My guess is a multitude of PS5 buyers lucky enough to snag one at retail price are turning right back around and selling it for a big profit. I agree that they must really be behind at the factory if they cannot even offer backorder options.Ī lot of people are doing this, and not just with Lego. It is also a tough time for Star Wars fans right now. ![]() Thankfully, I also got the Elf Clubhouse when it first came out and did not make the huge mistake of waiting for Black Friday to pick it up. I got the Batwing instead before it predictably disappeared as well. It was only available for a few days at most. I had saved up for Mos Eisley Cantina, something not seen for months now. I wonder if they should have even produced the GWP sets as that now takes away from producing the sets we would want to buy in order to even qualify for them! The fact that I can not preorder a new release or backorder something is literally leaving money on the table for Lego. However, it really makes no sense to offer a high threshold GWP and have literally nothing available in that price range. I totally get they cannot keep production up with the demand. I mean, obviously they should have data on that regardless since they know what they're doing with analytics, but it makes me think that their current bottleneck in production is worse than it has been previously if backorders aren't accepted and there's no ETA listed for when those things will be available again. If they're struggling with demand it seems like it would be logical to accept backorders (maybe with a big lead-time window to set expectations properly) so they at least know what they should be producing in the factory queue. I understand some of the supply chain and production challenges are truly not within TLG's ability to control, but I didn't get to take advantage of the Black Friday promotions since literally every larger set I've been waiting to order is "temporarily out of stock" with no backorders accepted. ![]() I feel the same pinch on availability that a lot of others are feeling. ![]() I'm wondering if the factories are slow because of COVID or demand is sky-high (or maybe both?). Some sets have such limited quantity one can't get it through LEGO unless one immediately gets it: I got the Christmas 40436 through bricklink, it was sold-out here in no time. Well my wife likes it, that was the main point. ![]() Normally I would go to a store, but I don't like busy shopping area's, if I catch COVID without noticing I might jeopardize quite some students (even though wearing face masks in school, helping them with their assignments means I can often not keep 1,5m distance).īut even in Dutch stores stock is apparently dwindling, so many sets show 'out of stock', it is really horrible. I ordered some sets as during the VIP weekend a weeks ago and got the nice little Dickens book, yesterday I ordered some more sets for my wife, but apparently one can only receive a single Dickens book due to "popular demand", so I cancelled the order as was much cheaper with the technic sets for her I might have overlooked, butI did not notice any relevant Black Friday promotion, last year I got the Disney train at about 100€ or so. LEGO can't keep up with demand that's the only thing I'm sure of.
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