The stores are having problems showing new sets

[El Garfio]

Beginning with Gringotts Bank and after with concord or the venator the stores are having problems showing every day bigger sets built 

They are having at least two problems: 

First, the sets don't fit in the showcases, and they have to show them with some of the methacrylate walls out or without any protection exposed to shoplifting

Second, the lack of space. With the aggravating of more than one huge set as new release due to the small dimensions of the stores placed in malls

[Lyichir]

5 hours ago, El Garfio said:

Beginning with Gringotts Bank and after with concord or the venator the stores are having problems showing every day bigger sets built 

They are having at least two problems: 

First, the sets don't fit in the showcases, and they have to show them with some of the methacrylate walls out or without any protection exposed to shoplifting

Second, the lack of space. With the aggravating of more than one huge set as new release due to the small dimensions of the stores placed in malls

Is shoplifting display models a real problem where you are? Lego stores in my area have display models completely exposed quite often—unless a store was severely understaffed, it'd be pretty impractical to attempt to shoplift a huge set like the Concorde.

[Mylenium]

Yeah, LEGO's awful in-store design biting them in their butts. Stealing is probably not an issue, but the models clearly suffer after a week of being poked by everyone. A lot of them aren't even under glass and just stand openly on those cube pedestals with an employee doing guard duty. I remember the Eiffel Tower looking pretty wrecked here in our store after a while...

Mylenium

[El Garfio]

11 hours ago, Lyichir said:

Is shoplifting display models a real problem where you are? Lego stores in my area have display models completely exposed quite often—unless a store was severely understaffed, it'd be pretty impractical to attempt to shoplift a huge set like the Concorde.

Yes 

They have to put the figs apart, because even glued, end stolen 

An not only shoplifting is the problem, people touch the buildings and some parts end loose (the concord nose, the upside part of the venator, some wall decoration of Gringotts,...

5 hours ago, Mylenium said:

Yeah, LEGO's awful in-store design biting them in their butts. Stealing is probably not an issue, but the models clearly suffer after a week of being poked by everyone. A lot of them aren't even under glass and just stand openly on those cube pedestals with an employee doing guard duty. I remember the Eiffel Tower looking pretty wrecked here in our store after a while...

Mylenium

Somebody dismounted a wheel of the Corvette (it's not something that could pass by accident)

I have seen also BAM figures placed in winter cottage or viking village 

Edited November 27, 2023 by El Garfio

[AFOLguy1970]

My local stores also tend not to display models that they do not have in stock.  I guess the reasoning is that they do not want to lure people in only for them to be disappointed when they cannot find it.  

[Johnny1360]

Yeah but the thing is most of them aren't on display more than a few weeks, then they move on to the next great set. Here at my local store, they don't seem to mind at all  if I mess around with the display sets while they are building them in store. I would love to get the cast off set, just for whatever pieces do make through being displayed.