10188 - UCS: Death Star

[BrickLegacy]

Maybe someone forgot to take down the message? Anyone know when it was last available at shop at home?

[mudcatsfan]

Maybe someone forgot to take down the message? Anyone know when it was last available at shop at home?

if only there was some one keeping track of Lego star wars out of stock dates ......

[No More Monkeys]

if only there was some one keeping track of Lego star wars out of stock dates ......

DS(LEGO Shop at Home) http://ift.tt/IAwppj changed status from  
[Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 27 2015] to [Sold Out], change time:  
Thu Sep 17 2015 19:05:15 GMT-0600 (MDT)

[newbie77]

DS(LEGO Shop at Home) http://ift.tt/IAwppj changed status from  
[Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 27 2015] to [Sold Out], change time:  
Thu Sep 17 2015 19:05:15 GMT-0600 (MDT)

they are making more if we are to trust them....

[dcdfan]

In stock @ Amazon...

[Yinchuan]

they are making more if we are to trust them....

keep buying. They will make more.

[Kenxxx]

I'm tired of waiting. I just sold one of mine (half my stock), so probability of them not making any more has just gone up exponentially.  You're welcome.

Edited September 26, 2015 by Kenxxx

[Bluetoon]

keep buying. They will make more.

^ this. Lego isn't stupid. If you continue to buy the DS, they will continue to make them. Stop buying; reduce their profit margin because of idle merchandise and, only then, will they stop and go to another line that is more profitable. You DS horders make it to easy for them  

 

[Bold-Arrow]

^ I find that statement hard to believe . The fact that a company will keep producing a set indefinitely based on resellers' buying habits is  a far fetched idea IMO . 

[stephen_rockefeller]

HILARIOUS!!!!!! like the only people buying death stars are the members on this site.....please!!!

[conceptmachine]

It's not that lego is targeting investors, it's that if there is a continued demand for the product,  they will keep making it.  Why would lego care if they overload the market?  As long as they keep selling product they will keep making it...even if the market caters to small lot production.   There comes a time when their capacity and return would favor higher production, higher return product to replace something of the lesser.    This is a place they haven't gotten to yet on the DS, and a large reason why is because of investors.  Not 100% why,  a lot has to do with the new movie, but we can safely say - hoarding has not helped.

[I am Niko]

I don't see why that is so laughable?  Why would any business stop producing an item which has virtually no shelf life and brings in nice profits?  The name of the game is to make product and sell it off as fast as possible.  I find it even harder to believe that TLG would just stop producing quick/easy profit makers like DS/PS just because some supposed timeline for when a set is supposed to retire.

[Bold-Arrow]

Same reason they would stop producing other sets. People would still be hoarding GE if they were given the opportunity since it would be the "next to go" kinda thing

[NWL14]

With the new movie Rogue One about to come out next year, you would think the good people at Lego would be stupid to retire the Lego Death Star before the movie comes out.  Because the plot of Rogue One centers around stealing the plans for none other than the Death Star itself!    So, yes... Lego Death Stars will be a huge seller for The Lego Company next year when Rogue One comes out.   It's not gonna retire anytime before that.  

My advice... don't waste your money stocking up on these things.  It's not the right time. 

 

[dcdfan]

With the new movie Rogue One about to come out next year, you would think the good people at Lego would be stupid to retire the Lego Death Star before the movie comes out.  Because the plot of Rogue One centers around stealing the plans for none other than the Death Star itself!    So, yes... Lego Death Stars will be a huge seller for The Lego Company next year when Rogue One comes out.   It's not gonna retire anytime before that.  

My advice... don't waste your money stocking up on these things.  It's not the right time. 

 

Unless they replace it...

[Val-E]

With the new movie Rogue One about to come out next year, you would think the good people at Lego would be stupid to retire the Lego Death Star before the movie comes out.  Because the plot of Rogue One centers around stealing the plans for none other than the Death Star itself!    So, yes... Lego Death Stars will be a huge seller for The Lego Company next year when Rogue One comes out.   It's not gonna retire anytime before that.  

My advice... don't waste your money stocking up on these things.  It's not the right time. 

 

Substitute Rogue One for Halloween and Death Star for Haunted House and we have the conundrum of last year all over!

[NWL14]

Unless they replace it...

Why would they replace it?  The Lego Death Star is exactly the same one as in Rogue One.  It's the most perfect scenario for The Lego Company, and they didn't even have to change anything.

If they were to change anything, it would probably be the packaging.  But I highly doubt they'd do that.  But if they did, I guess that would be the only thing to increase the resell value of the previous/original packaging of the Lego Death Star.  Not sure how many consumers/collectors would care tho.

Edited September 26, 2015 by NWL14

[stephen_rockefeller]

With the new movie Rogue One about to come out next year, you would think the good people at Lego would be stupid to retire the Lego Death Star before the movie comes out.  Because the plot of Rogue One centers around stealing the plans for none other than the Death Star itself!    So, yes... Lego Death Stars will be a huge seller for The Lego Company next year when Rogue One comes out.   It's not gonna retire anytime before that.  

My advice... don't waste your money stocking up on these things.  It's not the right time. 

 

We all also thought there was no way they would retire R2 before the new movie came out......but they did. I don't think  Lego doesn't care what people think, especially resellers.

[Val-E]

Why would they replace it?  The Lego Death Star is exactly the same one as in Rogue One.  It's the most perfect scenario for The Lego Company, and they didn't even have to change anything.

The lazy option is a new box with a Disney logo and minifigs and keep the same shell. It is a possibility the current one stays as is, but there is more potential in a facelift which could justify a price hike à la 10249....

[jeff_14]

Why would they replace it?  The Lego Death Star is exactly the same one as in Rogue One.  It's the most perfect scenario for The Lego Company, and they didn't even have to change anything.

Why? So they can sell a new toy. Why did they replace Darth Maul' infiltrator a year later? Same reason.

[stephen_rockefeller]

Why? So they can sell a new toy. Why did they replace Darth Maul' infiltrator a year later? Same reason.

Exactly. Aside from resellers who would be pissed, collectors and kids would go wild and throw money at a new death star. Look at people going crazy over the new MF......which is essentially that same as the last one.

[NWL14]

We all also thought there was no way they would retire R2 before the new movie came out......but they did. I don't think  Lego doesn't care what people think, especially resellers.

I'm pretty sure they knew R2 wouldn't be featured prominently in the new movie(s).  BB-8 has taken over as the hot new droid on the block.   These toy manufacturers are informed a year in advance on what characters/ships/etc will be featured in these correlated upcoming movies. 

Edited September 26, 2015 by NWL14

[stephen_rockefeller]

Looks like we have ourselves a BB8 fan boy

[NWL14]

Why? So they can sell a new toy. Why did they replace Darth Maul' infiltrator a year later? Same reason.

From a Reseller standpoint, obviously we hope they replace the current Lego Death Star with a new version.  But realistically it doesn't seem practical from TLC's standpoint, especially with Rogue One's plot centering around the Death Star itself.  Like I said, the most they'd do is probably change the packaging.  So there's the Brightside.  

[dcdfan]

From a Reseller standpoint, obviously we hope they replace the current Lego Death Star with a new version.  But realistically it doesn't seem practical from TLC's standpoint, especially with Rogue One's plot centering around the Death Star itself.  Like I said, the most they'd do is probably change the packaging.  So there's the Brightside.  

No. We hope they retire 10188 & not replace it...