BrickLink Designer Program

CCC

samiam391 said:

I started today not wanting any of them and ended the day buying 4 of them. Problem?

The problem is you are missing out on the fifth!

Mr_Hobbles

@FireFox31 You’ve haven’t been charged, they just put a hold on your card. It’ll drop off in a few days.

They’ll probably charge the proper amount closer to the time. I imagine maybe they’ll send an email beforehand.

FollowsClosely

samiam391 said:

I started today not wanting any of them and ended the day buying 4 of them. Problem?

Same here. I was going to pass on this round. Ended up with all five.

autolycus

Switchfoot55 said:

I had to step away for an appointment (ironically, to send a down payment wire transfer for my construction loan......) and came back to see the Chalet was gone. 

Glad to see the Winter Village pull is so strong among the AFOL community!

Honestly, I'm a bit shocked with the Train Station 3/4ths funded and at $400 USD. Good on them I guess. 

I also saw the Diner jumped up in the order. Likely people who logged on late, saw the 5 sets were already determined, and just ordered the cheapest (that, or resellers?). 

Congrats to everyone who was able to snag a set this round!

eMJeeNL said:

Yay, Modular Construction Site also made it! My wallet will not be happy, but i certainly am.

Now, how are we getting @Switchfoot55 his Chalet, peeps? ;)

Hmm... This is unfortunate. Looks like he didn't get one.

Anybody who ends up with an extra or unwanted Chalet should let us all know so we can arrange to get it to Switchfoot.

Or maybe the parts won't be too bad to collect anyway? There are definitely some details that can probably be left out to save a little cash and not affect the overall look much.

karrit

Looking at the pictures of the Chalet I think it will be very easy to replicate with the instructions.  I don't like the looks of the technic pins they used for the candles on the dining tables so I would change those out to actual candle pieces.  Sorry you missed out on it @Switchfoot55.

Jern92

Anyone else’s order status on the Lego site showing as “Waiting for new stock”? Never seen that before

Switchfoot55

Well, I very much appreciate the sentiments from this wonderful community. There were some things I had planned on changing in this one already, so I guess I just get a little more creative control over the design? Trying to keep the positive view alive. 

I'm sure there are other more rare parts. I just hope the 1x6 Sand Green bricks don't jump too much. I might try to snag a handful of those sooner than later before the instructions go live.  

wardm

The Diner says 'sold out in your region', so it's just a matter of minutes before the last ones are gone worldwide I guess...
*edit: seconds after I posted this: it's sold out*

FollowsClosely

Three are sold out!

wardm

This will be the first time all five of them will sell out! I'm sure of it! Which is crazy, given that both of the other two rounds, there were only two sets that made it to 10000! 

Mr_Hobbles

I think I just got in there…I decided to order the Observatory last minute. So the only one I haven’t ordered is Studgate…still can’t decide if I like it or not.

bricktuary

I've said this before, but I'll say it again. It's baffling Lego won't let more of these be made.

CLEARLY the demand is there, not just for the ones that 'made it' but definitely for the others too, they could definitely have sold 10,000 of the 6th choice Steam Powered Science, easily.

Obviously the fixed costs of doing this mean it's marginal for Lego to do these sorts of batches. Why wouldn't they want more orders??? 

sweetness34

I’m seeing that the train station is sold out also. Only the modular still available 

CCC

wardm said:

This will be the first time all five of them will sell out! I'm sure of it! Which is crazy, given that both of the other two rounds, there were only two sets that made it to 10000! 

I think people have learnt that either (i) they had regrets not buying them for themselves and/or (ii) other people had regrets not buying them and were willing to pay a tidy sum for the big ones. 

But that's LEGO these days.

CCC

Mr_Hobbles said:

@FireFox31 You’ve haven’t been charged, they just put a hold on your card. It’ll drop off in a few days.

They’ll probably charge the proper amount closer to the time. I imagine maybe they’ll send an email beforehand.

If they are not going to honour the price error, they should inform buyers and give them the chance to cancel and release those sets back to the market if the orders are cancelled. But then LEGO are a law to themselves and have been known to ship parts orders charging a different price to that at the time of buying without informing buyers.

rockethead26

Bummer, the Mountain Observatory sold out while the site was choking on authorizing my credit card on 4 different attempts to buy one. When I started entering my credit card data, there were still 2000 left.

karrit

Switchfoot55 said:

Well, I very much appreciate the sentiments from this wonderful community. There were some things I had planned on changing in this one already, so I guess I just get a little more creative control over the design? Trying to keep the positive view alive. 

I'm sure there are other more rare parts. I just hope the 1x6 Sand Green bricks don't jump too much. I might try to snag a handful of those sooner than later before the instructions go live.  

I know I've gotten a ton of the telescope piece in Sand Green from the PAB wall so I may consider changing the main building color to something else & using the Sand Green as accents for the outside railings and such.  Also will likely use the newish Candelabra & Candlesticks with flames on the dining tables.

vanvonfull

I got a chalet. I considered the construction site but my town is still theoretical whereas my Christmas display happens every year. 

Russell844

eMJeeNL said:

Yay, Modular Construction Site also made it! My wallet will not be happy, but i certainly am.

Now, how are we getting @Switchfoot55 his Chalet, peeps? ;)

I'm down with donating money to his "Bricklinking the Parts" fund. :)

Lo1sJess

@Switchfoot55 I found 1x6 sand green bricks on the PAB wall in local store this weekend.  Might be worth calling your local store(s).  I only grabbed a few but can be on lookout.  I only get out to a store every few weeks but slow and steady can work - good bit before winter.  If you let me know what you are looking for for the chalet, I’m happy to pick up along the way as the walls have.

Jern92

Did everyone who placed orders receive their confirmation emails? I'm still missing two of mine (Construction Site and Observatory).

wardm

@Jern92 I ordered the train station and construction site together and got the confirmation about 15 minutes after. 

wardm

It’s crazy how they’ve all sold out in less than 12 hours. Sorry to the people who missed out on ordering their faves!

eMJeeNL

@Switchfoot55 , I've got a load of SG 1x6's from PAB - are available pretty often AFAIK - even currently at my "local" LS. If needs be, I'll send some to you :)

Brainslugged

Mr_Hobbles said:

I think I just got in there…I decided to order the Observatory last minute.

I did the exact same thing. The £65 price saving pushed me over the edge. I managed to order but it was sold out immediately after so I'm fully prepared to get an email saying my order was cancelled. I haven't received any sort of email confirmation. It's showing in my Order History but simply says "Just Placed".

Mr_Hobbles

@Brainslugged Aha! Same deal for me. I know Lego emails can usually take an hour or two but it’s almost 18 hours later and the order is still “Just Placed”.

Fingers crossed we just got in!

CCC

They will probably have taken close to 60000 orders yesterday, just on the BDP sets. It makes you wonder if they need to manually check each one for breaking purchase limits. Some people on BL are asking why multiple orders have been cancelled as they thought they could order 5.

Brainslugged

Mr_Hobbles said:

@Brainslugged Aha! Same deal for me. I know Lego emails can usually take an hour or two but it’s almost 18 hours later and the order is still “Just Placed”.

So does anyone in the UK have anything more reassuring than their order history saying their order was "just placed" and an order number? I.e. an email confirmation or an order that is "in process" (like my round 2 set is).

Mr_Hobbles

I’m not in the UK, but the other sets I ordered (separately, and earlier) are in in progress, and I have an email. Only the observatory is still waiting (which I ordered like a minute before it sold out).

autolycus

CCC said:

They will probably have taken close to 60000 orders yesterday, just on the BDP sets. It makes you wonder if they need to manually check each one for breaking purchase limits. Some people on BL are asking why multiple orders have been cancelled as they thought they could order 5.

What was the limit this time? Just 1 of each set per household? I tried to find an answer to that question yesterday, after I had already placed my order but couldn't. Seems like something that should have been listed prominently on the BDP page for the round.

Jern92

Mr_Hobbles said:

@Brainslugged Aha! Same deal for me. I know Lego emails can usually take an hour or two but it’s almost 18 hours later and the order is still “Just Placed”.

Fingers crossed we just got in!

Mine say “Waiting for new stock” and I didn’t get confirmation emails despite placing orders much earlier when there was plenty of stock. Called Lego Customer Service and was told they can’t confirm if the orders went through, but they’ll let me know either way in the next couple of days. Would be a huge letdown if my orders get cancelled due to their technical issues.

drdavewatford

Brainslugged said:

Mr_Hobbles said:

@Brainslugged Aha! Same deal for me. I know Lego emails can usually take an hour or two but it’s almost 18 hours later and the order is still “Just Placed”.

So does anyone in the UK have anything more reassuring than their order history saying their order was "just placed" and an order number? I.e. an email confirmation or an order that is "in process" (like my round 2 set is).

I got confirmation e-mails for some but not all orders. All orders are showing as "Backordered" in my order history on S@H.

CCC

autolycus said:

CCC said:

They will probably have taken close to 60000 orders yesterday, just on the BDP sets. It makes you wonder if they need to manually check each one for breaking purchase limits. Some people on BL are asking why multiple orders have been cancelled as they thought they could order 5.

What was the limit this time? Just 1 of each set per household? I tried to find an answer to that question yesterday, after I had already placed my order but couldn't. Seems like something that should have been listed prominently on the BDP page for the round.

The help page on bricklink had all the info.


How many sets can I pre-order?
Pre-orders are limited to one copy per household.

Astrobricks

I honestly thought this round would take a couple days to sell out. Unfortunately, I forgot to check yesterday, but that still probably would not have been soon enough.

bricktuary

I've had emails for the sets I ordered (apologising that they are on back-order, which I thought was pretty funny). This includes the Steam Powered Science set, which didn't make the cut, so presumably will be cancelled soon. 

And in case anyone hasn't seen, the bricklink page says "Funded sets will ship in spring 2023". 

Shropshire

^^ same as above, orders show as "backordered" and I received emails for both orders (1 email for order received and 1 email with back order status) for each order.. I placed 2 orders in total each for 1 single different item, just as last time when I placed one order for 2 items and one of them didn't get funded they cancelled the entire order and wouldn't reinstate the set that got funded. So I ended up with nothing in round 2.

FollowsClosely

^ I made six separate orders to prevent any problems. When the STEAM gets canceled, my other five should be good. Now that I took another look, I am not that excited about any of my purchase. Hopefully I will have a better outlook in nine months.

Sethro3

^That's how they get ya. Rush to buy so you don't miss out only to find you don't really care about your purchase.

With these, there is a good chance someone else will take them off your hands though. Maybe. Shrug...

karrit

FollowsClosely said:

^ I made six separate orders to prevent any problems. When the STEAM gets canceled, my other five should be good. Now that I took another look, I am not that excited about any of my purchase. Hopefully I will have a better outlook in nine months.

Looking at the ones I was really the most interested it I thought it likely that I already own most of the parts needed to build them so I was able to talk myself out of ordering anything.  I will probably try to beef up my supply of some parts by making some orders & seeing what I can find in the PAB walls.  And in the case of the Winter Chalet I will probably go with another main color instead of the Sand Green for the upper walls.  The Observatory will be a bit harder for things like the computer display panels but there are some available to purchase that could suffice.  I liked the Station but it wasn't one I even considered purchasing so I don't know if I'll try to find the parts I would need for it.  The other two winners I have no interest in.

rockethead26

If anyone ordered a Mountain Observatory that they really don't want I would be glad to buy it from you. It was the only set that I wanted and I couldn't get my order through. I actually work at an astronomical observatory, so this one was special for me.
I will be glad to pay a small premium.

Brainslugged

I'm pretty certain I won't be receiving my Observatory. No email, and my order status has never changed from the information below. I have an order number, but the "View Order" button doesn't even work. The two items below it are just a couple of past Lego orders.

Astrobricks

Maybe since they screwed up the pricing for the Observatory, they’ll decide they have to make an extra 10,000 sets and give us all another chance 🤞🤞🤞

FireFox31

Here's an estimate of how many of each Bricklink Designer Program 2021 set was produced.   I hope this helps collectors or anyone else who is interested.
To get these estimates, I viewed the BLDP page at 300% zoom, took a screen shot of each sales progress bar, dropped them in to Photoshop, cropped to determine the bar's total width (1389 pixels on my display), cropped to determine the bar's filled width, then divided filled/total and multiplied by 10,000.  Since one pixel represents 7.2 sets, these estimates are accurate to within 7 sets.  For calibration, using this method to measuring the number of pixels up to but not including the 3,000 set cut off line estimates 3,009 sets.  Thus, I did not include the 10,000 set cut off line.
There might be something in the page display code which shows exactly how many sets were sold in order to fill the progress bar.  I didn't look for that.

Round 1:
Castle in the Forest - 10,000
Great Fishing Boat - 10,000
Kakapo - 7,732
Pursuit of Flight - 7,653
Sheriff's Safe - 9,222

Round 2:
Clockwork Aquarium - 8,157
Modular Lego Store - 10,000
Mountain Windmill - 8,798
Retro Bowling Alley - 8,963
Venetian Houses - 10,000

Round 3:
1950's Diner - 10,000
Modular Construction Site - 10,000
Mountain View Observatory - 10,000
Studgate Train Station - 10,000
Winter Chalet - 10,000

Switchfoot55

If anyone bought the Chalet and is having second thoughts, keep me in mind. Perhaps my LEGO budget will have returned by then and I could help replenish your account!

Russell844

Switchfoot55 said:

If anyone bought the Chalet and is having second thoughts, keep me in mind. Perhaps my LEGO budget will have returned by then and I could help replenish your account!

If it wasn't for the one per person rule, I would have bought a second one and held it for you.

FollowsClosely

@FireFox31,
  Interesting idea. A more accurate way to get the numbers would be to inspect dom using your browser, and locate the percentage assigned to the progress bar.

The Retro Bowling Alley for example has 89.4% assigned. So we can more accurately assume 8,940-ish sets sold. If I was writing this, I would just divide, no rounding. So between 8,940 and 8,949 sets sold.
 

I also think Castle in the Forest sold up to 20,000 units because of the bug.

FollowsClosely

I looked at the others that did not make it to 10,000, and found that there was no rounding or truncating at all so the exact numbers according to the dom are:

Round 1:
Castle in the Forest - 10,000 - actually may be up to 20,000-ish
Great Fishing Boat - 10,000
Kakapo - 7,713
Pursuit of Flight - 7,640
Sheriff's Safe - 9,202

Round 2:
Clockwork Aquarium - 8,142
Modular Lego Store - 10,000
Mountain Windmill - 8,776
Retro Bowling Alley - 8,940
Venetian Houses - 10,000

Round 3:
1950's Diner - 10,000
Modular Construction Site - 10,000
Mountain View Observatory - 10,000
Studgate Train Station - 10,000
Winter Chalet - 10,000

wardm

@FollowsClosely I don't think it made it up to 20.000. The original goal was for projects to reach 5000 to be sold out. Because of the bug, 10.000 of the castle in the forest were sold. After this, to be fair to the other four projects, they opened it up again so you could buy up to 10.000 as well. 

CCC

You are also assuming that they updated the sales numbers on bricklink after the final sales day. Plus some of those 10000 will likely drop due to failed payments, cancelled orders, etc.

Mr_Hobbles

Well, it took a week, but I got my confirmation email for the Observatory! Sigh of relief.

Fingers crossed @Brainslugged got his too.

Oddly, the email has come through with a bunch of GWP's attached. I guess because it took so long to confirm it?