Lego Licensed Parts available from Bricks & Pieces

[Exetrius]

Interesting experience: today I received an invoice of the PAB standard order that I placed during the holiday stop, I assume it has shipped. Before the service closed, I had a nice selection of parts in added to my cart. Then the holidays came and I was unable to view or edit my order in the PAB service. I am really happy that it came through, although unfortunately I'll only receive one of each part because I hadn't decided on the quantities yet. Together with some other sets I was able to profit from a number of Christmas freebies, so experiment successful and score!  

Edited January 19, 2023 by Exetrius

[Megbricks]

I was just able to order all of the heads and torsos from the fußball table. Now i only need 3 of the shields. 

Edited January 19, 2023 by Megbricks

[jonwil]

FYI a LEGO employee on a Discord group (someone responsible for working on the pick-a-brick front-end and who is in said Discord I suspect mostly to get feedback and bug reports about the PaB front end) said this about the Castle parts that are currently only available in the US "There is a reason, but I can't say what it is unfortunately. They'll be back soon" so that should mean they will be available for the rest of the world at some point soon.

 

[bitbamboo]

The shop is open!!! I mean, standard parts, as:

 MINI SHIELD, NO. 25 ID: 6428491/102327 1,31 €

BASE PLATE 32X32ID: 6411443/3811 (dark blue - OOS but hey, it is there)

[jonwil]

3 hours ago, MAB said:

It would be a good idea for anyone saying such and such is available to have a proper location (country) in their profile, or state this when posting. Different regions have access to different parts.

There are only 2 different regions. North America (US and Canada) that have Bestseller parts ship from a warehouse in Illinois and rest-of-world that have Bestseller parts ship from a warehouse in Poland. The parts available from each bestseller warehouse are different and (for some reason known only to LEGO) right now there are parts in the Standard warehouse in Denmark that are only being sold to North America and not rest-of-world (and some only being sold to rest-of-world and not North America). All countries in each group should have an identical set of parts for sale.

[Graupensuppe]

3 hours ago, Megbricks said:

I was just able to order all of the heads and torsos from the fußball table. Now i only need 3 of the shields. 

Everything except for two reddish brown heads seems to be gone now

[Megbricks]

10 minutes ago, Graupensuppe said:

Everything except for two reddish brown heads seems to be gone now

Weird thing happens here on canadian site. If you search by set number they dont come up. You need to search by more recent pieces 

Update: they are all still available

[Maple]

13 hours ago, karrit said:

Thank you.  Maybe they are purposely adding stuff slowly so every can have a shot at getting at least some of the parts.

Yeah a bunch of foosball is in the USA. If I didn't just place an order I'd buy some of the heads. They look really nice and I didn't even know that a few of them have cochlear implants.

[MAB]

3 hours ago, jonwil said:

There are only 2 different regions. North America (US and Canada) that have Bestseller parts ship from a warehouse in Illinois and rest-of-world that have Bestseller parts ship from a warehouse in Poland. The parts available from each bestseller warehouse are different and (for some reason known only to LEGO) right now there are parts in the Standard warehouse in Denmark that are only being sold to North America and not rest-of-world (and some only being sold to rest-of-world and not North America). All countries in each group should have an identical set of parts for sale.

And we have some people saying "this is available" without any region information at all. Saying what region or country they are in helps people to know whether the part is likely to be available in their region. And some saying things are not available when others say they are. Again, if no location info is in the profile this can confuse things. People in different regions are contradicting each other as they have access to different systems. Like those heads in the table football set. Putting a location helps make it a little clearer.

Edited January 19, 2023 by MAB

[eldiano]

I’m still wondering how they currently sell castle parts available in the US, but yet they come from Poland, you would figure they would prioritize the countries nearby rather than the US at this rate 🤣 

[DuckBricks]

North America seems to have rapidly restocked:

Half red/blue Lion Knights shield 6428494

Yellow Lion Knights shield 6428486

Blue Lion Knights shield 6428489

Forestmen shield 6315053

Plus some 2023 City stuff, gold visors, candy canes, etc - and all the minifig parts for the Foosball Table. All in stock as of 2:10 PM PST January 19th!

[Roebuck]

13 hours ago, eldiano said:

I’m still wondering how they currently sell castle parts available in the US, but yet they come from Poland, you would figure they would prioritize the countries nearby rather than the US at this rate 🤣 

There is some kind of bug, the plan was to first open standard parts then later add the new parts instead they did it the other way around so USA got the hole buffet while the rest of the world had to watch the feast through the window. Now we get the scraps and must wait for second servings of the new parts, some of the better dishes are not even on the menu here yet  Standard bricks do not come from Poland, but Denmark! Bestseller parts here is shipped from Poland while I believe USA has a separate bestseller supplier. Why the USA has not closed down standard parts during the holidays I do not know, but would not surprise me if it is a stupid reason e.g you can sue companies and people for any stupid reason there and even win

[jodawill]

7 hours ago, Roebuck said:

There is some kind of bug, the plan was to first open standard parts then later add the new parts instead they did it the other way around so USA got the hole buffet while the rest of the world had to watch the feast through the window. Now we get the scraps and must wait for second servings of the new parts, some of the better dishes are not even on the menu here yet  Standard bricks do not come from Poland, but Denmark! Bestseller parts here is shipped from Poland while I believe USA has a separate bestseller supplier. Why the USA has not closed down standard parts during the holidays I do not know, but would not surprise me if it is a stupid reason e.g you can sue companies and people for any stupid reason there and even win

The US Pick a Brick was available for ordering, but nothing was restocked during that period and orders weren't being fulfilled. I can't explain why the new parts dropped here first. If it was a mistake, they probably would have taken them down, but they're still available. But I'm sure they will have plenty of new stock to go around when they open up worldwide. You just have to be patient.

There's a lot of whining in this thread. Keep in mind there was a time when nothing like this was available at all. I would have killed to have a service like this in the '90s. It's not perfect, but with the exception of a few absurdly priced parts, we get pretty much everything we want eventually. If you want parts immediately, you have to go to Bricklink. This is just one of those things where you will get it eventually. You just have to think on a longer time scale. I've been waiting for these parts ever since 10305 and 10497 were rumored over a year ago. Waiting a couple extra months isn't a big deal. And we go through this every year. They always close or slow down PAB/B&P this time of year. And people always whine and moan when things go out of stock, but no one thanks Lego when those prices eventually come back in stock for over a week after demand settles.

[MAB]

And for these new parts, stock will come in and sell out almost instantly. And it will happen again and again. People will miss out temporarily. But it will settle eventually. I waited about three months to be able to order the BF torsos after they were first available for sale. Eventually they stay in stock for long enough to order then, and with even more time they stay in stock for days at a time. I can see exactly the same thing happening for the lion knight body parts. But I'll get some eventually. Without paying the very high BL prices.

I can understand paying a little extra on BL for a few torsos if you need them fast, but not 10x the PAB price for an army of them.

Edited January 20, 2023 by MAB

[jodawill]

16 minutes ago, MAB said:

And for these new parts, stock will come in and sell out almost instantly. And it will happen again and again. People will miss out temporarily. But it will settle eventually. I waited about three months to be able to order the BF torsos after they were first available for sale. Eventually they stay in stock for long enough to order then, and with even more time they stay in stock for days at a time. I can see exactly the same thing happening for the lion knight body parts. But I'll get some eventually. Without paying the very high BL prices.

I can understand paying a little extra on BL for a few torsos if you need them fast, but not 10x the PAB price for an army of them.

Exactly. The Black Falcon minifigures used to sell out within minutes. Since PAB was restocked a few days ago in the US, they haven't sold out. It can be very frustrating early on, but at some point, demand does taper off and it becomes easier to get them.

Now, I can't say the same thing about the Build A Minifigure stations. I'm still really frustrated about the white falcon (or whatever we're calling them) fiasco. I had to drive an hour to get to the store, and they'd always be sold out within an hour of them putting them out. I hope they're available through PAB at some point, but I have no reason to believe they will be. Thankfully, I was able to get some by just being in the right place at the right time while I was traveling. But if I had been there five minutes later, I wouldn't have gotten any. Someone was already there buying literally the entire stock - hundreds, if not thousands of them.

[Maple]

Which is again why LEGO needs limits. The limits can change over time.

I don't live anywhere near a LEGO store, I don't get any of those exclusives, so get in line. Whatever happened to the BAM online thing? Was it too popular during the European beta tests?

[eldiano]

28 minutes ago, Maple said:

Which is again why LEGO needs limits. The limits can change over time.

I don't live anywhere near a LEGO store, I don't get any of those exclusives, so get in line. Whatever happened to the BAM online thing? Was it too popular during the European beta tests?

They do have limits, that’s why they charge us $8.00usd for a cape.  It’s the Disney mentality of making money on popular items knowing they will sell well and charging x5 the amount it actually costs them to make.  

Same thing with those damn shields.

I don’t buy to sell I only buy for my collection but buying like 10 of each shield put a dent in my wallet. That was like 170$ right there, i got a promotional bunny that’s already en route. Hahaha

Lego knows they are sitting on a gold mine by selling bricks like this, yes a lot of people get pisssed because of FOMO but like everyone’s mentioned here I too have snatched up complete figures over the months and years and extra sets due to eventual restocks, patience is needed is all, they will fullfill all needs eventually. The LEGO group is doing perfectly fine to be honest with Pick a Brick now. Business is so well they are expanding to meet demand, we just have to wait. 

Edited January 20, 2023 by eldiano

[anothergol]

23 minutes ago, eldiano said:

They do have limits, that’s why they charge us $8.00usd for a cape.  It’s the Disney mentality of making money on popular items knowing they will sell well and charging x5 the amount it actually costs them to make. 

it would be amazing if Lego was *only* charging parts 5x what it costs them to make

[RichardGoring]

This isn't showing on the US PAB, but it looks like in Europe there are indeed limits appearing on PAB items:

[PAB] I guess this is LEGO's response to hoarders... : lego (reddit.com)

Edited January 20, 2023 by RichardGoring

[Maple]

Good. I'd say 25, but 35 limit is better than 200. I wonder if it's actually enforced. Target in the USA has limits but it's per order, you just place 10 orders if you want. 

[jodawill]

It seems the limit only applies to a few parts, such as the new shields. It doesn't even apply to the Black Falcons. I'm guessing this will only ever apply to parts they're having trouble keeping in stock. I'm completely fine with this. And I'm also guessing the limit only applies per order. I would guess that if someone places 10 orders of the same items though, they'll probably be flagged for abusing the system. But I think 35 is fair as long as people can come back later for more. If someone wants to order 35 every week, I think that's fair as long as Lego can keep up with the demand.

I was fortunate enough to order everything I wanted when they first became available. I had my order placed within a few minutes. The only parts I'm waiting for now are the flags from 10305 and the classic space torsos. Hopefully those flags are a box of three parts, not just single pieces. I'm going to order one of each first and see what I end up with. $9 for each one is ludicrous. If it's $9 for three pieces, that's still expensive, but tolerable since I only need to buy a few.

[MAB]

1 hour ago, Maple said:

Which is again why LEGO needs limits. The limits can change over time.

I don't live anywhere near a LEGO store, I don't get any of those exclusives, so get in line. Whatever happened to the BAM online thing? Was it too popular during the European beta tests?

I doubt the online BAM has turned out to be too popular. It was quite good at the start but they have not replenished it with any decent parts. I had a couple of orders where I added 40 BAM figs to hit GWP thresholds, and they had decent torsos, hair, dual molded legs and accessories like cats and dachshunds. I was adding them to hit a threshold so wanted to sell them on, and each £2 figure parted out for about £4. Whereas now, they don't even hit £2. The selection of parts is quite poor even if you wanted to keep them.

[Maple]

1 hour ago, MAB said:

I doubt the online BAM has turned out to be too popular. It was quite good at the start but they have not replenished it with any decent parts. I had a couple of orders where I added 40 BAM figs to hit GWP thresholds, and they had decent torsos, hair, dual molded legs and accessories like cats and dachshunds. I was adding them to hit a threshold so wanted to sell them on, and each £2 figure parted out for about £4. Whereas now, they don't even hit £2. The selection of parts is quite poor even if you wanted to keep them.

Oh. I didn't even know it was still around. LEGO probably doesn't have the staff to do BAM. They can't even get the PAB pieces out within months.

[eldiano]

9 minutes ago, Maple said:

Oh. I didn't even know it was still around. LEGO probably doesn't have the staff to do BAM. They can't even get the PAB pieces out within months.

When i visited their LEGO store HQ back in 2022 they had plenty of staff to help out guests, I almost wanted to try it out but that price tag though 

[Megbricks]

Does anyone have my current issue? I just checked my PaB order status and All and i mean ALL of my orders (like 300 of them) from forever have the same status: Just placed. And i get this message: We received your order and is being prepared by our system. It can take a
few minutes to be ready. Once the order is in process, you will be able to view your order details.