep set was so inconsistent that I had to return it.  I wonder if these inconsistencies with set pieces is caused by them being made in different factories and then combined and packaged at a "boxing plant"?  I wouldn't be surprised if this was due to production in China as they still don't have the quality ethic IMHO.  I'd have been very disappointed if that HH was mine and it would've gone straight back.  It's just a matter of time before buyers of our sets complain if quality keeps slipping like this.  It's beyond our control but, it's us that will get the negative feedback and face the hassle of returns as eBay buyers are getting more demanding by the day.  Even though Mega Bloks don't fit together or tesselate quite as well, I've yet to see inconsistencies in colour.

 

Lego... don't let it slip any further, we know you're cutting corners!  If you continue to charge high prices, at lease provide the quality to match.  Apple has done the same thing with uneven yellow tints on iPads, don't make the same mistake!  I'm sat on a very unstable fence here deciding whether to continue to invest or not.

[Jeff Mack]

Quality does seem to have fallen somewhat in recent years, I noticed that the grey in my first Helms Deep set was so inconsistent that I had to return it.  I wonder if these inconsistencies with set pieces is caused by them being made in different factories and then combined and packaged at a "boxing plant"?  I wouldn't be surprised if this was due to production in China as they still don't have the quality ethic IMHO.  I'd have been very disappointed if that HH was mine and it would've gone straight back.  It's just a matter of time before buyers of our sets complain if quality keeps slipping like this.  It's beyond our control but, it's us that will get the negative feedback and face the hassle of returns as eBay buyers are getting more demanding by the day.  Even though Mega Bloks don't fit together or tesselate quite as well, I've yet to see inconsistencies in colour.

 

Lego... don't let it slip any further, we know you're cutting corners!  If you continue to charge high prices, at lease provide the quality to match.  Apple has done the same thing with uneven yellow tints on iPads, don't make the same mistake!  I'm sat on a very unstable fence here deciding whether to continue to invest or not.

 

 

To me its tough to agree or disagree with a comment like this.  To say LEGO quality has gone down over the years to me is not really fair.  You are making comments as if you are an executive there and know exactly what is going on when you don't.  Over the past few years, LEGO's popularity has soared to heights that most companies could dream of and with that becomes new levels of scrutiny.  They are producing more pieces than ever with different types of pieces and different production facilities.  Overall I think they are doing a pretty darn good job keeping up with the demand and still producing a fine toy.

 

This reminds me of years ago when Sony was the biggest player in town for all types of electronics. After a few years of dominance, you would hear things like "Sony TVs are garbage, they have the most recalls and support incidents".  The thing most people were not accounting for was that there were a 100+ Sony TVs sold to every 1 of any other brand.  That means there are more of them to go to service.

 

Mega Bloks is where LEGO was years ago, I am sure they would have the same production issues as LEGO if they were having the same success.

 

LEGO customer service would be happy to send a you a few replacement bricks for you to make your $200 set look perfect. 

[Mos_Eisley]

I know it wasn't done on purpose, but for me, I prefer those color variations if I'm building something that is supposed to be old like a castle wall or haunted house.

[TheOrcKing]

Don't everybody Panic on the Haunted House, will be out until at least October.

October of this year ?

'Til Kingdom Come.

Even though Mega Bloks don't fit together or tesselate quite as well, I've yet to see inconsistencies in colour.

Maybe some years ago, Mega Bloks didn't click together so well but every set I purchased back in the beginning of their Halo theme connected very well if not perhaps too well as trying to pry them apart was a real chore as if they were just 'kragled'. I don't know how the sets are now but many of those sets had random variances in color on each brick. Granted they are supposed to have a camouflage effect but even the base colors didn't always match.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

To me its tough to agree or disagree with a comment like this.  To say LEGO quality has gone down over the years to me is not really fair.  You are making comments as if you are an executive there and know exactly what is going on when you don't.  Over the past few years, LEGO's popularity has soared to heights that most companies could dream of and with that becomes new levels of scrutiny.  They are producing more pieces than ever with different types of pieces and different production facilities.  Overall I think they are doing a pretty darn good job keeping up with the demand and still producing a fine toy.

 

This reminds me of years ago when Sony was the biggest player in town for all types of electronics. After a few years of dominance, you would hear things like "Sony TVs are garbage, they have the most recalls and support incidents".  The thing most people were not accounting for was that there were a 100+ Sony TVs sold to every 1 of any other brand.  That means there are more of them to go to service.

 

Mega Bloks is where LEGO was years ago, I am sure they would have the same production issues as LEGO if they were having the same success.

 

LEGO customer service would be happy to send a you a few replacement bricks for you to make your $200 set look perfect. 

 

You may well disagree which is fine as we all have our own opinions.  I appreciate that Lego has grown to new heights of success and that controlling quality is a very difficult task with such a large manufacturing base.  My first job was in a very stringent QA team for a word processor manufacturer and I've had a very keen eye ever since that which sometimes proves to be a handicap if anything and even brings out OCD in me sometimes.  I'm one of those that takes a brand new car back to the showroom within a week with at least half a dozen minor faults.  I forgot to mention that when I sent the Helms Deep back, I was given another that was perfect along with a free Uruk Hai Army set.  I'd just like to see Lego go the extra mile to ensure more consistent colours like the old days as I love the product, the company and can't fault their customer service.  I can't help it but, these little things do bother me and I'd hate to see a household name becoming a victim of it's own success.  Maybe I should apply to join their QA team and post on here any "news" that I hear! ;-)

[loki221978]

the monster fighter theme has been removed from lego's main product splashpage, but can still be found if you go to the shop and look at themes

[Guest TabbyBoy]

the monster fighter theme has been removed from lego's main product splashpage, but can still be found if you go to the shop and look at themes

 

I hope it's gone by year end.  I have a gut feeling that this could be the best performing "modular" set of the new era.  I have 5 and, No - I'm not going to open them all to check that all shades of green are the same even though I may have trouble sleeping tonight.

[jaisonline]

I know it wasn't done on purpose, but for me, I prefer those color variations if I'm building something that is supposed to be old like a castle wall or haunted house.

 

 

100% exactly my thoughts especially for weathered stone, painted /. stained wood, and brick walls.  those never match exactly in real life.  as long as the bricks aren't discolored, it's all good.

[loki221978]

i think it is cool that they dont all match, if it was a pristine build with all the colors matching, i think it would take away from the "haunted house" look

[biniou]

i think it is cool that they dont all match, if it was a pristine build with all the colors matching, i think it would take away from the "haunted house" look

I don't agree at all.

It's ok when you have some different color and the instruction book says "put here that brick which is slightly lighter green for a nice display" but here that's not the case. So it's a defect. You can be cool and imaginative about it (and that is great) but you have to understand that for some people it only means they have a brick that doesn't match with the others, and it's unacceptable, especially when we are talking about a $150/200 set.

Legos are very expensive, and they have to prove in each brick the reason why it is that way.

If not, well we can forget about legos and just go for the megablocks.

[JDLego324]

Are we tracking seal codes on this set?

This week I got one from Lego SAH with 49R3 and one from Amazon also with 49R3.

[asksol]

I doubt the variations in color can be blamed on China. It's been like this at least since 2010, especially for LBG bricks and plates.

The variations can be from the same factory just different production runs, I believe. So Lego will mix all of the batches together and pick from that mix, which means there's little difference

between a bricklinked set and an original one.

At least for parts produced in the same period (disregarding pre late 2010 reddish brown and new dark red which could just as well be different colors, and which I also store separately).

Obviously it would be best if all parts of the same part number had the exact same color shade, but as long as they do not I value that they're mixed in the same set, otherwise it would be terribly hard to keep track of all the parts as

Individual shades and exactly which shade is used in each set.

Now I can mix the parts of sets and pretty easily revert the process later.

[Neosphinx]

Hate it when colors mismatch. Spent 2 days already sorting my gray block boxes. I have more different variations then that book.

[BrickHouse]

Received damaged Haunted House today from Target-UPS delivery. Code 49R3. Plan on returning to a retail store. Went to order another online-Sold out at Target online.