karrit

Hoping the red elf hat & torso will be available via PAB or maybe BAM. I need more red outfitted Elves.

A couple of days after I was notified that the best seller Space Torsos were no longer available they reappeared as available for purchase as standard parts. So I placed a new order for them. We'll see what happens this time around.

I like that fall cabin too. And the Flower Shop. Not sure about the Glamping Cabin because of the colors.

I will need to acquire a bunch of the new seal as soon as it shows up on PAB. Is it just me or do some of these sets seem a bit more overpriced than usual?

Same happened to me for both space torsos. I'm quite peeved since both have been available as standard parts off and on since I originally placed my order when they were briefly listed as best sellers. I have all the other parts needed for both colors of the spaceman but now can't complete them.

I'm still getting printouts with both bestseller & standard part orders in the US. I have an issue with they printouts they've been sending lately with standard part orders. The order number doesn't match the order number that LEGO assigns to the full order, it's a totally different random number so it's a pain to match up to the actual receipt they email. Last two standard orders received I've been shorted a quantity of 1 of a particular element each time. One order I only received 11 of the 12 I ordered and the other I only got 23 of the 24 I ordered. Still need to call customer service about it. One was a 1x1 round printed tile that they seem to have stopped including an extra of anymore in the PAB orders, they used to almost always send at least 1 extra. I also have an order I placed when most of the newer torsos and other parts showed up as Bestsellers that I'm still waiting on the Spaceman torsos in both colors. Just got another update that they are still backordered but they'll be charging my card soon. The issue with that is the order page online makes it look like they actually already shipped them with the rest of my order. It says partially backordered at the top but shows the cost of the backordered parts rather than awaiting stock for the ones that still haven't shipped.

There were 7 figs in the Ninjago wave for January. I like that they are doing smaller monthly releases instead of just quarterly.

I'm a bit peeved about the delay on the space torsos. They are both now showing as available under standard parts but I ordered when they were listed as bestsellers. Guess I might have to call Customer service to see if they can do anything to expedite.

They just shipped me an order but cancelled the two printed bowed parts for the baby spaceman face. Still waiting on the classic space torsos from the prize machine that I ordered when they showed up as bestsellers that they put on backorder. I was worried about the ugly Christmas sweaters because the space themed one disappeared from the website but they've shipped that order.

I ordered a few parts last week when they finally restocked and made them Bestseller parts. Order arrived yesterday. When I opened it everything on the packing list was there but I thought I had ordered more than 4 different parts. Checked the actual order and saw they didn't send me either of the Space torsoes I had ordered, 12 in each color. Figured I'd have to call them today to find out what's going on. I just received an email that they are backordered and they will send them as soon as they restock. One of the colors was still showing as available online so I don't know why they didn't send those with the other parts. I've also got two standard part orders that have supposedly shipped but no updates on the DHL website that they've arrived in this country yet. One has already dropped off my daily USPS notifications but still showing if I login to my USPS account.

I'm glad the seasonal BAM are in addition to the quarterly releases. The first quarter release of only Ninjago themed BAM was of zero interest to me. So at least with the 3 figs released in February and the upcoming 3 coming in March there will be figs I'm interested in getting. I'm not a fan of some of the quarterly releases being centered around a specific theme like they've been doing with Ninjago and Dreamzz the past couple of years.

The monochrome geodes were only in those SMART Play test sets. I was shocked when they showed up on PAB and made sure to order some of them immediately along with the animals. I don't think the monochrome geodes ever got restocked. Took forever to be able to get all the Infinity Stones too. I remember the first round of the dual colored geodes a few years back the green crystal color was only in the minifig blister pack and the blue crystal color was only in a handful of regular sets. Ordered them all when they were available on PAB but the green crystal color retired almost immediately & the blue crystal one lasted maybe another year or two. The one with the pink inside is the only one they still have on PAB along with the new one they just added that's orange inside. When the Red Spaceman torsos were available I was trying to put together an order with some other parts that kept going in & out of stock. Had them in my cart for about a week when they went out of stock for good so I never got them. The latest retirements were a big problem for us in the US because of the whole tariff nonsense. We missed out on a lot of stuff because of that situation. I was travelling for a LEGO Convention and wasn't able to get an order in before everything got frozen. I really wanted some extra of what were then current spacesuit torsos from the recent sets but due to them being "standard" parts for us they were long gone due to retirement by the time we got unfrozen. Luckily I got some good deals on some of the retiring City Space sets so was able supplement my supply for the Space collab I'm involved with. I'm not too worried about the vending machine minifig parts yet, but considering there seemed to be an issue with them not wanting to even put them on PAB part of me thinks some might only get a restock or two before disappearing. I have a little bit of hope since they seem to plan to use them in some upcoming BDP sets.

Yes, I do the same. I think I was only able to get a few of those Tax Collector parts that have been mentioned in another thread. I'm really peeved the new style flasks that were in the Potions Class for HP got retired so quickly. I was really hoping they'd make those in some other colors eventually. Took me forever to get both parts of the Orca and I never was able to get extra Elephants. At least with the minifigs one can always use plain legs if the specialized ones disappear to soon. But the Torsos are tough if they don't make enough and then don't restock.

Plenty of the polys that come with books are specific to those books and don't get sold separately. Unfortunately it seems a lot if not all of these will be packaged with DK books which are always a bit expensive. So they won't be a cheap way to get the included animals. I think the lowest I've ever paid for any of these books is about $8 and maybe $10-12 if it was a DK book.

I wasn't referring specifically to the castle figs in my original post. I just happened to list some of what I had ordered including parts of some of the other minifigs that were available when I placed my order. There were quite a few other parts in my order. I try to order a few of each part I'm interested in when they first get released because too much never ends up getting restocked once it runs out the first time. Geodes are rocks, not animals. If you blinked you missed out on those. And I only listed two animals along with the geodes & the spaceman torso.