BrickLink designer program round 1 instructions now available

I received my Pursuit of Flight this week and built it at once. Very nice set!

Mine should be here early January according to Lego.
Also, a point to note, I ordered mine in the extended phase after they increased production.
These were originally expected in June next year, so great they are shipping early, but might cause a few budgeting issues for some!

I got all mine today! Just in time for Christmas

The 3D instructions were released in the LEGO App a couple of weeks ago (I commented on it in a news article on Dec 10th) and they look fantastic. Looking forward to getting mine soon, though expecting it will still be a few weeks for us here in the antipodes.

I got the Kakapo and Castle. Need to find time to build them now!

I got a note 3 weeks ago saying Pursuit of Flight, Kakapo, and Fishing Boat were ready to ship.
Then got a note a week ago, apologising that they were all now on backorder.
Oh well, I wasn't expecting them yet anyway!

Received my Kakapo a couple of days ago (first wave order) but haven’t built yet or downloaded the instructions. Box looks great though and arrived undamaged despite the outer box being crushed / partially opened probably due to lack of paper packing inside :S

I bought the Sheriff's Safe, which currently looks like it's backordered for me. I got a couple of emails a few weeks ago about the round 1 sets shipping but no notification about the backorder.

I seem to remember they said something about instructions for the projects that didn't get funded but I can't remember whether they said instructions would be available or not.

I got an email stating mine is “backordered”. Even better, it has my old card as payment, which—amazingly—Lego cannot update, because it’s an active order. So I have to wait until my payment gets declined, whereupon I “should” (not “will”) be asked to call customer services again and be able to pay for it. Bizarre.

Are there any pieces unique to these sets other than sticker sheets? Trying to figure out how easy it would be to piece them together.

Finally the moment I've been waiting for!!! I'm hoping to part out Castle in the Forest one of these days!

Didn't the original announcement of this program say both the winners and losers would get instructions released eventually? Would love to part out Legend of the BIONCLE too (although that model had a lot more recolors I'm gonna have to work my way around)

However, I'm still sad that LEGO does not provide a paper notice with the bricklink boxes! ??
LEGO spends so much paper in their free paper catalog that it is almost tight-fisted not to provide printed instructions in sets paid for full price ....
To believe that LEGO is doing everything to promote the smartphone and its universe (social network, news, video game ...) rather than playing with their bricks .....

I got my Fishing Boat yesterday.
Plenty of sets on eBay. I'm keeping a watch on some to see if they really do sell at the prices being demanded. The fishing boat and castle listed for £400 to £500.

@Paperdaisy said:
"I bought the Sheriff's Safe, which currently looks like it's backordered for me. I got a couple of emails a few weeks ago about the round 1 sets shipping but no notification about the backorder.

I seem to remember they said something about instructions for the projects that didn't get funded but I can't remember whether they said instructions would be available or not.
"

Originally, it was supposed to be possible to purchase instructions for the sets that didn't get produced. However, I learned yesterday that 'the current set-up doesn't allow for that', whatever that means. Supposedly, they're trying to find a way to make it happen. I'm not holding my breath.

Pursuit of Flight looks like it has potential for expandability with custom aircraft. Didn't get in on the ordering of it, but the parts list looks pretty straightforward. Might try to piece it together and build some custom aircraft.

Now I’m even more annoyed with the mess that was the first round of preorders: was interested only in the castle 910001 which I obviously failed to secure. Looking at instructions it’s a castle I’d like a lot, definitely my favourite from recent Ideas and Creator castle sets. But I’m not paying around €500 it’s already listed for.

There are no Forestemen shields, it’s stickers applied to a blank shields: it kind of has a feeling of first castle sets :-)

I ordered the Sheriff's Safe which I've now received and built! An interesting set of parts and a nice build BUT the locking mechanism isn't as smooth as I would like and there is several extra pieces that have me scratching my head as to their purpose! And I've checked the instructions several times to see if i've missed out something, and i'm still clueless. I am also disappointed not to have a paper manual with the set. Still, the set was a steal at the price of £40 :)

Any idea when I could expect my Kakapo to arrive? Has anyone in Canada gotten their sets or heard when theyll arrive? I got an email earlier this month, saying it was ready to ship and that theyd tell me when it was shipping, but I havent heard anything since. I have mild concern.

I was expecting them next summer, then was told that they were coming now, but later told they are on 'backorder'... Given that a 'normal' order with Lego.com went astray 2 weeks ago somewhere in Belgium, I despair.

You can get the parts list from the Lego instruction app. There’s an icon once you start. You can screenshot them. I did it for castle in the forest.

@SeanTheCollector said:
"I ordered the Sheriff's Safe which I've now received and built! An interesting set of parts and a nice build BUT the locking mechanism isn't as smooth as I would like and there is several extra pieces that have me scratching my head as to their purpose! And I've checked the instructions several times to see if i've missed out something, and i'm still clueless. I am also disappointed not to have a paper manual with the set. Still, the set was a steal at the price of £40 :)"

Same experience here. Built it this afternoon and it looks good but there weee two missing bricks and a ton of spare parts, some too big. The lock mechanism sucks right now (I ended removing it). Not sure if it is because there are errors in the instructions or not (I feel that might be a cause).
3/5 because of the mechanism. I hope the boat and castle are better.

Glad to see these listed on LEGO subsidiary Bricklink's site for 3x the price immediately upon shipment. Seems to me that LEGO understood this and wanted to get paid twice for a bunch of the sets.

No of course I am not a little bitter that I didn't get one when I logged in 45 minutes after sales opened...

So are there new recolours? Or the whole thing has been made with parts in pre-existing colours?

My Great Fishing Boat arrived yesterday. Totally thrilled, perfect timing for Christmas.

First difference I noticed compared to the box I got in the last batch (The LEGO Story) was the official LEGO branding on this new set. Looks almost like a set you could buy at any normal toy shop. Not that that's a bad thing of course. Plus, love the box art and style, still those great premium-feel flap top boxes like they used to have on Architecture and most Ideas sets.

@yellowcastle said:
" @gorf43 said:
"Any idea when I could expect my Kakapo to arrive? Has anyone in Canada gotten their sets or heard when theyll arrive? I got an email earlier this month, saying it was ready to ship and that theyd tell me when it was shipping, but I havent heard anything since. I have mild concern. "

They're flightless so it may be a while. :o)"

Not to mention that, with flight ruled out, NZ isnt the closest place to float to Canada from.

Bricklink supports scalpers

@DearMisterLegoBreaker said:
" @SeanTheCollector said:
"I ordered the Sheriff's Safe which I've now received and built! An interesting set of parts and a nice build BUT the locking mechanism isn't as smooth as I would like and there is several extra pieces that have me scratching my head as to their purpose! And I've checked the instructions several times to see if i've missed out something, and i'm still clueless. I am also disappointed not to have a paper manual with the set. Still, the set was a steal at the price of £40 :)"

Same experience here. Built it this afternoon and it looks good but there weee two missing bricks and a ton of spare parts, some too big. The lock mechanism sucks right now (I ended removing it). Not sure if it is because there are errors in the instructions or not (I feel that might be a cause).
3/5 because of the mechanism. I hope the boat and castle are better.
"

I had to pull the outer wheel assembly out a few mm's so there is a gap between the 2 rotating assemblies.
It took me a while to realise that I didn't have 2 missing 1x4 tiles for all the numbered stickers as well! The 2 missing tiles are in the book on top of the safe! :)
It also wasn't obvious to me that the default number is 42 since it takes a while to get the knack of unlocking the safe.

They're apparently not shipping in the order they were received on the website, as I backed two sets minutes after round one went live, and was surprised to hear quite a few people have their purchases already, when mine hasn't notified me of anything, let alone having been shipped. Still says "in process" even though my credit card is good.

Is there any chance of releasing the instructions for the pilot round? I would love to build the Löwenstein Castle.

@CCC said:
" @granto said:
"Pursuit of Flight looks like it has potential for expandability with custom aircraft. Didn't get in on the ordering of it, but the parts list looks pretty straightforward. Might try to piece it together and build some custom aircraft."

It sure can. I built it a couple of years ago (well, the version 1 design, when the instructions were given away) and it is easy to replace both scenery and planes. They also did a Star Wars version."

Oooh, suddenly I can see a trench run build happening!