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  4. Posted · Edited by LegoFjotten

    Hmm, I think many (all?) of the Lalandia cabins use code-locks, so they don't know or care if you check in on Tuesday or not. From the webpage:

    When you arrive, you do not need to check in at the Service Centre but can drive directly to your holiday home. At the barrier, enter the 6-digit code you received 3 days before arrival by e-mail or letter. This code also provides access to your holiday home. Your holiday home is ready from 15.00.

    https://www.lalandia.dk/en/billund/practical-information

    To be 100% sure maybe some of the early arrivals could do a little Lalandia-tour and stop by the cabins for those arriving on Wednesday

    Edit: My best guess is that it isn't necessary though, not that uncommon to arrive somewhere after midnight after all

  5. Posted

    I've stayed at LaLandia at a few different cabins (Classic 4 during the 2018 EB event, and Nordic Plus 8 for a LUG trip), and both were great! The ones at Holiday Village are awful in comparison (at least the 5 pax variant I stayed in back in 2016). Any bedroom at Lalandia which says it can hold 2 or 3 person will be larger than the tiny ones in the Holiday Village cabins. 

    The classic 8 has 2 double beds and 4 single beds, while the Nordic Plus 8 has one double bed and 6 single beds.

    Since the LaLandia area is a lot bigger than the Holiday Village there can be a bit of a walk to get from the LaLandia cabin to for example the Holiday Village common room / conference room if any of those will be used during the event.

  6. Posted

    1 minute ago, Jim said:

    :thumbup:

    About the Campus; is that open to the public (aka us)?

    Unfortuntately no. I was lucky enough to visit last January before the building opened officially and got in on an awesome tour of the place. 

    https://bricknerd.com/home/inside-lego-campus-an-exclusive-tour-of-legos-new-hq-in-billund-4-8-22

    They did offer some tours after Skærbæk last year, but it didn't include the People House which was the most interesting part. This kind of tour might be something they will offer to visiting LUGs, but not sure.

  11. Posted

     

    4 hours ago, timemail said:

    This is now the biggest benefit to me - just putting my entire wishlist into the search box and it all coming up at once (well apart from the fact they are too new to appear) will save so much time. I did notice you need to be careful not to include a set number in there though - not sure how many (if any) set numbers correspond to element numbers though. Turns out I had one set number in my list to find a part I didn't write the element id down for.

    I recommend using a Google Sheet or other spreadsheet to keep track of your wishlist, you can then use a formula to generate the link for you, as well as pull in images to show the elements directly in your spreadsheet.

    10 minutes ago, anothergol said:

    I don't see the point of praising the search because it sucks less, it still sucks, and no one even asked for an improvement here. 

    I don't see the point of denying the existence of improvements even if things can be improved further.

    For my use it is way better than the old B&P, so it deserves the praise. And it's not just the search, also the other things I mentioned in my earlier post.

  12. Posted

    12 hours ago, anothergol said:

    mmh no, you'll get a fee if you fail to buy for 24eur in the very best case. But that's really in the very best case, because most likely you'll have for like 30eur of parts and still a fee because you only ordered 2 "best seller" parts.

    I think something got lost in translation there, that's what I said, to get a double fee both standard and bestseller needs to be below 12 EUR.

    12 hours ago, anothergol said:

    You still need Bricklink/Brickset or other sources anyway. Please don't pretend you don't.

    I made no such claim and I'm not pretending anything, did you really read what I wrote? 

    "I disagree about the search, it is much better now. If you prefer other sites for searching for items you want to buy, fine - that doesn't mean that the new BAP has not improved by quite a lot."

    12 hours ago, anothergol said:

    Let's say I need part 24246, that's a pretty common 1x1 "half circle" tile. Searching for that in B&P will display nothing (in the old B&P it would have, but only some colors). Can I search "1x1 tile", or "half circle"? No, B&P won't display anything related. Say that by luck it's its new ID 35399 that I know, I'm still screwed because I need it in trans blue and that's yet another ID. Really, B&P isn't designed to search for parts, and that's fine, because we have better tools for that.

    What you can do with the new improvements in BAP is to set your page size to 400, and then select subcategory "Plates, Round & Angles" and you will find your half circles both solid, transparent and printed variations quite easily. Much better than the old B&P. You could also first search for "circle" and then select the subcategory to get a shorter list. 

    The subcategories are great, I use them all time. 

    You can also filter all available parts by color, much better than the old B&P.

    The #1 best new search feature is the multi-element search. I use a Google sheet to take note of elements I need /want. I have a formula in one cell to show the image based on element id, and a link is generated to the new BAP search that search for all elements that are available from that list. For example:

    https://www.lego.com/nb-no/pick-and-build/pick-a-brick?query=6250597+6251070+6378417&page=1&perPage=200&includeOutOfStock=true

     

     

  13. Posted

    11 minutes ago, anothergol said:

    Really? What about the 9 eur handling fees, that are hard to avoid because you can't fully use B&P now, you are forced to use PAB in disguise ("best sellers")? You cannot order all of your parts from one single place anymore, that "best sellers" thing is just stupid. PAB should have merged with B&P, and they did the total opposite of that. They're now more separated than ever, only they're now using the same GUI and Lego pretended they've been merged.

    As for searching, B&P used to suck, it still does, but it doesn't matter, we've never asked for/expected B&P to be good at that. Bricklink, Brickset, Bricker and New Elementery were and will always be the perfect companions to B&P. B&P is full of unlisted parts & parts only listed under one of the various design IDs. B&P isn't designed to be used alone, that hasn't changed and that has never really been a problem.

    meanwhile when you buy in China, everyone has the same choice

    I have no problem avoiding the fee, the 12 Euro limit to avoid fees is pretty low in my opinion. To get a 9 eur fee you need to fail to buy 12 eur worth of bricks from either.

    I don't see the problem with some parts arriving quicker if you order both bestseller and standard?

    I disagree about the search, it is much better now. If you prefer other sites for searching for items you want to buy, fine - that doesn't mean that the new BAP has not improved by quite a lot.

    If you prefer to buy stuff from China, go ahead - BAP does not prevent you from doing that.

  14. Posted

    6 hours ago, Maple said:

    What are the two steps forwards.
    It's been 10 steps back. That's it. It's a mess. It has been all year. Not a single change LEGO made has been for the better when it comes to PAB or B&P.

    Except for new parts being late to arrive almost everything is better. Top of my head, I can't think of anything that is worse. 

    - Search is better

    - Search now supports multiple element id's so it's super quick to search for items from my wishlist in a single search

    - You can select to show 400 elements per page now, instead of the endless "show more" clicks

    - It is easier to browse by category

    - It is easier to browse by color

    - Cart works better, no more nuked carts

    - BAP now qualifies for GWPs

  16. Posted

    On 9/7/2022 at 8:05 AM, Roebuck said:

    According to them November is when they expect to be back on track with full speed ahead :shrug_oh_well:

    Have they really said November? I've seen no mention of November in any of the statements from LAN that have been shared (but I may have missed it).

    Part of one of the statements I have seen was "The intention going forward will be to launch novelty elements 4 months after release after things catch up (but may be different times for different types of elements (functional bricks, ect)". I definitely have seen people adding 4 months to whatever month contained sets they wanted parts from and arriving at October/November/December, maybe that is where November came from?

    Considering Jan - May elements have only been partially released to selected countries, I think they are behind their schedule. Jan - May release was said to take "a few weeks" almost 3 weeks ago. Meaning the rush of orders following release have not fully happened yet, so the orders they should catch up with have not even been placed. I'm not overly optimistic about when stuff I'd like to be will be available unfortunately.

    They have implemented support for limiting quantities on individual elements though, so some of the things that usually sell out quickly will stay a bit longer in stock

  18. Posted

    On 8/4/2022 at 5:19 PM, Navy Trooper Fenson said:

    The files are ready.  https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-119187/BigJudge/1-galaxy-explorer-10497-2-alternate-models-additional-parts/#parts

    When you use 1 set to build both alt models you will need to get 340 parts additionally and 261 parts would be left over.

    Looks like the file is gone, is it still available somewhere? Just got my second copy of the Galaxy Explorer today :D

  22. Posted

    I built the Tallneck yesterday, amazing set! Fun build, looks fantastic on display. The minifigure is fabulous. I'd recommend it to anyone!

    I hadn't played any of the Horizon games before I ordered this, but finally managed to get a PS5 before the set arrived so technically I had played the game for about 1 hour before building the set.