Wonder Woman set available now!
Posted by Huw,
77906 Wonder Woman has just been listed at LEGO.com and, if you're in the USA, can be ordered now for $39.99. It will ship on October 1st.
Place your order while stocks last!
The link will lead to a 404 page unless you're in the USA, unfortunately.
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A limit of 3 per customer, that's stupid.
Should be a 1 per customer, now all the scalpers will have them brought in minutes.
Unbelievable.
I see the UK gets left behind as usual!! The only thing we've ever got as an exclusive is 8 Olympics minifigs!!
Even Canada is left behind, we’re basically US in the marketplace
Just placed an order for one. I imagine they won't last long.
For a global event, they make it US only and allow 3 per customer.
Got to put those Bricklink fees working.
Ridiculous to reduce availibility to the US
It’s a cool set, but not for $40.
@LegoRobo Etta Candy! If you Google Wonder Woman issue 6 you can see the cover this is based off. :)
I'm wondering how rare this set will be? I want to buy one for my collection if there is going to be a limited quantity, but if they are producing thousands of these and they end up being worthless, then I really don't care.
@Minifig290 said:
"A limit of 3 per customer, that's stupid.
Should be a 1 per customer, now all the scalpers will have them brought in minutes.
Unbelievable."
Minutes? They are still up. At 39.99 dollars a piece Im not so sure they are really worth that, especially since I do not think any of the pieces are figs are exclusive to the set. For 39.99 you really are buying the box the vignette came in. For DC collectors I can see it, as it is neat, and those outside of the US obviously will be skunked and want one, but I doubt they would want to pay anyone a markup for such a set that you could probably bricklink together.
Boy, I'm glad that this is horrible beyond words. I like the minifigures, but I do already have 5x Cheetah & 3 x Wonder Woman. Not hard to get. If there was one thing here - just one thing - that I wanted (say, one slightly tweaked minifigure like Darth Vader with printed shoulder pads) I'd be very, VERY unhappy. But not surprised at all: I do live in the UK, so it's only fair really.
One thing that did amuse me on May 1st was the American Lego YouTubers, absolutely outraged and screaming 'Discrimination!' because the UK got Lego DC Superheroes (3 whole sets.... wow) and Harry Potter on 1st May and those poor people in America had to wait... almost two months to buy these sets. "It's so unfair!" He screamed. I'll leave you to guess my response: if you live in the UK, you will know.
Not too big a fan of the set itself, but frustrated that once again, it's US-only.
Mostly curious to see how many are produced considering that this won't ship until October 1st. It would be great if those wanting one can get one at the $40 price.
Just ordered one! Not necessarily a DC fan, but have to love a vignette that has three female minifigs.
Looking closely at the Etta Candy torso, it has a printed necklace. Does anyone know if this is an exclusive part? The printed tile is exclusive.
I Bricklinked all the parts for last year's SDCC DC exclusive set, 77903 The Dark Knight of Gotham City, and replaced the exclusive 80th Anniversary tile with the Detective Comics 27 (first appearance of Batman) tile from 71026-16 Bat-Mite.
I really like the way they made the cloud/smoke thing Cheetah is riding on. Very cool.
Also love the recreation of a classic comic book cover, even though I didn’t know it before @Soupperson pointed it out. Would love to see that more often.
I’m not in the US either so can’t get it, but at $40 USD, I’m not sure I’d even want to. Really like the set though.
I grabbed 2, one to build and one to keep in box. I love that they made these available, without having to go to an event this time. They are always so expensive on the aftermarket, but I’m a collector so I still end up getting them one way or another.
I have a strong feeling that this one is NOT going be valuable however. I think that’s why they delayed shipment until October, so they can manufacture them to match demand.
I’m sucker for sets that are less for playing and more for display. That’s why I preordered one.
That would be cool
Keyword: would
(also why is it $40??? I'd say 30 is asking a bit much)
@The_Toniboeh said:
"why is it $40??? I'd say 30 is asking a bit much"
Comic Con exclusive sets are always priced at $40-$45. Attendees enter a lottery to "win" an opportunity to purchase these.
@Huw
Walmart also has pre-orders with Limit of 2 and an "ONLY AT WALMART" banner on the page.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-DC-Wonder-Woman-77906-Building-Toy-Model-Featuring-Wonder-Woman-Cheetah-and-Etta-Candy-255-Pieces/938776755
If anyone wants to trade for the Batman 77903 vignette, willing to order an extra one of these!
There is speculation that the upcoming 75294 Star Wars set is also going to be exclusive to the US. Hope it's not true.
@chesney107:
The UK (Daily Mirror promo) was also the only country in the world that got the Buzz Lightyear (30073-1) and Woody (30072-1) polybag sets from the first Toy Story run. I had to order both from Bricklink when it became obvious that they weren't going to release anywhere in the US. At the time, I got the last copy of one, and one of the two last copies of the other that were listed.
@LegoRobo:
They are, but Wonder Woman ditched the skirt less than a year after her debut, so if you want to be accurate to the comic cover, just leave that part off. The minifig has printed legs that are fairly representative of the style of shorts she switched to by the time she got a self-titled second series.
@Bycougars:
Based on the US getting exclusive access to these, I'd guess they're only releasing whatever quantities they produced for SDCC. Previous SDCC sets haven't really hit the same prices as SDCC minifigs, since _most_ of them can be recreated in their entirety (a couple printed 2x4 tiles and a green car roof are the only exceptions I know of), but a large part of that has to do with the sheer number of people who collect the necessary parts and list them without box or instructions (and subs for exclusive parts).
They're still available to order 3 hours later. Maybe they upped the production on them when they knew SDCC was cancelled? I can't imagine these will be worth a ton later. Especially when scalpers buy their limit of 3 and then a flood of them are listed on eBay in October when they ship out.
@willzilla said:
"I’m sucker for sets that are less for playing and more for display. That’s why I preordered one. "
I think I am just a sucker and that's why I preordered one!
Great to see that these (former) SDCC exclusives are being made widely available (or in the case of the Bespin Duel set, a Star Wars Celebration exclusive).
Lego has clearly ramped up production to make these more widely available. My question now is....when will the Marvel set drop??
For those complaining that this is U.S. only: yes, I get it. It sucks. But compared with the alternative of it being a SDCC exclusive, it *should* go for a fraction of the price on the secondary market.
To be frank though, I do wish Lego would stop doing convention exclusives altogether...or at least exclusive minifigs. It does nothing to build up the community.
@IanGoodchild:
Eh, I live in the US, and I totally got it. Things are a little crazy right now with supply chains, and a flagship event like SDCC being cancelled just threw a wrench into the gears.
@FuddRuckus:
It _might_ be. I can't find an exact match in either Torsos or Decorated Torso Assemblies on Bricklink. However, even if it is, it probably won't stay exclusive. That's a fairly generic print that will almost certainly get used elsewhere.
@riot_act:
Maybe most people just aren't aware that they're available. Or they're frantically trying to enter ten sweepstakes entries every half hour for the Supergirl minifig, and can't be bothered with trying to order something that will cost them money and fetch a lower price on the secondary market.
Sent an Email to Lego in complaint of the fact it's not on the Canadian website, even though it should be.
I'd encourage other do the same as; yes it's supposed to be available in Canada, but (again) it isn't even on the Canadian site...how fair is this?
And yes; I also know by the time they read/respond, the offer will be over, but they should get feedback on this.
@The_Chosen_1:
Are we sure that Bespin was SWC and not SDCC? They've done a lot of SDCC exclusive sets in the past, including the Sith Trooper bust last year, and the Millennium Falcon cockpit the year before. There might actually be another SW "exclusive" set dropping, in addition to both a Marvel set and a Marvel minifig from SDCC.
@The_Chosen_1 said:
"Great to see that these (former) SDCC exclusives are being made widely available (or in the case of the Bespin Duel set, a Star Wars Celebration exclusive)"
Hahahaha "widely" hahaha
@PurpleDave said:
" @The_Chosen_1 :
Are we sure that Bespin was SWC and not SDCC? They've done a lot of SDCC exclusive sets in the past, including the Sith Trooper bust last year, and the Millennium Falcon cockpit the year before. There might actually be another SW "exclusive" set dropping, in addition to both a Marvel set and a Marvel minifig from SDCC."
I wasn't sure initially, but Target lists it as "LEGO Star Wars Celebration The Bespin Duel 75294". Often times those early product titles/descriptions come directly from the manufacturer, so I think it's safe to assume it was meant as a SWC exclusive.
I know a lot of people are complaining why this isn’t been sold out of the US and has become US only exclusive. Well the show is in the US and normally you wouldn’t have access unless you came to the show. So I don’t think its unfair at all. Let’s also not forget that Europe got Double VIP points this year site wide in June/July and the US did not. And while we got 2X during May the 4th most of the larger bigger sets were already sold out due to closure of the factory in Mexico. I for one really wanted to get the Lego House, but that set hasn’t ever been sold in the US and was a Europe only exclusive.
its 2020 folks, let’s not complain about something that is out of our control during a global pandemic. So many more people have bought lego this year than ever before since people are stuck at home. Perhaps make friends with people across the pond and they will gladly pick one up for you and mail it to you.
I don’t even want this set, so if someone out there really wants it I’m happy to help.
Peace to all
I would buy this set just for the Box art. It's awesome!
It's outrageous and unfair! How can it be a LEGO set and not be available in other places? You know, there are DC fans not only in the USA
@PurpleDave said:
" @chesney107:
The UK (Daily Mirror promo) was also the only country in the world that got the Buzz Lightyear (30073-1) and Woody (30072-1) polybag sets from the first Toy Story run. I had to order both from Bricklink when it became obvious that they weren't going to release anywhere in the US. At the time, I got the last copy of one, and one of the two last copies of the other that were listed.
@LegoRobo:
They are, but Wonder Woman ditched the skirt less than a year after her debut, so if you want to be accurate to the comic cover, just leave that part off. The minifig has printed legs that are fairly representative of the style of shorts she switched to by the time she got a self-titled second series.
@Bycougars:
Based on the US getting exclusive access to these, I'd guess they're only releasing whatever quantities they produced for SDCC. Previous SDCC sets haven't really hit the same prices as SDCC minifigs, since _most_ of them can be recreated in their entirety (a couple printed 2x4 tiles and a green car roof are the only exceptions I know of), but a large part of that has to do with the sheer number of people who collect the necessary parts and list them without box or instructions (and subs for exclusive parts)."
Wow!!! I missed 2 polybags, while you get all these Lego, Action Figs, Funkos, & the rest of all the cool stuff we don't get!! All these companies have to realise the US isn't the only country in the world!!
Wow, that's... not cheap.
$40 isn’t overpriced if it’s going to be $120 tomorrow....
Let's only hope that the upcoming Bespin Duel set will not share the same fate.
@chesney107:
These weren't produced as _US_ exclusives. They were produced as _event_ exclusives. SDCC only happens in one location in the world, so that's the one place they planned to distribute these items. It didn't happen this year, but that doesn't mean they can just crank out more copies. We don't know if there are any contractual limits on this, but their production schedule is stretched extremely tight as it is, between diverting production in Europe to making face shields for the pandemic, and losing production capacity in Mexico. They have standing orders for product, and they're contractually bound to honor those orders if it's at all possible.
Think of it this way. The _ONLY_ reason people in the US can dial this up on a website and place an order for it is because hundreds of thousands of people are dying, and we're trying to prevent that number from shifting one digit to the left. This is (hopefully) a one-time situation, and going forward it will probably be business as usual (excluding the inevitable reveal of a Marvel minifig and Marvel set), where we can all go back to complaining that they shouldn't make highly desirable exclusives for conventions.
The only marketing decisions involved here were whether to find a way to distribute these orphaned exclusives, or scrap them, and whether to spend extra money redistributing the limited stock around the world that they'll never recoup. Trying to crank out enough to satisfy the world would do significant damage to a production schedule that's already in bad shape. Expect to see limited stock of any theme available come Christmas, _without_ trying to shoehorn in additional production of a set that was never marketed for worldwide release, and which doesn't even have any overseas retailers lined up. Could they do it? Sure. Is it a constructive use of their time, efforts, and money? Not so much.
I'm confused by all of those upset that a convention (NOT regional) exclusive is being made available in the country where it was intended to be released. If LEGO wanted, they could just destroy them and nobody would get these. Instead, they've chosen to let the nearby population have access. The sets are likely already in the United States and few were produced. It would be logistically prohibitive and less profitable to send them all over the globe at this point (also, packaging is specific and wasn't produced for other markets European, Asian, etc.). This wasn't done intentionally to anger/frustrate/disenfranchise the rest of the planet. They're just trying to make the best of a bad situation now that the event was cancelled.
@kkoster79 said:
"I don’t even want this set, so if someone out there really wants it I’m happy to help.
Peace to all "
i'll extend the offer too. if i can help 3 non-US lego fans, why not?
The one time it’s on LEGO.com... and it’s only in the US!
Not that I would have gotten this anyway. The figures are either in the CMF series or just bland, and the build doesn’t interest me anyway.
@PurpleDave said:
" @chesney107 :
These weren't produced as _US_ exclusives. They were produced as _event_ exclusives. SDCC only happens in one location in the world, so that's the one place they planned to distribute these items. It didn't happen this year, but that doesn't mean they can just crank out more copies. We don't know if there are any contractual limits on this, but their production schedule is stretched extremely tight as it is, between diverting production in Europe to making face shields for the pandemic, and losing production capacity in Mexico. They have standing orders for product, and they're contractually bound to honor those orders if it's at all possible.
Think of it this way. The _ONLY_ reason people in the US can dial this up on a website and place an order for it is because hundreds of thousands of people are dying, and we're trying to prevent that number from shifting one digit to the left. This is (hopefully) a one-time situation, and going forward it will probably be business as usual (excluding the inevitable reveal of a Marvel minifig and Marvel set), where we can all go back to complaining that they shouldn't make highly desirable exclusives for conventions.
The only marketing decisions involved here were whether to find a way to distribute these orphaned exclusives, or scrap them, and whether to spend extra money redistributing the limited stock around the world that they'll never recoup. Trying to crank out enough to satisfy the world would do significant damage to a production schedule that's already in bad shape. Expect to see limited stock of any theme available come Christmas, _without_ trying to shoehorn in additional production of a set that was never marketed for worldwide release, and which doesn't even have any overseas retailers lined up. Could they do it? Sure. Is it a constructive use of their time, efforts, and money? Not so much."
I agree with a lot of the sentiment in this, but the logic of the first part falters a little when you consider that SDCC is attended by a lot of people from outside the US. If the argument is that attendees can’t get these because SDCC is cancelled then they should be available to all who could, or would have attended. I’m from the uk and I was there in 2018. These should have been sold through the SDCC website on a raffle basis for those who had tickets for the cancelled event.....but then we all would have complained about that as well LOL. I suppose we should be glad anyone is getting to buy them, however the limit of 3 is frustrating but if someone outside the us wants one then scalpers are the only option so limit of 3 bizarrely helps that.
Maybe people are overestimating the demand for these--8 hrs later and I still see pre-order available.
@Superpabz:
Yeah, I was surprised when they didn't just use the existing structure to make these available during SDCC-at-home, as I understand many other intended convention exclusives were. Maybe the logistics (and cost) of having to mail _thousands_ of prizes worldwide made it too troublesome, or maybe they already had been contacted about running the giveaways in conjunction with this event.
Oh, one other issue, though, is that sweepstakes rules vary based on where you're located. I found out that almost every sweepstakes that's open to Canada is banned to residents of Quebec, because Quebec has some troublesome little law that makes it easier to just exclude them from eligibility than tailor the entire sweepstakes to comply with one set of local laws. Sticking to just the US means you've got one large market operating under a single set of rules, which just happens to be where the stuff is located. Now that I think about it, we don't even know if the SDCC promos are organized by corporate HQ in Billund, or if this whole thing is under Enfield's operation. If it's the latter, they may not be allowed to distribute them outside of North America.
And...that's a weird take on the Limit 3, but I can't disagree with that. Sure, some people might be able to find a single disinterested US resident who is willing to front the transaction pro-bono, or for minimal reward, but being able to order three copies means that anyone who actually wants one can easily pick up one or two extra copies to unload later, with the expectation of being able to cover their costs on the first copy. Walmart makes it even messier. Besides two from LEGO.com, you can order two more from Walmart. They may or may not strictly enforce their limits over multiple orders the same way I understand LEGO.com is these days, so you could potentially clean up on Walmart's site, if you thought the resale value was going to be high enough to be worth the risk. Given the Limit 3 vs Limit 2, they're probably not coordinating with Walmart to make sure people don't buy the limit from both sites. Probably.
@ra226 said:
"Maybe people are overestimating the demand for these--8 hrs later and I still see pre-order available."
I put forth this idea earlier, but I think they've ramped up production substantially on these. Keep in mind that it's a preorder that doesn't ship until October, which would have given Lego plenty of buffer from the time SDCC was canceled to a) decide on a wider release in the U.S., and b) ramp up the number of sets produced.
The same is true of the Star Wars Bespin Duel set. It's not likely Lego would be advertising it across social channels (and in the most recent catalog) if it was limited to just a few thousand.
@Bycougars said:
"I'm wondering how rare this set will be? I want to buy one for my collection if there is going to be a limited quantity, but if they are producing thousands of these and they end up being worthless, then I really don't care."
So basically you don't buy what you want and only what's limited?
@The_Chosen_1:
I really want to buy the Bespin set, so I hope it's not a flash in the pan the way all other RedCard exclusives have been. But the delay could be as simple as having to pack up and ship all of these sets from San Diego back to Enfield and sort through them on the other end. Shipping logistics are a bit wonky these days, and that's a 3000 mile drive, with an estimated duration of two days. You'd either have to send it with a pair of drivers who can switch off regularly (fairly rare), or your shipment would need to change hands between at least five drivers to make the trip. Food and medicine is a bit higher on the priority list these days. They may not be able to schedule a shipment for several weeks, and it may take a week or longer to make the trip.
On the other end of things, shelves have already been getting a bit bare of LEGO product, and I'm sure store chains have been seeing lots of delays in their deliveries. Producing more of these would require finding more time in a production schedule that's already in rough shape.
@Calvinw81 said:
" @Bycougars said:
"I'm wondering how rare this set will be? I want to buy one for my collection if there is going to be a limited quantity, but if they are producing thousands of these and they end up being worthless, then I really don't care."
So basically you don't buy what you want and only what's limited? "
I mean is there anything wrong with that? Just playing devils advocate. I only buy what I want.
I managed to get a friend of a friend to let me order to them in America. So I’ll have 3 in UK. Would be into trading. Duel on Bespin anyone? Oh wait same issue lol
@denn said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"I don’t even want this set, so if someone out there really wants it I’m happy to help.
Peace to all "
i'll extend the offer too. if i can help 3 non-US lego fans, why not?
"
And of course it’s still available today A full 24hrs later for purchase. Guessing nobody that’s complaining about it really wants it.
I ordered one and I am excited to get it! I love the super hero sets that use the actual comic book storylines as the source material (rather than the movies or TV shows.) And I really like display style sets like this as well as paying homage to an actual comic book cover. I would love to see LEGO do more comic book cover sets in the future.
@kkoster79 said:
" @denn said:
" @kkoster79 said:
"I don’t even want this set, so if someone out there really wants it I’m happy to help.
Peace to all "
i'll extend the offer too. if i can help 3 non-US lego fans, why not?
"
And of course it’s still available today A full 24hrs later for purchase. Guessing nobody that’s complaining about it really wants it.
"
Because all the complainers are Europeans who can't