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Reveal : Ok, it aint for LEGO

Guess relieved is the word . This “should” be an easy fix since I have authorization for the brand in question. Offloading my inventory would have been a nightmare. Having said that , I just deleted all my listings for any set that is still in production even if my inventory was zeroed out

If you don’t laugh you’ll cry . And wish I can get credit to the title , it was someone else’s idea but I told them I’m stealing it

Their solution is to hire VORYS and send letters to resellers about how we can't ensure quality control...

😂😂😂

LEGO's acquisition AMA of BL confirmed they had no intention to ban or restrict reseller stores less than two years ago and the amount of ill will a move like that would create among the AFOL community would be a PR and financial disaster. I've copied the specific Q&A below. Vorys likely has no clue what BL is or how it functions as a marketplace, otherwise, they would have chosen their language much more carefully.

Very true, but still, the Bricklink thing makes me wonder. If the brand, in this case Lego, owns and operates a marketplace run exclusively by 3P sellers to sell their products in new and used conditions, doesn't that by definition mean that they have given 3p sellers authorization to sell their product on the internet and make the majority of their argument moot? Anyone with a bank account can open such a store on Lego's marketplace and Lego charges and collects fees for this reselling, would this not qualify as an authorized reseller of their product? Also, how can they possibly enforce QC standards when they allow the sale of new and used versions of their products on said marketplace?

Moving the discuss here going forward

I think this has more to do with stuff that happened last year during the pandemic. I sat in on a webinar over the summer that included someone that does brand protection work for LEGO (internal employee). It was clear from what she said that the explosion in online sellers and particularly the rise of false storefronts was of great concern to them. My sense is that this has a lot more to do with LEGO wanting to ensure that the products that reach the hands of end users are products that have flowed through an official distribution channel that they have control over than any of the ancillary effects of reseller scum doing what they do. I have no idea what's going on with Bricklink, but if this is part of a larger effort to get control over who is selling branded products, I think we'll see them taking some action around Bricklink sooner or later.

Showing products and wearing a prop (helmet), but need to show more emotion. 7/10 for thumbnail / title card. Didn't watch the video though

Bonus points for a creating a great thread title despite the unsettling seriousness of it all

Thomas the LEGO IT guy...

It may be prudent to sign up and open a store just to have it on record that you have registered and are in compliance with Lego's own online marketplace. Here's a link to BL's seller terms of service.

https://www.brickfanatics.com/first-lego-overwatch-2-set-revealed/ It Ain't dead

The pandemic was like the one time in my life where I was prepared for an investment windfall (Selling LEGO).

Vorys main HQ is 2 blocks from my office in Columbus. I'll walk down and see what I can get done. LOL.

Because there was nothing worth buying.

Dang, you beat me to it. I got distracted. LOL

wait now I'm confuse, thought there were nomoremonkeys???

https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-City-Stuntz-Wheelie-Stunt-Bike-60296/768309189 LEGO Stuntz Wheelie Bike - Clearance - $3.48 (RRP $7.99)

Just wanted to say thank you for letting me join. Been playing with Legos forever and now I'm starting to buy them as an investment. My Titanic is on it's way. Tomorrow I'm picking up a new unopened London Bus about an hour away. I'm originally from England but live in California now. Cheers!

dangit...now I gotta get one I am a sucker for truly unique LEGO sets here's some alltime: Seacow Voltron Sharktakon (Ninjago) TLM2 Rexcelsior (Blue fist) TLM2 Apocolapseburg these are just off the top of my head

I too am quite fond of the hamster in a wrecking ball. Such a cool set and it's pretty sturdy when you press in the legs and roll it around on the ground/carpet.

Every year there's always something that threatens our way of doing business. Although I don't think we're out of the woods yet, I'm happy this story has a happy ending and provides some sort of momentary relief going into the xmas season.

Still there or back, just got a GBG edit - gone again

Well sure, but let me enjoy my fantasy of movie-style satellite surveillance of my Lego packages.

I don't play the game at all. I liked Dva and Reinhardt (which I've built) and Bastion (in my "to build" pile). I *love* that Wrecking Ball. I have no context for it, but a hamster in a wrecking ball? Done deal.

Just guessing here, and could be completely wrong, but I bet it has more to do with Lego receiving complaints about newly released products being sold out instantly or at least within a day or two and then the "scalpers" selling a $37 set on Amazon for $100. But yes, it doesn't really make sense because as others have said, you would think that their first step to combat this would be to turn off those listings on Bricklink, the 3rd party selling site that they own. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Just an FYI those stunt bikes are defective (the front axels break with normal use) and lego does not have a solution in place yet.

Gone. Less than 50 seconds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm still seeing this for local pickup. Had to click through a few stores. Plus, if you have substitutions turned on, you might get stuff like this:

No, no specific mention, but the Amazon Seller Forum is filled with posts about 3p sellers receiving letters from Vorys and very few of them ID which brand(s) were targeted, so who knows.

Do it!

I would wait 15 more days and check again.

you can easily get notified of packages coming by signing up on fedex and ups website with your address. fair warning, it gets a little annoying when you get tons of text notifications that a bunch of packages is coming each day.

little math better buy 4x Duplo Baseplates and 1x Large Grey baseplate from TGT and AMZ TGT: 4x10.49+8.99 -2.04 (red cars 5%) -10.00 (GCard promo)=38.91 (no red card 40.95) AMZ: 5x10.49 -5x2.10 (coupon)=41.95 TGT-AMZ 1:0 lol btw dublo baseplate sold out @amz -shooting star P.S. White baseplate OOS @amz too

If you have a bricklink store you should sell a copy of Santa's sleigh and the Disney Castle tonight before you receive the cease and desist letter. That way if you do decide to hire an attorney and fight it then you can at least argue that you sold the possible sets in question on a authorized store on Lego's own reselling site as well as Amazon. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Red cell should give us the reseller scum discount and we can hire him

All of this. I am not an attorney but it would seem even a bad attorney could argue this and get any case thrown out. I don't see how LEGO can even pursue this with a straight face given that they own Bricklink.

I have a FedEx account

did a quick search on VORYS and found these.. vorys ...first sale doctrine and this from law firm (same as the video above) on a LEGO claim. Rosenbaum, Famularo & Segall P.C.

My order of the castle and fishing boat is in warehouse, maybe it will arrive by christmas...

They are selling the Assembly Square for $210 USD each. I bought 2 to get over the $300 threshold required for international shipping. $225 each all in after free shipping code and taxes. Shipping notification has them shipping separately via DHL arriving Friday. Should be interesting.

I just tell them I agree. I'd never pay that much either.

From a personal interest in this set I just can't see adding it to my collection anywhere near msrp. It seems way overpriced (yes I get the Disney Star Wars tax) for what you get in piece count, details and minifigures. However, from an investment potential how are others approaching this? Estimated retirement is EOY 2022 so there is time. I can get it for $110 (after discount and cashback), but even at that price I feel like I'd be paying too much.

I reclaimed and built the 442 Space Shuttle and 6813 Galactic Chief sets from my childhood parts bin and Bricklinked the few pieces I was missing or were yellowed. You reminded me I bought and never built this great set. Thanks!

2022 Retirements for Ideas (as of now): 21318 Treehouse 21319 Central Perk 21321 International Space Station 21324 Sesame Street 21326 Winnie the Pooh Saturn V is also schduled to go in 2022. Hope this helps.