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[karrit]

Still nothing for me either.  No LEGO seems to have gotten to the US yet for me.  And my Amazon delivery was an empty envelope.  Seems they didn't actually fold the flap over enough to actually seal the envelope so the small scale & calibration weights I ordered either never made it into the envelope in the warehouse or they fell out somewhere enroute to me.  Replacements are on the way.  I ordered the scale so I could hopefully be able to determine the contents of the CMF boxes if I'm ever able to find any intact boxes in stores at some point.

[RichardGoring]

3 hours ago, karrit said:

.I ordered the scale so I could hopefully be able to determine the contents of the CMF boxes if I'm ever able to find any intact boxes in stores at some point.

I tried weighing the Marvel CMF and the weights were all over the place and completely inconsistent. However, I had great results putting my phone torch light against one of the tiny holes in the bottom corner and then my eye up against the other to see inside. I got the couple that I wanted that way, and their weights were generally not anywhere near the expected weights.

I've ordered a cheap ($13) 3mm endoscope that will make it a lot easier. I have a 6mm one, which is too large to see inside, but 3mm should work perfectly without damaging the boxes at all.

[toydad2]

14 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

I tried weighing the Marvel CMF and the weights were all over the place and completely inconsistent. However, I had great results putting my phone torch light against one of the tiny holes in the bottom corner and then my eye up against the other to see inside. I got the couple that I wanted that way, and their weights were generally not anywhere near the expected weights.

I've ordered a cheap ($13) 3mm endoscope that will make it a lot easier. I have a 6mm one, which is too large to see inside, but 3mm should work perfectly without damaging the boxes at all.

Where did you get the 3mm for $13?

[RichardGoring]

3 hours ago, toydad2 said:

Where did you get the 3mm for $13?

It appears to have increased to $15 not. It's arriving today, any I will report the results.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B4W2VQ4R

[karrit]

@RichardGoring I may look into getting one of those endoscope also.  I think the scale will work for finding minifigs that have more varying weights while the endoscope will most likely make them more definitively identifiable.  I didn’t try anything for the Marvel ones because I just ordered a complete set from an online seller.  Going forward I need to try something because there are figs I don’t want and others I know I want multiples of.

Edited December 24, 2023 by karrit

[RichardGoring]

Endoscope arrived today and I tried it out on a box of Marvel series 2 that I got cheap and am saving for birthday party favours. Results were excellent. Easily and quickly able to identify all figures. Clarity of the image was superb:

Equally as important is the impact on the box. Out of 36, there were two where it felt forced to get the scope in, as the gap was a little tight. On one, it damaged the box very slightly, the other didn't leave a mark more noticeable than any of the others:

The ear wax scoop on the end is really useful to feed the scope into the gap. I'd be confident doing this to undermine the silliness and gambling of blind loot boxes, while at the same time not damaging the product - certainly no more than you see standard sets in retail stores with the odd dent and bash anyway.

[jodawill]

https://old.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/18pxa7p/lego_may_be_transitioning_cmf_packaging_to/
 

I guess I can return my otoscope now.

[karrit]

Guess I'll hold off on the endoscope until I find out if this code thing works if I can find any boxes anywhere.

[RichardGoring]

That's great news if it's accurate and they continue with it.

[eldiano]

My November 1st  bestseller order now got delayed until January 23rd, this sucks. They still haven’t even shipped my GWP from that promotion 🤓

[karrit]

My Nov 18 Standard parts order has finally arrived in the US.  Now to see if it makes it from New Jersey to me before the end of the year.

[RichardGoring]

5 hours ago, karrit said:

My Nov 18 Standard parts order has finally arrived in the US.  Now to see if it makes it from New Jersey to me before the end of the year.

Good news! I'm hoping mine is in the same shipment. If so, it will indeed be a happy New Year!

[karrit]

My parts arrived in Denver on Saturday.  Package still hasn't been turned over to USPS for delivery.  Was hoping it would be delivered today but I guess not.  Hope the DHL employees enjoyed their New Years celebrations.

[Murdoch17]

My November 19th package finally arrived December 29th... so it just BARELY made it in before years end.

[RichardGoring]

I had a DHLGM package show up on USPS Informed Delivery today, for delivery today. Hoping it's from LEGO. Curiously, nothing else is showing up in the pipeline, and I placed four orders over that VIP weekend, so I wonder if it's a single package and the rest will follow, or they've bundled it together.

Some nice new elements added according to New Elementary, including a bunch of the Friends advent calendar animals - New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: New parts added to LEGO® Pick a Brick

But I don't think any are showing up for me in the US, even if I select out of stock. Perhaps visible in Europe though?

[MKJoshA]

15 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

I had a DHLGM package show up on USPS Informed Delivery today, for delivery today. Hoping it's from LEGO. Curiously, nothing else is showing up in the pipeline, and I placed four orders over that VIP weekend, so I wonder if it's a single package and the rest will follow, or they've bundled it together.

Some nice new elements added according to New Elementary, including a bunch of the Friends advent calendar animals - New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: New parts added to LEGO® Pick a Brick

But I don't think any are showing up for me in the US, even if I select out of stock. Perhaps visible in Europe though?

Not visible for me in France yet.

[karrit]

@RichardGoring that DHLGM should definitely be the LEGO parts.  Probably just one order though because I've never had them combine any of my parts orders into one package.

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, RichardGoring said:

Some nice new elements added according to New Elementary, including a bunch of the Friends advent calendar animals - New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: New parts added to LEGO® Pick a Brick

But I don't think any are showing up for me in the US, even if I select out of stock. Perhaps visible in Europe though?

The article says they will be added later this month. They got the info in advance like they got with the retiring pieces back in november.

[karrit]

Just got an update from USPS that the local Post office finally has my package & expects to deliver tomorrow.  Only took two weeks to travel halfway across the country.  Hope it saw some interesting sites along the way.

Edited January 2, 2024 by karrit

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, karrit said:

@RichardGoring that DHLGM should definitely be the LEGO parts.  Probably just one order though because I've never had them combine any of my parts orders into one package.

You are correct! Only one order delivered. The one I wanted most, which is great. But a mystery about the other three. I hope they all arrived into the US in the same shipment and one of them got brought out first. Also, this was the largest order and so is in a box. The others are likely in padded envelopes, so may get processed through a different route and have taken a bit longer.

[jodawill]

I just got my November 17th order today. The box had a huge hole in it and the main bag was damaged. Thankfully, all of the parts were accounted for.

[Roebuck]

6 hours ago, jodawill said:

The box had a huge hole in it and the main bag was damaged

Have the nutters over there started shooting at parcels as well now?!

[karrit]

My last 2023 standard parts order finally arrived today.  Two parts were missing, 14 of the Bow Windows in Flame Yellow Orange and 2 of the Marine Life Pre-pack accessories.  The Marine Life part number on my order doesn't match the part number that is currently listed online.  There were 4 random odd parts in the package that I definitely did not order, left & right giant hands in white, a red cape and a torso that I think is probably Ninjago.  Called customer service.  Was on hold for about 45 minutes with that annoying hold music.  Requested replacements for the missing items as well as two that were missing from other orders.  They said it should take about 11 days for me to receive the replacements.

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, karrit said:

My last 2023 standard parts order finally arrived today.  Two parts were missing...

That's a pain, but at least you found it. I don't really have time to go through the things I've ordered right now, but may have to bump them up in the priority order in case something is missing.

[karrit]

48 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

That's a pain, but at least you found it. I don't really have time to go through the things I've ordered right now, but may have to bump them up in the priority order in case something is missing.

Yeah, I knew I needed to get them to send replacements from the other orders but I held off calling waiting for this last package to arrive in case anything else was missing.  I don't always open the packages right away but I never wait too long to check each shipment in case of problems.  Since a lot of what I had ordered were supposedly retiring parts I really didn't want to wait this long to call.