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I had something odd just appear today in my list of orders on the Lego site. There's a new order dated yesterday that I didn't place for zero Euros but with all the Standard items from my order on the 1st of October. I already received the Bestseller items so maybe this is how they are dealing with the missing PAB orders from the factory changeover time? I have a couple of other orders that I've gotten the Bestseller pieces but not the Standard, and one with neither. There doesn't seem to be any sign of new orders with the items from those yet.

There's a picture of the difference on Reddit. There's an extra bit of plastic that prevents the 1x1 round plate being attached: https://old.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1hs3kmg/new_blacktron_pieces_molded_incorrectly/

NewElementary have an update on the delayed orders from the Pick a Brick team: From here: https://www.newelementary.com/p/new-parts-added-to-lego-pick-brick.html

I was interested in getting the western train to go with the General Store for a bit of an old west scene but the price has me questioning it now. I'm leaning towards not getting any sets this time. I'll probably keep the money to put toward a couple of sets in the next round, especially the Mushroom Village.

The advent calendar has gone from the high of 349 in 2021, to 287 in 2022, 258 in 2023, then 195 this year. Next year's part count seems really low.

Beware of limbless limboing gorillas on ships!

Oddly, it's been in the chess set this year, in reddish brown. Also, less weirdly it was in the recent ship from Harry Potter in the same colour.

I think I'm going to have to collect all the plushies scattered about some of the sets, as well as the animals and the mini hats for them. I only just noticed that 42655 has a lot of food, cookwear, glasses, bowls etc. stuffed in the roof space. That's a really good idea to get different types of food and stuff into the set. There's also a seemingly new character with my sister's name that I'll more than likely have to get.

I contacted support last week about my orders from October and November that haven't shipped yet. They said they are still working through the backlog due to the operation being moved to the one place and that they may not arrive with the earliest I ordered first but they will come eventually. He had no real time frame and gave me some extra points for the wait. There were a few parts I would have like to have had for Christmas stuff but oh well, they'll probably arrive in the new year.

Brickset and New Elementary have also posted their reviews.

The odd bit is that the bestsellers from my order on the 9th of October haven't shipped yet.

Oddly, I just got an email to say the bestseller parts from my latest Bricks and Pieces order from last Friday is being shipped but no other updates on the ones from the start of October.

I have two orders from the 1st and 9th of October that still haven't been posted. When I contacted support, they said to wait too. No points or anything either for me.

There's a new Corgi mould in one of the Friends sets,42641, releasing in January. There's a black and white, and a dark orange and white version in a small set. They look like they wouldn't look out of place in City either.

I'm waiting on the Standard part of an order from the 1st of October where the Bestseller pieces were delivered on the 14 of October. I've another two orders from not long afterwards that I'm still waiting on too. I asked Support about them to make sure nothing had been overlooked or something and they said there are some long delays right now. They couldn't really give any timeframe on it, just to wait and there was no problem with the orders.