legone Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I think Haunted House is going to come back in full force for one last time (at least). Last production date code is 37R4, which means September 8th - 14th. Since then we haven't seen this batch appear anywhere in any significant number. As we all have guessed, a batch has at least 10000 sets to make economic sense. So where are they? I think they are on trucks, at warehouses, in airplanes, etc - basically moving along the distribution channels to retail outlets. The most recent ones you guys got from Shop at Home are a portion of the batch, Lego used it to fulfill backorders. These are just my thoughts (and guesses). However, there's an alternate scenario that is very scary, scarier than the set itself. That is, the 10,000 sets in the batch have been mostly located to backorders and almost nothing left for retail. The scary thing here is not that the set is no longer available. It's that there were so many orders to fill in the final couple of weeks. And we all know, that's the behavior of us brickulators. There are just too many of us . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I got order confirmation on the 4 that I put in but just hoping they actually ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 SSD was sold out for some time and made a short comeback. It kept popping up on WM for short periods while it was gone from LEGO Shop at Home. Could see the same with HH. I'm happy with what I have but would gladly buy more this late in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM123 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I think Lego has a surprise for everybody who thought it went EOL. I have a feeling that it will indeed come back one more time in the US with Halloween. One last big bang and a big profit for Lego. In my opinion that would be very logical, Lego knows there's a tremendous demand for this set, so why don't they do another big final run? They will sell probably everything within a few days and everybody is happy. Furthermore I noticed that a large retailer here in Holland will get it back in stock. It went yesterday from 'Out of stock' to 'shipping date 24th of October' and they increased the price from 170 to 180 euro.. http://www.thystoys.nl/lego-monster-fighters/24838-10228-lego-monster-fighters-haunted-hause-5702014846746.html# People can now already reserve a set. Some retailers know more than we do; maybe I should give them a call tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asharerin Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 As we all have guessed, a batch has at least 10000 sets to make economic sense. I believe this is the weak link in your theory. Nobody knows how many the mexico factory produced. Say they had 800 boxes left so they boxed up those and sent them to the USA warehouse for distribution. The last run of SSD was certainly not 10,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donliu Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Im hoping there is is one last run. would like to pick up a couple more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mos_Eisley Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I believe this is the weak link in your theory. Nobody knows how many the mexico factory produced. Say they had 800 boxes left so they boxed up those and sent them to the USA warehouse for distribution. The last run of SSD was certainly not 10,000. Yea, I'm definitely not part of the "all" who have apparently figured that a production run has at least 10,000 units. I'm probably not reading the codes right though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsrt8 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 10k haha yeah right they would have stock left over for months. They mite have fired up another run but doubt it would be much if even close to 1k. Specualation it xould or may or may not mite come back will comd back in full force for Halloween as if I were running Lego and know every which way they conduct business. This thread is becoming frightening to read. If you missed out move on there was two years. Dont wait to buy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Since we may account for less than 1% of say, HH sales, we're clueless as to how many of any set is produced. I'd like to think less than 50,000 have been made but, I'm probably way out. I'm surprised that nobody in the know has spilled the beans. I'd be open to bribery if I knew ;-) Edited October 1, 2014 by TabbyBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zskid00 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 This was on backorder for quite a while with an October ship date, so who knows how many of them they had leftover from the 37R4 batch once all outstanding orders were filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What's strange is I was one of many back orders that just got cancelled. Now new stock is showing up after they told me outright that they were no longer making this set. Gotta love what I heard from a Lego Employee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veegs Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What's strange is I was one of many back orders that just got cancelled. Now new stock is showing up after they told me outright that they were no longer making this set. Gotta love what I heard from a Lego Employee. Perhaps TLG had already promised some stock to retailers (or it was already moving through the supply chain) and they got more 'backorders' than they anticipated. They clearly couldn't fill everyone's order, which I would think they wouldn't do if they were planning to have supply in a matter of weeks. Those cancellations and the possibility of stock popping up elsewhere might indicate the run (whatever its size) was already divvied up and heading to fill B&M orders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I hope that my backorders aren't fulfilled from customer returns or resealed boxes. If so, they're going straight back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudoty Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 My theory with Target was since they did not raise the price above MSRP they would be getting more in. I know PS is above MSRP but who knows maybe that is their last order for this year. Yesterday I read the posts about the mouse pointer turning into a hand on the add to cart button, that is now gone for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelMaster Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sold out for shop at Home Germany !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sold out for shop at Home Germany !!! Which probably means whole of Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sold out for shop at Home Germany !!! As expected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neosphinx Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Everything going according to plan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunner14 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 The Monster Fighters theme disappeared from the SOH main page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergtp1 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 The Monster Fighters theme disappeared from the SOH main page:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Investors over on Brickset are monitoring the HH pages as well and snatching them up when they are available. I know some of you might be on Brickset too, but there are a few over there that haven't made an appearance on BrickPicker yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemdog33 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice to know somebody''s HH ordered from Target shipped. Gives me hope mine will ship. Still in process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldilocks Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Mine shipped too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Investors over on Brickset are monitoring the HH pages as well and snatching them up when they are available. I know some of you might be on Brickset too, but there are a few over there that haven't made an appearance on BrickPicker yet. Link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemdog33 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 My 5 HH from Target just shipped. Now I wait to see how they look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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