HoodRacer

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  3. Posted

    9 minutes ago, Enantiomeer said:

    I noticed that too. I hope it's just a mistake for the US people. Around here (Netherlands) it's just mentioned "Available now" and when completing the order I got an indication of 2~3 business days delivery time, which is normal for purchases @ TLG online shop.

    I don't think they would retract the set because of color complaints.

    A more likely explanation could be that the amount of orders already exceeded the available stock and that they need to get a next shipment from the factory.

    I think your last explanation is the accurate one, I got my order in within minutes of the site going live and it seems to still be shipping on time for me (fingers crossed). It's interesting, a lot of car enthusiast sites I frequent have been promoting the Sian for the better part of a week; I guess that might be contributing to demand as well. 

  5. Posted · Edited by HoodRacer

    If you’re willing to consider other body styles, your current side profile is actually a pretty good match for a hot hatch, like a VW GTI. Would probably just have to lower the suspension a bit (easier said than done, of course). The front end actually isn’t too far off from the ‘80s GTI (Picture linked below). Just a thought!

    https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/1168-driving-through-history-volkswagen-golf-gti

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    6 minutes ago, Bublehead said:

    Has Lego put the instructions up anywhere yet? They are not available on the customer service instructions page or via the Technic theme instructions link...

    I guess they want people to use the real instructions for now, and not the pdf’s which lets me keep the originals more pristine. Bad TLG... No need to keep them secret unless you are trying to get people to buy the set and not just build it from parts, but that really can’t be done because of the new parts being integral to the sets functions. And we are not worried about keeping the IP from the Chinese knockoffs anymore because they only have to walk into a Lego store and buy one now. 

    Anybody else second the motion to make TLG put the instructions online?

     

    While I can understand people wanting to keep their instructions in good condition, I think that posting instructions this early is practically a guarantee that a knock-off company will try to copy the Chiron. 

    I do realize that they can still go out and buy one to do same thing, but by posting the PDF TLG makes it considerably easier to copy their design.