crayxlp Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 hours ago, mauro23 said: LOL. How can have TLG problems with the web side in 21.century for several years??? perhaps they (TLG) became one with "a dark side" .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inversion Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 24 minutes ago, crayxlp said: perhaps they (TLG) became one with "a dark side" .. Probably the result of outsourcing basic IT tasks to third world countries, as is usually the case. Cheap labor is cheap result. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro23 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 35 minutes ago, inversion said: Probably the result of outsourcing basic IT tasks to third world countries, as is usually the case. Cheap labor is cheap result. They haven't. But their skills are really limited... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trstnkn Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 My son got the Saturn V for Christmas. Had our first piece missing from a Lego set. (Part 22885 Light Gray 1x2x1 2/3 with studs on 1 side) Took them 3 weeks to send a replacement. And oddly it was sent from Denmark to the US. (Indication of production issues, perhaps?) And now a handful of the 63868 clips are broken (Red Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Clip Horizontal on End). Granted - my son is 8, but he knows the drill with Legos. He admires his Legos and rebuilds them vs playing with them, especially his nice sets (fishing store, saturn V, 70404 castle). Anyone else having similar issues? Curious if the clips are just an issue with the build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I just built this on Saturday with my boys. While building I was expecting to run accross issues others reported, but the only issue I found was one of the (4) flag printed pieces was missing. There was a plain white one in its place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 It seems like LEGO is slacking, but I'm not surprised as their quailty control isn't what it was. This is a prime example of rushing production when they should just cease and call it a day on this set. I was expecting about 2-3 returns on mine, but I now think it'll be over 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_chaos Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said: This is a prime example of rushing production when they should just cease and call it a day on this set. In your unbiased opinion... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I have a feeling that when it comes to sell, nearly all buyers won't be opening the set. Then it's not my problem when missing pieces are found ;-) This could be only the third IDEAS set that will probably remain mostly sealed, like the Mars Rover and the hideous monstrosity Delorean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro23 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said: I have a feeling that when it comes to sell, nearly all buyers won't be opening the set. Then it's not my problem when missing pieces are found ;-) This could be only the third IDEAS set that will probably remain mostly sealed, like the Mars Rover and the hideous monstrosity Delorean. You forget the holy grail of LEGO Ideas - Adventure Time. I have never heard a rumor of someone who has built up one... :-) Edited January 16, 2018 by mauro23 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, mauro23 said: You forget the holy grail of LEGO Ideas - Adventure Time. I have never heard a rumor of someone who has bought one... :-) Fixed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, mauro23 said: You forget the holy grail of LEGO Ideas - Adventure Time. I have never heard a rumor of someone who has built up one... :-) That could be the darkest horse of the theme so far, so I bought 10x by cherry-picking the ones at 50% off on eBay. It's so utterly hideous and ridiculous that it'll become as rare as unicorn scatology. I think "Fugliness" helped the Delorean reach great heights too I think. If it was a nice looking model, sales would've been massive and it may still be on sale now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSpeed Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Back in stock on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071G3QMS2?tag=kinjadeals-20&ascsubtag=d8bdac619c83fa8641e28429f96e800e5057065f&rawdata=[r|https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2F[t|link[p|1819835703[a|B071G3QMS2[au|5727177402741770316[b|deals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, TabbyBoy said: That could be the darkest horse of the theme so far, so I bought 10x by cherry-picking the ones at 50% off on eBay. It's so utterly hideous and ridiculous that it'll become as rare as unicorn scatology. I think "Fugliness" helped the Delorean reach great heights too I think. If it was a nice looking model, sales would've been massive and it may still be on sale now. It´s such a dark horse that its shadow was made redundant. Edited January 16, 2018 by Val-E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLMF Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Back in stock in the United States. Should I buy this set at retail for investment, or wait for any discounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, CLMF said: Back in stock in the United States. Should I buy this set at retail for investment, or wait for any discounts? Wait. 60 years promo is out in 2 weeks and there will be better offers down the line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLMF Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Val-E said: Wait. 60 years promo is out in 2 weeks and there will be better offers down the line. What are these better offers? I can only think of double VIP points but the promo set seems like a better deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zskid00 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Pretty much all the IDEAS sets get a discount at some point. It should happen when supply catches up with demand for a bit. Then again that may not happen before it retires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 6 hours ago, CLMF said: What are these better offers? I can only think of double VIP points but the promo set seems like a better deal. If it´s not 100% a SAH exclusive in Canada, then you´ll get better offers from TRU or other shops when they do general promos. If you are going to pay full RRP, you might as well wait till next November to at least not have cash tied up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 7:50 PM, trstnkn said: My son got the Saturn V for Christmas. Had our first piece missing from a Lego set. (Part 22885 Light Gray 1x2x1 2/3 with studs on 1 side) Took them 3 weeks to send a replacement. And oddly it was sent from Denmark to the US. (Indication of production issues, perhaps?) For some reason, replacement pieces are always sent from Denmark. 3 weeks sounds about right from my experiences. Quote And now a handful of the 63868 clips are broken (Red Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Clip Horizontal on End). Granted - my son is 8, but he knows the drill with Legos. He admires his Legos and rebuilds them vs playing with them, especially his nice sets (fishing store, saturn V, 70404 castle). Anyone else having similar issues? Curious if the clips are just an issue with the build? Those clips are prone to breaking if you put any sideways stress on them. I haven't built the rocket myself so I can't say if the build encourages snapping them into place from odd angles, but you need to be very gentle when taking them apart to make sure you take them apart from 'head on.' From someone with two boys (7 and 10), he may know the drill but it doesn't mean that he's going to be gentle taking things apart or putting them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 7 hours ago, Val-E said: If it´s not 100% a SAH exclusive in Canada, then you´ll get better offers from TRU or other shops when they do general promos. If you are going to pay full RRP, you might as well wait till next November to at least not have cash tied up. It's not exclusive anymore in Canada (TRU, Walmart, Mastermind, Indigo .. everyone sells it now), but good luck getting the best deal or promo from TRU in Canada. At best you'll get 20% off, but the Ideas theme isn't a popular one for discounts at TRU so I wouldn't wait for that to happen. I think buying this from S@H with VIP points and a good promo (like the 60 year set) are going to be just as good as any discount you'll receive from Canadian stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLMF Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, gregpj said: It's not exclusive anymore in Canada (TRU, Walmart, Mastermind, Indigo .. everyone sells it now), but good luck getting the best deal or promo from TRU in Canada. At best you'll get 20% off, but the Ideas theme isn't a popular one for discounts at TRU so I wouldn't wait for that to happen. I think buying this from LEGO Shop at Home with VIP points and a good promo (like the 60 year set) are going to be just as good as any discount you'll receive from Canadian stores. Yeah whenever there's some bogo sale at TRU, they always say "excludes items ending in .94", which includes the Saturn V along with Creator Expert and UCS sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyHand Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 "And the Gimme LEGO Readers' Choice Award for Best Set of 2017 goes to...." ....21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V. https://gimmelego.blogspot.nl/2018/01/and-gimme-lego-readers-choice-award-for.html And rightly so! This is such a brilliant set that will be remembered for the ages as one of the pinnacles of LEGO ingenuity. If there's a new book about "Best LEGO Sets Ever" coming out 10 years from now, this Saturn V set will be featured prominently in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Haay said: "And the Gimme LEGO Readers' Choice Award for Best Set of 2017 goes to...." ....21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V. https://gimmelego.blogspot.nl/2018/01/and-gimme-lego-readers-choice-award-for.html And rightly so! This is such a brilliant set that will be remembered for the ages as one of the pinnacles of LEGO ingenuity. If there's a new book about "Best LEGO Sets Ever" coming out 10 years from now, this Saturn V set will be featured prominently in it. I read that too and it's something I suspected anyway. But, did the voters choose between all sets or a selection of a lot less? Seeing "None of the above" in the list makes me think it was a small selection giving little credibility to the result. However, Saturn V will always be the winner in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 What are these better offers? I can only think of double VIP points but the promo set seems like a better deal. If you are looking for small quantities (1 or 2) Barnes & Noble B&M is my recommendation. With an in-store with membership (S25/year) you get a flat 10% discount. GCs are routinely sold in-store for 15%+ or for 6% through Raise (click through this site). And if you wait for their sales you might be able to get another 10-20% off.I found mine during a 25% off 1 item promo in December. After tax, GC & membership I was in under $80.To buy one today, 6.5% GC on Raise plus 10% membership: 119.96-10%-6.5% = $100.94+tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLMF Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 1:51 PM, FM said: If you are looking for small quantities (1 or 2) Barnes & Noble B&M is my recommendation. With an in-store with membership (S25/year) you get a flat 10% discount. GCs are routinely sold in-store for 15%+ or for 6% through Raise (click through this site). And if you wait for their sales you might be able to get another 10-20% off. I found mine during a 25% off 1 item promo in December. After tax, GC & membership I was in under $80. To buy one today, 6.5% GC on Raise plus 10% membership: 119.96-10%-6.5% = $100.94+tax. I'm in Canada, we have no sales of this caliber out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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