I have ordered all needed pieces for my mocs directly from LEGO, and mainly always cheaper than bricklink. Usually the biggest diffirence comes from the shipping which is very cheap at LEGO. And best of all I can be sure that all parts are new and genuine parts.

First order was paid with my credit card, all other I paid with depit card. So my feedback is extremely positive.

There was one at Birmingham and one at Kingston I think, but they both got closed. Please correct me if I am wrong someone. A quick Google at least reveals that they both existed at some point in time...

100% correct! I have a distant memory of a lego shop in the Friary centre Guildford, back in the 80's but it might have just been a toy shop that stocked lots of lego, but I recall it having a yellow front and a lego sign.

Who knows

Somehow none of those parts are available on the Lego US site ....

Edit: Found them. I was initially looking in the 'Pick-A-Brick' section.

Edited January 20, 201411 yr by DrJB

It would seem red (as used in 8258) and yellow (as used in 42024) panels are out of stock at the moment. Red have been out of stock for a while now, I wonder if they will be coming back.

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Does anyone know how long it takes to receive parts after paying for them? Time scales in EU would be appreciated.

I placed an order two days ago, and called to verify and pay today.. The nice lady said it usually took 10-12 days, but it was pretty hectic these days, so maybe as long as two weeks. parts are picked and shipped from Denmark to Norway, and I suppose the same goes for the rest of Europe as well.

Got to say, it beats bricklink on prices on most of the items I ordered!

Yep, shipping costs are lower too. Definitely first checking Lego before buying parts from Bricklink from now on.

I placed an order two days ago, and called to verify and pay today.. The nice lady said it usually took 10-12 days, but it was pretty hectic these days, so maybe as long as two weeks. parts are picked and shipped from Denmark to Norway, and I suppose the same goes for the rest of Europe as well.

Interesting. I paid for an order today as well and was given the same time estimate for parts shipping from Denmark - but I'm in the US, and would have expected it to take longer to ship here than to other parts of Europe. Maybe the 10-12 days is a conservative estimate, though - an "under-promise and over-deliver" sort of thing to keep customers happy.

It's usually within 10 days in my experience. When i've called and paid on a Friday the parts have arrived 8 days later. I'll be placing an order next week so I will see what happens. I wonder if they are being inundated for the newer parts.

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Such a shame that you can't get the GBC balls on here! I even checked to see if they had those magenta ones that come in the Friends soccer set, but nay. :-(

Off-topic, but I need an answer:

Does the Black Tire 94.8 x 44 R Balloon (54120) fit to the Wheel 56mm D. x 34mm Technic Racing Medium (44772) ?

I consider buying 2 of this tire, but I don't know if it fits to this rim. It's the same as on the Unimog, which I have, but I need rims anyway.

I wonder if they fit together since the tire is just slightly bigger than the Unimog tire?

Off-topic, but I need an answer:

Does the Black Tire 94.8 x 44 R Balloon (54120) fit to the Wheel 56mm D. x 34mm Technic Racing Medium (44772) ?

I consider buying 2 of this tire, but I don't know if it fits to this rim. It's the same as on the Unimog, which I have, but I need rims anyway.

I wonder if they fit together since the tire is just slightly bigger than the Unimog tire?

Indeed it does. Bricklink is very useful for finding out this information too, it can tell you all the possible assemblies of wheels and tires. For example this combo: HERE

Thanks for the help. I haven't discovered this function yet.

Just got these, order placed Jan 17th, received Jan 29th, less than 2 weeks, not bad The 3L axle/pins and 5L axles with stops are going to come in handy this weekend!

Edited January 29, 201411 yr by JGW3000

Order placed 21St, got a mail this morning saying my parts had been packed and shipped, and would arrive in 8-10 days, which initially bummed me out..

Then this afternoon I got a call from DHL, wondering when they could come by tomorrow!:-)

So 7 days after I called to pay! And delivered by DHL.. brilliant!

Another data point: I ordered mid-January, got a confirmation email on January 21st and called them that day to pay, the order shipped a week later, and it arrived a week after that. So it's not a fast process (especially compared to BrickLink) but it did let me get parts that aren't available on BL or on store shelves in the US yet.

I'm pleased to hear you are all getting your parts.

H