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Re: Check the current stock of hard-to-find Lego sets

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Post by throwaway1979 » Thu, Dec 04, 2014, 5:42 PM UTC

The set I've been pining for is the Motorized Bulldozer[1]. My hope is that Lego will reissue it one day. That said, as a Lego fan, I've started getting pretty annoyed at the company for their "special parts" and limited edition print runs. Talk about creating artificial scarcity! I look forward to the day we can get a quality 3D printed construction system - with opensourced designs of course!

[1] http://www.toysperiod.com/lego-set-reference/technic/model/c...

Re: Check the current stock of hard-to-find Lego sets

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Post by Someone1234 » Thu, Dec 04, 2014, 6:12 PM UTC

tmock12 wrote: post #8

lmg643 wrote: post #3

I love this site as simply an index of interesting Lego sets. But on a few of the items I spot-checked marked OOS, they are in-stock at Amazon. Impressive amount of work for a nice parent-friendly niche problem though.

So for Amazon it shows whether they are in stock by Amazon directly. Not necessarily other sellers selling through Amazon. A reason for this is a lot of sellers that are not Amazon directly jack up the prices for Lego sets. So they are considered by the system as "OOS". I'm planning on implementing a status and a price soon. But for instance take a look at the Super Star Destoryer on Amazon. Retail price by Amazon is…

I like that implementation as I try and avoid Amazon Sellers when I can (and hate how Amazon intentionally confuses Amazon direct with Amazon sellers).

I'd definitely prefer, if you want to add Amazon Sellers, a completely separate column rather than conflating it with Amazon direct. The current site works for me.

Re: Check the current stock of hard-to-find Lego sets

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Post by coroxout » Thu, Dec 04, 2014, 8:10 PM UTC

Good site, but now I'm annoyed at how much more Lego costs in the UK than the US. The Back to the Future Delorean - actually not on this list but I found it clicking around Amazon recommended links from something else - has a list price of $34.95 in the US or £53.95 (that's $85!) in the UK.

The Lego set I'd most like to buy if it hadn't been ridiculously limited edition is the Mars Rover set, 21104.

Re: Check the current stock of hard-to-find Lego sets

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Post by joseacta » Fri, Dec 05, 2014, 9:51 PM UTC

Nice site. One advice is to remove the lego keyword from your domain ASAP. It's a trademark and they really enforce in a bad way. Change it to "bricks" as almost everybody know bricks refers to lego.