Ideas #017: 21309/92176 - NASA Apollo Saturn V

[mauro23]

14 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Still available for backorder at EU SAH. Seems it is harder to burn through stock with limit 1 being enforced as I guess a lot of people will have had orders cancelled.

Why should LEGO cancel orders from people who were able to place their orders?

[Forsaker]

Lego’s probably doing all this specificly because of the Saturn V shortages/situation....

[BricksBrotha]

I had to order new SaturnV parts after my build from the Nov 2xVIP.  2 of the printed 'States' pieces were noticably scratched/faded.  Also two  red vertical holders had the clutch ring bent open too wide.   *edit* I will update with a seal code and pictures of the actual pieces later.

 

Online CS was excellent and my parts are due to arrive today/tomorrow, free of charge.

Edited November 10, 2017 by BricksBrotha

[Val-E]

3 hours ago, mauro23 said:

Why should LEGO cancel orders from people who were able to place their orders?

You know as well as I do that if people already ordered their limit in the past, new orders risk getting cancelled unless you call them to negotiate.

[Mooserandell]

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/a88109ec-9970-4fe1-98b4-9bd535856ab4/official_comments

Will this not affect the price of 21309? I know it is still in review but if they do release an umbilical tower, surely they will release a bunch more 21309's??

[andyposterfan]

Built mine today. Got to admit I wasn't to fussed about this set and didbt get the hype. Bought it anyway to see for myself. But now I've built it, I must say.,,

...really impressed. Really clever engineering and very satisfying.

despite the amount of repeat sections it doesnt feel repetitive at all. Very sturdy too.

(only grumble, lots of smaller pieces when larger ones would have done a better job. So it felt like they inflated the piece count a little. Not drastically but I'd say 50 -75 pieces could have been replaced by larger ones).

really impressed overall

[seth]

Still available for backorder at EU SAH. Seems it is harder to burn through stock with limit 1 being enforced as I guess a lot of people will have had orders cancelled.

Yes, two of my orders (different) accounts were cancelled. Some weeks ago I had ordered one with each account (limit 5 at that time). So I reached the limit with first order.

[pawel_przybyla]

Two accounts and two different debit cards. Works.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

Knowing staff at John Lewis works too! ;-)

[thebrickdad]

Walking into Leicester Square and buying them works fine also

[BricksBrotha]

17 hours ago, BricksBrotha said:

I had to order new SaturnV parts after my build from the Nov 2xVIP.  2 of the printed 'States' pieces were noticably scratched/faded.  Also two  red vertical holders had the clutch ring bent open too wide.   *edit* I will update with a seal code and pictures of the actual pieces later.

 

Online CS was excellent and my parts are due to arrive today/tomorrow, free of charge.

 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

9 hours ago, thebrickdad said:

Walking into Leicester Square and buying them works fine also

How do you get it out of London in one piece? Do you drive in?

[llcooljuan]

Is it worth buying these from TRU at $135 when they have them?  Anyone have issues getting price match?

[exciter1]

8 minutes ago, llcooljuan said:

Is it worth buying these from TRU at $135 when they have them?  Anyone have issues getting price match?

It's against TRU Price Match Policy to match out of stock items.  They must be in stock at a competitor website at the time of price match.

[HandyHand]

On 11/11/2017 at 10:38 AM, TabbyBoy said:

How do you get it out of London in one piece? Do you drive in?

I was in London in the week of 23-28 of November and visited the Leicester Square store nearly daily. Bought amongst others the Assembly Square, Disney Castle, Brick Bank, Snowspeeder, and London Bus (Creator Expert version) boxes. And I did bring those big boxes with me in the Underground (Piccadily Line, then switch to Central Line at Holborn all the way to Gants Hill ). Got them back to the hotel unscathed despite going at rush hour. So... yeah ... it's possible.  

[Guest TabbyBoy]

26 minutes ago, Haay said:

I was in London in the week of 23-28 of November and visited the Leicester Square store nearly daily. Bought amongst others the Assembly Square, Disney Castle, Brick Bank, Snowspeeder, and London Bus (Creator Expert version) boxes. And I did bring those big boxes with me in the Underground (Piccadily Line, then switch to Central Line at Holborn all the way to Gants Hill ). Got them back to the hotel unscathed despite going at rush hour. So... yeah ... it's possible.  

You're a better man than I am. There's no way that I'd risk £100's in damage as some London commuters are amongst the rudest, impatient and uncaring people that you'll ever meet. My girlfriend has a Toyota Prius so I may drive that in one day as I can use a parking space nearby for a couple of hours on a quiet weekday. I even walked past it last Wednesday morning and there were still huge queues at the door!

LEGO... The Oracle shopping centre in Reading is crying out for a LEGO store, they have everything else - you're missing out on some huge footfall.

[HandyHand]

4 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

LEGO... The Oracle shopping centre in Reading is crying out for a LEGO store, they have everything else - you're missing out on some huge footfall.

You greedy Brits wanting even more LEGO stores   ... The Netherlands hasn't got any LEGO store! TLG expects us to drive for a few hours to either Germany (Oberhausen or Essen) or Belgium (Wijnegem) for the D2C sets, seasonal sets and Ideas sets that are not sold in 3rd party toy stores in The Netherlands. If there's ONE country in Europe that finally deserves to get their own LEGO store it's The Netherlands!  

[mauro23]

8 minutes ago, Haay said:

If there's ONE country in Europe that finally deserves to get their own LEGO store it's The Netherlands!  

No, because you are out, the same as the Italians... ?

[Guest TabbyBoy]

7 minutes ago, Haay said:

You greedy Brits wanting even more LEGO stores   ... The Netherlands hasn't got any LEGO store! TLG expects us to drive for a few hours to either Germany (Oberhausen or Essen) or Belgium (Wijnegem) for the D2C sets, seasonal sets and Ideas sets that are not sold in 3rd party toy stores in The Netherlands. If there's ONE country in Europe that finally deserves to get their own LEGO store it's The Netherlands!  

Does Amsterdam still have the Intertoys store about 10min walk from the train station? I will gladly dig up the Leicester Square store and take it to you as it's Hell to get to and to get in! Even though it's currently in the busiest shopping area in the World, it's impossible to park anywhere close and they don't deliver. I saw the new UCS MF there a while back, but how would I get it home intact? Being London, I'm surprised they don't charge an entry fee.

[Val-E]

53 minutes ago, Haay said:

You greedy Brits wanting even more LEGO stores   ... The Netherlands hasn't got any LEGO store! TLG expects us to drive for a few hours to either Germany (Oberhausen or Essen) or Belgium (Wijnegem) for the D2C sets, seasonal sets and Ideas sets that are not sold in 3rd party toy stores in The Netherlands. If there's ONE country in Europe that finally deserves to get their own LEGO store it's The Netherlands!  

Wrong! They want you to pay overinflated Lego tax prices via SAH.

[HandyHand]

39 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Does Amsterdam still have the Intertoys store about 10min walk from the train station? I will gladly dig up the Leicester Square store and take it to you as it's Hell to get to and to get in! Even though it's currently in the busiest shopping area in the World, it's impossible to park anywhere close and they don't deliver. I saw the new UCS MF there a while back, but how would I get it home intact? Being London, I'm surprised they don't charge an entry fee.

Yeah, that Intertoys store is still there in Amsterdam. Though Intertoys itself is a crappy store to buy Lego from in The Netherlands because they hardly have any competition, and they regularly jack up the price above RRP. 

The Leicester Square store does do free delivery to Lego buyers who reside in hotels within inner London. Unfortunately the hotel I was staying at, in Ilford, was too far away from downtown for free delivery.  

[thebrickdad]

How do you get it out of London in one piece? Do you drive in?

Even better, I have a son who goes to Uni in town and comes home late once the rush has cleared.

[Shewie]

2 hours ago, TabbyBoy said:

LEGO... The Oracle shopping centre in Reading is crying out for a LEGO store, they have everything else - you're missing out on some huge footfall.

 

2 hours ago, Haay said:

You greedy Brits wanting even more LEGO stores  

Too bad the one closest to Reading (Watford) is estimated to be shut down in next 12-24 months.
You have the one in Westfield why stressing out going to Leicester where is always busy,  It's mainly a tourist attraction not the Lego centre for AFOL Die Hards.
(except the big launches of the new products)

[gregpj]

I was in London in the week of 23-28 of November

So what kind of info can you share about the future with us non-time-travellers?

[HandyHand]

3 minutes ago, gregpj said:

So what kind of info can you share about the future with us non-time-travellers?

 

Ah, crap, I meant October of course.