BrickLink Designer Program Series 3 available for pre-order

Only one not already funded is Lost Castle.

That was surprisingly easy, I got the Camping Adventures with minimal browser refreshing!

Got my order in, Forrest Stronghold and Harbour Master. Awaiting Lego emails, but finally got on my account page and it says in process. Smoothest order I've had with bricklink, only delay was paypal authorization code.

Forrest is already 25% to sold out.

Chocolate... did you say... chocolate...?

Yeah Error 505! Wouldn't expect anything less from a multi-billion dollar company! :)

@StyleCounselor said:
"Forrest is already 25% to sold out."

They forgot to bug the site and it's a tempting set

I thought today was so much better than the previous 2 waves, got just the one set this time as I know the next few months are going to be expensive

Forrest about a third sold out already.

@Igloo said:
"They've done a great job compared to previous Bricklink waves - I just sailed through the process with no problems at all!"

I've sailed through it too, but where's the excitement in that?

Does anyone else dread this time of year? My anxiety shoots stray through the roof, but, for once, after the brief return of the old familiar 'error 5000,' my order for The Art of Chocolate finally went through, and without wanting to count my chickens at this stage (even after receiving the golden "Your LEGO® order is confirmed" email), it appears to have gone relatively smoothly this time (particularly after a nice chat with a very helpful Lego customer service team-member).

@Igloo said:
"They've done a great job compared to previous Bricklink waves - I just sailed through the process with no problems at all!"

"I think I'm getting better."

"No, sweet Concorde, it took you seven times of back and forth checkout page manipulation. You rest here, and let me rush to pay for the castle in my own particular..... er... er...."

"Idiom, sir?"

"YES!"

Forrest nearly halfway sold out. Lost is right on the cusp of being funded. Camper is the second most popular at about 33% sold.

@Everylittlebrickhelps said:
"I thought today was so much better than the previous 2 waves, got just the one set this time as I know the next few months are going to be expensive "

Still not perfect, but significantly better than it's been in the past, and in view of the program's nature, I can't imagine it's ever going to go 100% smoothly (much like any system accounting for a huge number of people making multiple orders for a limited number of items at the same time).

I would love to see Camping Adventure sell out, to send a message that smaller sets are appreciated. I can't remember whether Series 1 Snack Shack did or not. I really like both of those sets. Also looking forward to Popcorn Wagon in Series 5.

What a mess on the website. Keep trying if it times out on you. I had to repeatedly reload the order screen.

After missing out last time I jumped in right away to order. What a roller coaster of errors and waiting.

Very smooth process this time. Site is running a tad slow, but no major issues. I also wait a half hour before even trying to place my order so that may have helped.

FS secured. Minimal reloads. I look forward to adding more to fill out the back of each side and make it 360 complete!

I went and forgot about this. Thankfully, I remembered in time to log in and secure a couple of sets. Went smoothly for a change. Just glad I'm not interested in the Forest Stronghold as it looks like it will imminently be sold out

Just under two hours gone and the Forest Stronghold is almost sold out.

They went crazy with pricing in Switzerland - 329 CHF for the castle, while it's 260 CHF in rest of Europe. I'm glad that I have an address outside of Switzerland.

Forest at 95%.

Have they confirmed when series 2 orders will ship yet?

Last minutes for the castle, only a few left

@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Have they confirmed when series 2 orders will ship yet?"

On the 21th of august I got an email that mine would ship in for about three months.

@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Have they confirmed when series 2 orders will ship yet?"

The website says Nov. We'll see.

Forest at 99%.

Forrest selling out any second now.

@robcor said:
"Forrest selling out any second now."

yes forrrest sold out

Forest was only one I wanted and I missed it because I was distracted with Work and the hurricane approaching the area I live. Sad day

I got my copy Harbormaster's Office and very happy with that!

@watcher21 said:
"Last minutes for the castle, only a few left

@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Have they confirmed when series 2 orders will ship yet?"

On the 21th of august I got an email that mine would ship in for about three months."

@StyleCounselor said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Have they confirmed when series 2 orders will ship yet?"

The website says Nov. We'll see.

Forest at 99%."

Thanks both.

Looking forward to Ominous Isle.

I avoided the rush and chaos of the last few series at the start thinking that with 30000 copies there was a bit of time. I bought what I wanted (camper and forest) 1 hour after the start and everything went very smoothly. The BL site, the redirection to the lego shop and the payment process. Stress free for once. Hoorah...
Now off to read the review for the chocolate set and hoping that it won't tempt me into ordering that one as well ??

I know the original Castle in the Forest went out of stock in under an hour, looks like this one went fast too! I'm guessing the continued demand means more Forestmen sets will get made, I haven't looked at entries for round 6 but I bet I'll find some.

I ordered Camping Adventures only, as it's a neat little set, and it will complement A-Frame Cabin well.

I really liked the look of Forest Stronghold, but the fact that it didn't have a closed back (unlike the other Bricklink castles) was a deal-breaker.

Alas, work was busy today so I did not get an opportunity for my normal hemming and hawing on my favorite time of the year, BLDP Day. Forest Stronghold, my dear friend, it must not have been meant to be.

@essel said:
"I ordered Camping Adventures only, as it's a neat little set, and it will complement A-Frame Cabin well.

I really liked the look of Forest Stronghold, but the fact that it didn't have a closed back (unlike the other Bricklink castles) was a deal-breaker. "

That was my sticking point with Forest Stronghold too, but looking at it, there might be a work around on moving the edge of baseplates without buying parts, providing you forget the bridge.

That's my initial idea anyway, which made me get it. First time I've ordered more than one set. Should have the series before, but I never saw a review of Mountain Fortress until afterwards and only then I saw that that the set folded in and had to buy off eBay. Didn't pay too much over the original price, but missed out there, with points, so this time I did my research and took a risk.

2024 is proving to be an expensive year.....

@mmphares1984 said:
"Forest was only one I wanted and I missed it because I was distracted with Work and the hurricane approaching the area I live. Sad day"

Stay safe.

I would recommend getting out. Riding out a hurricane is no, no, no fun, even a Cat 1.

I did it twice, and I'll never do it again.

@daniellesa said:
" @essel said:
"I ordered Camping Adventures only, as it's a neat little set, and it will complement A-Frame Cabin well.

I really liked the look of Forest Stronghold, but the fact that it didn't have a closed back (unlike the other Bricklink castles) was a deal-breaker. "

That was my sticking point with Forest Stronghold too, but looking at it, there might be a work around on moving the edge of baseplates without buying parts, providing you forget the bridge.

That's my initial idea anyway, which made me get it. First time I've ordered more than one set. Should have the series before, but I never saw a review of Mountain Fortress until afterwards and only then I saw that that the set folded in and had to buy off eBay. Didn't pay too much over the original price, but missed out there, with points, so this time I did my research and took a risk.

2024 is proving to be an expensive year....."

I had been on the fence about the Mountain Fortress in Series 1 but FOMO won out. Having now seen it built (by my son), I'm in awe. It's simply spectacular. Thank you for drawing attention to the fact that the Forest Stronghold is not closed. I will lean on that for easing my disappointment.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/482/Mountain-Fortress

will we get the pdf instructions here on brickset? the Lost City is beautiful (well, they all are. that one's just my favourite)

A bit late to the party but luckily the two sets I wanted were the Harbormaster set and the Art of Chocolate. Preordered both :)

If I had other Medieval sets then I would have been bummed that I missed the Forest set

Glad I got some Series 3 anyway, I got the Bowling Alley in Series 1. Completely missed the awesome Train Station set in Series 2 though :(

Sadly I missed out on the Forest set because I was at the Dentist. I'm still on the fence with the Camping one so I may just wait for the instructions to be published.

@Ephseb said:
"will we get the pdf instructions here on brickset? the Lost City is beautiful (well, they all are. that one's just my favourite)"

Still time to buy it, but I'm sure you can download the instructions when the sets are ready from bricklink whether you've ordered one or not, because I have for the ones I had to get off eBay without proof of purchase.

@Flopsy said:
"A bit late to the party but luckily the two sets I wanted were the Harbormaster set and the Art of Chocolate. Preordered both :)

If I had other Medieval sets then I would have been bummed that I missed the Forest set

Glad I got some Series 3 anyway, I got the Bowling Alley in Series 1. Completely missed the awesome Train Station set in Series 2 though :("

Bowling alley in series 1?

Methinks they are talking about 910013 which was part of the BDP a couple of years back

People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy.

@classicstylecastle said:
"People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy. "

Lightsaber GWP was sold out in a day

All five were an easy pass for me, but glad to hear the ordering process was much better this time for a lot of people.

@classicstylecastle said:
"People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy. "

At 5% of net sales, yes. It is of the order of ten times the average national wage.

@CCC said:
" @classicstylecastle said:
"People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy. "

At 5% of net sales, yes. It is of the order of ten times the average national wage. "

5% of 7.500.000 is a little bit more than what i make in 10 months....

Camping Adventure just sold out!

@DenDeze said:
" @CCC said:
" @classicstylecastle said:
"People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy. "

At 5% of net sales, yes. It is of the order of ten times the average national wage. "

5% of 7.500.000 is a little bit more than what i make in 10 months...."

I always wondered who the fans were who could afford to buy all these massive sets.

@CCC said:
" @classicstylecastle said:
"People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy. "

At 5% of net sales, yes. It is of the order of ten times the average national wage. "

I wasn't aware that the designer would get 5% of sales. Wow and to think that the same designer will have another set in series 5. There is another designer who has 2 sets is various series.

If that's true with the 5% then this pays probably better than working for LEGO as a regular designer?? just a lot less secure...

Interesting that only two sets have sold out this round, by now on the first series all of them were sold out or the ones that were not favorites didn't make it. Has the series lost its lustre? And the fact that the Castle set for the Forestmen has sold out first is a testament that Lego really should consider bringing back the Castle series???!!!

@bengal said:
"Managed to get them, with less struggle than last time on Lego's site!
Whew! I'm happy."

yes, it went much smoother for me this time as well...

@DenDeze said:
" @Flopsy said:
"A bit late to the party but luckily the two sets I wanted were the Harbormaster set and the Art of Chocolate. Preordered both :)

If I had other Medieval sets then I would have been bummed that I missed the Forest set

Glad I got some Series 3 anyway, I got the Bowling Alley in Series 1. Completely missed the awesome Train Station set in Series 2 though :("

Bowling alley in series 1?"

BLDP "Round 1" (Not to be confused with "Series 1")

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/designer-sets-for-adult-fans-of-lego/215741/Retro-Bowling-Alley

@kkoster79 said:
"Interesting that only two sets have sold out this round, by now on the first series all of them were sold out or the ones that were not favorites didn't make it. Has the series lost its lustre?"

This is not actually true as as the Bricklink Designer Program is so far 30 for 30 with regards to funding. Additionally, with regards to these first three Series, only 2 or 3 sets in each Series have "Quickly" sold out.

@Tom_Lux said:
" @CCC said:
" @classicstylecastle said:
"People dropping a casual £7.5million on the Forest Stronghold in under 4 hours must make someone's bank account happy. "

At 5% of net sales, yes. It is of the order of ten times the average national wage. "

I wasn't aware that the designer would get 5% of sales. Wow and to think that the same designer will have another set in series 5. There is another designer who has 2 sets is various series.

If that's true with the 5% then this pays probably better than working for LEGO as a regular designer?? just a lot less secure..."

Yes, incredibly lucrative if chosen. It is 5% of net sales, so they'll take off VAT/sales tax, shipping and probably other costs but still, it is a lot of money.

Especially for those with more than 1 successful submission! 4 out of the 5 finalists for series 4 (crowdfunding in Feb 2025) and 3 out of the 5 finalists in series 5 have had a set in previous series.

Seems like the hype is over, only 2 sold out

I'm a tad vague on what lost civilization (if any IRL one) the lost city is supposed to represent. The architecture doesn't obviously scan for any of the world's major past or present civilizations.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

@BrickAnomie said:
"Maybe I'm reading too much into it."

yes... some toys are fictional

regarding the hype being over, not much movement in the amount of orders and almost no more comments here...

@DenDeze said:
" @BrickAnomie said:
"Maybe I'm reading too much into it."

yes... some toys are fictional

regarding the hype being over, not much movement in the amount of orders and almost no more comments here...
"
That’s the case with most articles on the main site after 2 days.