Wood filament launched with zero stock in the U.K

This is a first, even for Bambu Lab.

On launch day, immediately at launch of the new Wood filament, all 7 are out of stock without ever being in stock!

All 7 variants in stock in every other territory except the U.K.!

Yet again, the U.K. is treated as poorly as always by BL.

@BambuLab why no stock for the U.K. on launch day for the U.K. yet every other territory was given every single variant?

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it’s not just the UK Malc, no stock in the EU either :confused:

I thought I checked all before I posted this.

Sorry, the EU is also out of stock before ever being in stock.

Another successful launch.

  • New TPU for AMS, only 4 out of 7 available
  • New BL build plate taken from my basket when I went to checkout
  • New wood filaments were never in stock before they were out of stock

Fabulously successful (read abysmal) launches.

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I was curious about the wood filament as well, but after seeing the sample photo’s I’m not really impressed. The dust seems too fine to actually enhance the final print in a meaningful ‘woody’ manner

Launching a product without (or extremely limited) stock is weird to say the least, but I do not have the feeling I’m missing out on this one

I wanted to tell the world I got wood, but, I can’t I don’t have wood!

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depends of which type of wood one makes reference to… as well as another understands as being referred to.
:upside_down_face:

That being said, I’m also not at all impressed by how the “wooden” print looks like in the end… I was considering ordering 6 to 10 spools for some projects I wish to print in wood filament, but after seeing @Rossero’s photo, I have serious doubts it’s worth buying.

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Bambu Lab haven’t added a Wood category to the filaments page, so currently the only link I spotted to get to the Wood filament is the link from the Black Friday page.

U.K.

https://uk.store.bambulab.com/products/pla-wood?skr=yes&id=533417483736203305

US:

Canada

EU

Australia

https://au.store.bambulab.com/products/pla-wood?skr=yes&id=533417483736203305

Global store

https://store.bambulab.com/products/pla-wood?skr=yes&id=533417483736203305

i can see the category (PLA Wood) in EU store

now it’s a patience game for it to be back on stock, as i want to get all of the colours, then will see which ones i like best

I’ve just spotted NOW after you mentioned it, I had been there earlier and did a search of “wood” and, no matches.

I was expecting to also see a new category here on the side.

I am also going to get all 7, I have no idea what they will look like in real life, getting all is the only way to find out.

I would have done it today if we were part of the launch day rather than the wet rollout over a week late.

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That reminds me of the almost 8 months wait to get the 4-in-1 PTFE Adapter. Every time it was shown “in stock” and i was busy ordering it, it sort of vanished from the stock by the time i was reaching the payment stage. Finally I’ve pre-order it and paid, then waited for about 2 more months until it finally got delivered.

Just freshly “in” via email

I received that as well.

Interesting topics

  • TPU for AMS, shows 3 of the 7 colours I still can’t get and no date for when they may arrive
  • 9 new PLA colours they failed to mention on the forum or the blog
  • The new build plate I had 4 in my basket which they removed before I could pay for them! We still have to wait at least another week to try again.
  • No information about the wood filaments that were never in stock before they were out of stock.

A communications masterclass and a how not to launch products lesson from BL.

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I was excited about the Color TPU filaments until I saw it’s 68D Shore hardness. :roll_eyes: That’s about as soft as a bowling ball or golf ball. That’s out of range of TPU as far as I’m concerned.

I rather like them, I have 4 of the 7.

It is stiff, but, still flexible.

It easily printed one of my multiple colour AMS requiring coasters in the same time it would have taken for PLA.

Blends well, sharp corners, between adjacent colours.

You are obviously correct, not 95A. I printed one of my TPU key rings which with 95A bends and flexes and goes back to its original shape, the TPU for AMS. Was harder to go back to the original shape. Still worked fine though.

I think it should be called something else to more easily differentiate it from the more common 95A TPU. Obviously, they are both TPU.

It is a different category altogether, I welcome it and I moan about everything.

I’m sure someone will find a use for it. :smile: I typically use 60-70A TPU. If I wanted something that hard (68D), I’d use nylon. But it was the colors that caught my eyes. :sunglasses:

Take a pill.

I got shot twice today, or something similar.

Gonna let that go just to see reactions.

The U.K. now has stocks of all 6 of the wood filaments.

I found this as I never trust the email notifications we request to inform us it is in stock. I check the page every day.

I have NOT received any email notifications for the 6 Wood filaments I requested.

I have now ordered each of the 6 available.

The EU is still out of all 6.

None of the other missing “Launch” filaments or build plates are back in stock.

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ah cool! still no luck for me… site says around november 27th… let’s see how that goes