It's coming to that time of year when LEGO® Pick a Brick remove thousands of elements from the service, and today we have that list – as well as a very small list of new elements added on Tuesday 29 October 2024.
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Element removal
LEGO Pick a Brick intend to remove 2,815 elements on 3 December. But popular pieces are going out of stock, so the sooner the better.
Element addition
New elements from July 2024 sets is a super-short list, as not much was released in July – it looks like only 10337 Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole and 10338 Bumblebee.
| Element | Name | Design ID | Color | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6492343 | MINI HEAD, NO. 4348 | 109338 | Yellow | PAB |
| 6492344 | MINI HEAD, NO. 4349 | 109339 | Yellow | PAB |
| 6494787 | MINI UPPER PART, NO. 7173 | 76382 | White | PAB |
| 6493265 | MINI UPPER PART, NO. 7175 | 76382 | Black | PAB |
| 6493278 | MINI UPPER PART, NO. 7176 | 76382 | Red | PAB |
| 6493320 | MINI UPPER PART, NO. 7177 | 76382 | Yellow | PAB |
| 6493322 | MINI UPPER PART, NO. 7179 | 76382 | White | PAB |
New elements on PaB from 29 October 2024
Below is the list provided by LEGO. We do not control its accuracy and availability of elements will vary over time, and from country to country.
Alternatively, click here to search all elements in this list on PaB.
- Bricks Curved (1)
- Bricks Round and Cones (3)
- Bricks Sloped (2)
- Bricks Special (3)
- Hinges, Arms and Turntables (2)
- Minifig Accessories (1)
- Minifig Heads (1)
- Minifig Headwear (4)
- Minifig Lower Body (1)
- Plants and Animals (1)
- Plates Round Curved and Dishes (1)
- Plates Special (2)
- Technic Beams Special (1)
- Technic Bricks (1)
- Tiles (1)
- Windscreens and Fuselage (1)
Bricks Curved (1)
Bricks Round and Cones (3)
Bricks Sloped (2)
Bricks Special (3)
Hinges, Arms and Turntables (2)
Minifig Accessories (1)
Minifig Heads (1)
Minifig Headwear (4)
Minifig Lower Body (1)
Plants and Animals (1)
Plates Round Curved and Dishes (1)
Plates Special (2)
Technic Beams Special (1)
Technic Bricks (1)
Tiles (1)
Windscreens and Fuselage (1)
Those unidentified colours of the retiring Dreamzzz pieces are Dark Green and Flame Yellowish Orange as it seems from their photos on PaB ;)
ReplyDeleteYes, but those images show them as monochrome, while the parts are only known to exist as marbeled. Since they have never been in stock, we can't buy them to confirm if they are indeed monochrome or the renders have an error.
DeleteAnyone knows the reason why parts "retire"? Running low & no plan to produce more, or needing to make room? And where does the existing stock go?
ReplyDeleteThey retire because the last sets containing them are retiring, and any remaining stock must go too. They only have so much storage room.
DeleteApparently, old stock is recycled to new parts, at least that's what customer service told me when I complained about parts being off colour (sadly a rather common issue these days) - that one reason for that can be that the material they are made from is reused from old parts in various colours.
DeleteUnfortunately, there are some real surprises on the list of deletions and Lego seem determined to make their brick service as infuriating as possible for people attempting their own builds.
ReplyDeleteWe have to wait months for new parts to become available.
When they do become available they are often outrageously overpriced compared with similar types of parts.
They are deleted before they get a chance to become useful elements of the system.
Half arch 3572 is hardly a niche part in obscure colours, and yet it is set to vanish from the Lego universe. It's brief career means that it barely has a Bricklink presence, and Lego is currently selling it in reddish-brown for 61 pence each. The larger double-arch, 30938, is available in reddish-brown for 67 pence, it must contain more than double the plastic.
On course, the whole of the Lego Group is geared up to sell people sets, not parts, and providing a brick service must be an endless annoyance to the marketing department. But, fun and games like this will push more and more people off-brand, where quality improves year-by-year, and availability and price is less of an issue.
This is good for the PaB team to know; having met them recently I know they are committed to making the service something that works for the community. Often the issues we face are simply down to the way the company has always worked... doesn't mean it can't change if there is a benefit!
DeleteIt makes me wonder if it, and some of the other parts, are being retired just for another 'new' duplicate to fill it's place. Like you see with some of these new PAB parts that look like existing parts. The FOMO is real on some of these parts...
DeleteThe cost doesn't necessarily scale with the amount of plastic though. Bigger parts tend to be more expensive than smaller parts, but there are other costs associated with production and storage in addition to the amount of material used.
DeleteOK, would anyone care to explain why a 1x6 white plate sold by Lego is 14 pence, a 1x8 white plate is 16 pence and a 1x5 white plate is 19 pence? And don't get me started on 80796 Brick Modified with studs both sides, in dark bluish grey, 52 pence each!
DeleteMany of these parts look basic enough as I suspect they will soon reappear with a new ID, but you never know.
ReplyDeleteIt really throws my part FOMO for a loop wondering the same thing.
DeleteSome parts just came out this month if I recall correctly. What the heck?
ReplyDeleteAccording to my research via Bricklink and watching videos, the correct hood piece for the Ringwraith is 59276 (not on PAB) and not the shown one.
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