BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 available for pre-order!

same here

first 'server error', then '405', now '404 not found'

I also watched the countdown for thirty minutes and then the website crashed. Brilliant………..

now '500 internal server error'

504 gateway timeout

Shock horror (not) - the website's crashed!

surprise error site down ... what do you expect when you allow 2 per person only encourages the scalpers who have youtube vidoes on the hauls they buy.,

hahaha best of luck to you all!

@Tuzi How do you know this?

Maybe the Bricklink hack was actually the bots setting up billions of fake accounts to scalp? Perhaps AI has set it's sights on LEGO domination as a path to world domination?

Servers were down, Then, somehow I got in in time to pre-order the castle, servers are down again, gonna have to wait to get back in to get the others. I was hoping to.

@wwward said:
" @Tuzi How do you know this? "

Some people in my discord managed to get the page to at least load and are reporting this

@Tuzi said:
"Site's dead and some sets (castle) are already at 80% only four minutes in. Scalpers are a blight."

Really?!

I was able to place an order for the Mountain Fortress, hang in there people & good luck !

How did they not build a queue system into their site to regulate traffic? I mean, this is pre-order 101 in 2024.

It took a few reload but I was just able to get in. Got the sets I wanted.

Mine started working fine after about 7 mins.

Ordered Castle, Western and Snack Shack!

Hope everyone is also able to get what they want

https://www.lego.com/en-ie/cart?product=9100030 to add the Snack Shack to your basket. Change the number to 9100031 for the General Store. Those are the only ones I wanted so try other numbers before and after those for the ones you are looking for.
Change the store location too, I'm using Ireland.

@Tuzi said:
"Site's dead and some sets (castle) are already at 80% only four minutes in. Scalpers are a blight."

Wanted to ask a question, I see it already answered multiple times. The castle being 80% sold out just in couple minutes is disappointing. If I can’t access the site, again, until it’s sold out… I may not even try during the next round

Site down this is ridiculous

I was able to order castle ..like literally 1 minute before it crashed.

Thanks for the direct links - was able to order a Mountain Fortress!

@patrickbrans said:
"Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030"

Thanks so much for the links! Just got the Castle!

@patrickbrans said:
"Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030"

Thank you so much for these links! Lifesaver!

Let’s hope the designers publish the instructions on rebrickable as that might be the only way to get access to these sets. does BDP stop them from doing that?

@patrickbrans said:

Thanks for the links, I got the Train shed

@patrickbrans said:
"Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030"

Thank you very much for this, it worked for me.

@MrBedhead said:
"Aaaaaaaaand..... the BrickLink site is dead. Not entirely surprised. They really need to get this under control"

Managed to order the castle already. Now more endless waiting for the General Store and the Shed. The direct LEGO links posted above seem to work but I do not want to risk LEGO canceling my order since I did not follow "the process"

Only the Mountain Fortress loaded for me after 12 minutes of refreshing, seems to be the same thing every time LEGO launches limited run items. You'd think they would have realized the internet demand by now... Even the reverse search through LEGO.com doesn't have the sets listed anymore.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Thank you very much. Could buy the Old Shed.

It worked! Thanks! What a chaos!

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

You are a saint...thanks so much!

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"
You are a HERO!!!!

Pathetic again...Server Error

Lego really needs to update to their IT Department.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

God amongst Minifigures!

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Awesome! Thanks. HERO OF THE DAY!! BrickSet community to the rescue. Nerds helping nerds to help nerds. So perfect!

Got Castle, Store, n' Shed.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Thank you!!!

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Thank you so much, this was extremely helpful!

Thank you for the links.

@MrBedhead said:
" @MrBedhead said:
"Aaaaaaaaand..... the BrickLink site is dead. Not entirely surprised. They really need to get this under control"

Managed to order the castle already. Now more endless waiting for the General Store and the Shed. The direct LEGO links posted above seem to work but I do not want to risk LEGO canceling my order since I did not follow "the process""

Not to worry, if you hover over the "Pre order at lego.com" button on bricklink's item page, it shows the lego cart urls posted above as the link it takes you to

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Thanks a lot!!

Well ..I just got a message from Lego that the castle is sold out even if they did confirm the order. I don't get it..really not. I'm expecting this will be communicating with server to update availability realtime.

Thanks LiamLime...using the links you provided I was able to get the Old Train Engine Shed, General Store and Snack Shack directly through Lego. The other two didn't really interest me. Thanks
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030 Snack Shack
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031 General Store
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032 Parisian Street
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033 Old Train Engine Shed

Will the instructions be available after the release or these are not that official LEGO sets?

I laughed out loud when I refreshed when the counter hit 0 and immediately had a server error message. Thankfully the page became stable within 5 minutes and I was able to add 3 items to my cart at LEGO and complete my pre-order. When I went back to BL to check how quickly sales were going I notice that it had crashed again. Good luck to everyone, and I hope you manage to get what you want.

I can confirm very few of the castle have been purchased. I got onto the page but it's frozen.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

You are my hero!
Waiting for the confermation, no wait, just got it!!!!!

Got the 3 I wanted. Time for bed. After 2am in Australia.
Good luck everyone hope you all get the sets you want.

@Simon723 said:
"Let’s hope the designers publish the instructions on rebrickable as that might be the only way to get access to these sets. does BDP stop them from doing that?"

Not sure if the program changed/will change, but I was able to get instructions for the castle in the forest set for free. I think it was from Bricklink. I followed a link from a blog after searching for instructions (can’t replicate because of their issues.) Hopefully they do the same for new sets

Thanks to everyone who posted the links! I'm getting the Engine Shed!

Used the links to preorder a single Engine Shed, Mountain Fortress and Snack Shack - just received the 'confirmation' email from Lego Shop

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

thx, ordered all of them (twice) didnt know this would go via the lego website

Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Thank you!!!! I managed to get the Parisian Street. You are amazing for posting this.

Man that was intense lol. got the 3 I wanted. Good luck all!

After trying for 15 minutes the site started to work and I got both the Old Train Engine Shed and Parisian Street that I wanted. :D But living in Finland, Lego.com sells them to me only at a much higher price, 259,95 € for the Train Engine Shed and a whopping 346,95 € for Parisian Street! :(

I think its outrageous for LEGO to add +40 € and +60€ for the price of such sets in order to get a "free" shipping just because of the longer distance. The EU single market should not be used like this! Does anyone else on some other corner of the world have similar experiences?

thanks for the direct links, almost ordered two train sheds, but realised the mistake just in time.

Didn't realise you got points with this. Yeah.

I couldn't get a single page to load even after 25 minutes. Did order through the links, but a bit scared that the orders weren't actually checking stock and might get cancelled. This is just too much.

@garethsmith72 said:
"surprise error site down ... what do you expect when you allow 2 per person only encourages the scalpers who have youtube vidoes on the hauls they buy.,"

Scalpers are annoying but 2 per person seems… like a very reasonable limit.

Yay! Managed to get 4 I wanted. Only managed via Edge and wifeys account though

@FlagsNZ said:
"5am here in NZ and I have had my order of the Old Train Engine Shed confirmed by LEGO.com. I did get the 404 error, but it then reloaded with the link to LEGO.com. "

Can we place the order via a different location as I cant get it from NZ?

By some miracle the page loaded for me after many reloads and I was able to order all the ones I wanted. My status on Lego.com was just changed to "Waiting For New Stock". Hopefully that means the orders are solid and will ship in July. Glad we get Insider Points for all this hassle at least. Too bad it was not also double points. I didn't notice until after i checked out that I ended up ordering 2 Shake Shacks by mistake I guess the link increased the QTY somehow and I didn't notice since I was so focused on completing checkout.

So it's 30k sets maximum. Flippers will get burnt

thanks got waiting for new stock on the train shed now so that's good news.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Thanks a lot!!

@pmercik said:
"So it's 30k sets maximum. Flippers will get burnt"

Millions of sea lions screaming in pain!!

I'm the 99th Comment which reflects my problems with the BrickLink site.

But, Mrs. StyleCounselor ain't one!!

Something weird happend with my ordering. Lego didn't recognise my username and password anymore and i had to order as a guest. Order went through though. So I may just missing out on the vip points. We'll see. Hope every honest lego fan got what they wanted and the scalpers were left with the scraps...

Direct links for the win! Thank you so much. Caught up in the hype, I added the Engine Shed and Mountain Fortress to my Snack Shack. I'd hate to miss those.

I did receive an out of stock notification for the Snack Shack, but that may be because it's a preorder.

30 minutes later and the site shows a server error. Time to outsource to a better provider and platform team - with a queue system.

@NB said:
" @FlagsNZ said:
"5am here in NZ and I have had my order of the Old Train Engine Shed confirmed by LEGO.com. I did get the 404 error, but it then reloaded with the link to LEGO.com. "

Can we place the order via a different location as I cant get it from NZ?"

Got my Snacks Shacks by using the LEGO link below.

Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033

Thank you for the direct links, @patrickbrans. Was able to pre-order the Mountain Fortress and the General Store.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Same here, have tried countless times to get site to load and nothing, but using the links I got the ones I wanted. Didn't want all 5, but got all but train shed, and I LOVE the snack shack so I got two.
Thank you so much!!!

The site is back up! Grab while you still can!

@fred157 said:
"I couldn't get a single page to load even after 25 minutes. Did order through the links, but a bit scared that the orders weren't actually checking stock and might get cancelled. This is just too much."

When the main page finally loads, it literally just links to the same URLs posted in the comments here, so there's no other part of the process that would be missing or not counting your order

Oh my goodness, it's like I was gonna win the lottery my heart racing so fast! Got mine though and btw the site doesn't show any even to the funded point yet (3,000) so don't lose hope if you didn't get in yet!

@zagrammen said:
"After trying for 15 minutes the site started to work and I got both the Old Train Engine Shed and Parisian Street that I wanted. :D But living in Finland, Lego.com sells them to me only at a much higher price, 259,95 € for the Train Engine Shed and a whopping 346,95 € for Parisian Street! :(

I think its outrageous for LEGO to add +40 € and +60€ for the price of such sets in order to get a "free" shipping just because of the longer distance. The EU single market should not be used like this! Does anyone else on some other corner of the world have similar experiences? "

In Switzerland, basically in the middle of Europe, the price is CHF 389 which is €414.

Well... at least Lego got the U.S. prices correct this time.

Last time was fun with the discounts.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

That's brilliant, thank so much.

My credit card payment kept failing after approving in my banking app. I thought it might be due to the castle going out of stock, so I tried removing it from my basket. Payment still failed, PayPal too. My debit card then worked before I noticed, due to panicking, I'd accidently added the castle back twice! Sorry to the person that missed out because of this.

@Tom_Lux said:
"Something weird happend with my ordering. Lego didn't recognise my username and password anymore and i had to order as a guest. Order went through though. So I may just missing out on the vip points. We'll see. Hope every honest lego fan got what they wanted and the scalpers were left with the scraps...
"

Call up Lego support and tell them what happened. When I purchased last year some Bricklink sets, a few of mine were bought under guest by accident and they transferred those VIP points to my account without a problem after talking to Lego support. You bought those sets, so you earned the points!

@LiamLime said:
"Please use the following links to directly add the items into your lego cart:
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030 Snack Shack
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031 General Store
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032 Parisian Street
https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033 Old Train Engine Shed"

Amazing! Thank you for posting this. I couldn't even get on the website, but these links worked perfectly and I got everything I wanted.

Thank you @patrickbrans

@StyleCounselor said:
"Well... at least Lego got the U.S. prices correct this time.

Last time was fun with the discounts."

I loved the error discounts! Ha

US here - all the sets are at like 30% capacity and I'm consistently able to get in now. Got my castle!

Finally got the Mountain Fortress, thanks all!

I was able to load the individual pages just now, except for the engine shed. The other four are all showing as funded.

I managed to grab one of the castles. I got an email from Lego confirming the purchase and my card was charged $400, but then I received an email from Lego saying it was out of stock. Is that because it sold out, and I didn't get one after all, or is that just because it's a preorder?

All five are now funded, and Mountain Fortress is about 1/3 of the way through its 30k.

@SA4153 said:
"I managed to grab one of the castles. I got an email from Lego confirming the purchase and my card was charged $400, but then I received an email from Lego saying it was out of stock. Is that because it sold out, and I didn't get one after all, or is that just because it's a preorder?"

It's because it's a pre-order.

Website seems to have cleared up and is working fine now

Site working now.

Mountain Fortress half way to max.

@LiamLime said:
"Website seems to have cleared up and is working fine now"

Yup, still a bit slow but at least working. All projects funded and Fortress already 50% sold out

@StyleCounselor said:
" @SirRobin said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?"

no. they do not."

Do you think they do this on purpose to: 1) piss us off; 2) build the idea of scarcity; 3) save money on tech infrastructure; 4) induce us to make quick, unquestioning, large purchases; and 5) to build hype?"

They build the website for normal traffic and don't beef it up for these rare huge-volume events. Other websites that do things like this have queuing functions, so only the right amount of people get in at one time for what the website can handle. Lego should do that as well, especially since this is becoming a quarterly thing now.

Snagged the Castle and Shed!, hopefully....

Didn't particularly want the Valentine's GWP. Maybe it'll end up being whatever GWP is at release in August, if applicable.

Now, to start planning how to MOD the Castle interior and the Shed exterior along the tracks, 'cause there's some sparseness.

Edit: Uh oh, now the Gen Store is eyeing me fierce.

I just went on Bricklink and the site works totally fine for me.
Funny, since I don't even intend to buy one of the sets this time.

@SA4153 said:
"I managed to grab one of the castles. I got an email from Lego confirming the purchase and my card was charged $400, but then I received an email from Lego saying it was out of stock. Is that because it sold out, and I didn't get one after all, or is that just because it's a preorder?"

It's because it's a pre-order! :-) don't worry!

@Duck_Bricks said:
"Shop.LEGO.com links for each set:

Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Train Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030"

You're right, these links worked and i was able to order. Are you the real duck bricks??? Keep doing your thing man.

@SirRobin said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @SirRobin said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?"

no. they do not."

Do you think they do this on purpose to: 1) piss us off; 2) build the idea of scarcity; 3) save money on tech infrastructure; 4) induce us to make quick, unquestioning, large purchases; and 5) to build hype?"

They build the website for normal traffic and don't beef it up for these rare huge-volume events. Other websites that do things like this have queuing functions, so only the right amount of people get in at one time for what the website can handle. Lego should do that as well, especially since this is becoming a quarterly thing now."

Hmm... I'm going to mark you down for a number 3.

That was a painful experience but I was able to pre-order the 2 I wanted.
Thank you for the links!

I actually expected some of the items to sell out faster than they are. Really surprised that 50 minutes in, only about 57% of the fortress had sold. I guess last time I participated the limit was 20k, so it'd've been coming close to selling out if it was 20k this time too.

Okay, not funny, After my order confirmation email , I got an Order Cancelled email...whew, thankfully it was for a little LEGO puzzle that was part of an order from last week. Not good timing LEGO haha

@LiamLime said:
"I actually expected some of the items to sell out faster than they are. Really surprised that 50 minutes in, only about 57% of the fortress had sold. I guess last time I participated the limit was 20k, so it'd've been coming close to selling out if it was 20k this time too."

You say 50 minutes in, but did it work for the fist 30?

Moving, moving, moving!
58% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress
45% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033 Old Train Engine Shed
44% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030 Snack Shack
27% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031 General Store
22% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032 Parisian Street

@OhBuy1Kenobi said:
" @LiamLime said:
"I actually expected some of the items to sell out faster than they are. Really surprised that 50 minutes in, only about 57% of the fortress had sold. I guess last time I participated the limit was 20k, so it'd've been coming close to selling out if it was 20k this time too."

You say 50 minutes in, but did it work for the fist 30?"

I thought the previous limits were 10K of each set?

@OhBuy1Kenobi said:
" @LiamLime said:
"I actually expected some of the items to sell out faster than they are. Really surprised that 50 minutes in, only about 57% of the fortress had sold. I guess last time I participated the limit was 20k, so it'd've been coming close to selling out if it was 20k this time too."

You say 50 minutes in, but did it work for the fist 30?"

I know, right

Every project is funded! Mountain Fortress is the furthest along and is about halfway gone. Already can't wait for the next series!

I see this program as the cousin to LEGO Ideas. While the BDP may have fewer submissions and a smaller audience (for now), LEGO can control what pieces designers use and ensure stringent requirements from the start. When the sets are approved for Production, LEGO doesn't have to go through a huge re-design process or contact any potential IP partners.

If LEGO continues to add guidelines and expands the audience for this program (bring voting and ordering over to LEGO.com) it's a win-win. They basically outsource design work, make models that are guaranteed to sell, and pull in a tidy profit along the way.

As well as the "backdoor" links already posted, it works perfectly well at 4.10pm if you go to bricklink, the choose the programs>current programs tab. It seem their server error was just going from one page on BL to another, not the link to lego.com.

No Technic, no cry :D I wish everyone good luck with their orders!

@sbpyrat said:
" @OhBuy1Kenobi said:
" @LiamLime said:
"I actually expected some of the items to sell out faster than they are. Really surprised that 50 minutes in, only about 57% of the fortress had sold. I guess last time I participated the limit was 20k, so it'd've been coming close to selling out if it was 20k this time too."

You say 50 minutes in, but did it work for the fist 30?"

I thought the previous limits were 10K of each set?"

It was 5k in the first couple rounds. They messed things up (shocker) so had to expand it to 10k.

It took a LONG time for some of us to get our sets.

In fact, my order for Series 1 was lost in the mail. Got a refund, but no sets. They only make enough to fulfill the pre-order. If there's any problem, you're SOL.

I got my one of each :)

A couple of snack shacks and a general store pre-ordered! :-)

@StyleCounselor said:
It was 5k in the first couple rounds. They messed things up (shocker) so had to expand it to 10k. ]]

Oh good memory!

@LiamLime said:
[[ @StyleCounselor said:
It was 5k in the first couple rounds. They messed things up (shocker) so had to expand it to 10k. ]]

Oh good memory! ]]

Yeah, I got lucky with that. I was on a severely delayed flight when it first went live and they sold out by the time I landed. I kind of wanted the Castle which had already sold 10K by accident, so it wasn't put up for the second sale day, but I REALLY wanted the fishing boat, which I was able to get on the second day.

After that round, I think they just did 10K for the future rounds if I'm remembering correctly.

I think that was more stressful than waiting until midnight for a set release to order.

Though it could be because I wasn't sleep deprived for the experience.

@Simon723 said:
"Let’s hope the designers publish the instructions on rebrickable as that might be the only way to get access to these sets. does BDP stop them from doing that?"

The instructions for past Bricklink Designer Program sets are just plain available. See https://www.bricklink.com/r3/designer-program/past/bdp-2021.page And for most of the ones listed there that didn't fund, the instructions are indeed on Rebrickable.

If you want any of this round of BDP sets, it looks like none of them have sold out yet!

That's exactly what I ordered. The second Snack Shack for a gift.

Not quite so bad as Castle in the Forest, but Mountain Fortress isn't going to last 6 hours, I don't think.

@sbpyrat said:
"
Yeah, I got lucky with that. I was on a severely delayed flight when it first went live and they sold out by the time I landed. I kind of wanted the Castle which had already sold 10K by accident, so it wasn't put up for the second sale day, but I REALLY wanted the fishing boat, which I was able to get on the second sale day.

After that round, I think they just did 10K for the future rounds if I'm remembering correctly."

I uh... I got the castle... and it's still unassembled in its box... turns out I don't have the space for it and back when I did have such a space I preferred to display the big lego pirate ship...

"In fact, my order for Series 1 was lost in the mail. Got a refund, but no sets. They only make enough to fulfill the pre-order. If there's any problem, you're SOL."

Which is weird, since they have cancelled orders...either by the customer or payment not going through. So what do they do with those? Seems like they should use them for orders that are lost, etc.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

You sir are a lifesaver! Thank you!

@dimc said:
"Not quite so bad as Castle in the Forest, but Mountain Fortress isn't going to last 6 hours, I don't think. "

I give it another hour. Seems to be at about 80%. Fully understandable, because especially the exterior looks absolutely awesome.

@vzarmo Thanks for letting me now! Granted, that it then is even more expensive in Switzerland, right in the middle of Europe! :( On the other hand, Switzerland does not belong to the EU single market, which in a way makes it more understandable. In any case, I feel You and You have my deepest sympathies here from the far north of Europe.

I'm expecting a lot of people to be disappointed by the (soon to be) sold out fortress when news of preorders starting spreads and people come from school, work, flights, etc.

Mountain Fortress 75% sold.

Good luck to everybody!

Holy bat poo, I was SOOOOOOO wrong on how Series 1 would go. This is crazy! Every set is already fully funded and many are already approaching the MAX. I apologize for my ignorance to all of you. But Yay BLDP. This is fun. :o)

@zagrammen said:
" @vzarmo Thanks for letting me now! Granted, that it then is even more expensive in Switzerland, right in the middle of Europe! :( On the other hand, Switzerland does not belong to the EU single market, which in a way makes it more understandable. In any case, I feel You and You have my deepest sympathies here from the far north of Europe."

But we have lower VAT than most of Europe and there should not really be any major import taxes, so the price should be lower. Yet, again, LEGO adds a 20% premium for Swiss customers. Because they know that people on average have more income here

@sbpyrat said:
""In fact, my order for Series 1 was lost in the mail. Got a refund, but no sets. They only make enough to fulfill the pre-order. If there's any problem, you're SOL."

Which is weird, since they have cancelled orders...either by the customer or payment not going through. So what do they do with those? Seems like they should use them for orders that are lost, etc."

I assume that's why the take payment authorizations beforehand. Nevertheless, you are undoubtedly correct. There must be some that get canceled for non-payment.

Yet, I still suffer the constant ache from lack of a kakapo. I had his room all set up. I had a name for him. Skux.

Secured my sets!

@MrBedhead said:
" @dimc said:
"Not quite so bad as Castle in the Forest, but Mountain Fortress isn't going to last 6 hours, I don't think. "

I give it another hour. Seems to be at about 80%. Fully understandable, because especially the exterior looks absolutely awesome.
"

It's definitely slowing down. I grabbed one to oppose Lion Knight's Castle, and Castle in the Forest will kinda be there off to the side. The upcoming Forestmen set will be a nice pickup for anyone who missed Castle in the Forest, and while it looks awesome, I doubt I can justify it.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

Brilliant, thankyou, especially as im stuck at work and cant remember my new bricklink login, one Shack on order.

Mountain Fortress 90% sold.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @sbpyrat said:
""In fact, my order for Series 1 was lost in the mail. Got a refund, but no sets. They only make enough to fulfill the pre-order. If there's any problem, you're SOL."

Which is weird, since they have cancelled orders...either by the customer or payment not going through. So what do they do with those? Seems like they should use them for orders that are lost, etc."

I assume that's why the take payment authorizations beforehand. Nevertheless, you are undoubtedly correct. There must be some that get canceled for non-payment.

Yet, I still suffer the constant ache from lack of a kakapo. I had his room all set up. I had a name for him. Skux."

I actually had one of my orders cancelled because my card number had changed...thankfully they were able to reinstate the order for me.

I am lucky enough to have the Kakapo...I haven't built him yet, but I look forward to having him on display!

Preordered the 5 sets.

Got myself a Mountain Fortress and a Snack Shack. I thought they'd go up later, so happy they were still available. No GWP though.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @SirRobin said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?"

no. they do not."

Do you think they do this on purpose to: 1) piss us off; 2) build the idea of scarcity; 3) save money on tech infrastructure; 4) induce us to make quick, unquestioning, large purchases; and 5) to build hype?"

I'm surprised Cap hasn't posted this as a poll. I would argue, though, that 2 and 5 are saying the same thing. I would therefore vote for choices 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. :o)

Other Notes:

*The Valentine bear fell out of my cart after I removed other sets before buying, yet it's still available. Additionally, I can confirm that it adds to Pre-Orders for normal sets. I am crying FOUL here!

*It appears the Mountain Stronghold is down to less than 2,000 sets after less than 2 hours.

* @StyleCounselor - I'm sorry that you are having kakapoo issues. Just note that it happens to us all.

* @Huw, @CapnRex101, @DrDaveWatford, @MeganL, etc. - jump in here! What if anything did you get?!?!

Moving, moving, moving!
90.32% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress
71.01% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030 Snack Shack
66.80% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033 Old Train Engine Shed
50.25% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031 General Store
39.20% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032 Parisian Street

@SmilingCyclops said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?"

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.""

Nice. To whom do you ascribe this razor, Hanlon or Heinlein?

One of my favorite quotes from Heinlein: "Two people can sleep well in a very narrow bed if they really want to."

Only 2,000 Mountain Fortress remaining.

@patrickbrans said:
"Mountain Fortress: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029
Snack Shack: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910030
General Store: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910031
Parisian Street: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910032
Old Train Engine Shed: https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910033
"

You are really amazing to update this. Very clever and smart. We will use the same code for June. Thank you so much to help other afols around the world. I am in Dubai and got them all, because of you!

@sbpyrat said:
[[ @LiamLime said:
[[ @StyleCounselor said:
It was 5k in the first couple rounds. They messed things up (shocker) so had to expand it to 10k. ]]

Oh good memory! ]]

Yeah, I got lucky with that. I was on a severely delayed flight when it first went live and they sold out by the time I landed. I kind of wanted the Castle which had already sold 10K by accident, so it wasn't put up for the second sale day, but I REALLY wanted the fishing boat, which I was able to get on the second day.

After that round, I think they just did 10K for the future rounds if I'm remembering correctly.]]

Spot on. BLDP Round 1 had a Max of 5000 sets. LEGO then claims they oversold the Castle in the Forest to 10,000. In order to make it fair to everyone (including the designers), LEGO reopened Round 1 so the other sets could go up to 10,000 too. For the following Rounds 2 and 3, the Max stayed at 10,000. Beginning with this "SERIES" 1, the Max is a clearly unattainable 30,000. lol :o)

It appears to be less than 1000 Mountain Strongholds left!

EDIT: Lol, I refreshed and the line slightly shifted left, likely back over 1,000.

I completely succumbed to peer pressure and snagged a Snack Shack as it is also about 80% sold.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @SmilingCyclops said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?"

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.""

Nice. To whom do you ascribe this razor, Hanlon or Heinlein?

One of my favorite quotes from Heinlein: "Two people can sleep well in a very narrow bed in they really want to.""

I have always heard it as Hanlon's; I wasn't previously aware of Heinlein's version! I've learned two fun new quotes today.

Got my copy of the Old Train Shed!

Congratulations to all who particitated in Series 1!

@SmilingCyclops said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @SmilingCyclops said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Do you think they do this on purpose to build the hype?"

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.""

Nice. To whom do you ascribe this razor, Hanlon or Heinlein?

One of my favorite quotes from Heinlein: "Two people can sleep well in a very narrow bed in they really want to.""

I have always heard it as Hanlon's; I wasn't previously aware of Heinlein's version! I've learned two fun new quotes today."

Except that I botched it. Of course, it's, "if they really want to."

Original edited.

@StyleCounselor said:
"I completely succumbed to peer pressure and snagged a Snack Shack as it is also about 80% sold. "

NO. Stop it. I refuse. Well, maybe. NO. Ugh, that line is moving into the red. NO. Well, maybe.

@yellowcastle said:
"It appears to be less than 1000 Mountain Strongholds left!

EDIT: Lol, I refreshed and the line slightly shifted left, likely back over 1,000."

Almost gone. Maybe only a few 100 left.

98.50% sold. - Only 450 castles left!

@yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"I completely succumbed to peer pressure and snagged a Snack Shack as it is also about 80% sold. "

NO. Stop it. I refuse. Well, maybe. NO. Ugh, that line is moving into the red. NO. Well, maybe."

I fell off the fence when I realized that it has 2 rats (flying beach rat and regular beach rat) shows the authenticity to the true Florida aesthetic.

LESS THAN 1K MOUNTAIN FORTRESSES REMAINING!!!!!

Mountain Fortress SOLD OUT!

Edit: Well, the bar graph is pegged, but the purchase button still appears functional. Is this another mistake like Forrest Castle? Hmm..

Sorry if this has been asked above - too much to try to read through... I'm trying to buy the Snack Shack, based in the UK, but it's taking me to Lego.com and showing a price in US dollar and I can't check out. It does show I'm logged in and my VIP points, so it knows it's me! Any advice? Thanks.

99.2% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress

Only 240 sets left!

@StyleCounselor said:
"Mountain Fortress SOLD OUT!

Edit: Well, the bar graph is pegged, but the purchase button still appears functional. Is this another mistake like Forrest Castle? Hmm.."

Or you should get a screen with a better resolution :p. I can still see some white at the edge of that bar. But yeah, 30k mountain fortresses sold in about 3 hours. Not bad.

@Igloo said:
"Sorry if this has been asked above - too much to try to read through... I'm trying to buy the Snack Shack, based in the UK, but it's taking me to Lego.com and showing a price in US dollar and I can't check out. It does show I'm logged in and my VIP points, so it knows it's me! Any advice? Thanks.
"

The issue is on lego's website, it's not got the right location for you. At the bottom of the page on lego.com, in the purple page footer, just under the LEGO logo on the left, there's a location selection thing. It'll probably say "North America" or something like that. Select UK from there.

@Igloo said:
"Sorry if this has been asked above - too much to try to read through... I'm trying to buy the Snack Shack, based in the UK, but it's taking me to Lego.com and showing a price in US dollar and I can't check out. It does show I'm logged in and my VIP points, so it knows it's me! Any advice? Thanks.
"

Go to the bottom of the page and change your location to the UK and then try again. LEGO website sometimes randomly switches your location (probably due to bad location management and cookies).

@followsclosely said:
"99.2% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress

Only 240 sets left!"

Where does it say the specific quantity? I only have the colored bar.

@MrBedhead said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Mountain Fortress SOLD OUT!

Edit: Well, the bar graph is pegged, but the purchase button still appears functional. Is this another mistake like Forrest Castle? Hmm.."

Or you should get a screen with a better resolution :p. I can still see some white at the edge of that bar. But yeah, 30k mountain fortresses sold in about 3 hours. Not bad."

Look, you can say what you will about me. But, you better show some damn respect to my crappy little phone screen!!! Have at you, sir!

@LiamLime said:
" @Igloo said:
"Sorry if this has been asked above - too much to try to read through... I'm trying to buy the Snack Shack, based in the UK, but it's taking me to Lego.com and showing a price in US dollar and I can't check out. It does show I'm logged in and my VIP points, so it knows it's me! Any advice? Thanks.
"

The issue is on lego's website, it's not got the right location for you. At the bottom of the page on lego.com, in the purple page footer, just under the LEGO logo on the left, there's a location selection thing. It'll probably say "North America" or something like that. Select UK from there. "

Thank you!

99.65% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress

Only 103 sets left!

Luckily, there's no chance LEGO oversells one of these type sets.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"..."

Or you should get a screen with a better resolution :p. I can still see some white at the edge of that bar. But yeah, 30k mountain fortresses sold in about 3 hours. Not bad."

Look, you can say what you will about me. But, you better show some damn respect to my crappy little phone screen!!! Have at you, sir!"

I am watching this on a 65 inch OLED TV, so that explains :D Downside of this, I cannot put that thing in my pocket.

@LiamLime said:
" @TheLastJedi said:
" @followsclosely said:
"99.2% https://www.lego.com/cart?product=910029 Mountain Fortress

Only 240 sets left!"

Where does it say the specific quantity? I only have the colored bar."

Best I could come up with is to right click the bar -> inspect -> select the tag with the class "bdp-progress-bar__bar" (not one of the two "-milestone" ones). Expand this so you see the child with the class "bdp-progress__progress". selec this child div. In another pane there should be a tab called "styles". If you select this tab it'll show a bunch of CSS code, one of which (likely the first) is element.style{...}. In there there's a parameter called margin-left, which is currently at 99.17%. This gives you the percentage.

I'm sure there's a less convoluted way to find this information but that's what I've used."

Never tell me the odds.

Only 78 castles left!

Mountain Fortress is officially sold out! After only 3 hours.

Don't worry though everyone, crowdfunding is open for another 21 days!

At the rate they're going, all 5 will be sold out by midnight UK time (5 hours from now).

While the Mountain Fortress is shown sold out on Bricklink, you can still add it to the cart using the lego.com link...

It looks like as if the two websites do not even talk to each other!

Sold out

@yellowcastle said:
"And just like that, it walked out of our lives forever.

Mountain Fortess
Feb 7 2024
You Went So Fast, Like Ricky Bobby"

.... and Sweet Baby Jesus.

@fy222 said:
"While the Mountain Fortress is shown sold out on Bricklink, you can still add it to the cart using the lego.com link...

It looks like as if the two websites do not even talk to each other!"

Exactly! So I believe many who bought by direct link will receive cancellations as soon as Lego verifies how the orders were placed. Last time they had to increase the production limit and doubled the numbers. I don't think they will do this again if it happens now.

@R0Sch said:
" @fy222 said:
"While the Mountain Fortress is shown sold out on Bricklink, you can still add it to the cart using the lego.com link...

It looks like as if the two websites do not even talk to each other!"

Exactly! So I believe many who bought by direct link will receive cancellations as soon as Lego verifies how the orders were placed. Last time they had to increase the production limit and doubled the numbers. I don't think they will do this again if it happens now."

I just tried adding the Fortress with the link and it did not work. Maybe there is a small delay in the communication between the sites, but I am not too worried about sets ordered via the direct link being cancelled. I am sure that LEGO actually has the stock numbers on its site and this is somehow synced with what is shown on the BL site.

@R0Sch said:
" @fy222 said:
"While the Mountain Fortress is shown sold out on Bricklink, you can still add it to the cart using the lego.com link...

It looks like as if the two websites do not even talk to each other!"

Exactly! So I believe many who bought by direct link will receive cancellations as soon as Lego verifies how the orders were placed. ..."

I doubt it as the url is identical whether you visit via Bricklink or not. Also how does the Bricklink site identify if you order 1 or 2 copies in LEGO.com. Presumably this information can only come from the LEGO.com purchases.

These are nice MOCs, but pricing and the design are so so.

For those with limited budget, check out the leaks for the Medival village and Snow White house coming next month to plan and decide accordingly.

@yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set.

The designer just earned $570,000 USD.

Get those Castle MOCs going for Series 5! :o)"

I wonder how that compares with most Ideas sets?

@StyleCounselor said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set.

The designer just earned $570,000 USD.

Get those Castle MOCs going for Series 5! :o)"

I wonder how that compares with most Ideas sets?"

Funnily enough, I tried to figuring that out this week when I was digging into what Ideas designers earn from sales (1% is what I found, less than BLDP Series designers at 5%). I think the consensus best seller is/was the Saturn V. I have to imagine that most "real" Ideas sets move tens of millions units.

@yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set.

The designer just earned $570,000 USD.

EDIT: Get those Castle MOCs going for Series 5! :o)

EDIT 2: $11.4M USD and they couldn't throw in the Valentines Day Bear/Dog."

No he didn't. That 5% will be calculated from the NET profit, not the gross sales. He will probably earn half of your figure but still impressive for only 3 hours.

I wondered why I couldn't get Stud.io to open...

Snack Shack 85% sold.

@StyleCounselor said:
"Snack Shack 85% sold."

Stop it.

@yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set.

..."

Not quite. 23% of the sales price paid by Irish customers goes directly to the Irish Government in VAT. Its the same elsewhere in the EU (where rates can be higher or lower) and no doubt beyond the EU where similar rules apply.

Should be only allowed to purchase 1 per person, so people many people buy more to sell on.

Mountain Fortress sold out now, Snack Shack also nearing maximum, with Old Engine Shed close behind.

@yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Snack Shack 85% sold."

Stop it."

I know. I'm a bad person.

Not even Sweet Baby Jesus can help me.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Snack Shack 85% sold."

Stop it."

I know. I'm a bad person.

Not even Sweet Baby Jesus can help me. "

I'm gonna scissor-kick you in the back of the head! Chip, I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew!

@dfenz said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set...."

Not quite. 23% of the sales price paid by Irish customers goes directly to the Irish Government in VAT. Its the same elsewhere in the EU (where rates can be higher or lower) and no doubt beyond the EU where similar rules apply."

Wouldn't revenue be tracked against gross sales, not net sales?

Edit: I'm becoming Professor Plum in this thread. Apologies to all. And to the plum. :o)

@twinvts16 said:
"Should be only allowed to purchase 1 per person, so people many people buy more to sell on. "

I suspect the limit of two is for households, if partners or kids each want one, it's easy to do. Yes, multiple people might have Lego accounts, and I don't think they crosscheck shipping addresses, but that's why I'd hazard they allow two.

@yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"Snack Shack 85% sold."

Stop it."

I know. I'm a bad person.

Not even Sweet Baby Jesus can help me. "

I'm gonna scissor-kick you in the back of the head! Chip, I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew!"

My God, this thread got violent rather quick!

@dimc said:
" @twinvts16 said:
"Should be only allowed to purchase 1 per person, so people many people buy more to sell on. "

I suspect the limit of two is for households, if partners or kids each want one, it's easy to do. Yes, multiple people might have Lego accounts, and I don't think they crosscheck shipping addresses, but that's why I'd hazard they allow two. "

I bought two Snack Shacks. One to build as is and one to mod with wheels and a towbar for my food truck collection.

@yellowcastle said:
" @dfenz said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set...."

Not quite. 23% of the sales price paid by Irish customers goes directly to the Irish Government in VAT. Its the same elsewhere in the EU (where rates can be higher or lower) and no doubt beyond the EU where similar rules apply."

Wouldn't revenue be tracked against gross sales, not net sales?
. :o)
"

Unlikely if by gross sales you mean inclusive of VAT. VAT is not accounted for as turnover/ sales. Think of it as LEGO acting as a tax collector for Goverments.

@dfenz said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @dfenz said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set...."

Not quite. 23% of the sales price paid by Irish customers goes directly to the Irish Government in VAT. Its the same elsewhere in the EU (where rates can be higher or lower) and no doubt beyond the EU where similar rules apply."

Wouldn't revenue be tracked against gross sales, not net sales?
. :o)
"

Unlikely if by gross sales you mean inclusive of VAT. VAT is not accounted for as turnover/ sales. Think of it as LEGO acting as a tax collector for Goverments.
"

My figures are based on 30,000 units sold at the U.S. sales price of $379.99, which would not include any tax. Does LEGO modify the sales price (outside/away from currency conversion) for Ireland and the EU in order to account for VAT?

Is this throwback Thursday? Serious case of déjà vu here.

@thor96 said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @dfenz said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @dfenz said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"LEGO just booked $11,400,000 USD revenue in 2 hours 59 minutes. On one set...."

Not quite. 23% of the sales price paid by Irish customers goes directly to the Irish Government in VAT. Its the same elsewhere in the EU (where rates can be higher or lower) and no doubt beyond the EU where similar rules apply."

Wouldn't revenue be tracked against gross sales, not net sales?
. :o)
"

Unlikely if by gross sales you mean inclusive of VAT. VAT is not accounted for as turnover/ sales. Think of it as LEGO acting as a tax collector for Goverments.
"

My figures are based on 30,000 units sold at the U.S. sales price of $379.99, which would not include any tax. Does LEGO modify the sales price (outside/away from currency conversion) for Ireland and the EU in order to account for VAT?"

European prices must be shown with vat included. So, every RRP price for Europe includes the vat by default. "

What was the EU price for this set and was it higher than strictly current conversion rates? LEGO pricing around the world gets confusing and makes my head hurt. :o)

@gylman said:
"They are nice sets, and I would have bought at least some of them, but having bought in previous series, my experience with these is that without quality printed instructions they are not nearly as much of a joy to have as a regular LEGO set of similar cost and quality. "

I had similar thoughts however the digital LEGO builder app and instructions surprised me in a positive way; ability to zoom, look from different angles etc.

My snack shack says “waiting for new stock “ on my Lego account - does this mean I’ve secured one. Sorry - it’s the first time I’ve ordered one of these and expected it to say “ pre order “ like in the original cart which said delivery 1/7/24 ?

@legospaceslug said:
"My snack shack says “waiting for new stock “ on my Lego account - does this mean I’ve secured one. Sorry - it’s the first time I’ve ordered one of these and expected it to say “ pre order “ like in the original cart which said delivery 1/7/24 ?"

You should be fine, don't worry.

@Elcascador said:
" @legospaceslug said:
"My snack shack says “waiting for new stock “ on my Lego account - does this mean I’ve secured one. Sorry - it’s the first time I’ve ordered one of these and expected it to say “ pre order “ like in the original cart which said delivery 1/7/24 ?"

You should be fine, don't worry."

Brilliant - thanks for the info :-)

Laughing at all of the people who wouldn't have otherwise thrown down $380 on the castle set do it because of artificial scarcity and fear of missing out. Will be laughing even harder when these sets are still lingering on ebay in a year with prices significantly under retail.

ONLY 1K SNACK SHACKS LEFT!!!!

Ok, I'm sorry, everyone.

I was a little over-caffinated today. That last one was for nostalgia. I'll get going to the gym to burn this off.

@AustinPowers said:
" @RoboticJesus said:
"Will be laughing even harder when these sets are still lingering on ebay in a year with prices significantly under retail. "
Going by previous experience with those Bricklink sets that came before I'd say the chances for that scenario happening are slim to none.

For example I ordered 910023 Venetian Houses last time at retail of 245 Euro.
The cheapest sold in recent months on ebay was around 300 Euro, and the most expensive almost 600 Euro! If I sold mine today (which is still MISB since I haven't gotten around to building it yet) I could net a handsome profit. "

As time goes on and bricklink sets getting more and more each year those extended pricings on the aftermarked will not keep holding i reckon. As for this round i dont understand the hype as i mentioned before. The prices are insane and for example that castle is just a boring grey block to me. The western set is pretty small, i wonder where all the pieces go same for the other sets exept the surf shack. The parisian street cant hold up with any of the modulars with that open back, which i like by the way. Since i have two daughters, p!ayability is key. Still, not a set for me.

The only one that appealed to me was the 'Old Train Engine Shed' but I didn't really have a location it would have suited (although it had better sell out soon otherwise it might find its way into my basket!)

However I'm certainly aiming to find somewhere for
'Brick Cross Train Station' and the 'Mushroom House' from the next round on June 1st!

The official prices seems ok, just that the regional prices are off the charts with these sets so have zero interests in them, even though they are nice builds.
Here the Mountain Fortress costs as much as Ninjago City Markets...

Sorry for the question, but where can you see the number of pieces remaining in stock? Yesterday many were saying that 1.000 pieces of the castle remained, then 450, then less than 100... How did they manage to have this data updated in real time? Is there a link where I can see the remaining stocks? Using the filler bar you can only make rough estimates. Many thanks in advance.

@lusci said:
"Sorry for the question, but where can you see the number of pieces remaining in stock? Yesterday many were saying that 1.000 pieces of the castle remained, then 450, then less than 100... How did they manage to have this data updated in real time? Is there a link where I can see the remaining stocks? Using the filler bar you can only make rough estimates. Many thanks in advance."

You can find out the remaining stock by looking at the page source. Each progress bar is a colour gradient and the remaining stock is blocked by a 'progress bar blocker', which is expressed in %.

Looking at the Old Train Engine Shed: it has a 'margin-left' property of 92.1111%, which means there's 7.8889% stock left (out of 30000). That would give you roughly 2366 sets left.
Same for Parisian Street. 47.6095% of the progress is blocked, so you've got 52.3905% of the stock left, which leaves you with 15717 sets still in stock.

Just open the page source (or Web Dev Tools in Firefox/Chrome) and look for the 'class="bdp-progress-bar__bar-blocker"' elements. They'll all have a 'margin-left' property expressed in %. (In case of the Mountain Fortress and Snack Shack these are 100%, which means sold out.)

Wanted the Mountain castle but under the weather and with 02:30 timing for me and work in the morning decided if it was available when I woke up great but if not I'd live. Sold out quick so bad for me but good for my bank account. I suppose LEGO just needs to sell more castle as demand is evidently there.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @lusci said:
"Sorry for the question, but where can you see the number of pieces remaining in stock? Yesterday many were saying that 1.000 pieces of the castle remained, then 450, then less than 100... How did they manage to have this data updated in real time? Is there a link where I can see the remaining stocks? Using the filler bar you can only make rough estimates. Many thanks in advance."

@LiamLime mentioned this above, but you can right click on the progress bar and select 'inspect'. From there, you can find the precise percentage progress of the bar and calculate the number of sets remaining. @LiamLime gave the full method, which you can find earlier in the comments. There may be other ways to find out too."

@Capnrex101 - well, did you get anything? :o)

@CapnRex101 said:
" @yellowcastle - Yes, I ordered the Mountain Fortress. I am still not wholly convinced by the BrickLink Designer Program, as most models lack the polish of a conventional set, but I could not resist a counterpart to 10305 Lion Knight's Castle!"
I have only built the bowling alley, Studgate, and the Sheriff’s Safe so far but I’ve really enjoyed each of them. For those of us without the time or talent to do some of this ourselves, it’s been very welcome. I’m already making room in my city for the train shed but I’m unfortunately going to have to reverse it. The question is if I’m talented enough to be able to do that, lol. :o)

Those who are still thinking of getting the Train Shed should not wait too long. Have been following up remaining stock a few times during the day, and at the going rate I would expect this to sell out by 8-9 PM GMT today, possibly quicker.

Parisian Street is only 50% gone, with the General Street about 2/3 gone.

The Old Train Shed is getting close to selling out!

Still baffled by this entire programme. Just make these things and sell them FFS. Why all the nonsense?

Old Train Shed sold out now! Still baffled about the Parisian Street not being that popular...

just departed on track 3: The Old Engine Shed!

@wwward said:
"Old Train Shed sold out now! Still baffled about the Parisian Street not being that popular... "

For me, it was a lot of money for unfinished buildings. I just really couldn't find a home for that, or for the Venice BLDP set for what they would cost.

Premiere expériience avec le BDP . Heureux résultat pour ma collection , je les ai tous achetés . Mon porte-feuille pleure mais son propriétaire est heureux.

Any chance of them adding more to the run? I totally forgot about them yesterday and obviously the fortress was sold out by today

@Volfogg said:
"Any chance of them adding more to the run? I totally forgot about them yesterday and obviously the fortress was sold out by today"

I'd say it's fairly unlikely, tho precedented as they increased it from 5k to 10k that one time, granted it was ostensibly to account for a mistake on their side, and also before the lego acquisition.

I think the sets will certainly be available on the secondary marketplace and likely not at huge markups compared to current prices (once everyone has received their sets, the first few days when the sets start arriving will see silly prices as usual.) I say this simply because there are 3x as many sets being made as in previous rounds and the prices for those previous sets stabilised at no more than 2x retail. For the fortress there are also a number of similar sets in upcoming rounds, some of which will have gone through preorders by the time these sets ship and become available on the secondary marketplace.

So I think you'll have a chance to get the set from the secondary marketplace at a not totally unreasonable price a few weeks after they start shipping. Best of luck!

@LiamLime said:
" @Volfogg said:
"Any chance of them adding more to the run? I totally forgot about them yesterday and obviously the fortress was sold out by today"

I'd say it's fairly unlikely, tho precedented as they increased it from 5k to 10k that one time, granted it was ostensibly to account for a mistake on their side, and also before the lego acquisition."

LEGO ran rounds 1 thru 3 as well, but excellent take on the likely secondary prices. I agree.

@wwward said:
"Old Train Shed sold out now! Still baffled about the Parisian Street not being that popular... "

No back = no greenbacks.

We've all been spoiled/conditioned by modulars and their related counterparts.

Many of the target group of BLDP consumers are the AFOLs and outside the normal group of Lego consumers. AFOLs are rapidly running out of time, space, and perhaps, money. Thus, they can only justify a large purchase of something that fits into a scheme. Most of those schemes are off shelves, and require the set to look finished from all sides.

Idk why, but these don't feel like Lego sets anymore, they look like a ton of effort was put into making them by the original designers and then by Lego (I think, idk how this series works) to make them into production sets, and I applaud all of them, everyone here seems happy about it. But they are just so complex now that I just don't see them as Lego and instead like a dollhouse or something.

I dunno, if I were to have the space for a full Lego city, it would all be much more classic style, houses that take up half a baseplate and 4 wide cars. It's a bit like in Minecraft now where "starter" houses are massive off grid crazy buildings with extreme detail and a palate of 18 blocks.

@legospaceslug said:
"My snack shack says “waiting for new stock “ on my Lego account - does this mean I’ve secured one. Sorry - it’s the first time I’ve ordered one of these and expected it to say “ pre order “ like in the original cart which said delivery 1/7/24 ?"

"Waiting for new stock" means your order has been accepted. It won't change again until it says "in the warehouse" when they start shipping the orders.

@wwward said:
"Old Train Shed sold out now! Still baffled about the Parisian Street not being that popular... "

I think it fits in a niche that hurts it some. It is similar to a modular, but it is open backed. There have been a lot of modulars and similar buildings released over the years so fans of those aren't wanting for options. It is also the second most expensive set in this wave.