RedBrickMarket

Actually 4 months both times

Yeah, isn't the factory in Georgia? Yet, somehow everyone in California got them first??? I have a question: What did the official names end up being?

You are missing the series 2 Explorer!

Why do you pay so much when you can get them for $160 shipped in a few weeks. By the way, for all you who live in the US, I'm out of complete series', but I still have a lot of series 5 left for sale on eBay and BL.

I didn't realize you were in the states. I sell CMF's worldwide, but mainly in the US as I live in IN. Series 1-5 listed in my eBay store now and the series 5 will be here in just a couple weeks. (Imported) They will be id'd and placed in new plastic baggies.

It is typical that the US will get any LEGO sets in around 1 month later than Europe. TRU is pre-ordering for the end of August, whereas Europe is beginning to get them in already. (Also, it is typical that TRU gets the CMF before LEGO starts selling them on the website, so they may not even come out until the 1st of September.)

Series 5 is being pre-ordered on BL for the 1st of August (yes, it says available, but trust me, they were just deleted when they had pre-ordered them and now they listed days later as "in-stock". Probably they are counting on waiting a few days till the first and no one will know they didn't have them). Series 5 is for sale on eBay as non-preorders from the UK, but otherwise is pre-ordered. I would like to know if anyone found anything out about the ratio/breakdown of a box. Also, note that the prices for distributors have gone up, so don't count on them dropping much from what they are now. I was notified that there was about a 20% increase so they are making it harder for the re-sellers. However, sellers in Germany should still have the better prices.