SLBX2

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  1. I DID NOT REALIZE TYPING IN ALL CAPS WOULD MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL/IMPACT ON PEOPLE. AFTER ALL IT IS JUST LETTERS RIGHT (A,B,C VS a,b,c)? LIKE I SAID I USE ALL CAPS IN EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE (WORK, EMAILS, ETC ETC) DO NOT MEAN ANY HARM & WAS ONLY TRYING TO BE NICE & PASS INFO TO OTHERS ABOUT THIS SERIES 1 SET, SO NO WORRIES I WILL NOT POST AGAIN. I READ THIS SITE REGULARLY WITH MY SONS FOR NEW INFO & WILL JUST GO BACK TO READING ONLY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DELETE MY MESSAGES AS I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO.
  2. WE TALKED FOR A VERY LONG TIME, JUST DID NOT WANT TO TAKE UP SOOO MUCH SPACE & TIME....BUT I ASKED HIM THAT EXACT SAME QUESTION & HE SAID THE SERIES ONE FIGS WILL MOST LIKELY COME OFF THE SITE JUST BEFORE SERIES 2 HITS. HE WAS VERY OPEN & HONEST ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS & CALL ME GULLIBLE, BUT I BELIEVED WHAT HE HAS TELLING ME. COUPLE THINGS I WILL KEEP TO MYSELF TO SEE IF IT COMES TRUE THEN I WILL KNOW IF HE WAS HONEST WITH ME!!
  3. OK, THIS IS MY VERY FIRST POST SO WILL TRY TO DO THIS RIGHT AS SEEMS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GUESSING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ANOTHER "WAVE" OF THESE SERIES 1 FIGS WILL BE RELEASED. THIS WAS VERY EASY TO FIND THIS OUT. I JUST CONTACTED LEGO DIRECTLY AS ANY OF YOU CAN VIA 800-838-9647 BUT DO NOT ASK FOR THE SALES DEPT AS THEY REALLY ARE LOST WHEN IT COMES TO QUESTIONS OF THIS NATURE. INSTEAD ASK FOR THE TECHNICAL DEPT (I THINK OPTION 2, CALLED COUPLE DAYS AGO, SO FORGOT THE OPTION). I SPOKE WITH WILLIAM, AND HE WAS FRIENDLY AND TRIED TO GIVE ME SOME ADVISE ON HELPING A FATHER WITH SONS WHO NOW WILL BE SHORT OF COMPLETING THEIR 16 FIGS SETS FOR THIS SERIES 1 ON WHERE TO LOOK FOR THEM IN SECONDARY MARKET (WHICH WE ALL KNOW WILL BE BRICKLINK, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ONCE THE WORD GETS OUT THAT THIS IS IT THE PRICES WILL NO DOUBT ONLY GET HIGHER). LOTS OF INFO, SO WILL TRY TO PUT MOST DOWN. WILLIAM STATED SERIES 1 IS DONE & THERE WILL BE NO OTHER'S MADE, THAT'S IT!! NO MORE SHIPMENTS GOING OUT TO TOYS-R-US, OR YOUR LOCAL LEGO STORES, NO WHERE AS THEY ARE SOLD OUT & WILL NOT BE MADE AGAIN. HE SAID THESE SERIES 1 WERE A LIMITED RUN AS WILL BE FUTURE SERIES. THEY ARE DONE & OVER. THEY ARE PREPARING TO GET SERIES 2 OUT, BUT WOULD NOT GIVE ME EXACT DATE. ONLY STATED THEY WOULD BE OUT LITTLE SOONER THAN EXPECTED. I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS B/C SERIES ONE SOLD OUT & LOTS OF ANGRY CONSUMERS OUT THERE, LIKE MYSELF. HE SAID THAT WHEN THEY TOOK OFF THE LIMIT OF 5 THEY DID NOT THINK THEY WOULD SELL OUT THAT FAST!! I DID LET HIM KNOW THAT I AM A FATHER OF 2 BOYS WHO LOVE LEGOS & WHILE YES I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE AT OUR LOCAL TRU WHEN I SAW THEM I WAS IN NO RUSH AS I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE SOLD OUT ON THESE "BRAND NEW" RELEASED ITEMS, AND THAT I WAS UPSET BY THE WHOLE SERIES 1 FROM MARKETING/SALES LIMIT OF 5 INITIALLY/DISTRIBUTION/ETC (LIKE IT REALLY MATTERS WHAT ONE FATHER HAS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT RIGHT?). SO NOW ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LIVING OR SECONDARY LIVING WITH LEGOS BASICALLY BOUGHT THEM ALL UP TO RE-SALE FOR MORE MONEY LATER DOWN THE ROAD. WHILE I DO NOT MIND SOMEONE MAKING A PROFIT, THIS WHOLE THING HAS LEFT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH. YES, I KNOW SOME WILL SAY "WELL YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY THESE" THEN YOU MUST NOT HAVE CHILDREN, AS I CAN ASSURE YOU MY 10 & 8 YEAR OLD BOYS ARE QUITE UPSET. LEGO'S ARE SUPPOSE TO BE FUN & NOT HAVING A FATHER SPEND ALL THIS EXTRA TIME TO LOCATE & PURCHASE HIS SONS SOME NEW LEGO PIECES THAT WERE JUST RELEASED FOR DOUBLE OR MORE THAN ORIGINAL PRICE....SORRY MY FIRST POST IS VENTING, BUT WANTED TO GET IT OFF MY CHEST & THIS INFO OUT SO OTHERS WILL KNOW. SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS, THAT'S JUST HOW I TYPE......TAKES ME FOREVER AS NEVER TOOK TYPING CLASS, SO ALWAYS LEAVE THE CAPS LOCK ON.....HOPE I GAVE SOME NEW/GOOD INFO....I DID ASK HIM ABOUT THE WHITE BOBA FETT TOO, BUT WILL POST THAT IN RIGHT ARE WHEN I FIND IT.