21318 Treehouse now on backorder on LEGO.com

MingusDew

As of just a few minutes ago - in case anyone's looking to pick it up, given recent predictions it will soon retire.

"Backorders accepted, will ship in 60 days"

panchox1

hmm... tempting. I wonder what the August promos will be. Kinda think I'm gonna wait a little bit longer.

MingusDew

Yeah I was bummed not to get any promo at all. But didn't want to risk not getting the set.

I tend to buy expensive sets on a "just in time" basis, especially these days. (It's why I still haven't bought the last two modulars for example.) This buying practice doesn't always work, hence I missed getting Apocalypseburg - didn't want to repeat that on this set.

Anyway, just wanted interested parties to know it was available again. I liked being able to order it and have it hit my credit card later!

panchox1

in North America, the site appears to be down.

Modeltrainman

@panchox1
Just came in to type that, buddy! If only my own LEGO IDEAS stuff could be this popular! Question is, what killed it? Mario? NES? Piano? The fact that today ends with 'Y'? I called LEGO, and on their end, out of stock.

CCC

It's down in the UK too. It has had problems all day, every time I used it, I was sent to the German site.

autolycus

Site is back in the US and lots of sets that were out of stock are now available or backorder. A good sign that they’re catching back up? Or maybe just that nobody was able to order the few being released each day?

Modeltrainman

I FINALLY GOT A TREEHOUSE! Thanks @MingusDew! I've wanted it for a LONG time.Now, whether it'll stay a treehouse is not applicable to this thread...
 

panchox1

I've got one in my bag on the site. Just need a few min to check the bank account to see if I can nab it.....

MingusDew

My luck is that I got one the day it came back up! Two days before LEGO start an Xmas in July promo...

The treehouse is still on backorder (which is great!) and now there's also a mini-gingerbread house promo running, today thru Sunday (26 July). Which is also great for anyone who hasn't yet ordered! But less great for me. Oh well :) Still glad to have nabbed it when I did and end the uncertainty - YMMV for everyone else (EEMMV?)