Chileman

Guess I'm quite lucky, I work about 4 minutes walk away from the Glasgow one....though that can be heavy on the wallet!

I have plenty of RIs as well as an Ecto -1 and deLorean. Not sure the Tumbler would fit unfortunately, hopefully my order from online will arrive soon. Never bought any Minecraft; not something I'm familiar with but certainly sounds interesting...thanks for the tip.

Hi, I will be visiting Walt Disney World over the next couple of weeks and obviously one of my prime "attractions" will be the Lego store in Downtown Disney. Given that Lego is so much cheaper Stateside than the UK, any suggestions on what I should pick up? I reckon modulars or other boxes of that size won't fit in the luggage, so items smaller than that? Thanks! Gareth

None left in the Glasgow B&M, and they said they are not expecting any more to come in.

I have 2 of these and 1 back ordered from Lego@Home. Local store has a few still in stock at retail. Is it worth picking up any more, if I can? Especially with 2x VIP on...?

Ehhh... Yes? Star Wars is a historical documentary, is it not?? ;-)

As long as they fulfil my order from yesterday morning.... ;-)

Good call biniou on HH, however it *just* made it to double VIP and no more in the UK. Grabbed one from Shop at Home this morning, but now showing as Sold Out...which I think is pretty final these days?

Looks as though this is now Sold Out at Lego Shop at Home (UK). Managed to grab one this morning; checked again this evening and now Sold Out...

Still a half dozen in the Glasgow B&M if anyone wants them... Also have plenty of Tumblers and at least 4 SSDs

Yep...the big pile I saw on Wednesday and today is the Glasgow B&M. Though, does this still not tie in with what we (generally) expected? A single initial run back in August upon release. Sells out everywhere. Mass panic. Controversy. Cats and dogs living together (oh sorry, wrong IDEAS set!). Then we get a second run (well at least for Europe so far) which Lego have had to do in order to fulfill back orders etc. Anything left spare after that fulfillment are sent to B&M and not to the online store (still showing as Sold Out in the UK). Reason for that is that they don't want to create potential for *another* back order/new run situation online. And once *these* B&M ones are gone, they be gone... No rolling re-generation of runs coz no way to order online. Was even told (by different employees, both 3 weeks ago and today) that This Is It. Which is why they weren't holding any kits for anyone....very much a First Come, First Served. And no obvious "1 per customer" either. Colour me surprised. Interestingly, I was in the shop about 10 mins and from what I saw, didn't see anyone else pick any up. Jeez I hope I'm right about this!!

Lol yeah made it home safe and sound.....call off the search party! :-) Posted the codes last night: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/10520-21110-research-institute-eol-and-other-topics/?p=336872 Like MarcelMaster, mine were 37S4 as well. Went back into the local B&M at lunchtime today, still had a large stack out on display, took a pic. At least 36 in the pic, well before I picked up a couple. Brings me to 15, so I think I'm going to have to sit on these a wee while if this is indeed a 2nd run....quite a wee while! Btw, still plenty of Exos, SSD, Death Star, Campers, GE, PS, TH, etc...at least in store.

Can also depend on the member of staff. First time the Exo Suit was on display for purchase, the same shop limited me to a single purchase

I asked on the phone (when they called me) if I could get more than one, they said not a problem. Only thing I couldn't do was have them put any aside for me, as they had a huge list of people on their list to call. Needless to say, I was at the shop within the hour. Picked up 3, no problems at all. Tempted to go back tomorrow and see if they still have any out on display. By the way, label code is 37S4. The first ones I got, when they initially came out, were label code 20S4. Slightly OT but the (very helpful) also mentioned that the Tumbler wouldn't be back in stores until late October, Lego totally taken by surprise by it's popularity despite the cost!) (Incidentally, sorry for the double post above...posted from mobile phone in the middle of nowhere using train company's wifi...guess I'm lucky it posted at all!)

Picked up 3 yesterday from a B&M store, they just got them back in, and called me up coz I was on their waiting list. Seemed have at least a couple of dozen on display. They did say that after this lot they would not be getting any more in. Will post the codes when I get home

I agree TabbyBoy.....fingers crossed we don't ditch the Union. I'm happy and proud of my UK heritage!

Thanks y'all!

ROFL! I think I saw that set. Special VIP Edition comes with female scientists wearing EXO-Suits...

Sorry, I was referring to the UK online store...

Noticed this morning that 10221 is now Out of Stock but you can still put it in your basket, with a shipping date of 9th Sep. Wonder if this is the beginning of the end here in the UK...

Hehe... I will admit, I took a friend from work into the Store and after giving her the cash in advance pointed at the RI box for her to buy, and stood in the queue behind her with my own box. Was possibly a bit cheeky when I gave them my VIP card to credit it with "her" purchase....

I was surprised too. Impression I got was that it was one after another too...not like he was spreading it out over a day or anything. Maybe a rookie employee?

I asked in my local Lego store about the RI set (plenty of Exos on the shelves, natch!) and the employee said they wouldn't be getting any in for maybe 2-3 weeks. I asked if it was limited and she said it was, and they would only get some back in if there were sufficient stock left over once the online orders had been finished (she volunteered this stock info, I didn't "prompt"). Usual disclaimers apply etc about Store Employee chat! They got a dozen in last week, and some guy bought 9 of them. It was limited to one per customer but he just went in and out of the shop, returning 8 times!

Ditto, my 5 arrived yesterday...again it was ordered pretty much the day they were available. Mine were all code 20S4 as well. Wonder if there's any left in any B&M stores...

Thanks y'all! See you on the boards... Gareth