Blakbird Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 My guess is that there is quite a bit of leftover stock from the 1H and 2H 2013 sets. The average consumer that buys Technic has no idea about the new sets unless they see them on stores shelves so they just end up buying what they find, whether they are from 2013 or 2014. LEGO needs to clear the inventory and they do this by leaving existing sets out for a longer period of time. That is a plausible explanation. They are overstocked on store shelves and don't want to clear it out at a discount. That would explain why it is only in the USA. Quote
JGW3000 Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 At least we are not having to guess anymore, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them sooner. Still, it is hard to wait, may have to schedule a business trip to an EU country. Quote
Paul Boratko Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 I don't think the delay is because of the movie. LEGO has the ability to make a lot of parts in a short time so something else is going on. My guess is that there is quite a bit of leftover stock from the 1H and 2H 2013 sets. The average consumer that buys Technic has no idea about the new sets unless they see them on stores shelves so they just end up buying what they find, whether they are from 2013 or 2014. LEGO needs to clear the inventory and they do this by leaving existing sets out for a longer period of time. I heard from a few resellers and dealers that the new licenses(Movie and Simpsons) are the primary reason for the Technic delay in the USA ... To me it doesn't make much sense... Kind of off-topic, but one thing that I have noticed is that a fair amount of new systems sets for 2014 have quite a bit of Technic elements in them... More so than I think I've ever seen... Quote
davidmull Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 If they are running low on capacity for the USA, then the least they could do is a send a copy of each to my house. I'm sure u are well known with Lego. Do u not get priority on new sets? Can u not order from Lego shop online? Quote
sama Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 I haven't been on in a while. Anyways, I like the variety of motors included in the flagship. Does anybody know the piece count for the loader? Quote
Vicont45 Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) I heard from a few resellers and dealers that the new licenses(Movie and Simpsons) are the primary reason for the Technic delay in the USA ... To me it doesn't make much sense... Kind of off-topic, but one thing that I have noticed is that a fair amount of new systems sets for 2014 have quite a bit of Technic elements in them... It is illogical explanation. Because these are different market segments with different target audience, and they should not affect each other. For example, the entire range of LEGO, I'm interested only in series "Technic", while the other series me do not care. Edited February 4, 2014 by Vicont45 Quote
Scott Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Told my kids this today and they were not happy. But my daughter wants to get the monster truck from last year now. My twins birthday was Jan 2 and I told them with their money they could get the cargo plane, that didn't happen.... Scott Quote
Jim Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 The second half sets will be available by then. For us, you mean Quote
Lighti Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 btw has anyone noticed THIS: thats a whole lot of black 5x11 panels Quote
Jim Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 btw has anyone noticed THIS: http://www.flickr.co...08/12212038034/ thats a whole lot of black 5x11 panels Scroll a page (or two) back in this topic Quote
Hrafn Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 It is illogical explanation. Because these are different market segments with different target audience, and they should not affect each other. For example, the entire range of LEGO, I'm interested only in series "Technic", while the other series me do not care. LEGO has a finite amount of resources, including manufacturing capacity and marketing budget and personnel. Normally these are spread across persisting themes (System, Technic, etc.) and limited-time themes (Ninjago, etc.). It's possible that the movie requires so many resources (again, manufacturing for tie-in sets, and certainly it is using marketing resources) that some other areas are suffering temporarily. That's just speculation on my part, but TLG has advertised some jobs recently (in the US) where the job description explicitly said they wanted people to help allocate resources between different efforts. Quote
LukeWarmTea Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Slightly off topic, but does anyone think the release of the new Loader will increase interest in the old sets, like 8828 and such? Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Slightly off topic, but does anyone think the release of the new Loader will increase interest in the old sets, like 8828 and such? Oooh a lady....yes it will but for a period, I have both the older sets by the way.... Edited February 5, 2014 by Alasdair Ryan Quote
jantjeuh Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Oooh a lady Slightly off topic, but does anyone think the release of the new Loader will increase interest in the old sets, like 8828 and such? Doubt it really, why would people suddenly be interested in those? Quote
aol000xw Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Is there any reason for the total absence of bulldozer pictures when it was side by side with the other models? Quote
N-4K0 Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Is there any reason for the total absence of bulldozer pictures when it was side by side with the other models? I wonder too, it seems strange. Unless they want to keep it "secret", but that wouldn't make sense as they're showing it off on the Nürnberg toy fair... Quote
davidmull Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 I wonder too, it seems strange. Unless they want to keep it "secret", but that wouldn't make sense as they're showing it off on the Nürnberg toy fair... It seems no one was bothered taking photos of 42028. Must not have been that special. Quote
0RBlT Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) It seems no one was bothered taking photos of 42028. Must not have been that special. Honestly I can not understand why about this set do not have any information? Is this set so much that it is worthless do not want us to highlight? A small piece of this set is not a video does not count: ( Edited February 5, 2014 by 0RBlT Quote
davidmull Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Honestly I can not understand why about this set do not have any information? Is this set so much that it is worthless do not want us to highlight? A small piece of this set is not a video does not count: ( Here here :) Quote
andythenorth Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 'They' don't want anyone to see the longer pneumatic pumps and the power functions auto-valve in the new bulldozer of course. Quote
Saberwing40k Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 'They' don't want anyone to see the longer pneumatic pumps and the power functions auto-valve in the new bulldozer of course. Trollollollol If only... Quote
Technic-Kobaltz Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Probably down to the low part count. It looks very hollow in the middle. Quote
EyesOnly Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 OMG that dozer looks dreadful. OK no need to complain about the loader having open areas. This thing is much worse. Quote
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