[BRICKLINK] 910053 The Thieves of Tortuga

[Mister Phes]

1 hour ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Also, when I check the numbers, 139.814 sets from 1500.000

Are therein lies a dependency, because we know from the code, approximately 3-4 hours after Crowdfunding commenced, the Pre-Order limit for Adventure in Transylvania was increased to 50000 and Thieves of Tortuga increased to 40000.

So overall, (at that point in time) an additional 30000 sets became available, therefore taking the overall limit from 150000 to 180000

[Yperio_Bricks]

41 minutes ago, Mister Phes said:

Are therein lies a dependency, because we know from the code, approximately 3-4 hours after Crowdfunding commenced, the Pre-Order limit for Adventure in Transylvania was increased to 50000 and Thieves of Tortuga increased to 40000.

So overall, (at that point in time) an additional 30000 sets became available, therefore taking the overall limit from 150000 to 180000

Nobody knows for sure I guess. I also read that the production capacity was shifted from one set to the other when it became apperent that not all sets would reach the 30.000 limit. So how knows if there ever was a limit of 180.000? I also read in the comments that in fact Lego has the right to produce more sets than announced and some of these sets were sold at the inside Tour and Fan Tour. Since Lego acts like a secret service, we will never know for sure how many sets will get produced 

Kirk wrote in the comments:

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[from the BDP Terms:] „…. the LEGO Group reserves the right to produce a small percentage of extra copies of each BDPS set, beyond the limited production target number. In the event that any BDPS sets that were produced remain unsold and unshipped at the close of any BDPS Series, for whatever reason, the LEGO Group will retain possession of the unsold sets for its own use.“

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„If you are located in Europe, any excess BDP sets are sold exclusively through LEGO House in Billund, DK, during Inside Tours and fan tours. “

 

 

Edited July 14 by Yperio_Bricks
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[Mister Phes]

1 hour ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Nobody knows for sure I guess. [...] Since Lego acts like a secret service, we will never know for sure how many sets will get produced 

You are 100% correct!

And apparently this is to prevent scalpers from determining how much stock remains and buying up as many sets as possible... to later sell at greatly exaggerated prices...

[BrickPerfection]

Thanks for quoting the  estimated sale number from stonewars, Yperio! Much appreachiated! 

I quite like the new system of flexible limits, especially given that sale starts at 3am here in Australia! I really enjoy the thought of not having to get up in the middle of the night to secure a high-demand BDP set 

The sales for Thieves of Tortuga are pretty solid as well, which gives me hope (I got one as well!)

[LegoDW]

Hopefully the Pirate them continues to have a strong demand.  Typically if TLG will sell it, I will buy it.   

[LegoDW]

Ok I'll admit it.  It is taking forever and a day for October to roll around.

[Retrocity]

Has anyone in the US had their payment method charged / received shipment notification for Thieves of Tortuga?

Seems like at least a few of the other sets have started shipping, but haven’t seen any mention of Tortuga in the US.

Mine is In Process, I think it may have been In Warehouse last week.

Edited October 29 by Retrocity
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[karrit]

3 hours ago, Retrocity said:

Has anyone in the US had their payment method charged / received shipment notification for Thieves of Tortuga?

Seems like at least a few of the other sets have started shipping, but haven’t seen any mention of Tortuga in the US.

Mine is In Process, I think it may have been In Warehouse last week.

Mine arrived today.  I ordered Tortuga & Transylvania and received both.

[TalonCard]

Mine is still In Process, I hope it's not stuck there... 

[zinnn]

Whoever bought this - let us know about the building experience!

[Elephant Knight]

Mine is still in progress, while my brother's Transylvania should be arriving tomorrow.

Eknight 

[RichardGoring]

Mine is also still In Progress, but the other sets I ordered from the wave have shipped. I'm really hoping it's genuinely processing and there are sets to fulfill the orders.

[kuzyabricks]

Mine is still in process….

[BCspeed34]

Mine showed up over a week ago (AZ, USA) and it was one of the most fun builds I have done in a long time. The build is mainly split into each side of the "island" and has a lot of amazing details throughout. Also, I thought I wouldn't like the digital instructions but it was really convenient, actually. I currently have it on display with the new Black Pearl.

[RichardGoring]

Still showing as processing for me. I really do hope it arrives. Some of the posts of builds look great. In the meantime I've been enjoying doing the mushroom village which has also been nicely detailed and delightfully fun.

[TalonCard]

That's awesome! Did anyone else get theirs or have their order status change? Mine is still saying "in process."

[Elephant Knight]

3 hours ago, TalonCard said:

That's awesome! Did anyone else get theirs or have their order status change? Mine is still saying "in process."

When i checked earlier this afternoon, mine was still "in progress" as well.

Eknight 

[Retrocity]

I saw a few days ago elsewhere that someone had reached out to Lego, and customer service told them that they should all ship by 11/15.  Hopefully that's the case.

Edited November 5 by Retrocity