squeakdigital00 Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 Skyline shipped today for me. Thanks lol! Sent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app Quote
Sunnie505 Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) I received the Vintage Roadster July 5 ~ but haven’t opened it yet! Edited July 12, 2019 by Sunnie505 Typo Quote
$20 on joe vs dan Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 52 minutes ago, squeakdigital00 said: Skyline shipped today for me. Thanks lol! Sent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app You're Welcome! If I had anything to do with it (lol)...I'm glad I was able to get the olive loose from the jar Quote
isawred Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 just received confirmation on bikes! super excited for such a simple set! the resale is strong with all of these sets, not sure why I doubted.... pretty sure it was my bank account holding me back..... insert monopoly man empty pockets.... Quote
spener90 Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 29 minutes ago, isawred said: just received confirmation on bikes! super excited for such a simple set! the resale is strong with all of these sets, not sure why I doubted.... pretty sure it was my bank account holding me back..... insert monopoly man empty pockets.... I hesitated too, I think you are looking at around a 50%+ short term profit minimum on the least popular sets, with a very unpredictable long term. I wish I would have cleared the lot of them looking back at it. Quote
Popular Post locidm Posted July 15, 2019 Author Popular Post Posted July 15, 2019 Finally finished the expansion. The castle now feels complete! 14 Quote
iahawks550 Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 I would love for my castles to be shipped. ? Quote
TANV Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 Meaniwhile, I'm still awaiting my Castle...if it ever comes... 1 Quote
minicoopers11 Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 Those new shields and green castle minifigures really have me excited. Must be a new castle theme coming, right?! Quote
Al Legorical Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 Not much left in the wholesale store, only 10 fire engines... “imagine it, build it” the one I thought best of the lot, still 300 left got message from admin “we will contact you in a couple of months” to discuss invoicing and shipping, that’s middle September at the earliest! still waiting on all my pledged orders! Quote
Gonkalin Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 Wow. I got my castles 3-4 weeks ago. I just assumed everyone got theirs already. And I have my antique fire engines and my Hot Shots as well. Quote
slabit Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, Gonkalin said: Wow. I got my castles 3-4 weeks ago. I just assumed everyone got theirs already. And I have my antique fire engines and my Hot Shots as well. Still waiting my my 2 as well. Really wish they would ship or at least send an update. Quote
DadsAFOL Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 They were hand-packing sets in batches 400 or 800. They were trying to get one batch of every set out to try to balance the delays to the customers. They finished the first round of all 13 sets, so the next round is underway. I expect castles and saloons will be appearing soon. 2 Quote
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 10 hours ago, DadsAFOL said: They were hand-packing sets in batches 400 or 800. They were trying to get one batch of every set out to try to balance the delays to the customers. They finished the first round of all 13 sets, so the next round is underway. I expect castles and saloons will be appearing soon. So 10 weeks for one batch, assuming they didn’t pack any before May 1st, let’s give them 800 of each out the door. Which leaves 1700 of each to go... if they keep up the same pace, which is actually pretty impressive 10,400 sets in 10 weeks (over 1000 sets and well over 1,000,000 parts per week!) That would come close to my earlier guesstimate of Christmas before all orders are fulfilled. Ironically I received Hot Shot #100 weeks ago, yet that was a sales period order. None of my comments should be taken as negative. I really think this program is good, and hope they do it again. They obviously had no idea what they were getting into! I am curious as to who they got to pick and pack, I just don’t see how it could be “anyone” it takes experience more than training Quote
DadsAFOL Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Graham Bailey said: So 10 weeks for one batch, assuming they didn’t pack any before May 1st, let’s give them 800 of each out the door. Which leaves 1700 of each to go... if they keep up the same pace, which is actually pretty impressive 10,400 sets in 10 weeks (over 1000 sets and well over 1,000,000 parts per week!) That would come close to my earlier guesstimate of Christmas before all orders are fulfilled. Ironically I received Hot Shot #100 weeks ago, yet that was a sales period order. None of my comments should be taken as negative. I really think this program is good, and hope they do it again. They obviously had no idea what they were getting into! I am curious as to who they got to pick and pack, I just don’t see how it could be “anyone” it takes experience more than training But they didn't sell all 2500 of each, so its not that bad. Only the Castle and Saloon sold all 2500 as far as I know. They are using a mix of local AFOLs and part time workers, running 2 shifts a day. It took them a few weeks to work out all of the kinks, but they are in a pretty good groove now. 2 Quote
Martae54 Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 But they didn't sell all 2500 of each, so its not that bad. Only the Castle and Saloon sold all 2500 as far as I know. They are using a mix of local AFOLs and part time workers, running 2 shifts a day. It took them a few weeks to work out all of the kinks, but they are in a pretty good groove now.So when's the re-release of the unsold sets?? I know they have reached out to resellers for wholesale opportunities. Will that be the only way to get thee sets from now on? Quote
DadsAFOL Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Martae54 said: So when's the re-release of the unsold sets?? I know they have reached out to resellers for wholesale opportunities. Will that be the only way to get thee sets from now on? Correct. They are going to finish producing all of the ordered sets first before producing the ones sold to wholesale. so probably another month or two. Quote
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Martae54 said: So when's the re-release of the unsold sets?? I know they have reached out to resellers for wholesale opportunities. Will that be the only way to get thee sets from now on? Here's whats left Quote
spener90 Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Graham Bailey said: Here's whats left Do you need to be invited to get these now? Quote
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 1 minute ago, spener90 said: Do you need to be invited to get these now? I simply asked Bricklink admin Quote
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, spener90 said: Do you need to be invited to get these now? Check your messages, I sent you the link Quote
Jason Mixed Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 34 minutes ago, Graham Bailey said: Check your messages, I sent you the link Can I also get one of these magical links? Quote
isawred Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 very nice deals there! i've contacted them to see if i have a chance. i am very new to selling so i'm not sure if they will allow but i am certainly going to try! Quote
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Posted July 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, isawred said: very nice deals there! i've contacted them to see if i have a chance. i am very new to selling so i'm not sure if they will allow but i am certainly going to try! Bare in mind its a $3000 minimum purchase Quote
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