 | | What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —Dave Sterling
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| | | Hey all. Stacy and I were just wondering if anyone has heard anything about why so many sets are on back-order at U.S. S@H. The MTT has been on mega-long back-order, so I've been waiting to order it and a bunch of other sets I've been looking at are (...) (17 years ago, 23-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —Dave Sterling
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| | | | (...) Nevermind this thread. I spoke with Joe Meno and he has given me some potential scenarios as to why the sets I am interested in are back-ordered. Thanks, Dave (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —Patrick Bégin
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| | | | (...) It would be great if you could share with others your findings... (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —Dave Sterling
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| | | | (...) Hopefully, Joe doesn't mind me posting and paraphrasing his info. He could only speculate, but his thought was that we recent back-order problems were related to... 1. Outsourcing - since the brick production (but not Technic or Bionicle) is (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —Michael Zecca
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| | | | (...) Ah, so unlike last year, when they decided that the best time to shut down production in Enfield and move everything to Mexico was just in time for the holiday season (leaving many stores, including the Lego brand stores, fairly bare of bricks (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —Joe Meno
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| | | | (...) Yep:-). Demand was also higher than previous years for sets too. I should also point out that production for sets is a lot like printing - there's a lot of lead time needed to get a set production run done. So what seems obvious now in terms (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: What's going on with all the back-ordered sets??? —John Patterson
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| | | | (...) This may be true, but they always managed to be top notch before. Now, with all the changes to save money, they are slipping a little. Almost anytime I order from S@H they have items backordered. If demand is higher than usual, they have the (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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