stephen_rockefeller Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I would guess the latter..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolos80 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Got my order confirmation. It included a hot dog cart, which didn't show up at checkout. I haven't been charged for shipping and the tax was normal. My sympathies to you guys experiencing problems. Hopefully it will all be sorted when you check in tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacs Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 So at this point in the night, the set is still available. At this point on May 4, the B-Wing was already sold out IIRC. Seems to mean one of two things. Either they sold less than 20k B-Wings on May 4th (seems doubtful?) or their IT structure has degraded since then. The site performance was way worse than May 4 seemingly? hard to figure out what is going on here. A few thoughts: b-wing had a 5 limit max, while 41999 has a two limit max, so b-wing could easily go a lot quicker. I have to believe there were significantly fewer B-Wings for sale. That was essentially a Lego clearance disguised as a promotion, so I would be shocked if there were more than 10k sitting in a Lego warehouse. The B-Wing promotion was only in the US, so there were a large number of sets from the B-Wing production run that were allocated to other markets. If I had to guess, I would say 50% of the B-Wing's produced (at whatever quantity) went to the US - the other half of the production run wasn't even available for the eligible $100 discount. UCS are limited edition runs, too. TLC doesn't divulge the quantities of these, but it wouldn't shock me if the B-Wing production run was 20k. A lot of this is speculation, but I think it's based on plausible scenarios. I would guess there are plenty more of these available at S@H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenchu2000 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I wonder if there's any non-investors buying this set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I wonder if there's any non-investors buying this set?Investors make up a small portion of the Lego fanbase so my guess is yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolim Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 They'll be getting a lot of traffic and orders not just for the 41999 as the Delorean was released online today along with quite a few other sets as well. Not surprised the site couldn't cope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanfan34 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Now out of stock, will ship in 30 days? I bet there will be a few on here who will have orders not go through.. Quacs, I think you are way way low on B-Wing production. Of course I am guessing in that speculation. That was a good point about the 5 limit though, I forgot since I only ordered two at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The DeLorean is still available and so is the Hayabusa it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerWilco Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The site seems to be behaving okay right now. Bought a 4x4 even though it said out of stock and shipping in 30 days. I will keep my fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLegoTramp Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Out of stock, expected ship date 19th september Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkness Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 My order is at "Customer Service". Is this regular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLegoTramp Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 My order is at "Customer Service". Is this regular? Same here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4x18 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Yeah, mine too... I might just have to call them and ask to add a DeLorean to the order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4x18 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 On the way to work all I could think about was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVk25ZvTkU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I placed my order this morning expected ship 19th september, better late than never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLegoTramp Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I placed my order this morning expected ship 19th september, better late than never Check again, ship date has just come down to 22nd August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Check again, ship date has just come down to 22nd August I don't mind waiting i'm just glad i was able to order this, it wasn't on the uk site last night. could have got the standard crawler last week for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLegoTramp Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I don't mind waiting i'm just glad i was able to order this, it wasn't on the uk site last night. could have got the standard crawler last week for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I fell asleep on the couch at 10 so missed it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abri123 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The few that are appearing on ebay are selling for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The few that are appearing on ebay are selling for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLegoTramp Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The few that are appearing on ebay are selling for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Ebay US? Cant see any for sale on ebay UK Theres one for sale in germany its over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 My mistake its US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLegoTramp Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 This one sold in Germany for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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