trekgate502 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Is anyone else having trouble getting excited about R2? I have 12, just 'cause it's SW original trilogy and all, but it's kinda dinky looking. Not real big, doesn't even beep and boop like it should... Maybe if I had a UCS Jawa to chase it around... I love R2 not just as an investment. I admired a mint box for a year in my collection then finally opened it at Christmas and the family built it. Now it's on my desk. Great set. Plus what speed sausage says this thing has been high on Amazons sales rank long before this thread explosion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoManiacc Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Little Johnny gave grandma his Christmas list this year: Lego Hawnted Houzze Lego Town Hall Lego Ar tooo dee tow Lego Camel that flies lol, I'm half laughing, half feeling bad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Little Johnny gave grandma his Christmas list this year: Lego Hawnted Houzze Lego Town Hall Lego Ar tooo dee tow Lego Camel that flies Grandma, See Watto He will say ahh yes we have lots of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedsausage Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Little Johnny gave grandma his Christmas list this year: Lego Hawnted Houzze Lego Town Hall Lego Ar tooo dee tow Lego Camel that flies lol, I'm half laughing, half feeling bad I feel bad about laughing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legone Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 To the Tower Bridge....? That will be a bridge too far, IMO. Currently limit 5 at LEGO Shop at Home, full stock at Amazon and Target. And most importantly, no meaningless cryptic messages from Mr. Nostradamack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Don't feel too bad about Grandma. The last story was a BP person sending Grandma in for a bunch of RI's in an altercation with a Lego Store employee and coming out with 12 or something like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroster Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Mr. Nostradamack. Oooooh, now that is a nickname that should stick! And regarding Johnny, all in good fun! Grandma needs to pony up and pay ebay prices so he doesn't have that face on Christmas! I am a card-carrying QFLL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 After reading the last 100 posts in this thread. I am still convinced that it is DS who will retire together with R2. I have no proof. But my gut feeling was also right about R2 and TH. I believe Lego is refreshing the entire Star Wars line to get ready for the new movie to be released next year. These times are very interesting and is costing us investors alot of money and stress. I wish everybody wisdom and good luck. Cause this can make us all some good money. p.s. I also believe MF is done. Just my 0.02 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Is anyone else having trouble getting excited about R2? I have 12, just 'cause it's SW original trilogy and all, but it's kinda dinky looking. Not real big, doesn't even beep and boop like it should... Maybe if I had a UCS Jawa to chase it around... Wait until the new movies. Wait until a matching UCS C-3PO is created to pair with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Ed Mack: Lookie, lookie here...This thread is dead. So many sets to retire and so little time... Willy Wonka: The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I think Grynn was spot on. We are all so used to Ed's cryptic messages that rather than seeing it as a confirmation that R2 is going, we tried to find what he was saying next about another set in his words. On the Sandcrawler let me be clear - I love it. I stood in opening line and was the first person into the Lego B&M to get one on its first day of release. But it is Sales Rank #16,000 for a $300 set. The Death Star is #20 for a $400 set. If it was meant to go to high volume sales wouldn't it be like the Tumbler or some other amazing set? Even Ewok Village blows it away on sales rank. The UCS B Wing is sales rank about #30,000. That makes the Sandcrawler more like a B Wing, less like an R2, DS, EV or several other ones. Now for all the pages of distractions lets get back to wiping out "ALL" of the R2's. I think the Sandrcrawler will never be a top seller and may not last a normal cycle. It is around but who knows. Its not the sales rank that will determine how desired this set (or any lego exclusive set) will perform after EOL! Those sales ranks are very unreliable factor to base our decisions on.... If following your logic we should reach to the conclusion that Peugeot 307 or Ford KA or any mass produced car are much better than Ferrari 458 for example. Why...well...look at the sales rank of the Peugeot! Looking at the number we should think the Ferrari is very un-desirable car that hardly anybody wants. Quite the wrong way for reaching to our conclusions, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustybeaver Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 So many sets to retire and so little time... Amen to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Wait until the new movies. Wait until a matching UCS C-3PO is created to pair with it. nah, a matching C-3PO? if you meant being in scale to one another i doubt it will happen ... i feel that the next droid to get love as a stand alone Lego set would be Chopper from Rebels ... besides the big two (C-3PO and R2), that droid is seriously making it happen! great personality the kids love ... cant wait to see the first MOC of Chopper ... hopefully soon ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Its not the sales rank that will determine how desired this set (or any lego exclusive set) will perform after EOL! Those sales ranks are very unreliable factor to base our decisions on.... If following your logic we should reach to the conclusion that Peugeot 307 or Ford KA or any mass produced car are much better than Ferrari 458 for example. Why...well...look at the sales rank of the Peugeot! Looking at the number we should think the Ferrari is very un-desirable car that hardly anybody wants. Quite the wrong way for reaching to our conclusions, isn't it? To one degree you have a valid point. To another I should say the top 20 Amazon sales ranking has these sets: R2D2, MF, EV3, EV, ToO, Crawler 9398 and DS. If sales rank has nothing to do with any decision for purchasing sets, then please avoid purchasing most of these by all means. They must all surely be terrible performers. Perhaps factoring multiple things into your decision including sales rank as a factor to "consider" should be the right approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holleman67 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 nah, a matching C-3PO? if you meant being in scale to one another i doubt it will happen ... i feel that the next droid to get love as a stand alone Lego set would be Chopper from Rebels ... besides the big two (C-3PO and R2), that droid is seriously making it happen! great personality the kids love ... cant wait to see the first MOC of Chopper ... hopefully soon ... Please see the following link! http://bricknerd.com/home/chopper-17-2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustybeaver Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Please see the following link! http://bricknerd.com/home/chopper-17-2014 Anyone else get sidetracked by the girl sporting the Snorg Tees t-shirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Anyone else get sidetracked by the girl sporting the Snorg Tees t-shirt? For me that was the only thing worth looking at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Is anyone else having trouble getting excited about R2? I have 12, just 'cause it's SW original trilogy and all, but it's kinda dinky looking. Not real big, doesn't even beep and boop like it should... Maybe if I had a UCS Jawa to chase it around... Yep, me. I like R2 the robot from the movies. Lights, Bleeps and bloops, sarcastic personality etc. This is just a nice looking Lego model. Next year at this time there will be a fancy little R2 toy that will make all of the bleeps and bloops, light up and probably be half the price that this set will be going for on the after market. Personally I'd rather spend the money on the little R2 toy that better represents the character from the movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Yep, me. I like R2 the robot from the movies. Lights, Bleeps and bloops, sarcastic personality etc. This is just a nice looking Lego model. Next year at this time there will be a fancy little R2 toy that will make all of the bleeps and bloops, light up and probably be half the price that this set will be going for on the after market. Personally I'd rather spend the money on the little R2 toy that better represents the character from the movie. I agree, why bother spending 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Please see the following link! http://bricknerd.com/home/chopper-17-2014 OMG! thanks for the link ... that is a beautiful MOC of Chopper .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrymc4677 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Little Johnny gave grandma his Christmas list this year: Lego Hawnted Houzze Lego Town Hall Lego Ar tooo dee tow Lego Camel that flies lol, I'm half laughing, half feeling bad Don't feel too bad for little Johnny. There will be lots of Chima available for Santa to leave under his tree. Once little Johnny grows up and has his own job then he can buy all those Lego sets that Santa never brought himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLKC Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 For me that was the only thing worth looking at I thought the rest of the page is empty - only looked at here ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustybeaver Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) For me that was the only thing worth looking at Bricks '******' ****. Think I've just come up with the concept for my next website. Ahh it bleeped out *** Edited November 11, 2014 by Jeff Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Bricks '******' ****. Think I've just come up with the concept for my next website. Ahh it bleeped out **** I wonder if R2-D2 in the movies was actually speaking english in every scene and all we heard was bleeps because he said nothing but curse words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoManiacc Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Bricks '******' ****. Think I've just come up with the concept for my next website. Ahh it bleeped out **** Whew, much better than where I thought you were going with that... Blocks and ***** Edited November 11, 2014 by LegoManiacc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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