75098 - UCS: Assault on Hoth

[CollectorOfLegos]

oh.... carry on then

[DarthBall]

You can get it for € 215 at Galeria Kaufhof in Germany: https://www.galeria-kaufhof.de/p/lego-assault-on-hoth-75098/2000106916?v=3000574996

Don't forget the code 6Tage.

[Legojona]

I just bought one at TRU for 207. I had the -20% target in my head to have at least one, so pretty happy with it. If it fails in five years time to deliver any profit, I guess I will be pretty happy with having some Hoth lego to build

[Sprocket77]

1 minute ago, Legojona said:

I just bought one at TRU for 207. I had the -20% target in my head to have at least one, so pretty happy with it. If it fails in five years time to deliver any profit, I guess I will be pretty happy with having some Hoth lego to build

[Furious_george]

12 minutes ago, Legojona said:

I just bought one at TRU for 207. I had the -20% target in my head to have at least one, so pretty happy with it. If it fails in five years time to deliver any profit, I guess I will be pretty happy with having some Hoth lego to build

Just build it.

[c_rpg]

I'm going to wait and see what EV does before I even consider this set. imo EV >>>>>>> AOH, so if even EV doesn't do well, why buy AOH? Sure it could be less hoarded, but I think that will be compensated by a lower demand.

[Furious_george]

Anyone want to sell and send one to Oz? Our collection lacks this and it's killing me.

[BP]

Anyone want to sell and send one to Oz? Our collection lacks this and it's killing me.

Shipping this from Belgium to Oz would cost 65 euro...

[kurnitb]

1 hour ago, Furious_george said:

Anyone want to sell and send one to Oz? Our collection lacks this and it's killing me.

Gotta wait patiently for those target discounts mate, :).

[Furious_george]

11 minutes ago, kurnitb said:

Gotta wait patiently for those target discounts mate, :).

Not enough. This is a sub $300 buy only.

[kurnitb]

2 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Not enough. This is a sub $300 buy only.

Well if you find any deals sub $300 please do lemme knoww! :))

[Furious_george]

2 minutes ago, kurnitb said:

Well if you find any deals sub $300 please do lemme knoww! :))

Of course.

[Legojona]

My heart goes out to you guys down under. The scarcity of Lego is too damn high. We should organize a global effort to load up a container ship with Lego, so your government can give everybody a decent amount.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2016 by Legojona

[LegoBro]

Anyone want to sell and send one to Oz? Our collection lacks this and it's killing me.

I'd do it. I'm in Cali. What's the shipping cost?

[BrickLegacy]

My son has more or less written off Star Wars and only likes it about "10%" (he measures everything in iPad battery life).

There is a new hope, though. He circled this in the holiday catalog we received today. Say what you want about this set for AFOLs, but it appeals to kids. Might have to sell my soul to keep the force alive in this one. It could be worse, I suppose. At least he didn't ask for a prequels set.

[Legojona]

44 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

My son has more or less written off Star Wars and only likes it about "10%" (he measures everything in iPad battery life).

There is a new hope, though. He circled this in the holiday catalog we received today. Say what you want about this set for AFOLs, but it appeals to kids. Might have to sell my soul to keep the force alive in this one. It could be worse, I suppose. At least he didn't ask for a prequels set.

..

You have to cut him some slack. He only got to see it in 2D

[Brenner]

1 hour ago, BrickLegacy said:

My son has more or less written off Star Wars and only likes it about "10%" (he measures everything in iPad battery life).

There is a new hope, though. He circled this in the holiday catalog we received today. Say what you want about this set for AFOLs, but it appeals to kids. Might have to sell my soul to keep the force alive in this one. It could be worse, I suppose. At least he didn't ask for a prequels set.

To be honest...for kids...this set should work out great. Put this stuff on some base plates, buy a used AT-AT and they can play for hours (at least I will would ) !

[BrickLegacy]

11 minutes ago, Brenner said:

To be honest...for kids...this set should work out great. Put this stuff on some base plates, buy a used AT-AT and they can play for hours (at least I will would ) !

My first thought: crap, now I gotta hold onto some 75054.

[exciter1]

2 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

My first thought: crap, now I gotta hold onto some 75054.

I held onto 2, plus a few snowspeeders.  My son want AOH also, I'm just waiting for a discount and I'll probably get at least to to MOD it up.

[NZ-EUG]

I think this sets price point gains the online hate and the UCS stamp is the final slap in the face to the fans.

I poached all the exclusive minifigs online on the secondary market. I couldn't justify no matter how hard I tried to part with $499.99 NZD for this playset.

Even some retailers are having 20% sales on it, in an atempt to move stock. Its seems no one is buying this set in New Zealand.

Roll on 2017 for the much awaited re release UCS Snow Speeder - Shut up and take my money already!

[c_rpg]

It's currently at 180€ on toysrus.de for anyone that wants to pick this up. Best deal I've seen so far, but keep in mind it's TRU so you will probably end up with a pancake.

Personally, I'm avoiding this one. Can't flip it for very much at that price and I don't see a lot of future potential.

[HandyHand]

13 minutes ago, c_rpg said:

It's currently at 180€ on toysrus.de for anyone that wants to pick this up. Best deal I've seen so far, but keep in mind it's TRU so you will probably end up with a pancake.

Personally, I'm avoiding this one. Can't flip it for very much at that price and I don't see a lot of future potential.

Not that I'm interested, but it is a steep discount, especially compared to the price of the same set at TRU_NL (@ €269,99) which will be shipped from the exact same German warehouse where it will be shipped from if bought at TRU_DE !

[fantomas007]

It looks seductively (28%) discount, but still its too expensive for megapack of several standard sets, which are notoriously produced every year. Still 0,8 eur/ piece, which is not bad for licenced SW set, but not for such extremly non-attractive set with standard figs. I think this set will have record discounts in UCS world - already 28 % is non-standard discount in Europe for UCS set, but if they want to sell this shelf-warmer, they must think about 50 % discount, then is possible to think about buying it. But as an investment it has zero value.

[c_rpg]

2 hours ago, Haay said:

Not that I'm interested, but it is a steep discount, especially compared to the price of the same set at TRU_NL (@ €269,99) which will be shipped from the exact same German warehouse where it will be shipped from if bought at TRU_DE !

Yes, that really is criminal. TRU.nl is basically just a copy of TRU.de, except everything is a bit more expensive. And like you said, they ship it from the same warehouse.

[Val-E]

3 hours ago, c_rpg said:

Yes, that really is criminal. TRU.nl is basically just a copy of TRU.de, except everything is a bit more expensive. And like you said, they ship it from the same warehouse.

If it is good enough for TLG... Remember who sets RRPs.