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 Author: brion84 View Messages Posted By brion84
 Posted: Nov 26, 2023 15:49
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Can someone tell me how to purchase on crowdfunding? Where is the crowdfunding
page? The Clockwork Aquarium says the 3,000 preorder is sold out, but shows there
are 10,000 sets, however how do you buy? Thanks
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 26, 2023 16:36
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In Help, brion84 writes:
  Can someone tell me how to purchase on crowdfunding? Where is the crowdfunding
page? The Clockwork Aquarium says the 3,000 preorder is sold out, but shows there
are 10,000 sets, however how do you buy? Thanks

Hi,

 
Set No: 910015  Name: Clockwork Aquarium
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910015-1 (Inv) Clockwork Aquarium
870 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 1 Gear, 2022
Sets: BrickLink Designer Program: BDP Invitational
That ship has sailed.  ‘Crowdfunding’ / ordering for it from BL/LEGO was in 2021.

You can still buy the set, but from sellers here (see on the page), and not at
the crowdfunding price any more.
 Author: brion84 View Messages Posted By brion84
 Posted: Nov 27, 2023 09:07
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In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, brion84 writes:
  Can someone tell me how to purchase on crowdfunding? Where is the crowdfunding
page? The Clockwork Aquarium says the 3,000 preorder is sold out, but shows there
are 10,000 sets, however how do you buy? Thanks

Hi,

 
Set No: 910015  Name: Clockwork Aquarium
* 
910015-1 (Inv) Clockwork Aquarium
870 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 1 Gear, 2022
Sets: BrickLink Designer Program: BDP Invitational
That ship has sailed.  ‘Crowdfunding’ / ordering for it from BL/LEGO was in 2021.

You can still buy the set, but from sellers here (see on the page), and not at
the crowdfunding price any more.


Even though more sets are available for purchase? Like one they sold about 6,000
out of 10,000 sets.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Nov 27, 2023 09:55
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In Help, brion84 writes:
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Even though more sets are available for purchase? Like one they sold about 6,000
out of 10,000 sets.

No, I think the counters were blocked when the ‘winners’, the first five sets
of each round, reached or exceeded the limit of 3,000.  The pre-orders then continued
until the time limit and the 10,000 limit, but only for the winners, and the
counters weren’t updated.
Almost all the sets were sold through pre-orders/crowdfunding.
IIRC, the very few remaining ones were to be sold to retailers, but, anyway,
there was/is no other way to buy them from BL/LEGO than through the pre-orders.

If you want the set, you need to buy it from a (re)seller.
Or you can get the digital instructions and buy the parts….
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 Posted: Nov 27, 2023 20:30
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In Help, SylvainLS writes:
  In Help, brion84 writes:
  […]
Even though more sets are available for purchase? Like one they sold about 6,000
out of 10,000 sets.

No, I think the counters were blocked when the ‘winners’, the first five sets
of each round, reached or exceeded the limit of 3,000.  The pre-orders then continued
until the time limit and the 10,000 limit, but only for the winners, and the
counters weren’t updated.
Almost all the sets were sold through pre-orders/crowdfunding.
IIRC, the very few remaining ones were to be sold to retailers, but, anyway,
there was/is no other way to buy them from BL/LEGO than through the pre-orders.

If you want the set, you need to buy it from a (re)seller.
Or you can get the digital instructions and buy the parts….

Last question, it says the next crowdfunding was set for November 2023, but I
can't find where it's at?
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 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In Help, brion84 writes:
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Last question, it says the next crowdfunding was set for November 2023, but I
can't find where it's at?

There was no crowdfunding this month.

What happened this month was:

1. Until November 15th, the MOC Pop-up Store: you could buy instructions and
parts for MOCs that were not chosen as finalists for BDP.  No box, no
help from LEGO designers for the build or the instructions, just a pdf for the
MOC and carts full of parts in BL stores and (optionally) LEGO Pick-a-Brick.
It was a pilot, an experiment, we don’t know yet if it will reopen or how.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/moc-pop-up-store/about.page


2. On the 20th to be precise, was the announcement of the 5 finalists for BDP
Series 3, whose crowdfunding will be in October 2024.


The next ‘real’ crowdfunding, is in February 2024, for BDP Series 1.  There’s
been no other crowdfunding since BDP Invitational in June 2022.

Then the next one will be in June for Series 2, then October for Series 3, then
2025….

Feb 2024: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/main.page
Jun 2024: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-2/main.page
Oct 2024: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-3/main.page


Series 4 has not started yet.  You can better see how it works on its page (as
there’s only the timeline):
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-4/main.page