Lego Licensed Parts available from Bricks & Pieces

[Clahador]

7 hours ago, MAB said:

Yes they did.  If you phone them you can order them - but only by the box they come in. I once bought 40 of the boxes of capes from 76056 Batman: Rescue from Ra's al Ghul. I was after green standard capes for my elves, and the only way I could do it was purchase the whole box, which contained the standard green cape, the small neck cape, and Batman's and Robin's capes. I think it was about £1.80 / $2 for each box, which was not bad as I sold off the Batman and Robin ones as I had no use for them.

Thanks for the tip. I'll try that once all my B&P items arrive.

UPDATE: I got this just this morning...

 

The LEGO® bricks listed below aren't available, so we've had to cancel them from your order. A technical error made them appear in the Bricks & Pieces assortment and we've corrected this error now. We're really sorry about this disappointing news. If these were replacements for lost parts, of course you won't be charged for them: Credit or debit card payment: your bank will release the purchase amount for which we authorized your card when you placed your order. Gift Card or Electronic Gift Card payment: we'll return the funds to your card. Payment with VIP points: we'll return the points to your VIP account.

Kind regards,

Your LEGO Customer Service We've cancelled the following bricks:   How many? Part number Technical name 9 6115042 FLAT TILE 1X2 NO. 143 7 6022908 SATELLITE DISH Ø16 "NO.6" 1 6065143 ROUND PLATE Ø32X6.4 "NO 13" Please go to LEGO.com/service to contact us about your order. Don’t reply to this email because your message won’t be accepted by our system. If you think you've received this message in error, please let us know immediately.

 

The other items seems to have pushed through so far (though my main order had "In Process" -> "Backordered" -> "Warehouse" -> and now it's mix of the first two. I'm waiting for as to how many more elements they'll cancel as time goes by.

On 9/7/2019 at 10:11 AM, Grover said:

My last B&P order before all this nonsense with the changeover had 200 of the black plant 

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and I received them, so maybe the are for sale but there's just an issue with it now?  I can hope.  I have noticed that there were fewer pieces recently, like one of the Ninjago/elf dual tone polearms was no longer up.  Should have ordered it when I had the chance!

And yes, they did have that element available for sale previously... now they say it's unavailable-- though the Customer Rep said I could get 10 for free for the trouble so they do have them in stock but won't sell it now?!?! 

The green sprig appears as "Backordered" on my order form as well.

Edited September 9, 2019 by Clahador

[jonwil]

I do wonder if the reason the site is disabled is because they have all these parts in their database that are marked as "in stock" when in fact they either don't have the part or they have it but aren't allowed to sell it (and hence they need to clean up the database before they have all these people ordering things that they then can't actually sell)

 

[BaristaBricks]

Just now, jonwil said:

I do wonder if the reason the site is disabled is because they have all these parts in their database that are marked as "in stock" when in fact they either don't have the part or they have it but aren't allowed to sell it (and hence they need to clean up the database before they have all these people ordering things that they then can't actually sell)

 

Good possibility 

[Clahador]

4 hours ago, jonwil said:

I do wonder if the reason the site is disabled is because they have all these parts in their database that are marked as "in stock" when in fact they either don't have the part or they have it but aren't allowed to sell it (and hence they need to clean up the database before they have all these people ordering things that they then can't actually sell)

 

After talking with 7 different people... that's exactly the case. For all we know, the fact that we ourselves now have a database of parts that listed their outdated inventory and the community started to order those said parts in bulk, they closed the system. 

[MAB]

Something similar happened a few years back. I once ordered 200 of these:

at ~50p each. They were only available in the Inside Tour sets but appeared available on B+P. There was also a lot of new parts in that order. They cancelled it and the site was down for a few days around that time too. It looks like they have made the same mistake again, allowing new parts to become available when they should not have.

[BacktoBricks]

Anybody else unable to get onto the Lego website at all. I'm getting Access Denied even after clearing all browser data. :(

[Ponga91]

Just now, BacktoBricks said:

Anybody else unable to get onto the Lego website at all. I'm getting Access Denied even after clearing all browser data. :(

Totally down for me as well for a few time, now is working

[Anonknee Muss]

Working fine for me. This new system and all sounds terrible! I’ve not really used it that much. I hope it gets resolved.

[BrickyDwelve]

It’s back up and running now. 

[Ponga91]

14 minutes ago, BrickyDwelve said:

It’s back up and running now. 

Jesus Christ, finally! Hope this last this time...

[TJJohn12]

Placed an online order two weeks ago for a bevy of parts for a MOC, as well as some impulse parts here and there.

Of everything, only two parts got cancelled out: 2x4 tiles printed with “Magic Carpet” from a Disney friends set and a pearl gold spears. No biggie - they were both impulse buys.

Still playing the waiting game now for the parts to finally show up.

[Anonknee Muss]

If you have cookies enabled and you’re not on incognito, Bricks & Pieces now remembers your age even without being signed in.

[MKJoshA]

Just placed an order for about $40 worth of parts. The only issue I had was when I clicked "Pay with Paypal." It flashed an error but kept me on the same screen. I was able to proceed with Credit Card payment with no issues. Just received the confirmation email from Lego saying they got my order. Now to see if they cancel any part of my order.

[jonwil]

Time to jump in on an order I think and hope it doesn't get shut down again or otherwise screw up before I can place the order...

Maybe if I get the order in fast enough it will arrive by the end of the month :)

 

[jonwil]

Finished my checks, 3 parts have gone to "out of stock" and a couple of interesting parts are in stock (either previously out of stock or new to my list).

The black round "bomb" piece from the Joker 4+ set is now showing up as for sale (it wasn't before)

The 1 x 2 brick with horizontal and vertical grooves in dark red (from the Disney train) is available for sale, as are dark pink legs, blue roller skates, and bright light blue short legs.

Now to turn my list into a couple of orders (2 at least, possibly 3) and hope the parts I am ordering (most of which are used in sets dated 2019 or 2018) are actually in stock :)

 

[Pchan1983]

OK i just placed a big order for army building.  It went through to getting order number.  Not yet appear in my order status yet.  Finger crossed!

[Gomek]

Bricks and Pieces appears back up in the US. I haven't tried to place an order yet.

[Brick Cucumber]

Weird that the F.R.I.E.N.D.S Ideas set is already on the site... I thought they updated that at the beggining of the next month! Shame none of the new torso's or heads are available.

Edited September 11, 2019 by Brick Cucumber

[jonwil]

Being licensed I doubt the minifig parts from the FRIENDS set will appear on B&P.

 

[Anonknee Muss]

4 hours ago, Brick Cucumber said:

Weird that the F.R.I.E.N.D.S Ideas set is already on the site... I thought they updated that at the beggining of the next month! Shame none of the new torso's or heads are available.

They add the inventory of the sets within 2 days of official set release.

4 hours ago, Brick Cucumber said:

Weird that the F.R.I.E.N.D.S Ideas set is already on the site... I thought they updated that at the beggining of the next month! Shame none of the new torso's or heads are available.

Small chance some of them will become available at some point.

[jonwil]

So it turns out that "I have most of the parts and can buy the rest from B&P/BL" doesn't necessarily mean you get the bargain you were expecting when its a set with over 4000 pieces and you still need over 1000 to complete the set...

 

[Gomek]

9 minutes ago, jonwil said:

So it turns out that "I have most of the parts and can buy the rest from B&P/BL" doesn't necessarily mean you get the bargain you were expecting when its a set with over 4000 pieces and you still need over 1000 to complete the set...

 

I think "most" has to be 97% to make this type of thing worth it. I've been building a few models off of other peoples MOC instructions on YouTube. I've found it really necessitates getting creative and figuring out substitutes (mostly color) otherwise it just wouldn't be worth it.

[jonwil]

In the end I decided to just go for it and pick up the whole roller coaster set before it disappears for good (or at least from anywhere that might actually have it cheaper than RRP)

 

[TJJohn12]

15 hours ago, jonwil said:

So it turns out that "I have most of the parts and can buy the rest from B&P/BL" doesn't necessarily mean you get the bargain you were expecting when its a set with over 4000 pieces and you still need over 1000 to complete the set...

It *really* depends on what the parts you're missing are and how they compare on Bricklink. A good "for instance" is that if you were trying to build a Cinderella Castle, the Light Grey Round Walls (3X6X6) are excruciatingly expensive on BL. But on B&P they're a steal - 1/5th the price.  

 

16 hours ago, J4ck said:

They add the inventory of the sets within 2 days of official set release.

Small chance some of them will become available at some point.

Likewise for the Disney Train set - everything useful and not IP locked is now up - save a cow catcher and a few other odds and ends.

 

[jonwil]

Buying the parts from B&P (ignoring BL and not counting the sticker sheet, the 2x3 medium blue tile or the red unprinted head all 3 of which B&P wont sell me) would have cost me around $391 based on Aussie B&P pricing (not far off the $400 I actually paid for the set). Now BL would have brought that down a fair bit but probably not enough to make it worth doing (especially when shipping costs from B&P and multiple BL stores are all factored in) vs just buying the whole thing and getting brand new LEGO with the stickers and instructions and box and everything.

I wonder if the piano keys tile from the Friends set (and that purple Metalbeard mech) is considered IP locked or if its actually "out of stock" and will be available later.

 

Edited September 12, 2019 by jonwil