Poofed

If they do not come back it will be gold.

If they do a RI kind of return it will set the price back a lot. And many will have bought boxes at a very high price. Me included

I really hope they do not return. 

 

Could it be that production output is slow because two minifigure series are out at the same time? I find the disney minifigure set also very hard to find around here.  Not as many sealed boxes and not as many retailers have these in stock. 

 

I don't see them doing another run.  If these were produced last November like people are indicating, the lead time is just too long.

On other german LEGO page someone mentioned that he called LEGO and the women was sure that there won't be anothe run.

I have called them now and the woman said that the minifigs will come in soon.

So I think both women are right, no further production run but a last delivery from central storage location...

Just got confirmation that my order has now shipped!

45 minutes ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

I don't see them doing another run.  If these were produced last November like people are indicating, the lead time is just too long.

But can it really be that long? I mean afaik the machines are pretty much running 24/7 aside from maintenance and changing the molds. Let's say 5 months or about 150 days which is 3600 hours. If we take the 36000 box figure that's about 2160000 minifigs.

Let's say they have a dedicated machine for each part (legs, hands, head, body, etc). That would still be only about 600 minifigs per hour.

According to what I've heard the machines are way faster than that. They have machines that make 50000 heads per hour. Of course they still need to be printed, but still that is a lot faster.

See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzKih5rqD0

I don't know how many machines they can use for making minfigs, but I assume they have multiple molds of the common pieces like heads and legs so there's no reason they can't have more than one machine making Toni Kroos' head at a time.

I would expect something like 10000-20000 minifigs per hour. So either they have produced minifigs for something like a month and then used the machines for other minifigs or they have way more stock then we think.

2 hours ago, mauro23 said:

On other german LEGO page someone mentioned that he called LEGO and the women was sure that there won't be anothe run.

I have called them now and the woman said that the minifigs will come in soon.

So I think both women are right, no further production run but a last delivery from central storage location...

That would be perfect. Let the low ballers sell their stuff and cash in afterwards 10-15 Euro/minifig for a complete set could be doable then..

Reached my personal limit of 20 today. That should do.

Many order have been canceled even when they were "in-stock". Bol.de, TRU, Buch.de... 10 Displays gone :/

Well, I guess my other 10 boxes are sufficient...

The are back in stock at Lego S@H 

24 minutes ago, Separator said:

The are back in stock at Lego S@H 

Curious to see how long these will last.

Curious to see if a second order will stand.

Just now, Fenix_2k1 said:

Curious to see if a second order will stand.

Nope. Just tried and was cancelled

 

mee too, one order got accepted, the others are cancelled

Yeah same here. Doesn't make a lot of sense for them to place  such harsh limits on minifigures.  How am i meant to get a complete set if i can only order 16 and they can't guarantee what figures I'll get?

Second order got cancelled as well, having just come back in stock.  seems like the only way to get a full set is to hope that you catch them in a store when they come back into stock.

Asked a friend to place a second order for me from his account. I guess this is the second batch that some people were talking about.

Stupid LEGO Shop at Home and their technical difficulties... Can't redeem VIP points right now.

 

** Edit... ya it says if you want to redeem VIP points then call, but in the big red bullspit on the bottom left it says they can't accept phone orders right now. Nice work LEGO. Keep up the good work on your website! **

** Edit 2 .. and it wants to charge you twice for shipping even if you go over the 55 euro threshold. Seriously, what is wrong with those IT people at LEGO? Are the IT people designing LEGO sets and the set designers doing IT or something? **

just ordered my quota of 16 from lego. The question now is do I keep em for my collection (with little chance of completing), or use em for investment.

I guess one option we have on here if others are trying to complete a set but have only been able to buy 16 is swap dupicates amongst ourselves

^i like this guy

6 minutes ago, GregP said:

I guess one option we have on here if others are trying to complete a set but have only been able to buy 16 is swap dupicates amongst ourselves

For sure.. someone can start new thread here if they'd like to put some figures up for trading. I think it's a great idea.

http://community.brickpicker.com/forum/61-lego-trading-forum/

 

Done:

 

 

Great idea but get the feeling we're all likely to be looking for Joachim Low's and Manuel Neuers.

If Lego ever get around to actually sending mine out from the warehouse, I'll probably just sell the lot individually for like £12 each or something eventually, hopefully (assuming they don't produce any more). That's sort of the plan anyway haha!

I have a friend in Germany and will hopefully have a case on its way in the next few days...plus military folks ship at domestic rates so I don't have to eat a huge int'l shipping bill. Score!

I have a friend in Germany and will hopefully have a case on its way in the next few days...plus military folks ship at domestic rates so I don't have to eat a huge int'l shipping bill. Score!