JohnTPT17

I wouldn't be shocked if some people ordered the gorilla body not realizing that it needs arms. I think the same thing happened with the orca/orca jaw. That, or, since the body is bigger and has printing, they take up more space and take longer to produce, hence, they have less on hand.

I wonder if the reason that Nazgul torso reappeared is because they're going to include one with The Shire set, and they're trying to keep it in production? Yeah, it doesn't 100 percent work, especially if they focus on the party scene, but Sam and Frodo were a little off in Barad Dur, and it would be another minifig they could add without needing to use new prints. Or, of course, it could be nothing - other GWP parts have ended up on there for whatever reason.

I was looking forward to getting Mr. Pale this morning, but even though his torso was on all of the lists, it's still not available. I can't find it in a general search by newest parts, looking at the set inventory, or searching the individual part number. I may hold off for now, then... Also, the Nasgul torso seems to have just gone out of stock.

That one arguably exists with 71433.

I made a nice chart for the data, but I'm having trouble pasting it in directly. I'll ink to my Reddit comment about it - hopefully that won't be too difficult to access for those interested.

I've been keeping a running tab of the stats every half hour or so - the numbers are kinda wonky, though - they often decrease, for whatever reason. I'll post a compilation later.

Stats 1.5 Hours in: Forest Stronghold - 87.3% sold - about 26,190 sold Camping Adventure - 67% sold - about 20,000 sold The Art of Chocolate - 60.2% sold - about 18,060 sold Harbormaster's Office - 55.2% sold - about 16,560 sold Lost City - 16.7% sold - about 5,010 sold

Stats 1 Hour in: Forest Stronghold - 54.9% sold - about 16,470 sold Camping Adventure - 43.1% sold - about 12,930 sold The Art of Chocolate - 38.2% sold - about 11,460 sold Harbormaster's Office - 34.8% sold - about 10,440 sold Lost City - 11.4% sold - about 3,420 sold

Yup - There's really not too much of a debate if something will get funded, but when. Even then, an hour to sell 3000 copies is still respectable, even if it is selling slower than the other ones.

Stats 30 Minutes in: Forest Stronghold - 43.3% sold - about 13,290 sold Camping Adventure - 33% sold - about 10,000 sold The Art of Chocolate - 29.9% sold - 8,970 sold Harbormaster's Office - 26.9% sold - about 8,070 sold Lost City - 8.9% sold - about 2,670 sold

I checked back through from last time, and everything was funded in 22 minutes last wave. Lost City is lagging behind, but everything else should be funded in a few minutes. Yup - all funded 11 minutes in (possibly 10) except Lost City.

Looks like the links went live a few minutes early, so feel free to order now!

Orders for Wave 3 will open on the hour. If anyone needs direct links: The Art of Chocolate: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910039 Harbormaster's Office: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910040 Camping Adventure: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910041 Lost City: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910042 Forest Stronghold: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910043 I may get Art of Chocolate, but probably nothing else from this wave. I still might keep an eye on the numbers for fun, though.

Voting for Wave 6 is now open. A few notable ones for me: Monkey Business: It's at least not another minifigure-based location! It's probably not in scale with the unscaled minifigs, but it still looks nice for the part count. Planetary Charger: What if Blacktron was commissioned to make a Bat-Tumbler? I don't know how many votes it will get, but it makes me chuckle. Bounce Castle: Similar to the one from last wave, but now smaller. Looks nice to me! Alchemist's Tower: Great NPU, and I like the black/purple color scheme. I do wonder how stable that dragonfly would be in real life though... JOROCK CITY - The Wild West: Nice looking Western build, with an enclosed back. Probably too expensive for my tastes, but I know that lots of people like these kinds of builds. Vintage Foodtruck Festival: The "sub-800 part vehicle on a baseplate" niche is hit pretty hard, but this one stands out to be because it is a little bigger, and it justifies the baseplate. Nice shaping on the truck, too. The Art Factory: It's not one of my favorites, but I know it was a fan favorite last time, so I thought I'd mention it. The New Maldives Water Villa: Ocean houses have been a popular choice, and I think this one looks a lot better than the past offerings. Having two buildings, a small beach area, and centering it around a honeymoon helps it stand out. The Scientist's Kit: Reasonably scaled real-life objects. Other than the eraser, I think it looks great. Pirates of the Seven Seas: I usually like the smaller ships more, but I like the shaping and the imposing black sails of this one. Sushi Resturaunt: Another one that was popular last wave, and it here again. Pigs and Potions: One of my personal favorites from last time, and it's back again! Dwarven Blacksmith Bust: Again, not the usual fare for this program, but I think it looks pretty cool. The Power Mecha for Space Construction: What if Blacktron was commissioned to make a Hulkbuster? Wolf of Swamp: There's several Wolfpack castles, but this one is pretty unique. I'm not a fan of the interior, but the exterior is pretty unique. Scalawag Sloop: Ah, a cheaper ship for me to enjoy! Beach and Boardwalk: I can't tell if it's "detailed" or "busy," but I like it! Elven Haven: There's only a few sets that get close to 4k parts, but they usually have barren insides. This one, however, balances things mu8ch better, and looks great on the inside and out. The foldability is another plus. Northpoint Academy: There's a school niche that Lego hasn't really fille, but I think this one does a good job at it. Old West Mine: I think this one is another re-entry? Either way, I still like it. Kraken Attack: Another repeat from a previous wave and I liked. Samurai Castle: A good break from the traditional castles, with lots of clever building techniques. Overall, the "vehicle on a baseplate" idea is far too overused this wave, and there's still a lot of castles (many of them Wolfpack themed). I do find it interesting how many sci-fi submissions there are, though - and many of them look a lot better than previous waves, so one of them might squeeze through to getting approved. Lots of good builds, but nothing super stands out to me - or, at least would be in my budget. My Top 5 would probably be: Elven Haven, The Scientist's Kit, Alchemist's Tower, The New Maldives Water Villa, and Samurai Castle.

I asked that earlier - it's part 32060. The dragon in the big D&D set isn't 1:1 with Smaug, but I think any future iterations of Smaug will probably look like that - possibly some cloth for the wings, but mostly just bricks. The old one had a lot of custom molds and was pretty fragile, so I'm less included to think they would go back to that. Even most of the molded critters in the Jurassic Park theme have little movement to help with their stability. That being said, I do miss the molded dragons - I'm glad I got several of them growing up, because they're all very expensive on Bricklink nowadays - and that's nothing to say of Smaug!

This is one on my biggest issue with recent Lego trends as well (it's probably my #2, after cost). Having a bunch of white acne all over these sets just looks super cheap. Sure, sometimes you can spin the pieces to cover it up, or place a tile on top so it's not noticeable, but that's not an option in a lot of cases. Even some tiles (especially the ingot/bar ones) have marks right on top!

Ah - Bricksafe! I forgot about them. A few other parts listed here that stand out that I didn't notice from before: The new Harry Potter potion bottle smoke/steam. Baby stroller Mr. Pale's head - and we already saw his torso, so I'm glad that all of him will be obtainable! Interestingly, Tox's torso is also listed, even though her legs have been available for awhile. Odd that they've staggered it - but that makes me hope that Euphrasia's torso will also be added as some point, as only her legs are available now as well. The unprinted Ninjago dragons, in trans-orange and gold The "Grape Soda" 1x1 round tile from Up Definitely quite a few cool things on the horizon...

I am experiencing this same issue. Is there a workaround for this?

Look, @Horation - I get that you're an opinionated fellow. You've shown in multiple threads across the site that you have some very strongly held beliefs, and I don't think either of us will be changing each other's minds, so I'm just not going to respond to your counterpoints, since I'm sure that you will have issues with any opinions that aren't your own. Still, comments like: Are not helpful to making your point - you're just being an aggressive bully by trying to attack me personally, and not my comments/ideas (and if you want to disagree with those - that's fine). I, and other people on this site, are not illiterate idiots - we we just have different ideas that don't always line up with yours. And, frankly, this is a tactic that you've pulled multiple times before. I come here to get news, advice, jokes, and some civil discussion - not to be cyberbullied. I got into an argument once before and muted you, but thought I'd give it a second chance - and I'm just not going to engage with you any further. Go find someone else to pick on and belittle, because I'm done with your bad attitude. That's fair - but I can dream!

You're forgetting another big plus for those smaller sets: army building, where many people are likely to buy multiple copies. Yes, some people may only buy one, but many others could buy two, or five, or ten. It's not just about targeting kids - it's targeting people who want the minifigures, and based on recent Star Wars waves, there's at least some acknowledgement from Lego about this. That's nothing to say of other smaller, minifig-based sets. Just look at the Captain Rex microfighter - a $20 Sauron vs Isildor set would also probably sell quite a lot (and I think the claim that 50 percent of all fans of a series would buy a $100 set is greatly exaggerated). That, and I'm not sure what "other manufacturers" you would be referring to - even in the realm of knockoff Lego Lord of the Rings, they're either cheap and of poor quality, or anywhere from $10-25 per minifig for ones that look decent. And, yes, there's plenty of counterarguments one way or another for these. Cost of designing and shipping sets, licensing deals, keeping them exclusive to Lego versus a wide release, etc. But, frankly, none of us know what Lego's actual financial spreadsheets are, so speculation doesn't really get us anywhere. The inflation calculator I used said that $70 in 2011 would be $98 these days. Plus, that set was possibly just slightly overpriced because it had several exclusive, non-reused molds - A new one probably wouldn't need any new molds, just some new prints. So, I think there would be room to expand it a hair, or add in another minifigure. Clean up the design, switch out the dwarves for Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and maybe Rosie - or, heck, make it a little bigger and make it $120 - and I'd be all over that!

I must've missed the part and price confirmation - dang it. That's probably going to put it well out of my price range. I still stand by what I said earlier - there needs to be some less expensive offerings. Disney was able to do it with Simba - surely a smaller $80-100 Bag End could work alongside a more expensive offering. I guess that's just another set I'll only look at from a distance...

I honestly don't want it to be another huge, $500 set - just let it focus on a clean Bag End, throw in a few tents and party decor outside, and let the set be in the $200-250 range. If others really do want the entire Shire, they could buy two copies of the set to make it bigger. That's just my hopes, though (and honestly what I'd like the most is just a "normal" wave of sets in the $10-100 range, but that doesn't seem to be the way the reboot is going). Nice mace (and welcome to Eurobricks)! It looks like it's mostly made up of Batarangs, but what is the middle part holding them together?

I'm very glad to see that the tiger it there - hopefully it'll be somewhere in the $7-8 range. I think that's about what the lions cost? I also see Mr. Pale's torso from Ninjago - and he's really expensive on Bricklink right now. I'll need to grab that as well!

The reviews I've seen for that set make it look extremely cool, and it seems well-designed across the board. The price is also quite reasonable. The only downside is that it just doesn't work with anything that I already have - but I think anyone who gets it will be extremely happy with it. I think that's about where I'm at with it as well... The Forestman Stronghold does look nice, but I don't even have the Lion Knight's Castle yet, and I feel like that would be a better buy. If the Forestmen has a slightly different vibe and looked more Ewok Village-esque, I might like it more... But I don't know if I need a third castle for them. Now, just to stave off fomo... I'm still up in the air about Art of Chocolate as well. If it was a little closer to $200 (and even if that meant getting rid of the closing back), I think it might feel like a better deal. Like, just compare it to something like Wave 5's Mushroom Village, which I feel like is far more innovative, creative, and bigger - and it has nearly 300 less pieces. I dunno... I think I may still get one, since it does seem pretty unique... We'll see.

Reviews are out for nearly all of Wave 3, if anyone is looking for them. (I didn't notice any for Camping Adventure) Personally... I'm a bit torn after watching some of these reviews. Initially, I was thinking about getting The Art of Chocolate and Forest Stronghold... But, after those reviews, I may skip them both. Or, at least limit my self to just one of them. I feel like a lot of these reviews boil down to simply saying "these sets are nice MOCs, but they're jam-packed with a lot of smaller parts and aren't very innovative, and may have better alternatives out there." That was especially the feeling I got towards the Forest Stronghold. And, another reviewer stated that The Art of Chocolate wasn't a good build experience, and that room inside once completed was limited. And I still wish the set was just purely open-back and didn't have the opening feature, which would have cut down on the price without sacrificing too much. At least I have it pretty much settled that I'll be skipping Wave 4 (unless Seaside Market ends up being a really good deal), and I'll only be getting the Mushroom Village from Wave 5 (and maybe the popcorn cart) I dunno... I have some things to mull over for the next week. Anyone else have any thoughts? Anywho - I'm interested to see what Wave 6 will bring, and if it will have any fresh, new ideas.