Lego Licensed Parts available from Bricks & Pieces

[Pchan1983]

1 hour ago, RichardGoring said:

Took another hour, but 500+ parts

I did a 700+ orders minus the new animals .... 

[RichardGoring]

2 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

500 !! My goodness. I'd like to see pictures of that when it arrives.

It's not all new. Many are standard parts to finish off MOCs, and about 200 to replace the bus in my Winter Village train station. Won't be as exciting as your order, but I will love it!

35 minutes ago, Pchan1983 said:

I did a 700+ orders minus the new animals .... 

Takes. So. Long!

[Clone OPatra]

55 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

It's not all new. Many are standard parts to finish off MOCs, and about 200 to replace the bus in my Winter Village train station. Won't be as exciting as your order, but I will love it!

Ah, fair enough. If you're building something it's understandable that it'd be so many pieces. I just mostly order one each of new or interesting Minifigure/animal-related things - this order was about 85 unique parts, 100 parts in total.

Unless you're @Megbricks, who would order 500 of the new stuff 

[MAB]

5 hours ago, Pchan1983 said:

I did a 700+ orders minus the new animals .... 

Back when those five gold parts were 2c/2p each, I had a few 2000+ parts orders.

[williejm]

16 minutes ago, MAB said:

Back when those five gold parts were 2c/2p each, I had a few 2000+ parts orders.

Aye, alright there, Smaug 👑

[Megbricks]

6 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

 

Unless you're @Megbricks, who would order 500 of the new stuff 

Hahahaha. I ordered sooooo many pieces of the new vibrant yellow pieces:)

[MAB]

LEGO have announced the PAB and Bricks and Pieces are merging. Hopefully this will make orders easier to place / parts easier to search. And the good news is that orders will count towards promotional items.

[Roebuck]

6 minutes ago, MAB said:

And the good news is that orders will count towards promotional items.

GWP?!

[MAB]

36 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

GWP?!

Yes. Finally!

[Roebuck]

Just now, MAB said:

Yes. Finally!

Fantastic news Looking forward to getting GWP when I order all my animals that cost a fortune

[williejm]

3 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

Fantastic news Looking forward to getting GWP when I order all my animals that cost a fortune

Gift With Parts 

Wonder if we can get them backdated?

[MAB]

2 minutes ago, williejm said:

Gift With Parts 

Wonder if we can get them backdated?

https://brickset.com/article/68955/pick-a-brick-merging-with-bricks-pieces

There is this line in the announcement that is up on Brickset.

This new experience means all parts orders, including those previously made in Bricks and Pieces can be applied to promotions (such as gifts with purchase) on LEGO.com.

I assume this is just LEGO's awkward use of language. I guess they mean orders that would have previously been made using Bricks and Pieces rather than orders that have already been made using Bricks and Pieces. After all, all promos have the terms that they cannot be applied to previous orders, so I imagine past orders remain in the past.

[williejm]

1 minute ago, MAB said:

https://brickset.com/article/68955/pick-a-brick-merging-with-bricks-pieces

There is this line in the announcement that is up on Brickset.

This new experience means all parts orders, including those previously made in Bricks and Pieces can be applied to promotions (such as gifts with purchase) on LEGO.com.

I assume this is just LEGO's awkward use of language. I guess they mean orders that would have previously been made using Bricks and Pieces rather than orders that have already been made using Bricks and Pieces. After all, all promos have the terms that they cannot be applied to previous orders, so I imagine past orders remain in the past.

Agreed, and I was joking ;)

[Roebuck]

9 minutes ago, williejm said:

Gift With Parts 

Wonder if we can get them backdated?

Highly unlikely and I am not spending over 1 hour waiting on the phone just to get a no, you make the call with your hotline 

2 minutes ago, MAB said:

https://brickset.com/article/68955/pick-a-brick-merging-with-bricks-pieces

There is this line in the announcement that is up on Brickset.

This new experience means all parts orders, including those previously made in Bricks and Pieces can be applied to promotions (such as gifts with purchase) on LEGO.com.

I assume this is just LEGO's awkward use of language. I guess they mean orders that would have previously been made using Bricks and Pieces rather than orders that have already been made using Bricks and Pieces. After all, all promos have the terms that they cannot be applied to previous orders, so I imagine past orders remain in the past.

I agree..

[williejm]

11 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

Highly unlikely and I am not spending over 1 hour waiting on the phone just to get a no, you make the call with your hotline 

Not my fault that they screen your calls 😜

[RichardGoring]

I'm not convinced that many here will be happy with the changes. Reading Brickset, while they are merging them, it all still feels like two completely different services. Each service will have it's own fulfillment centres, so it will still take a while for at least the Bricks and Pieces orders to arrive. However, the actual change under the rebrand appears to be that there will be a minimum spend for each type of service to avoid handling fees. And now that they are merged, with the 'best seller/PAB' pieces also be available from 'standard/Bricks and Pieces'? Because if not, you'll be forced to either buy more from one/both services to meet the minimum threshold, or pay fees that will likely make it significantly more expensive.

[upliftingbricks]

Some interesting point about new system

"You’ll also have the option to choose what elements you want from which warehouse."

"With this new experience we’ll be introducing a split basket with a threshold for each basket."

Sounds like it'll be PaB and BnP under one roof at least at the start. Split basket seems like an odd approach but can understand from business POV

"In the past, different colours of the same design often had different prices. Now the prices will be more consistent, with some exceptions"

This seems good depending on exceptions.

"If your basket meets the minimum threshold amount, then you won’t have to pay any handling fees."

Don't mind idea of min spend aslong as its not ridiculous. The recent min spend on PaB were too high for limited part selection available.

"As a first trial we’ll introduce Build a Mini to our shoppers in Europe and Asia. With this tool you can combine different minifigure parts and create your own minifigure."

I wonder if the build a minifigure exclusives will show up in this? 

"There will likely be some shipping delays for a short time after we launch this experience."

Getting ahead of it not working for the first week 

[MAB]

10 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

I'm not convinced that many here will be happy with the changes. Reading Brickset, while they are merging them, it all still feels like two completely different services. Each service will have it's own fulfillment centres, so it will still take a while for at least the Bricks and Pieces orders to arrive. However, the actual change under the rebrand appears to be that there will be a minimum spend for each type of service to avoid handling fees. And now that they are merged, with the 'best seller/PAB' pieces also be available from 'standard/Bricks and Pieces'? Because if not, you'll be forced to either buy more from one/both services to meet the minimum threshold, or pay fees that will likely make it significantly more expensive.

In the UK, we already have a minimum of £12 for PAB. I believe they introduced that to stop people buying a single part, or a very small order, as these were shipped independently of the rest of the order and I imagine it cost them more to post then the order was worth. It was a good trick to get free shipping on a Bricks and Pieces order, if you were over the free shipping threshold. It does sound like it will be two services still, just integrated into one section of the website. I'm not too worried about the thresholds, as I typically order £50+ in Bricks and Pieces in one go anyway. I guess we will have to wait and see what parts go where.

A bigger issue for me as I buy a lot of minifigure parts might be the Build a Mini section, as they say minifigure parts that are in that service won't be available in the Pick a Brick side. So we might have to buy complete minifigures rather than individual parts. That will bump up the costs if we have to add hair / heads and so on (or even accessories too like the instore BAM) to buy complete figures instead of just the interesting printed parts. They might even price match it to the instore BAM price, pushing the price up even more. As you say, we might not be happy with changes. So much of the usefulness is in the detail.

[Maple]

3 hours ago, MAB said:

LEGO have announced the PAB and Bricks and Pieces are merging. Hopefully this will make orders easier to place / parts easier to search. And the good news is that orders will count towards promotional items.

RIP Bricks and Pieces. It was nice while it lasted. I suggest buying as many pieces as you can now. LEGO hasn't EVER made anything better. Seriously. Anyone celebrating this news is misinformed. How many times have they updated the LEGO website? Never works right. VIP service anyone?

I was going to wait until the end of the year to buy more torsos to see which ones are rarer and which ones end up being more common. Guess I'll be making another order soon. Plus LEGOs are 40 cents at PAB and 70 cents at P&B so which price do you think LEGO will be going with?

Edited January 12, 2022 by Maple

[MAB]

1 hour ago, Maple said:

RIP Bricks and Pieces. It was nice while it lasted. I suggest buying as many pieces as you can now. LEGO hasn't EVER made anything better. Seriously. Anyone celebrating this news is misinformed. How many times have they updated the LEGO website? Never works right. VIP service anyone?

I was going to wait until the end of the year to buy more torsos to see which ones are rarer and which ones end up being more common. Guess I'll be making another order soon. Plus LEGOs are 40 cents at PAB and 70 cents at P&B so which price do you think LEGO will be going with?

You are probably right to buy torsos now. If they become more common, they still cost 50c or so on BL, so you don't overpay much now. Whereas if they turn out to be rarer ones then chances are you'll end up having to pay significantly more. 

I can understand PAB ones being cheaper as they are fairly standard City ones, seemingly printed in their billions! By the looks of it, printed parts can still vary in price, even if the base part is the same.

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by MAB

[Maple]

22 minutes ago, MAB said:

You are probably right to buy torsos now. If they become more common, they still cost 50c or so on BL, so you don't overpay much now. Whereas if they turn out to be rarer ones then chances are you'll end up having to pay significantly more. 

I can understand PAB ones being cheaper as they are fairly standard City ones, seemingly printed in their billions! By the looks of it, printed parts can still vary in price, even if the base part is the same.

 

I thankfully bought some torso before the new year because they went bye-bye now. Most of what I didn't buy are sets I plan on getting. A lot of what I bought is Monkey Kid. Almost all the torsos in the City School are new. I was going to wait to see if they show up in the summer sets but maybe now I'll place another order.

Plus I completely forgot I want to update my legs. Legs are 40 cents on PAB, that's SSSSOOOOO much cheaper and you know LEGO isn't going to lower the price from .68-.72 cents to .40. (All USD.)

Edited January 12, 2022 by Maple

[Chopper Bricks]

I found some more info on Hothbricks (link below, sorry it's in French), which include some prices: 

Per order : 200 different part IDs max, 999 of each part max.

no fees over 12€, otherwise 6€ for 'Standard' parts and 3€ for 'best seller' parts . Does not specify wether the fees include the shipping or not, let's hope they do.

New minifig service 'Build a Mini' in 3-packs for 5£/6$, you can also add more figs for 1.66£/2$ each. Figs include legs, torso, head, headgear, accessory. Including 2019-2020 BAM parts which will not be available seperately. seems like quite a reasonable price IMO, and animals seem to also be part of the accessories selection.

https://www.hothbricks.com/lancement-du-pick-and-build-sur-le-shop-lego-le-service-bricks-pieces-disparaitra-definitivement-en-fevrier/

[Maple]

2 minutes ago, Chopper Bricks said:

I found some more info on Hothbricks (link below, sorry it's in French), which include some prices: 

Per order : 200 different part IDs max, 999 of each part max.

no fees over 12€, otherwise 6€ for 'Standard' parts and 3€ for 'best seller' parts . Does not specify wether the fees include the shipping or not, let's hope they do.

New minifig service 'Build a Mini' in 3-packs for 5£/6$, you can also add more figs for 1.66£/2$ each. Figs include legs, torso, head, headgear, accessory. Including 2019-2020 BAM parts which will not be available seperately. seems like quite a reasonable price IMO, and animals seem to also be part of the accessories selection.

https://www.hothbricks.com/lancement-du-pick-and-build-sur-le-shop-lego-le-service-bricks-pieces-disparaitra-definitivement-en-fevrier/

So the BAM pieces won't be available? Then what's the point? Also I don't believe the USA price is correct. Someone was bitching about BAM increasing in the UK and it was still about a $1 cheaper per figure than in the USA.

I always spend more than $15-20 but a max of 200 parts is complete BS. I did a very small order yesterday and it turned out to be 75 pieces.

I have a very bad feeling these whole thing will be a complete disaster.

[MAB]

^ I think the idea is that the BAM parts cannot be bought individually,  only as complete figures. So you have to have one head, one torso, one set of legs, etc per figure ordered. If so, that's not too bad, although the pricing does seem low compared to the current instore prices. Hopefully it also means only the BAM parts are treated this way and all other minifig parts stay as parts that can be ordered individually. 

[Chopper Bricks]

BAM pieces will be available in 'build a mini' but not by themselves without buying a full fig :)