Europe has early access from the 29th, not sure about the US. Would be bizarre for us to get early and the US not to get it until the 4th.

there is no early access in the us to this set at lego shop at home on line or in store or any star wars sales

may 4th at midnight online would think is the earliest assume 10 am on may 4th in store

Awesome. Today is getting better and better.

21 minutes ago, trekgate502 said:

there is no early access in the us to this set at lego shop at home on line or in store or any star wars sales

may 4th at midnight online would think is the earliest assume 10 am on may 4th in store

What a bummer. I was hoping for an early release and a possible chance of getting R2 tomorrow. Oh well.

To clarify the above post, May 4th sale starts at midnight Eastern time, so 9pm on May 3rd for us West Coast people.

Great set. First day buy for me too. Stickers aren't a problem at all if you've ever built any real models in your days. This is a much needed redirection for UCS getting away from crappy playsets like Hoth.

Day one - Seals 07S7

What a bummer. I was hoping for an early release and a possible chance of getting R2 tomorrow. Oh well.
To clarify the above post, May 4th sale starts at midnight Eastern time, so 9pm on May 3rd for us West Coast people.

Here in the U.K. it's available now with the R2D2 kit.

Wow, do all early release UCS Star wars sets sell out so fast?

Guess TLG wasn't expecting it to sell out that quickly either, judging from the "null" shipping date.

Glad I got mine ordered nice & early.

 

I guess as last years 2 UCS Star Wars sets were AoH and Death Star Photocopy Star Wars UCS fans have been dying for a decent build.

Edited April 30, 20178 yr by Fenix_2k1

Early Access only for VIP's only.

Day 2 of pre-sale at LEGO Shop at Home - Already gone.

Nothing for May the 4th. when the regular sale should really start for everyone. Basic Lego.


 

Edited April 30, 20178 yr by Shewie

3 hours ago, brickbuilder77 said:

Wow, do all early release UCS Star wars sets sell out so fast?

LOL...Nobody really believes that they sell out so fast...do they?  It's fake news.

LOL...Nobody really believes that they sell out so fast...do they?  It's fake news.

Good point, retail games and I guess they will only release so many for early access, saving some for general sale on the 4th. This is the first UCS release I have been around for.

2 hours ago, brickbuilder77 said:

Good point, retail games and I guess they will only release so many for early access, saving some for general sale on the 4th. This is the first UCS release I have been around for.

Hope we won't experience again Porsche fiasco from last year.
 

Edited April 30, 20178 yr by Shewie

Just now, Shewie said:

Hope we won't experience again Porsche fiasco from last year.
 

What part of it? The box issues, the short-lived exclusiveness, overproduction, the consistent 33% discount?

2 minutes ago, c_rpg said:

What part of it? The box issues, the short-lived exclusiveness, overproduction, the consistent 33% discount?

After initial sale for VIP set became OOS  available again after month or so...

Just now, Shewie said:

After initial sale for VIP set became OOS  available again after month or so...

Sounds like a good plan to me.

42056 won´t ever be worth what people were paying for it last July.

Just now, Shewie said:

After initial sale for VIP set became OOS  available again after month or so...

Yeah, but IIRC that was mainly due to box issues? Didn't TLG release a memo that they would solve the box issues before shipping out any more sets?

7 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Sounds like a good plan to me.

42056 won´t ever be worth what people were paying for it last July.

I think the whole 42056 story left a lot of people extremely salty. There were a couple of false flags that made it look like they were releasing a very exclusive set. Then Porsches started rolling in at 200€ from literally everywhere. It's still a best seller, but it's not an exclusive item at all so the potential for high returns is gone.

6 minutes ago, c_rpg said:

Yeah, but IIRC that was mainly due to box issues? Didn't TLG release a memo that they would solve the box issues before shipping out any more sets?

I think the whole 42056 story left a lot of people extremely salty. There were a couple of false flags that made it look like they were releasing a very exclusive set. Then Porsches started rolling in at 200€ from literally everywhere. It's still a best seller, but it's not an exclusive item at all so the potential for high returns is gone.

Exactly, so if you rolled the dice back in July you were able to make an excellent profit - same with Disney Castle.

21 minutes ago, Shewie said:

After initial sale for VIP set became OOS  available again after month or so...

Damn, I wish I had just waited for that reply rather than spending 20 minutes reading about the porsche fiasco ?

1 minute ago, brickbuilder77 said:

Damn, I wish I had just waited for that reply rather than spending 20 minutes reading about the porsche fiasco 

That´s time invested in learning about supply and demand rules! 41999 Crawler thread is  anither great read if you have a free evening.

14 minutes ago, Val-E said:

That´s time invested in learning about supply and demand rules! 41999 Crawler thread is  anither great read if you have a free evening.

I stumbled across the Crawler thread early on as someone had mentioned it in a post, all part of the research process

n/c

4 hours ago, Val-E said:

That´s time invested in learning about supply and demand rules! 41999 Crawler thread is  anither great read if you have a free evening.

Hahaha brought back so many memories mentioning that thread!