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| | | Author: | jek  | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2022 07:18 | | Subject: | Is delay common for new releases at reseller? | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| Hi.
I've never bought a brand new release before, but got excited about the 10300
BTTF about to be released on lego.com on april 1st.
Now I found the first reseller announcing it, but it will not be available there
until july 1st.
I was looking forward to get this on the release date, but I'm not sure it's
worth paying 184 EUR at lego.com when I can get it from a reseller for 139 EUR
three months later... (even if I might get a little Easter gift set)
I can understand if Lego want a few months to cash in on those who just can't
wait (since lego.com in general are much more expensive than their resellers).
But I wondered if it is a common thing for Lego to do, to delay the release
to resellers several months?
I assume there are a lot of seasoned buyers here that would know. (Perhaps it
is just that one reseller that are late, but I fear not.)
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2022 07:27 | | Subject: | Re: Is delay common for new releases at reseller? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, jek writes:
| | Hi.
I've never bought a brand new release before, but got excited about the 10300
BTTF about to be released on lego.com on april 1st.
Now I found the first reseller announcing it, but it will not be available there
until july 1st.
I was looking forward to get this on the release date, but I'm not sure it's
worth paying 184 EUR at lego.com when I can get it from a reseller for 139 EUR
three months later... (even if I might get a little Easter gift set)
I can understand if Lego want a few months to cash in on those who just can't
wait (since lego.com in general are much more expensive than their resellers).
But I wondered if it is a common thing for Lego to do, to delay the release
to resellers several months?
I assume there are a lot of seasoned buyers here that would know. (Perhaps it
is just that one reseller that are late, but I fear not.)
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LEGO are starting to do this more on the "adult" sets. The demand is high and
production cannot keep up. So they might as well sell the in-demand adults aimed
sets themselves at full price at the start rather than getting other distributors
to sell them, when the demand is high.
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