My Town Hall order placed on 10/9/2014 just got cancelled. the free promo has been shipped out but the Town Hall got cancelled so it doesn't look like they are still producing these for the US market. Does anybody else get their Town Hall order cancelled recently?

JFC I need my items to sell! I refuse to miss this boat

Backorder cancellations I would interpret as 'no more of this for awhile'.  Awhile might mean 30 days, or forever.  I've never seen a LEGO Shop at Home message that said 'backordered, will ship in a time longer than 30 days', so it may be that LEGO Shop at Home always cancels backorders if no more stock is expected in the next 30 days.  That doesn't necessarily mean no more stock is expected, ever.

My Town Hall order placed on 10/9/2014 just got cancelled. the free promo has been shipped out but the Town Hall got cancelled so it doesn't look like they are still producing these for the US market. Does anybody else get their Town Hall  order cancelled recently?

I think there were at least two people reporting cancellations yesterday on this forum in the US, and i think bold(or exciter?) mentioned 3 or so users from another non-BP forum reporting cancellations of TH in US

I was going to push the button on this thinking if you buy one module you buy them all, but watching they offical Lego video, I nearly fell asleep. If my architect was pitching my house to me in this way, I wouldn't be living in my home now. Suffice to say i'm not enamoured and can't see me getting one anytime soon. I did love the pet shop though. I pleasure to watch the various online videos on that. a real credit on that one.

Town Hall code from TRU last week is 25R4.  My 2 Shop at Home are at the house so I will check codes later

Backorder cancellations I would interpret as 'no more of this for awhile'.  Awhile might mean 30 days, or forever.  I've never seen a LEGO Shop at Home message that said 'backordered, will ship in a time longer than 30 days', so it may be that LEGO Shop at Home always cancels backorders if no more stock is expected in the next 30 days.  That doesn't necessarily mean no more stock is expected, ever.

I think some folks got their RIs filled in the beginning of october for orders placed on August 1st, if i am not mistaken. Also, SSD orders in spring got filled more than 30 days from order placement.

 

http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/10520-21110-research-institute-eol-and-other-topics/page-64#entry325165. ChristopherJB, no less, but he got filled on September 2nd.

 

Given that the span between runs of big sets is usually about 10-12 weeks, I could see them cancelling orders if they decide to skip next run. If they know that there is next run, i don't see why they would bother cancelling. but i am afraid we don't have enough historic data to know if "skipped runs" ever happened before and whether or not mass-cancelled products ever made it back to orderable (besides Architecture Studio).

 

maybe be old-timers remember though...

Edited October 15, 201411 yr by No More Monkeys

I just got a response from Walmart on the 2nd order of Town Halls that has not shipped.

They said that there is no stock and it will cancel in the timing mentioned if more does not come in.

Of course they filled orders after mine I think which if true makes their fulfillment a complete mess which makes sense.

Re cancelled orders : Like I said , it is something to keep any eye on . Only reason why many dont believe this set is done is because they are going my "normal" lifespan. If this was the 10188 we would have buried it long time ago.

Not saying for sure that it is done, but there are too many signs -like NMM would say- to ignore.

Re cancelled orders : Like I said , it is something to keep any eye on . Only reason why many dont believe this set is done is because they are going my "normal" lifespan. If this was the 10188 we would have buried it long time ago.

Not saying for sure that it is done, but there are too many signs -like NMM would say- to ignore.

In your personal experience (or someone you know)  - did you ever have orders cancelled at LEGO Shop at Home with the product to be made available later on? WVC is special case due to seasonal nature of it

I went back and checked, the guy yesterday claimed he ordered on the 9th and got cancelled yesterday, so in five days they knew they wouldn't have any for an extended period of time, or indefinitely.  I would think if there was the possibility of getting more in, they would let that thing stay back ordered for a while, but I'm just guessing.

In your personal experience (or someone you know) - did you ever have orders cancelled at S@H with the product to be made available later on? WVC is special case due to seasonal nature of it

BZ and VH aside , I can't think of anything . My last order to be canceled prior to the HH was a skiff order on May the 4th. It never came back .

BZ and VH aside , I can't think of anything . My last order to be canceled prior to the HH was a skiff order on May the 4th. It never came back .

 

Yep, the BZ and VH were the biggest culprits.

Yep, the BZ and VH were the biggest culprits.

As much as I hate to reopen this old wound, didn't the VH situation happen over several days?  After the big blowout, cancellations, and then coming back, it was gone for good.  Right?

As much as I hate to reopen this old wound, didn't the VH situation happen over several days?  After the big blowout, cancellations, and then coming back, it was gone for good.  Right?

Yep, still gone for good. So, those VH/BZ cancellation were also The Sign (crooked and dilapidated, but still a sign)

Yep, still gone for good. So, those VH/BZ cancellation were also The Sign (crooked and dilapidated, but still a sign)

 

I give up.  The best I can guess is:

 

VH = 851831 Viking Helmet

BZ = 4962 Baby Zoo

 

I give up.  The best I can guess is:

 

VH = 851831 Viking Helmet

BZ = 4962 Baby Zoo

Vampyre Hearse

Big Zoo

Bog zoo

Vampire hearse

Vampyre Hearse

Big Zoo

 

Ah, jeez, my brain just must not be working today.

Pair from Target arrived today 37R2. 

 

Double boxed, lego carton inside target box. Thanks Target! 

Pair from Target arrived today 37R2. 

 

Double boxed, lego carton inside target box. Thanks Target! 

Mine from Target showed up today as well.  13R2.  Ordered a single and it came in a giant box with 40 air pillows. I counted.  Box however was in excellent shape for all the room it had to move around.

1 from Target - 13R2 with the aforementioned giant box and surplus air pillows. Pretty good shape with just a little crease in the box. 1 from LEGO Shop at Home, squeezed a little by air pillows, 38R4. 2 1/2 years apart, if I understand seal codes.

LEGO Shop at Home BO from 10/6 arrived 38R4

got super lucky today at westfarms mall in ct -

on a hunch called this am, asked if they had any TH and/or Tumblers.

yes and yes.

not just one, right?

no, several.

booked it down from western mass and got there around 3pm - it was DEAD in the mall and the lego store was also quiet.

the usual know it all remember every customer manager dude was not there.

instead I had this nice sarcastic jeanine garofalo type of manager who wanted to sell some lego since no one else was buying anything.

i mumbled something about having to buy my nephews and godson xmas gifts.

yeah - right.  these are gifts...

walked out with 3 perfect mint TH's, all 38R4.  Ths were in back - none on the sales floor.

also let me buy 2 mint Tumblers.

everything was double VIP and gave me 5 holiday promos.

 

 

Edited October 15, 201411 yr by cladner

I can't blame Fedex for damage this time - LEGO decided it was a good idea to fill 1 inch of empty space with 4 inches of bubble (on multiple packages).

Same exact thing happened to mine. Grrrrr...

The west coast B&M stores continue to receive these- most are currently getting two per shipment/per week.

We know they are shipping RI's to B&M's to avoid investor stockpiling; a strategy they deem more fair.

Wondering if these small, though continuous shipments are falling under that category...