>>6548278>What are these "grey boxes" you people are talking about?It's a joke about how so many modern Star Wars sets seem to be uninspired gray boxes.
Hey /lg/, I see a lot of people talking about how such-and-such minifig is only available in the $200 set, or how you would like to armybuilt so-and-so but they only give you one per set. You should be aware that Lego has a service called Bricks and Pieces where you can order multiples of specific pieces. This doesn't apply to licensed sets (at least I don't think it does), but for in-house themes, there's a limit of something like 200 units per piece. For example, if you wanted a bunch of Nexo monsters, you could buy the minifigs for about $1.50 each (you would have to order the head, torso assembly, and legs assembly separately, but the total per minifig would be about $1.50).
For some reason, the inventory a Lego rep can access directly is different than what shows up on their website, and pieces that are shown as out-of-stock are actually in the warehouse, so your best option if parts you want are listed out of stock is to call Lego (literally call them using a telephone) and place your order over the phone with a rep.
I wanted a bunch of jungle cats and didn't want to pay rape prices on cracklink, so I ordered them directly from Lego for five bucks each. I plan on ordering a polar bear and some seagulls after the new arctic City wave debuts for the same reason. If a set is currently in production/ being sold on shelves, they will probably have all the pieces for it in stock. You also get free shipping if it's over $35, just like a regular Lego order.
Just posting this because it seems like some people might not know about it.
