Comments on: Dear LEGO: We want 6299 LEGO Pirates Advent Calendar!

By: javanite

javanite — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:57:40 +0000

Yarr, my hearties! Eagerly awaiting this years Lego Pirate Advent Calendar!

By: jblegofan

jblegofan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:58:27 +0000

I too am from the US and would buy the Pirates Advent calendar. I even was in the UK last week and looked around for it, but unfortunately the local toy shop didn’t have any stock yet. Last year I was lucky enough to have a relative bring the castle back from their travel (along with the good wizard) and my boys loved being able to do them.

The problem is (as previously noted) when you have multiple lego fans in a household, you need more than one set to keep the fighting each morning to a minimum. So I strongly support this petition and hope that TLG will see that we in America do have the Christmas Spirit and will buy this set. Arrrggg.

By: silveravnt

silveravnt — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:52:23 +0000

I have an additional question and (Moderator, If this is not appropriate for this thread please delete).
Why doesnt someone just Import 100 sets and ship them around the US? I’ve got an address in DE and FR. The only downside is that they would cost quite a bit more after shipping to EU and shipping to USA and then to people homes. I guess that would suck.

By: silveravnt

silveravnt — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:08:02 +0000

We would really like the pirates advent calendar. We continue to enjoy the advent calendar from last year. Truth be told, if it’s not available we will probably import it from eu.

By: turbobrett

turbobrett — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:22:06 +0000

I love this set and would buy several of them, just like last years advent set we had to petition.

By: ktranger

ktranger — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:56 +0000

Well I hope Lego sees the “interest” in this set here in the USA. I to got lucky last year, hopefully Lego will offer the set… otherwise may a shipment of these end up here in the USA too.

By: KellyJMF

KellyJMF — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:07:46 +0000

I am stunned they do not take pre-orders and then ship what’s been requested. If it was me, I’d offer free shipping to the Lego store of your choice and let people pick them up (plus more goodies since you’re already there, of course).

I was too late last year to get one of the few Castle sets offered directly so I ended up spending $50-60 to get one on eBay. Probably can’t afford that this year and the City ones aren’t enough fun to bother.

By: reefcomber

reefcomber — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:25:43 +0000

I truly don’t think that Lego cares one way or another. It was by fluke it happened last year, not anything Lego did for its customers. Why would they start thinking about us this year. Imagine the money they would make if they would make everything available to all. I made numerous calls to Lego about the pirate advent calendar. Although customer service said they understood, it’s not up to them…

By: Creative Anarchy

Creative Anarchy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:48:58 +0000

No, I don’t mean to be a buzzkill but I’m tired of it. Last year I busted ass chasing down a Christmas Advent calendar and didn’t manage to get one before they ran out. It was frustrating. I’m not going to run the gauntlet for this advent calendar. The last two weeks I’ve been grinding teeth and calling the online store trying to get a PAB order to go through online without success. I spend an unreasonable amount of money on this product line. I rarely buy a single copy of a set. Sets I like I often buy a half-dozen of to ensure I have enough of the figures or pieces I want. I will spend like a drunken pirate on anything that Lego wants to sell me but if they do not want additional money I refuse to further burden them with my dollars. If they’d like to sell me a Pirate Advent Callendar they can put one on the shelf at my local store like a reasonable retailer. I am not a trick dog, I do not jump through hoops.

By: Brickule

Brickule — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:55:17 +0000

I personally thought that LEGO wouldn’t make this mistake again, last year I purchased 2 Castle Calendars from the miss-shipped pallet. With so many people interested in this item it would be in LEGO’s best interest to ship to the US and Canada. If LEGO does decide to ship to the US I will probably get 2 of these, one for me and one for my lil sis.

If LEGO doesn’t ship this set to the US and Canada, I would like to ask them to try and keep leaked pictures under control, me and my lil sis saw this set in February and got real excited, it has many parts that are not available in cheaper sets: Mermaid, Shark, ect…

By: ThePlasticDonkey

ThePlasticDonkey — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:07:29 +0000

Dear Lego Folks,
Please share the Pirate Advent Calendar with the folks in the New World. Many people would have much fun, with relatively little despoiling and pillaging during the coming Winter Solstice.
Thank you,
TPD

By: chrism

chrism — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:20:43 +0000

The 2009 City Advent Calendar looks very ho-hum. I imported the 2008 Castle Advent Calendar from the UK, and that was a huge hassle. I don’t want to go through that again this year. I don’t understand the aversion to making the non-City advent calendars available to buyers in the US/Canada, even if it’s just through shop.lego.com. Come on, Lego! Don’t make it so hard for us to give you *more* money!

By: notenoughbricks

notenoughbricks — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:41:16 +0000

If this set is not released this year in the U.S. I will refrain from buying the CITY Advent Calendar. I have at least 1 copy of the CITY calendar for 06-08 and bought 1 last year because I was trying to keep the holiday tradition going. I think my $30 will be better off spent on buying the Orange Tow Truck and the White Camper or Red Roadster sets from the CITY theme this year. I can’t take another remote control car playing minifig again or another cop or firefighter!

By: ligerzero

ligerzero — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:21:46 +0000

I agree although I’m Jewish for me the advent calendars have always been full of cool little Lego trinkets. Hopefully Lego will realize that American fans would like more than just generic city figs to celebrate the holidays.

By: jagdjh

jagdjh — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:26:04 +0000

I’d take two if they were made available. As a number of people said, I can’t understand why they only sell certain sets in some regions. It would be more understandable if the Pirate themed sets were not available in the US not to mention that Christmas is celebrated worldwide.