BrickObsessed Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Just got done browsing Lego.com. Why does it seem like Lego has a lot of out of stock items? Some sets have been out of stock for weeks, months! From what I understand, they have factories in multiple countries. What is stopping them from making more? I just watched videos on how they make Legos at Youtube. The machines are fast. Machines can print 23,000 heads per hour, can assemble 8,000 bodies per hour, churn out 1,300 bricks per second. So, what gives? Are the shortage done on purpose? Quote
caiman0637 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 It's not likely that they're doing it on purpose, I'm guessing that people are bored in lockdown and buy LEGO. Quote
JintaiZ Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 I don't think they are doing it on purpose either, some sets are just hugely popular these days. If a set has been out of stock for more than half a year, it is probably not coming back even if it is listed as "temporarily out of stock". Quote
dr_spock Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 They have to supply inventory to their retail stores too. Chances are they have it in stock at the store since ordering online seems more popular than visiting the store. Call ahead first. Quote
Alexandrina Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 51 minutes ago, JintaiZ said: I don't think they are doing it on purpose either, some sets are just hugely popular these days. If a set has been out of stock for more than half a year, it is probably not coming back even if it is listed as "temporarily out of stock". Not necessarily. The Lego Ideas Friends set was out of stock for months and months last year - I know because I wanted to buy it for a birthday present for someone, so I checked Lego.com every day - and it is eventually returned. Quote
Johnny1360 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, dr_spock said: They have to supply inventory to their retail stores too. Chances are they have it in stock at the store since ordering online seems more popular than visiting the store. Call ahead first. This and although I have no actual proof and my local experience only to go by. It does seem the big box retail stores are increasing their range of LEGO sets, moreso online still I have been seeing more of the larger sets and more complete themes, all the sets instead of just a few. Quote
JintaiZ Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, Alexandrina said: Not necessarily. The Lego Ideas Friends set was out of stock for months and months last year - I know because I wanted to buy it for a birthday present for someone, so I checked Lego.com every day - and it is eventually returned. I'm not sure if it has been out of stock for a long time in UK, but in where I live it was only out for 1 month and then returned. Quote
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