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I grew up in Orlando. Space Shuttle was part of our culture. I watched Challenger blow up with my naked eye standing in the outdoor field of my school yard when I was in middle school. We would watch launches on TV and then seconds after the shuttle clears the top of the tower we would run outside and watch it go up with the naked eye. It was a great time for space travel. I also have a good family friend that is an air traffic controller at the Kennedy landing facility. One time (pre-9/11) the 747 was there after dropping off the shuttle. My friend called me up and asked if my wife and I wanted to come to NASA to see the 747. We got a whole behind the scene tour of the facility. Got to go inside the 747. Sit in cockpit (the whole thing is completely gutted as you can imagine to reduce the weight), climb the yellow tower they used to remove the shuttle off the back of the 747. It was super cool. He took us out on the runway and showed us the marks where the front tire touches down and makes the skid mark (they paint a circle around them with the STS number to mark the moment in time). The tower called us on the radio while were were there and informed us to get off the runway as the 747 was getting ready to take off. We literally pulled a few feet off the runway into the grass while the 747 took off right in front of us. It was so cool. An experience I'll never forget. He said one of the biggest challenges they have at the landing facility is keeping wildlife off the runway. Apparently fences don't work very well. A 747 / Space shuttle combo lego set would be super cool.

Could you please be careful with my technology?

Ulysses with plush Yoda and plush Grogu for extra cushioning! May the Force be with me.

Yea a set that was available for 8 minutes will certainly lose value. Especially once the initial wave sells and it's extremely rare. No one wants that. 🙄

Narrator: "They did not do better in the future."

Huw cries a lot for someone who receives hundreds of free, much more expensive, sets directly from Lego for running a Lego website. The Lego website crashing is all part of the charm

So when the first space shuttle launched on April 12, 1981 I was in Florida on vacation, and we pulled over got out of the car went to the beach and watched it take off. It was amazing. Star Wars was just a few years earlier. Star Trek the Movie. I kept up with them building the shuttle. Buck Rogers TV Show using as a deep space orbiter what looked like a shuttle. It was an amazing time to be a kid and dream of our future. Yes any model of the Shuttle means that much to me. Its a symbol for all of that and the USA. Lego space sets bring all that back to mind. That includes getting an exclusive Ulysses. I hope we can return to that type of dreaming of technology and exploration for the future.

NASA was of MAJOR interest to kids/adults throughout the 1960's - 1980's. It was not only a symbol of space exploration, but it was also a symbol of the Cold War between the U.S., China, and USSR. We did not have instant availability to videos and shows 24/7 that covered space exploration. When a space launch occurred, it was watched by as many viewers as they had during the Super Bowl.

Look at this one:

"Financed my vacation on this sale! I paid hardly anything! Can you believe it?!?11!" <--Include the 1's. or.... Ignore completely.

Somehow I was able to use the "wayback" machine and place my order yesterday.

More like: Ulysses Probe: April 14, 2021 9:14 AM EST - April 14, 2021 9:20 Am EST RIP

If you can't handle everyone logging into the VIP rewards at the same time, maybe don't tell everyone to log in at the same time.

The first time I saw 2 booster rockets land simultaneously on their landing pads, it brought back the same feeling I had watching launches, landings, space walks, and International Space Station reports as a kid. Honestly, the large Starship returning from sub-orbit to near successful landings has been bringing back the same excitement as well.

And nowadays it's just mainly Elon Musk saying "Haha, rocket blast off", right? (Tbf though, his stuff is pretty amazing). I will say that if we ever put a human on Mars, I think the world might experience the sort of feelings you're talking about. Hope so anyways.

Yes.

LEGO response Huw posted in an update: Update: Earlier in the day this article encouraged you to contact Customer Services to complain. It seems many of you did which has prompted the company to issue the following statement: “We’re very sorry about your experience with our current VIP promo. We do our best to make sure items like this one are available to as many LEGO fans as possible, and we know how disappointing it can be when you can’t get the LEGO set that you want. "Listening to our fans helps us get better, so thanks for letting us know we got it wrong this time. We’re taking a very close look to see what wasn’t quite right, and I’ve shared your comments with the correct team so we can do better in the future.“

Lego's inability to handle large traffic made this the debacle that it ended up being. I would give them a pass if this was the first time, but this happen EVERY SINGLE TIME there is a rollout of an in demand product. This has been going on for several years now. Had Lego said enter a raffle as we have 5k of these and winners will be emailed at 9am EST on 4/14/21, I think everyone would have understood the odds of getting one. Leaving it up to the Lego IT Gods leaves much to desire as some devices work, many don't. Different people seeing different screens, etc. It was a mess as it always is. The the aftermath of pissed off customers who didn't get one complaining to CS about the lack of support on the IT end. It has to be infuriating for them to take the brunt of the vitriol from AFOLS who didn't get what they wanted. So in short, Yes, I do blame Lego IT for making this a disaster that it is every time. Your website should not crash every time you launch a product.

something about the guy in the chicken suit and this job being posted on April Fools make it all too fitting.

anyone else playing the game of trying to click the "I accept the terms" button before it disappears?

"LEGO Group is not responsible for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet Service Providers, websites or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind or nature." This in the terms and conditions is much easier than fixing the website. I've been here so long I've started enjoying the roller coasters. Everyone put your arms up, we're about to crest the hill. Update:

Lego IT you say?

My grandparents lived in Titusville, FL, just across the river from Cape Kennedy. They could watch the launches from their porch. Going to NASA was the one thing I wanted to do every time we visited them. Before my grandparents passed away we had visited NASA around 18 times (sometimes twice a year). I never got to see a shuttle launch (missed several by just one week) but NASA allowed tours by the launchpad even while the Shuttle was awaiting launch (saw that at least twice - parents have pictures somewhere). I once got to see the shuttle return to Cape Kennedy riding piggyback on the 747. That was impressive unto itself. That is also the one LEGO set I'm waiting for. Even a GWP mini version would be awesome.

The shuttles were so cool to watch. I remember the first time visiting Kennedy Space Center. I was blown away!

In Morgan Freeman's voice is how I heard it.

This weekend I got home on Friday to another round of "daddy build another pirate ship". So we built 70618 Destiny's Bounty. Picked it up on Mercari for $60, with only bags 1-3 open, to allow me to sell our sealed copy. Missing the stickers, but ordered them on Bricklink this morning. All we have left pirate ship wise is the 3-in-1 creator ship, and Barracuda Bay. I assume they will be on deck soon.

Got me thinking of the wise words spoken by Rosie Perez in White Men Can't Jump. 😄 "Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose."

I didn't get the space coin. This is the first time I've mentioned it. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But whining about stuff doesn't get you anywhere.

This you? By The_scizz in United States, 14 Apr 2021 18:17 Gets hundreds of free lego sets from the company. Missed out on rare vip set that many people still got. Cries like a baby. You entitled brat, lol.

Your mo... Eh, I would just offer to cancel

UCS R2-D2 appeared Very smooth compared to 10225. Much better scale as well.

I bought this on eBay myself not long ago, but due to life circumstances I can't keep it and I'm just hoping to get my money back. Or go full balls to the wall and provide them a dollar amount after fees/shipping. This is the option I couldn't help but go with if I received the same message.

What’s the item? I would just ignore. Don’t reply anything where eBay rules against you later.

Gold coins baby!

Thank you @Phil B! After no luck on phone ipad and laptop using chrome and hitting f5 like a madman. I was able to copy and past @Phil B link in a fresh browser and hit enter. This finally worked for me. See you all again, same time tomorrow!!

Ulysses Probe: April 14, 2021 9:00 AM EST - April 14, 2021 9:20 Am EST RIP EDIT: WOWZERS

VIP is Down!!!

Watch it be 9:00am PST...

Built these over the last few nights. I'll keep them out for a couple of weeks and then pack them up until my son is ready for them. He's already pretty good at using the catapults and driving the horsies.

Would that just be the MF plotting it's own warp speed route into a sun?

I confess I tend to be sarcastic in such cases, but saying nothing is typically better so that it doesn't escalate. You never know when a crazy is on the other end. Or if this is a winning bidder / purchaser, I would tell them they got it for a bargain and that you're taking a loss (after fees and shipping). That should shut them up.

May 1st release date $199 gets you Tatooine GWP.

I was going to wait until later to claim mine, but my MOFO FOMO is high today... And hello there.. The CS dept needs to give IT dept an earful. This would unnecessarily increase calls to CS when the actual order went through just fine

For those needing VIP points for the coin no need to worry about Tatooine it will be a true GWP of $85.

Head of DevOps = the main scapegoat when their website goes kaput

Look at their low quality image on the item page. piece count 236

Isn't this also signs of a decent into madness?

hahahahahhaa

Finally found a piece with a logo stamped on it. They are VEX Robotics parts.