JohnTPT17 Posted June 9 Posted June 9 Does anyone have any links to reviews of the Hot Air Balloon? I've been able to find most of the others, but not that one and I'm curious about its scale and how well it holds up. Quote
crowe-k Posted June 9 Posted June 9 26 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said: Does anyone have any links to reviews of the Hot Air Balloon? I've been able to find most of the others, but not that one and I'm curious about its scale and how well it holds up. I couldn't find a detailed one either but the set walkthrough video gave some more detail: Quote
RichardGoring Posted June 9 Posted June 9 I've been surprised at the lack of reviews of series 8, but they're all selling well, despite the high cost pretty much across the line. This is an interesting site that tracks progress - BLDP – BrickLink Designer Program tracker Five hours in and Dustmark Keep is at 46% Coconut Cape at 33% Brick Railroad Locomotive at 30% Hot Air Balloon at 26% University of Science at 30% Quote
Yoggington Posted June 9 Posted June 9 3 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said: Does anyone have any links to reviews of the Hot Air Balloon? I've been able to find most of the others, but not that one and I'm curious about its scale and how well it holds up. The designer hangs around Eurobricks, and posted a thread on it's details a few months back. Some images in there that show the scale compared to other sets: Quote
Brick Jongleur Posted Wednesday at 05:28 PM Posted Wednesday at 05:28 PM Between 6.30 pm (CET) and 6.40 pm, there was a sharp spike across all sets { "minuteKey": "2026-06-10T18:30", "timestamp": 1781109000008, "data": [ { "SKU": 910068, "Sales": 11750, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910067, "Sales": 10478, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910066, "Sales": 11848, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910065, "Sales": 12653, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910064, "Sales": 18299, "Assigned": 30000 } ] }, { "minuteKey": "2026-06-10T18:40", "timestamp": 1781109600005, "data": [ { "SKU": 910068, "Sales": 16961, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910067, "Sales": 15220, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910066, "Sales": 17535, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910065, "Sales": 18781, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910064, "Sales": 27014, "Assigned": 35000 } ] }, Quote
Yoggington Posted Wednesday at 11:56 PM Posted Wednesday at 11:56 PM Well, I tickled my budget, and I figure I can get the University as well as the beaut of a balloon. No more multi-hundred euro sets until Christmas though! Looking at the reviews of the University, it's an odd mix of great looking sections, and super basic sections. Like the solid roof seems like bulk for bulk's sake - which is a bit hard to swallow with that price tag. I've no clue why it's built up by three bricks before you even get to the ground floor. But then the curved window section is really clever. I have vague ideas about melding it with the X-Mansion to build the mansion we deserved. No ragrets about the balloon though. Maybe I could have done without the clouds and it being a tenner cheaper? I do think I'll swap out the basket parts for a loop of 1x2 rounded plates and make it read more like wicker. Quote
RichardGoring Posted Thursday at 01:11 AM Posted Thursday at 01:11 AM That a good idea for the X-Mansion. It needs to be twice the size you make it for the other modulars, but obviously wouldn't work at $700. Quote
Wolfpack Posted Thursday at 08:07 AM Posted Thursday at 08:07 AM 14 hours ago, Brick Jongleur said: Between 6.30 pm (CET) and 6.40 pm, there was a sharp spike across all sets { "minuteKey": "2026-06-10T18:30", "timestamp": 1781109000008, "data": [ { "SKU": 910068, "Sales": 11750, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910067, "Sales": 10478, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910066, "Sales": 11848, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910065, "Sales": 12653, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910064, "Sales": 18299, "Assigned": 30000 } ] }, { "minuteKey": "2026-06-10T18:40", "timestamp": 1781109600005, "data": [ { "SKU": 910068, "Sales": 16961, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910067, "Sales": 15220, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910066, "Sales": 17535, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910065, "Sales": 18781, "Assigned": 30000 }, { "SKU": 910064, "Sales": 27014, "Assigned": 35000 } ] }, I was very critical already for the last round and I still do not get their logic. They increased the Dustmark Keep to 35.000, but all the sets are selling well and might be sold out. But that is mathematically impossible, as that would amount to 155.000. It would seem that also the maximum was increased, but no, it was the same last time and then they just stopped selling them before they reacehed the limit. The system is totally flawed and needs to be changed, if they have any respecxt for the customers. If they cannot get the total production capacity over 150.000, they should just stay at 30.000 and that is it. The greed is killing them. Quote
Black Falcon Posted Thursday at 07:46 PM Posted Thursday at 07:46 PM 10 hours ago, Wolfpack said: I was very critical already for the last round and I still do not get their logic. They increased the Dustmark Keep to 35.000, but all the sets are selling well and might be sold out. But that is mathematically impossible, as that would amount to 155.000. It would seem that also the maximum was increased, but no, it was the same last time and then they just stopped selling them before they reacehed the limit. The system is totally flawed and needs to be changed, if they have any respecxt for the customers. If they cannot get the total production capacity over 150.000, they should just stay at 30.000 and that is it. The greed is killing them. They have data from previous rounds where they can make an educated guess on how the sets are going to sell. Given the numbers we got now I would say it is unlikely that any Set aside from Dustmark Keep reaches 30k sold copies - and I actually don´t think that Dustmark itself will get sold out. Potentially, they could increase the limit to 50k if the other sets are not doing that well. but I don´t see it getting there. What any of this has to do with respect for their customer is beyone me though. The system they are using now is more flexible and allows more people to buy the set they want, while not cutting anything from any other set. Quote
Wolfpack Posted Thursday at 09:31 PM Posted Thursday at 09:31 PM They can have all the data for the past they want, it is still just a guess. They simply cannot know if and which sets will sell out, especially if we know that they all sold more than half with more than one week left. And as a result they cannot know for how much they can raise the quota. They clearly made a mistake last time, they were offering 45.000 Alchemist Shops, but then stopped selling them at 41.000. The available numbers should never get lowered, that is my point. This is not a way how to organise a transparent crowdfunding. Quote
Toastie Posted Thursday at 09:52 PM Posted Thursday at 09:52 PM 6 minutes ago, Wolfpack said: This is not a way how to organise a transparent crowdfunding. Well, "TLG" and "transparency" is like "black" and "white", in that order. It always has been, and it continues to be so. They just do what they want and what they see fit and that's it. Fair enough for a company (of that size). We should just strip this "they should do something for us" feeling; it is >all< about them. Naturally. It may have been different in their glorious past (it >may<) - but it is certainly not anymore for long. Again: Fair enough. For the first time in almost 6 years, I ordered a new set from "TLG" (which was of course fan designed, because they don't want to do that anymore: making >nice< trains) having a value above €100 - the FP7. The last order I placed was the Crocodile. It will be a Christmas present - shipping November is close enough. Best wishes Thorsten Quote
Wimmer Posted Thursday at 10:17 PM Posted Thursday at 10:17 PM (edited) Ordered myself the locomotive. But none of the others this time; they’re getting too expensive and I don’t need any of them. Lego is adjusting their amounts on sets; and I can’t blame them. They try to sell as many sets as they can. Which is good for us too; because it’ll keep the program going. So if one of the choices is not doing so well; why not adjust it to another that is ? I think that’s smart business and nice to that fan designer as well. 👍🏻 Edited Friday at 12:06 AM by Wimmer Editing Quote
Stereo Posted Friday at 08:43 PM Posted Friday at 08:43 PM (edited) They don't show the set limits anymore, so it's not really fair to say "the cap shouldn't change". if it's available you can buy it, that's all they intend to let you know. It's not like it gets cheaper at the end of the availability window. I suppose for people who intend to be resellers, it's good data on which set's got more demand than availability, but if you actually want the sets, you have lots of time. Edited Friday at 08:44 PM by Stereo Quote
Wolfpack Posted Friday at 09:09 PM Posted Friday at 09:09 PM 16 minutes ago, Stereo said: They don't show the set limits anymore, so it's not really fair to say "the cap shouldn't change". if it's available you can buy it, that's all they intend to let you know. That is my critique actually. They want me just to buy it, with hidden and hard to find percentages, so they can do their shenanigans. It is not really a type of crowdfunding I would like to participate in. btw, you can still se percanteges here: https://bldp.pl/en/8?tab=info And to be clear, I am not a reseller, I just want things to be clear and transparent, which i know cannot really be expected by lego in the last decades. Quote
Black Falcon Posted Friday at 10:46 PM Posted Friday at 10:46 PM On 6/11/2026 at 11:31 PM, Wolfpack said: They can have all the data for the past they want, it is still just a guess. They simply cannot know if and which sets will sell out, especially if we know that they all sold more than half with more than one week left. And as a result they cannot know for how much they can raise the quota. They clearly made a mistake last time, they were offering 45.000 Alchemist Shops, but then stopped selling them at 41.000. The available numbers should never get lowered, that is my point. This is not a way how to organise a transparent crowdfunding. It is no exact science, but certainly more than just a guess. They actually said that most of the sets are sold within the first 24 hours, with an other, certainly smaller spike within the last 24 hours. They raise the limits at a point when the set has already gathered enough orders where they can predict how certain sets will do - it isn´t like the worst selling set will start catching up all of sudden. And I don´t think they made a mistake last time. It was said from the very beginning how it would work and this is how it worked. Increasing the limit in the end allowed all 3 topsellers to be freely purchased without setting a certain limit to each of them so all could still be purchased till they reached a certain limit that they set to have enough room to the total 150k Sets limit for the other two sets left. 50 minutes ago, Wolfpack said: That is my critique actually. They want me just to buy it, with hidden and hard to find percentages, so they can do their shenanigans. It is not really a type of crowdfunding I would like to participate in. btw, you can still se percanteges here: https://bldp.pl/en/8?tab=info And to be clear, I am not a reseller, I just want things to be clear and transparent, which i know cannot really be expected by lego in the last decades. Which is what we had before, but people weren´t happy with it either. First the limits were to low, then some complained that the limits were increased, because it wouldn´t be special and rare enough anymore, and then people were not happy with the bars showing progress because they made a jump when the limit was increased - as a result it was removed and now people are complaining about that ;). Personally I am fine with the system as it is but would prefer if they would bring the bars back. But as it is unlikely to happen and we still got ways to see the overall progress anyways I can live with how it is. Quote
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