BrickLink Designer Program round 2 crowdfunding begins now!

And down already. Or at least struggling.

i cant even get onto the main page.

Done and dusted for the windmill and aquarium. Glitched first time but reloaded and worked fine. Just have to hope they get through 3k in the first 5. Much better than last time!

Looks like Windmill and Bowling Alley is running away with it. Really hope the Venice one makes it!

Says added to bag - nothing in bag!

People better hurry, it barely started and the numbers are increasing fast. Got the Lego Store, Bowling Alley, and Venician Houses, although I'm not sure this last one will make it.

Expensive order all in all too...

Same here! So frustrating...

I am not able to get some of the sets into the shopping cart. Anyone figured out any tricks?

@besch64 said:
"My buying experience was very smooth, aside from about a minute of unresponsiveness from Bricklink when trying to sign in.

I ordered one each of the Windmill and Ruined House. At the current rate, looks like maybe only the Windmill will make it to production of those two. That would be a shame, since the Ruined House is probably a top-5 Ideas set in recent memory for me.

The Venetian Houses and Bowling Alley are tempting, but I think it's best to restrict myself to two sets per round to save my wallet the agony. Already looking forward to the Chalet and Observatory next round!"

Those are my top 2 next one as well.

I was dithering about the windmill, but decided not to bother. Ordered the Bowling Alley though, and I might go for Venetian Houses as well.

A bit of lag logging in, but otherwise a smooth ordering process.

I am getting error after error, frustrating experience…

Things worked out well for me, but I grabbed my Windmill right at 2:00, and was able to be redirected to Lego before Bricklink crashed the first time briefly.

Best of luck to everyone else!

Keeps saying I don’t have anything in my bag!!!??? This is getting really annoying. Really want the Lego Shop…. Been trying since 8…..

Went for the Bowling Alley this time. It also looks to be like it could have been made by Lego themselves, and doesn't have that 'MOC look'.

Apparently people are reporting that some sets are working (Bowling) and others are giving them trouble (Venetian). Lego needs to fix this.

For giggles I tried to order windmills and hat worked perfectly… maybe Lego really don’t want to do the Venetian houses!

I ordered the Bowling Alley without problems, but Venetian Houses won't add to my bag.

It seems to only work when local in URL is /en-us/. How frustating, only people in US seems to be able to get through....
Now 5 minutes later it worked at least for /en-nl/. Placed my (pre-)oder for Venetian house and the Modular LEGO Store.

No problems getting the sets I wanted at the start time (Houston TX area). Very relieved. May everyone get their sets as easily.

Bug and bugs. And it affects the first 5 sets to reach 3000 if some can't be ordered.

I tried to add the LEGO Store and Venetian house for Slovakia and it would not add it to the cart. It added the Aquarium. I was able to order from the USA store and will get from my father later. Sucks so many people are having issues. Would love to have it shipped to me in Slovakia but I wasn't going to risk missing out if they fixed the glitch later.

Maybe round three will be better.

Best of luck to all trying to get the model they want.

Ooooh finally, just got Venetian Houses to work after about 2000 tries!
Had it in bag a couple of times but then got a payment error. Tried not clicking apple pay initially and going through all the screens then clicking apple pay at the end and success.
Hope this helps some people :)

It’s now worked for me on the Lego Shop. Good luck all

To get Venetian Houses, I logged out of Brickink, clicked pre-order from Lego whilst logged out , it then asked me to log in to Brickink, then it added it to basket. See if that works in the UK for anyone else! ORDER PLACED

Order went through no problem for the Lego Modular. Surprisingly easy in fact.

Couldn't add lego store. Added bowling alley; then added lego store ok. Then deleted bowling alley = one lego store ordered. Go figure!

All of a sudden the orders went through. Managed to get the LEGO store and Venetian Building. They both seem to be going well

Finally managed to get it in my bag, then used express checkout rather than checkout, and it went through!

One failed attempt but second time went through.

Has anyone been charged already? I thought it was supposed to happen only when shipped Q2 next year???

ok, my order is in....now i wait to see if my picks make it.

My husband changed browsers to google chrome and we were able to order where as before the sets weren’t going into bag.

Managed to order the ones I wanted. had troubles with Venetian and LEGO houses that did not add to cart properly. Then Had issues after being added to cart where asked me to login. Tried in another computer and worked.

Finally managed to order Venetain Houses.

@Nicolas62 said:
"Has anyone been charged already? I thought it was supposed to happen only when shipped Q2 next year???"

I managed to get an order in for two sets after 30 frustrating minutes and the total amount has already been charged to my creditcard

@Nicolas62 said:
"Has anyone been charged already? I thought it was supposed to happen only when shipped Q2 next year???"

I ordered using express checkout through paypal and it took the payment authorisation immediately.

Put in for a bowling alley and a clockwork aquarium. We'll see what happens! A few minutes of error messages but smooth as butter once BrickLink actually loaded.

Loaded pretty well for me! Ordered the three with modular-style sidewalks

The Aquarium keeps hovering around 5th and 6th place, really hope it makes it. I really did want to get two of them but it looks like they did put a hard limit of one per customer this round. :(

It took 15 (!) attempts before Venetian Houses was accepted. At number 4 currently.

Lego Store is first funded. I ordered the Bowling Alley and Clockwork Aquarium.

aquarium ordered no problem, hope it makes it through

Lego store funded.....

The modular store is about to make it!

Edit: It's in!

what are the limit..is it one per set?

The cheap ones are not doing that well.

I could manage to get the Venice houses over to lego.com. But lego.com did not recognize me being logged in there. But I could use the PayPal button to pay. Only thing I got is an email from PayPal saying that I have send money to LEGO. Am I save now? How could I get VIP points for this order to my regular lego.com account ... again a mess all over :-[ ... This is how AFOLs/VIPs are treated by the wealthyest toy company of the world.

Yep - 1 per bricklink account

Oh oh... After all my complaining it somehow added the sets twice to my account now despite it saying you can only order 1 set per household. Am I going to get the Venetian and LEGO store twice now or will this error will be fixed automatically. Coul I get stuck with the moral dilemma on contacting LEGO about this error or keep quiet and scalp these sets thus becoming the thing I despice myself... Oh the things LEGO puts us through.

@ogel_chicago said:
"Yep - 1 per bricklink account"

that is very good!

@Nicolas62 said:
"Has anyone been charged already? I thought it was supposed to happen only when shipped Q2 next year???"

Pretty sure they only do a quick pre-authorization on your credit card. It should disappear in a few days.

I ordered the Clockwork Aquarium. It's currently in 5th place but it looks like it might be close. The top four look pretty certain.

Ordered the LEGO store, mountain windmill, bowling alley, Venetian houses, and clockwork aquarium. I assume these will be the 5 that get funded since they're the best ones, but we'll see.

@HoMa said:
"I could manage to get the Venice houses over to lego.com. But lego.com did not recognize me being logged in there. But I could use the PayPal button to pay. Only thing I got is an email from PayPal saying that I have send money to LEGO. Am I save now? How could I get VIP points for this order to my regular lego.com account ... again a mess all over :-[ ... This is how AFOLs/VIPs are treated by the wealthyest toy company of the world."

Same here. I opened my Lego account in a different window and it was there on my order page :)

Does anyone remember when this round is supposed to ship? Round 1 shipping is up to June so guessing October ish?

Seasons Calendar ordered. Good use of some VIP points.

Only was interested in Science Adventures but looks like 5 other projects easily make it before that one.

20 minutes of refreshes and frustration in 2 different browsers then cleared the cache in Chrome and it all worked 1st time... so frustrating!

Pretty close on Clockwork Aquarium @ 1,313 preorders vs Seasons in Time Calendar @ 1,148 preorders, but the former is slowly pulling ahead.

@HoMa said:
"I could manage to get the Venice houses over to lego.com. But lego.com did not recognize me being logged in there. But I could use the PayPal button to pay. Only thing I got is an email from PayPal saying that I have send money to LEGO. Am I save now? How could I get VIP points for this order to my regular lego.com account ... again a mess all over :-[ ... This is how AFOLs/VIPs are treated by the wealthyest toy company of the world."

Had absolutely no issue ordering. Just needed to log in to bricklink and my vip account before checkout.

@MVives said:
"Pretty close on Clockwork Aquarium @ 1,313 preorders vs Seasons in Time Calendar @ 1,148 preorders, but the former is slowly pulling ahead."

How do you see how many orders each has?

The Venetian buildings have now overtaken the bowling alley and moved into third.

[Edit: and they have swapped places again ... so they must be running very close to each other]

I did all this ... logging in to both websites ... ended up in an anonymous order at lego.com :-(

Was able to order a second set of choice by not being logged into lego and checking out as a guest.

I pre-ordered the Modular Lego Store, the windmill and the Venetian houses. The last one I really wanted and seeing how well and fast the other two were getting pre-ordered, I just couldn't resist.

Awesome... Had Modular LEGO Store in cart, was about to pay, but received error about empty cart... Aaaaand Modular LEGO Store is sold out in my region... :/

I bought the modular store, I'll probably end up getting a couple more (definitely the bowling alley, most likely the windmill). I was hoping to get the calendar but I don't think it will make it to the top five.

These did not sell out as fast, so if you weren't able to purchase right away, you'll have some time, the only one to hit 3,000 so far is the Lego Store.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @minecraft_lego_mom said:
"Was able to order a second set of choice by not being logged into lego and checking out as a guest."

You do realize that's a good way to get backlisted forever by LEGO, right? They can track it even if you check out as a guest. (IP address, bank info, etc.) If blacklisted, you can't buy from Lego official sources again, online or off, and they own Bricklink now too. (So it could be that you'd be banned there too!)

I'd be very careful playing with this kind of fire."

So how will they deal with the lag issue and accidental multiple orders? I lagged when submitting my order payment.. it hung forever. SO I tried refreshing and it went away with no email confirmation. Tried again ordering two at a time of the 4 I wanted, and both of those went through.

Now I have one order with all 4 and two separate orders with 2 each. Tried to call and tried to contact them via chat to fix and its all a mess.

Anyhow.. I doubt they will ban me for that if it wasn't the intent... at least I hope not

Got the LEGO Store and the Venetian Houses. Would love to get the Quest Builder, but as someone who already has at least two of every Heroica set and countless Heroica MOCs in various stages of competition, I sadly can’t really “justify” it.

One down, four to go at this point. Four of the five seem set (Lego Store, Windmill, Venetian Houses, Bowling Alley) and it'll be awhile until we find out the fifth. The only one I wanted was the Aquarium, so that's what I ordered.

No trouble ordering what I wanted. Not even sure I wanted everything I bought, but one gets into a kind of frenzy. Damn, that's about $1000 gone.

Ruined House and Venetian Houses orders placed with no problems. Oddly I already have the Lego confirmation email for the Venetian Houses which was the second order.

35 days to go for the Ruined House to make it to the magic number ;-)

@R0B0B0B0R said:
"Awesome... Had Modular LEGO Store in cart, was about to pay, but received error about empty cart... Aaaaand Modular LEGO Store is sold out in my region... :/ "

This time around the regions must be even more localised than last time. The LEGO Store is still available most places in europe west of Germany as I type.

LEGO.com booked 2 Windmill orders for me too due to the glitching. I just dropped a request to customer service to cancel one.

All a bit samey for my tastes. I'm not a model building guy, so most of these are not interesting. Kudos to those that do like them and good luck ordering. Looks like plenty left as of writing.

Got a copy of Venetian Houses easily - some slow down at the beginning, but totally within reason.

FYI - for anyone who has no yet ordered, I noticed that the charge authorization policy has CHANGED since Round One - I don't know if this is LEGO or PayPal, but thought I'd share this info as we all prepare our wallets for the holiday season...

Here's message I got after Round One in July from the official order confirmation sent from LEGO:
"If your order was paid using a credit card, debit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, or gift card, we will be authorizing it shortly, yet no charge will be made until your order ships. ..."

And here's the message that I just got today after ordering in Round Two:
"If your order was paid using a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, or gift card, we will be authorizing it shortly, yet no charge will be made until your order ships. If you used PayPal, you’ll be charged immediately for your order, and we’ll receive payment once your item(s) are available in the warehouse. ..."

Can you use VIP rewards for these sets since the checkout is through Lego.com?

@Paperballpark said:
"What I don't understand about the Lego modular is that it's meant to be a modular, but the Technic 1x2 bricks on the sides of it are set back by one stud, so it can't connect to other modulars!"

Yeah, I noticed that when I watched the video just now. I don't understand it at all! I guess you could get the 3-long pins, but that seems silly. I appreciate the design on the upper windows, but there should have been a better solution for the ground so that it is actually... you know... a compatible modular building. It'd be an easy fix if you're going to have buildings on both sides anyway, just add your own 1x2 bricks with the technic pin hole outside of the ones in the set's design.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @minecraft_lego_mom said:
"Was able to order a second set of choice by not being logged into lego and checking out as a guest."

You do realize that's a good way to get backlisted forever by LEGO, right? They can track it even if you check out as a guest. (IP address, bank info, etc.) If blacklisted, you can't buy from Lego official sources again, online or off, and they own Bricklink now too. (So it could be that you'd be banned there too!)

I'd be very careful playing with this kind of fire."

Whoa! Them's fightin' words! You going to tell me you always play by the rules? I don't turn around and sell my Lego sets for ridiculous amounts of money. I build them and give them as gifts. In this case, I honestly don't think it will matter, as the set i purchased twice will most likely not be funded.

I was actually able to log in at about 2:15 this time, unlike the last round where I couldn't even load the site until 40 minutes later (and everything I wanted was gone).

This time, I don't want anything and I got right in to check the levels..hmm *shrugs*

Some neat MOCs here, but for the prices I will MOC something else and call it good. I do like the interior of the Bowling Alley and the exterior sign, but since I never look in my modulars the whole appeal is lost on me (unless I build it open back and roofless like the new apartment sets).

Mountain Windmill is now fully funded.

Windmill now funded, just under 3 hours. Modular funded in about 40 minutes? Venetian and Bowling are at the cusp.

Pre-ordered the Venetian Houses, no problems at all. Everything went smooth without a hitch.

I'm glad the final price turned out to be a better deal than what was first rumored.

@Biggie_Bricks said:
"The tastes of online lego fans never fail to confuse me. How is the lego store model so popular? It looks like it was made in 2005, but it's plain even by those standards. Compare it to 10190 -- an official modular that was also a fan-made creation in 2007. No contest as to which one is better"

I think it might be the price point too that is appealing to some, as it is ‘cheaper’ than several of the other buildings on offer.

Tempted to pull the trigger on the Bowling Alley but am curious, given that the order is made through the usual Lego website, can you cancel it at any time up to the point your money is taken?

Is anyone still mad at how many castle sets were allocated to scalpers? It was sold out in 40 mins. Look at the sets in this round.

@chrisaw said:

I think it might be the price point too that is appealing to some, as it is ‘cheaper’ than several of the other buildings on offer. ]]

I'm sure that's definitely part of it, but it doesn't explain the big lead it has over the windmill

Wow, the Bowling Alley just shot up and overtook the Venetian Houses! Now funded too.

With the previous demand for Castle in the Forest, it is bewildering to see Quest Builder in last place.

I feel compelled to justify my buying of the Lego Store modular. I don’t know why!

I like it. For me it has an ‘Apple store’ look. The only Lego stores I know are in a shopping mail. I think it has a place in a lego city. I was also interested in the bowling alley but it need more space and it costs more.

Can Aquarium hold on for 5? :o)

@ShinyBidoof said:
"I agree. The design of the front is dreadful. I'm certain no Lego store I've been in had a 10' high door that looks like you would need arms like The Rock to open and a Pick-a-Brick wall that needs a cherry picker to reach the top containers."

The LEGO store here in NYC (Rockefeller Center) looks not unlike the one in the model.

I’m surprised the Ruined House is lagging behind so much at this point.
I think it’s one of the best of this round

So none of these sets will include printed instructions, but I don't see any word on the site about what sort of boxes they'll be coming in. Does anyone know if these will have their own printed box?

I see people complain about the doors, but they were fairly gigantic at my last Lego store. Maybe not as wide, but certainly taller than usual. Plus you were entering from a glass-covered side. So the look of the Lego Store isn't too bad, and will certainly fit in a more "modern commercial" part of the street, with maybe the Daily Bogle?

This time around things seem to have moved at a much more reasonable pace. I'm happy that the three I wanted to buy are among the five that were funded, sorry for the ones that didn't make it because they were all interesting projects, intrigued by the fact that the Castle sold out so much more quickly than any of these, and relieved that the purchase limits and maximum numbers of each set are so much more reasonable than they were when round one opened up.

Meanwhile, the website says that "PDF building instructions will also be made publicly available when sets begin shipping."I wonder--does that mean available to people who *didn't* purchase the sets? Perhaps even (since all these projects were reworked to involve currently available parts) instructions for all the sets, not just the ones that were funded? I sure hope so--that would be great!

@dfenz said:
" @R0B0B0B0R said:
"Awesome... Had Modular LEGO Store in cart, was about to pay, but received error about empty cart... Aaaaand Modular LEGO Store is sold out in my region... :/ "

This time around the regions must be even more localised than last time. The LEGO Store is still available most places in europe west of Germany as I type."

Yes, Germany and countries to the west or north were OK, but anything to the east or south (including Italy or Switzerland) were done :/

@unslipped said:
"Got a copy of Venetian Houses easily - some slow down at the beginning, but totally within reason.

FYI - for anyone who has no yet ordered, I noticed that the charge authorization policy has CHANGED since Round One - I don't know if this is LEGO or PayPal, but thought I'd share this info as we all prepare our wallets for the holiday season...

Here's message I got after Round One in July from the official order confirmation sent from LEGO:
"If your order was paid using a credit card, debit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, or gift card, we will be authorizing it shortly, yet no charge will be made until your order ships. ..."

And here's the message that I just got today after ordering in Round Two:
"If your order was paid using a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, or gift card, we will be authorizing it shortly, yet no charge will be made until your order ships. If you used PayPal, you’ll be charged immediately for your order, and we’ll receive payment once your item(s) are available in the warehouse. ...""

I wonder how this really works... In Round One my card has been charged immediately, and then the full amount has been reverted in about a month. And it looks like it will be same with Round Two, as it has been again charged with full amount immediately. Or is this Lego's idea of card authorization? :D

@alfred_the_buttler said:
" @Norikins said:
"With the previous demand for Castle in the Forest, it is bewildering to see Quest Builder in last place."

I was very excited for the castle because it is a castle. It looks like a castle and will fit in great with my other castles. And did I mention it’s a castle?

I don’t have any clue as to what quest builder is other than the fact that it isn’t a castle. Also, it’s not a space ship. As a result I won’t be buying it. "

I on the other hand like my castles and my board games, but they already made a lego castle board game 10 years ago. Maybe this game is better than Heroica but there's no way to know since there's no details on how to play, I'm not even sure if there is a game or if it's just a bizzare semi-microscale modular playset. But either way it doesn't make for a particularly attractive display piece and it doesn't fit with any existing products so for me it would have just been a $260 parts pack. Which I guess is a good deal for 3400 pcs but I need to hang on to my money in case the 90th anniversary set is a proper castle.

Really don't understand the appeal of a Lego store against a particular set like the Ruined House.
The price is high but not so high like the ruined house Mocs that are sold online.

Does Q3 mean "Holiday 2022"?

Because I'm just gonna preorder next year's xmas gift.

I went for the aquarium and science adventures in the end. I’m resigned to the latter not making it through but will be annoyed if the former doesn’t either. It’s a novel idea that frankly should have made it on to store shelves.

Toyed with getting a Venetian house, but the interiors are so plain and basic that they remind me of a 2011-era modular. Plus the odd logic of the bedroom above the gallery was plain weird (unless it’s a Tracy Emin installation or something).

Here’s hoping Science Adventures can find another outlet. Bah.

EDIT: Ah, I see the aquarium made it overnight. Although I imagine Lego can now look forward to complaints about the “free shipping” claim on BrickLink being wrong. (It’s 1p short in the UK.)

Here’s hoping Science Adventures can find another outlet.

@chrisaw said:
" @Biggie_Bricks said:
"The tastes of online lego fans never fail to confuse me. How is the lego store model so popular? It looks like it was made in 2005, but it's plain even by those standards. Compare it to 10190 -- an official modular that was also a fan-made creation in 2007. No contest as to which one is better"

I think it might be the price point too that is appealing to some, as it is ‘cheaper’ than several of the other buildings on offer. "

I'm to afraid it will be integrated into the Modular Building line at some point as they did with the 10190 Market Street. Finding out during the 25th modular celebration my collection is incomplete would make me sad. So it's basicaly FOMO for me.

I guess as I don't have Market Street and Cafe Corner, I'm not in that position, but just because the designer has called it a modular building I don't think that means it is actually one. Especially as the poor design means it doesn't even have the correct connections.

I completely forgot about the whole thing, mainly because in the back of my head I decided not to buy anything (it's fairly expensive in the end :). Came to Brickset this morning, saw the post from last night, decided to check. Venetian Houses were already funded, and I really, really like them most out of all that is on offer (over all rounds), so decided to buy that in the end.
Was all smooth sailing, no issues logging in, transferring data from BrickLink to Lego, etc. :)

Will you add the 5 projects that hit the 3K minimum also to the Brickset database?

When trying to order The Lego Shop I just get the message sold out in my region (UK and Europe) even though around 9k, but still available in the US and Canada. I didn't realise they were limiting by region?

So what does this mean, since the calendar didn't make the 5? I see from the Frequently Asked Questions list that I won't be charged, but when do I get my VIP Points back? The whole process was a joke in the first place, only allowing 5 after some of the junk that went through back in 2019. They should have set a time limit (1 week ?) instead of using a stupid race to the finish line; I'm sure that the calendar, and most likely some of the other sets would have made the cut.

@ambr said:
"When trying to order The Lego Shop I just get the message sold out in my region (UK and Europe) even though around 9k, but still available in the US and Canada. I didn't realise they were limiting by region?"

They also did this the first round. It’s clear that lego doesn’t want your money.

Yesterday Modular LEGO Store wouldn't go in my shopping basket and today it's sold out in my region. This sucks.

Sad the calendar didn't make it through. It was the set I wanted the most. I got the lego store, windmill and aquarium though.

Still waiting for my last order to turn up...

Hi @Huw, it seems there are numbers that show up as you order from the LEGO store:

Mountain Windmill: https://www.lego.com/en-us/cart?product=910003
Retro Bowling Alley: https://www.lego.com/en-us/cart?product=910013
Modular LEGO Store: https://www.lego.com/en-us/cart?product=910009
Clockwork Aquarium: https://www.lego.com/en-us/cart?product=910015
Venetian Houses: https://www.lego.com/en-us/cart?product=910023

Hopefully TLG / BrickLink does some reconsideration, with the shenanigans pulled by the Aquarium designer encouraging people to double up their orders as guests on LEGO.com.

@Mr_Hankey said:
" @chrisaw said:
" @Biggie_Bricks said:
"The tastes of online lego fans never fail to confuse me. How is the lego store model so popular? It looks like it was made in 2005, but it's plain even by those standards. Compare it to 10190 -- an official modular that was also a fan-made creation in 2007. No contest as to which one is better"

I think it might be the price point too that is appealing to some, as it is ‘cheaper’ than several of the other buildings on offer. "

I'm to afraid it will be integrated into the Modular Building line at some point as they did with the 10190 Market Street. Finding out during the 25th modular celebration my collection is incomplete would make me sad. So it's basicaly FOMO for me."

Are we counting Venetian Houses as part of the Modular line as well? It doesn't say "modular" in the name, but its going for the same thing as the Modular LEGO Store. I suppose it also brings into the discussion Spring Lantern Festival, Ninjago Gardens, Daily Bugel, and the like...

I am just trying to figure out where to draw the line when it comes to Venetian Houses since I also don't want my Modular collection to be incomplete.

@Alrighty said:
" @Mr_Hankey said:
" @chrisaw said:
" @Biggie_Bricks said:
"The tastes of online lego fans never fail to confuse me. How is the lego store model so popular? It looks like it was made in 2005, but it's plain even by those standards. Compare it to 10190 -- an official modular that was also a fan-made creation in 2007. No contest as to which one is better"

I think it might be the price point too that is appealing to some, as it is ‘cheaper’ than several of the other buildings on offer. "

I'm to afraid it will be integrated into the Modular Building line at some point as they did with the 10190 Market Street. Finding out during the 25th modular celebration my collection is incomplete would make me sad. So it's basicaly FOMO for me."

Are we counting Venetian Houses as part of the Modular line as well? It doesn't say "modular" in the name, but its going for the same thing as the Modular LEGO Store. I suppose it also brings into the discussion Spring Lantern Festival, Ninjago Gardens, Daily Bugel, and the like...

I am just trying to figure out where to draw the line when it comes to Venetian Houses since I also don't want my Modular collection to be incomplete. "

I did order the Venetian set as well, but that one was more because I really liked the look of it. Thus far I’m considering all modularized sets without a specific theme (ie. Ninjago/ Superheroes/ Chinese New Year) to be part of the line. This LEGO store probably not due to the bricklink affiliation, but since it actually says Modular I’m not sure… Market Street came out as ‘Factory’.

@DavidBrick said:
" @fulcrumbop said:
"Hopefully TLG / BrickLink does some reconsideration, with the shenanigans pulled by the Aquarium designer encouraging people to double up their orders as guests on LEGO.com."

LEGO doesn't care. They came up with some insane 'logic' to defend people buying several castles last time.

Do you really think there are a bunch of people who created multiple Bricklink accounts and signed up as guests on Lego to purchase multiple aquariums? I think people just like it. There was no reason it should not have been made into an actual set."

Sorry, I meant reconsideration of the "race to the finish line" process, pitting sets against each other, and the environment that cultivated. Not saying the Aquarium is a bad set; this just deprived the customers willing to spend their money on, for example, the calendar (I'm guessing over 2,000 from the length of the progress bar at the time of the cutoff). That's not how a crowdfunding campaign is supposed to work. Heck, simple math: 3,000 Aquariums x $65 = $195,000. 2,000 Calendars x $250 = $500,000. TLG cost themselves money.

@Mr_Hankey said:
" @Alrighty said:
" @Mr_Hankey said:
" @chrisaw said:
" @Biggie_Bricks said:
"The tastes of online lego fans never fail to confuse me. How is the lego store model so popular? It looks like it was made in 2005, but it's plain even by those standards. Compare it to 10190 -- an official modular that was also a fan-made creation in 2007. No contest as to which one is better"

I think it might be the price point too that is appealing to some, as it is ‘cheaper’ than several of the other buildings on offer. "

I'm to afraid it will be integrated into the Modular Building line at some point as they did with the 10190 Market Street. Finding out during the 25th modular celebration my collection is incomplete would make me sad. So it's basicaly FOMO for me."

Are we counting Venetian Houses as part of the Modular line as well? It doesn't say "modular" in the name, but its going for the same thing as the Modular LEGO Store. I suppose it also brings into the discussion Spring Lantern Festival, Ninjago Gardens, Daily Bugel, and the like...

I am just trying to figure out where to draw the line when it comes to Venetian Houses since I also don't want my Modular collection to be incomplete. "

I did order the Venetian set as well, but that one was more because I really liked the look of it. Thus far I’m considering all modularized sets without a specific theme (ie. Ninjago/ Superheroes/ Chinese New Year) to be part of the line. This LEGO store probably not due to the bricklink affiliation, but since it actually says Modular I’m not sure… Market Street came out as ‘Factory’."

I’ve personally been defining the line by the standardized sidewalk pattern, so Market Street, Chinese Gardens, Daily Bugle, Lego Store, Venetian Buildings and even the Bowling Alley are included, but the Ninjago City sets are not.

All the talk about what constitutes a modular now has me debating whether I put in an order for the Venetian Houses or the Bowling Alley... (I already put in an order for the LEGO store & the Windmill)

The Venetian Houses look superb but I was trying to imagine how it would fit in with other standard modulars, what with the water feature.

The critical take-home message is that AFOLs love 1) large buildings and 2) overt self-indulgent homages like the Modular Lego Store.

Modular Lego Store has now reached sold out status

Managed to place my order for the Modular Lego store (Sold out) and the Venetian Houses, without any issues. I can't believe how quick the Modular Lego Store sold out you can still get the Venetian Houses if you still wish to purchase

Just like the Hot Shot in 2019. Brickset shows 3 sellers but one has 70 copies

@Havok211 said:
"Why the Windmill? It’s honestly the last one I would pick out of the five."

It has a fantasy style that will resonate a lot with some. It looks like something from Studio Ghibli in particular.

Surely most buy these as an investment gamble due to the limited editions? The Lego Shop is bland beyond belief, there's just nothing in there? The Windmill is something you could easily build in a couple of hours yourself, both overpriced af, and don't get me started on that Venetian thing.
The Aquarium is OK, nice function that isn't easily worked out for many builders.
I think people are loosing their minds here.

@Lamarider said:
"Surely most buy these as an investment gamble due to the limited editions? The Lego Shop is bland beyond belief, there's just nothing in there? The Windmill is something you could easily build in a couple of hours yourself, both overpriced af, and don't get me started on that Venetian thing.
The Aquarium is OK, nice function that isn't easily worked out for many builders.
I think people are loosing their minds here."

What's the problem with the Venetian Houses?

@Luthercpa said:
"Just like the Hot Shot in 2019. Brickset shows 3 sellers but one has 70 copies"

That would be because Bricklink made unsold stock available for bulk purchase.

On the Venetian Houses, there's some notable differences between the rendering and the RL images.

Render:
Beige, off-white, or light light bley buildings
Uses a bracket to hold the curved tile on the gondola.
Street lamp globes are opaque aqua or teal.

Real Life:
White buildings
Uses clip to hold the curved tile on the gondola [illegally?].
Street lamp globes are conveniently obscured, possibly a trans light blue.

@Lamarider said:
"Surely most buy these as an investment gamble due to the limited editions? The Lego Shop is bland beyond belief, there's just nothing in there? The Windmill is something you could easily build in a couple of hours yourself, both overpriced af, and don't get me started on that Venetian thing.
The Aquarium is OK, nice function that isn't easily worked out for many builders.
I think people are loosing their minds here."

You assume people have part boxes lining their rooms to build said things. Let people do as they will!

My two cents (which won't change anyone's mind), I go by what is in the Creator/Creator Expert line for Modulars. So I don't include the Factory set (even if LEGO does). And I definitely won't include these bricklink MOCs. But I also don't have a complete set anyway and I'm fine with that. I bricklinked the older sets that I didn't have and the early years while amazing at the time lose a lot of luster after the details of the newer versions. So with that info in hand, the modular LEGO store did not stand out to me at all except for it being a LEGO store. Still didn't purchase it. But good for the builder to be included. Do they still make a percentage income from sales, or was that only for IDEAS?

@Sethro3 said:
"My two cents (which won't change anyone's mind), I go by what is in the Creator/Creator Expert line for Modulars. So I don't include the Factory set (even if LEGO does). And I definitely won't include these bricklink MOCs. But I also don't have a complete set anyway and I'm fine with that. I bricklinked the older sets that I didn't have and the early years while amazing at the time lose a lot of luster after the details of the newer versions. So with that info in hand, the modular LEGO store did not stand out to me at all except for it being a LEGO store. Still didn't purchase it. But good for the builder to be included. Do they still make a percentage income from sales, or was that only for IDEAS?"

10% of net sales, per the FAQ listing.

@rahlmaclaren said:
"On the Venetian Houses, there's some notable differences between the rendering and the RL images.

Render:
Beige, off-white, or light light bley buildings
Uses a bracket to hold the curved tile on the gondola.
Street lamp globes are opaque aqua or teal.

Real Life:
White buildings
Uses clip to hold the curved tile on the gondola [illegally?].
Street lamp globes are conveniently obscured, possibly a trans light blue."

If you look at the comments on the Venetian Houses, there are additional pictures of the real life build. Looks like the street lamp globes are the same (rather interesting….) aqua color.