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I'm sure this has been asked before... Has anyone had experience requesting quote for bulk buy via Amazon Business?

Good points. These explained the changes that seemed coordinated. The pivot to larger 3ps would spell the end for smaller sellers like me all the same.

Summer wave hit my local target today. Decided to buy Jangos Slave 1... Also saw the MTT, Clone Turbo Tank and a ucs ATST. Didnt see the others.

makes sense. the small amounts they make from small sellers doesnt justify the reputational and legal costs. They are aiming to streamline their business to a leaner core of very large 3p sellers with vetted supply lines seems to me.

To me, it has seemed like they hired McKinsey or some other management consultant who came in identified a bunch of ways that they could save money to boost their bottom line. The reimbursement change alone is sure to yield them hundreds of millions of dollars each year with a simple stroke of a pen.

In 2023-2024, I noticed Amazon made strange moves that would hinder 3PS abilities to sell. I thought these were due to chaos in large organization like Amazon causing 1 department not seeing what others are doing. In 2025, looks to me like Amazon's goal is to destroy or at least thoroughly minimize its 3rd party selling platform. There have been too many changes pointing to coordinated effort on Amazon's part. Their middle management have to be so incompetent as to not see the near term impacts these changes to pricing, FBA fulfillment, returns, erc will have to their bottom lines. Although I could be completely wrong and this is just a rambling from an old man 😛

Truthfully, I'd watch either of these shows before I would watch ST: Discovery again.

I watch Jang if I'm on the fence about buying a set as his reviews are informative. I wouldn't watch him for entertainment as his presenting style is very dry.

I find M&R as one of the most grating of the bunch. He's so petty, and forgets that most sets are for kids. His rants about stickers and mini figs are his own opinions, but i dont agree with a lot of what he says.. I blocked that channel a while back. I find myself just blocking all those type of channels hoping to feed me a different algorithm when it comes to lego information on youtube. This site is still the better one on the internet.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Star-Wars-66804/15723622534?

We get some many negs that are for other sellers and items at 50 cents a pop that want to do away with that?

terrible because we can no longer challenge. Also, no more labeling by amazon come 1/1/2026

Kamino Training Facility is back with purchases of 75409 at the LEGO website.

The season 5 winners were good but the Bros were the best builders from the first episode on. I sure they were a bit shocked to not win. Congrats to the winners though

I look to be entertained watching a lego review. Jang is like anesthesia for me. Instant sleep. MandR is cool and entertaining, in a space dominated by nerds. Not that hes not a nerd. But at least somewhat cool entertaining one. And whether hes biased towards more critical reviews or not. His takes are based on a deep knowledge of star wars and lego and definitely valid.

I don't agree that M&R hates every set that comes out. I'd say he has high expectations based on a long history with the hobby (now career). For example, when he says LEGO would've done a better job on these minifigures 10 years ago, that may be whining but it also matters considering the current value proposition is worse than 10 years ago and newer consumers lack that context. It isn't the best they are capable of (despite their lofty motto) while continually squeezing the YoY profits higher and higher. Jang remains the gold standard. Unfortunately LEGO is pricing (and pre-distributing) him out of many of their flagship sets - no way he spends $1000 (of his own money) on a Death Star at public release just to review it a month after all the pre-loaded LAN slop soaks up the views with pointless positivity.