75192 - UCS: Millennium Falcon 2017

[fixerdrew02]

18 minutes ago, JLEW700 said:

Did you double check its for the MF and not just for the freebies?

Yep! Looks to be arriving at end of the day. Two separate shipments from FedEx, one of which is 30lbs. 

[Shewie]

Seal codes in EU for the initial run are 25S7
Seals can be found on those 4 boxes that come with the set and instructions.

[winder00side]

28 minutes ago, fixerdrew02 said:

Yep! Looks to be arriving at end of the day. Two separate shipments from FedEx, one of which is 30lbs. 

Nothing yet for me, so much for tying shipping to order time

[P38bam023]

Looks like the poor launch has given this set an excellent review on SAH.  2.5 stars currently .  I expect it to drop further as more people get jaded with the terrible way this whole thing was done. 

[Kesh]

57 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Brothers in arms... not mine though.

Hmmm... the old one has more of this... je ne sais quoi....hunk of junk quality.

[minicoopers11]

45 minutes ago, Shewie said:

elaborate. 
They will upgrade everyone who purchased the set.

AFAIK there is no such thing as banned cards, suspended account equals banned cards.

Still use my "banned account" card in store.

[gregpj]

elaborate. 
They will upgrade everyone who purchased the set.

AFAIK there is no such thing as banned cards, suspended account equals banned cards.

It appears that Shop at Home and in-store PoS systems have different rules regarding purchase when a member has been banned from Shop at Home.

People who have been banned from shopping online can still earn and redeem in store using their VIP cards.

[Sacdjas]

Huzzah!  My WHOLE order (including the 75192) has shipped.  

[boliramirez]

5 minutes ago, minicoopers11 said:

Still use my "banned account" card in store.

Me too.... Do you think they will send the MF VIP Card to us banned ??

[minicoopers11]

3 minutes ago, boliramirez said:

Me too.... Do you think they will send the MF VIP Card to us banned ??

Think I'll use different card or do a new sign up for that!

[winder00side]

5 minutes ago, Sacdjas said:

Huzzah!  My WHOLE order (including the 75192) has shipped.  

What was your order time yesterday? 

[boliramirez]

same 

Just now, minicoopers11 said:

Think I'll use different card or do a new sign up for that!

that is what I was thinking....   

[Shewie]

5 minutes ago, boliramirez said:

same 

that is what I was thinking....   

 

7 minutes ago, minicoopers11 said:

Think I'll use different card or do a new sign up for that!

You will sign up for something that you are not entitled for? How do you mean by that?

You will sign up from new account convincing LEGO that you made transaction for MF even without record on your acc for this purchase?

[Ed Mack]

18 hours ago, kris_1973 said:

It amazes me the SOLD prices are on eBay... as if it weren't expensive enough at RRP!

75192 - Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon

Ed Mack replied to chinothegeeko's topic in Star Wars Sets

This Christmas...wait till you see some buyers pay $1200.00 for a set that sold for $800.00 a few weeks earlier. This set will be a flipper's dream. Long term...who the Hell knows?

 

I guess I was TOO CONSERVATIVE with my estimate...

 

[boliramirez]

3 minutes ago, Shewie said:

 

You will sign up for something that you are not entitled for? How do you mean by that?

You will sign up from new account convincing LEGO that you made transaction for MF even without record on your acc for this purchase?

We'll buy another one on the new VIP .... come on !

[Shewie]

1 minute ago, boliramirez said:

We'll buy another one on the new VIP .... come on !

well but we've talked minutes ago about certain subject of using banned card, if you are making new acc this whole idea doesn't make any sense.

[boliramirez]

7 minutes ago, Shewie said:

well but we've talked minutes ago about certain subject of using banned card, if you are making new acc this whole idea doesn't make any sense.

I used my "banned VIP card"  to buy it yesterday,  If they do not send it,  I will open another VIP account and buy another online.... 

[minicoopers11]

I'm confused. Just speaking theoretically. Have not purchased the MF yet.

[gregpj]

5 minutes ago, Shewie said:

well but we've talked minutes ago about certain subject of using banned card, if you are making new acc this whole idea doesn't make any sense.

You just use someone else's address for the other account (like a relative that you trust). Once you cash out the VIP points from the initial purchase, the card is just a status symbol and you keep using your original one.

Under normal circumstances I'd say it's unethical, but in this case because LEGO is being dumb and banning people but letting them still use that account in-store, it's their own damn fault. I guess this was their sad attempt at hampering secondary market sales .. no "first edition certificates" rather "first edition VIP cards." But then they go and do some exclusive launch event with exclusive cards you can only get there that really fire up the secondary market.

Add to that their obvious limited first run supply and they're either really stupid or really smart.

[winder00side]

1 minute ago, gregpj said:

...  they're either really stupid or really smart.

If it were the latter, they would have a functional website AND inventory control.  They can generate the same buzz without turning people off because they refuse to come into the 21st century with regards to server infrastructure. 

[Shewie]

Well I'm addressing those questions because friend of mine who I finally convinced to buy one for himself decided to pull the trigger and buy the MF for himself.
What is the result?

Account immediately banned with his CC blacklisted.
LEGO send him an email with code - "suspicious transaction"

he got his money locked on his account right now for 2x MILF which in Poland costs about 1000USD (RPP Price on website)
why 2? because he thought initially that was a system failure because website was barely working and so on...
But after his second purchase few minutes later he realized what really have happened.

CS: Doesn't provide any comments about cancelled transaction because semi automated system is responsible for giving such status to the account. (I mean Bans)

so he is unable to make any future purchase, his CC is blacklisted and his money are locked down for approx 14 days.

That's why I'm digging.

Edited September 15, 2017 by Shewie

[kris_1973]

11 minutes ago, Shewie said:

Well I'm addressing those questions because friend of mine who I finally convinced to buy one for himself decided to pull the trigger and buy the MF for himself.
What is the result?

Account immediately banned with his CC blacklisted.
LEGO send him an email with code - "suspicious transaction"

he got his money locked on his account right now for 2x MILF which in Poland costs about 1000USD (RPP Price on website)
why 2? because he thought it was a system failure because website was barely working etc. But after second purchase he realized what really happened.

CS: Doesn't provide any comments about cancelled transaction because semi automated system is responsible for giving such status to the account. (I mean Bans)

so he is unable to make any future purchase, his CC is blacklisted and his money are locked down for approx 14 days.

That's why I'm digging.

Dark times.

[winder00side]

1:04 pm EST, shipped. ?

[Mos_Eisley]

[jaisonline]

10179 inner frame is solid,   designed to carry 20 pounds.    many of us assume 75192 would follow it's lead in that area and i'm glad it's true.

https://brickset.com/article/30631

Bags #1

Construction begins with the internal chassis upon which everything will be connected to. It's robustly built using studded Technic beams and plates so is very rigid as a result.

Most of today's sets use colour coding of parts to make it easier to find them in the pile and also easier to see them in the instruction steps, and this set does just that: different sized beams are different colours, certain sized plates are tan, others are grey, and so on. The result is a bit of an eyesore but it'll all be covered up so it doesn't matter.

I knew that designer Hans stated that he based this chassis design on that in the original UCS Falcon but I didn't realise until looking at the instructions now just how similar they are:

The build time for this section was about 75 minutes. It's fairly straightforward, thanks to the colour coding, but you will want to ensure you have every Technic pin in exactly the right hole otherwise you're likely to run into problems later.

 

Bags #9

Now we turn our attention to the top of the mandibles, which are built primarily from plates but with arches used to form the circular holes in the top. The details seen through them were added in bags #8.