10193 Medieval Market Village - Official Thread

Pluto · Post by **Pluto** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:58 pm

kibosh wrote:Yeah, fear of this set running out and possibly coming back at a higher price point forced me to order this sooner than planned.

Has TLG done that in the past?

Heir of Black Falcon · Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:16 pm

Richard,

Yeah still hoping it comes tomorrow. Stupid tracking still has not been updated since Saturday. I called TLC and they said we had to wait till the 9th for anything else.

Pluto,

They did it with the Dwarf Mine last year so it happens.

Heir

timber_wolf899 · Post by **timber_wolf899** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:43 pm

yes they did it with dwar4f mine, BUT

Remember dwarf mine went from a limited to a universal release as well. SO perhaps the low price was part of the target deal for the exclusive.

Since 10193 is not going to a larger release, i do not see this happenng.

natelite · Post by **natelite** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:18 pm

timber_wolf899 wrote:yes they did it with dwar4f mine, BUT

Remember dwarf mine went from a limited to a universal release as well. SO perhaps the low price was part of the target deal for the exclusive.

Since 10193 is not going to a larger release, i do not see this happenng.

yes, but you are forgetting 7237 police station. when it came out it was retailing for $50. after 1 year, TLC raised it to $70.

there were a few more sets which also increased price that weren't target exclusive. i think the popularity of DM made the price increase visible to most...but it has happen with other sets as well.

Gumby · Post by **Gumby** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:45 pm

Another reason for price increases can be attributed to the size of the production run. I remember 7905 Building Crane was US$50 when it first came out, but when the first, larger production run sold out, they made a second batch. There were fewer made in the second batch so they had to increase the prices to US$70 or so in order for the set to remain "profitable".

Remember, when the production machines are making parts for set X, they aren't making parts for set Y (which is why sets from a particular year try to share as many common parts as possible)...

nanuck95 · Post by **nanuck95** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:50 am

Received mine yesterday, put some of it together last night and finished the rest tonight. I was totally and completely impressed with the whole thing. The selection of parts is great, the details are fantastic, and I love the minifigs. I couldn't figure out what the brown carrots were until I got to the end of book 1, pretty funny!

My only two gripes are that the box was pretty smashed up, but none of the pieces were broken. That's more UPS's fault than anything. Also one of the dark brown "spyglass" pieces was missing and somehow I ended up with a gold one instead. I tried going through the customer service online and they must not have 10193 entered into their system yet to report missing pieces. The page said it couldn't find the set, so I had to manually explain what happened.

Seems like a number of people have been having problems with missing pieces from the MMV, I've bought tons of stuff from S@H and only ever had this happen once before (although they were very good about sending me the missing pieces with no questions asked).

Overall, I'm extremely pleased with it and it was well worth the money spent.

Username · Post by **Username** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:36 am

Now it's on back order till next month.

natelite · Post by **natelite** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:21 am

it sold very well in all regions. i guess it's safe to say we'll be seeing "version 2" in 2010.

** by version 2, i mean another in the series much like GG is to CC/MS.

Post by **Athos** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:08 am

natelite wrote:it sold very well in all regions. i guess it's safe to say we'll be seeing "version 2" in 2010.

** by version 2, i mean another in the series much like GG is to CC/MS.

Lets hope. This is by far the best castle set in several years.

Steve

Heir of Black Falcon · Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:01 pm

Well today..... after waiting as best I could... IT CAME!!!

My family will put it together tonight and maybe tomorrow if we cannot get them done in an hour or two. Looks awesome!

Heir

KingDavid · Post by **KingDavid** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:16 pm

Heir of Black Falcon wrote:Well today..... after waiting as best I could... IT CAME!!!

My family will put it together tonight and maybe tomorrow if we cannot get them done in an hour or two. Looks awesome!

Heir

If you can get it done in and hour or two, you've got some skills. Even with help. Happy building.

Karalora · Post by **Karalora** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:27 pm

I ordered mine through Shop & Ship last Monday, and still haven't gotten it. Should I be worried?

Username · Post by **Username** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:29 pm

Karalora wrote:I ordered mine through Shop & Ship last Monday, and still haven't gotten it. Should I be worried?

Last Monday as in 2 days ago? If so, no, because it's now on back order. You can call Lego to check on your shipment though, or send them an email.

Karalora · Post by **Karalora** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:40 pm

No, last Monday as in December 29. They said 3 to 8 business days, and I know there's been a weekend and a holiday in the interim, but I got an e-mail that they had shipped it the day after I ordered it. That seems like a long time to be in transit.

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:47 am

I know where I live 3-8 bus. days means 8-12 bus. days.

But somehow I get the sense that posts regarding shipping isn't exactly the point of this set discussion board.