10188 - UCS: Death Star

[Ciglione]

Mostly for European members:

 

Death Star is gone from Collishop. Galeria Kaufhof has it on sale today. 10% off (and with the newsletter an additional 10% off?). So it would arrive at 340 euro? Not a bad price! Maybe the german expert members can confirm this?  

 

My humble opinion: The days are numbered on this one (finally). 

[Val-E]

Some promos here on this one too - maybe just the time of the year......

[Cardiff]

  On 3/8/2015 at 9:46 AM, Ciglione said:

Mostly for European members:

 

Death Star is gone from Collishop. Galeria Kaufhof has it on sale today. 10% off (and with the newsletter an additional 10% off?). So it would arrive at 340 euro? Not a bad price! Maybe the german expert members can confirm this?  

 

My humble opinion: The days are numbered on this one (finally). 

You're absolutely right about the Galeria sale. Let's hope this set is at least close to EOL. Whatever close means....

On the other hand Galeria had a sale on 10232 PC last week and it seems this one will be around for a while.

[Ciglione]

  On 3/8/2015 at 10:01 AM, Cardiff said:

You're absolutely right about the Galeria sale. Let's hope this set is at least close to EOL. Whatever close means....

On the other hand Galeria had a sale on 10232 PC last week and it seems this one will be around for a while.

 

I applied for the newsletter but did not get the additional 10% discount code. They stopped doing this?

[Foxhound]

  On 3/8/2015 at 10:52 AM, Ciglione said:

I applied for the newsletter but did not get the additional 10% discount code. They stopped doing this?

I bought 6 Lego 10140 X-Wings from Galeria with a 5% discount two weeks ago, applied for the newsletter and got another 10% discount (only 170,99

[Ensche]

  On 3/8/2015 at 10:52 AM, Ciglione said:

I applied for the newsletter but did not get the additional 10% discount code. They stopped doing this?

 

You're right, they stopped doing this. You won't get a code via e-mail newsletter registration anymore. That just happened 1 or 2 weeks ago, as far as i can remember...

[the_shy_guy]

At kaufhof you get the payback 10 times points so another 10% off.

Looks like death star and ewok village are gone like x wing two weeks ago.

So there is a new hope.

[GhostDad]

Bonus points for the pun!

[diablo2112]

Groan.

[Kenxxx]

Used Death Star storage...

 

So my son has finally permitted me to dismantle our 10188 and put it away for a while.  I found a nice plastic storage box for it at $13 at Walmart.  Since then, I've looked around and they are not available at all Walmarts... I think they may be "dropping" this item. There are certainly cheaper options but this one was really nicely built, fits 3803 pieces just about perfectly, with just enough room for the manual on top (does not have to be folded or bent).  It was a "Ziploc Weathertight Box - Small - 26.5 Qt" 40 cm x 50 cm x 17.9 cm, barcode 7 62016 44881 7.

[Cardiff]

  On 3/8/2015 at 8:00 PM, Kenxxx said:

Used Death Star storage...

 

So my son has finally permitted me to dismantle our 10188 and put it away for a while.  I found a nice plastic storage box for it at $13 at Walmart.  Since then, I've looked around and they are not available at all Walmarts... I think they may be "dropping" this item. There are certainly cheaper options but this one was really nicely built, fits 3803 pieces just about perfectly, with just enough room for the manual on top (does not have to be folded or bent).  It was a "Ziploc Weathertight Box - Small - 26.5 Qt" 40 cm x 50 cm x 17.9 cm, barcode 7 62016 44881 7.

Hey man if the UCS DS Storage Box has gone EOL, the DS will follow for sure... That's the kind of inside information I've been waiting for.

[buidee]

I went to the Star Wars Days at Legoland California.  They unveiled the new Death Star Display at Miniland and were selling Death Stars all over the park.  All have 05 dates on them. 

[shortyz]

  On 3/8/2015 at 9:18 PM, buidee said:

I went to the Star Wars Days at Legoland California.  They unveiled the new Death Star Display at Miniland and were selling Death Stars all over the park.  All have 05 dates on them. 

did you pull every credit card out you had and buy them?

[Neosphinx]

DS disapeared at collishop and so the last retailer selling it in Belgium. Smells funny.

[inversion]

Still well and alive in Hungary (low income country is biased measure though).

 

http://www.argep.hu/product_1748534.html

(Price aggregator and comparison site for local retailers, no English version, use google translate. Search is quite straightforward anyway.)

[Flippingbricks]

Local store looks to have gotten some in. On the shelf only have 1 empty display box on display so can't check the seals or box condition but they didn't have them in last week. First store I had seen that had a DS built on display. I know it's a set to get but wasn't overly impressed despite the cost the size was comparable to slave 1 or tumbler that was next to it. Of course it was still slightly larger but on just price point can say I would have had the 2 $200 sets (slave 1 and tumbler or even sea cow) over 1 DS. Maybe I can take advantage of double pts and get a set for investment purposes only way I can see doing it for myself. Now that I've seen one built I i wouldn't really have urge to crack the seals and could put away for some time to appreciate assuming it ever retires

[Alpinemaps]

  On 3/8/2015 at 9:18 PM, buidee said:

I went to the Star Wars Days at Legoland California. They unveiled the new Death Star Display at Miniland and were selling Death Stars all over the park. All have 05 dates on them.

I was there yesterday and didn't even think to check seal codes. Thanks for checking.

[shortyz]

just bought 2

[Heart Juggler]

Just bought one from shop at home. Tempted to build already...its staring at me. Must resist!!

[speedsausage]

  On 3/23/2015 at 8:49 PM, Heart Juggler said:

Just bought one from shop at home. Tempted to build already...its staring at me. Must resist!!

Check out the "what did you build today thread". Join me... and come to the dark side!

[bricketycricket]

How much fun is the DS build? Obviously it's a huge set that captures many memorable Star Wars scenes, so the cool factor is obvious, but in photos the build looks fairly elementary. I'd be interested to know how it compares to building, say, the Sandcrawler or any other large, possibly more complex builds.

[Follows Closely]

Boring build compared to other 2000+ piece sets. However, its a GREAT play set.

[speedsausage]

  On 3/23/2015 at 11:36 PM, bricketycricket said:

How much fun is the DS build? Obviously it's a huge set that captures many memorable Star Wars scenes, so the cool factor is obvious, but in photos the build looks fairly elementary. I'd be interested to know how it compares to building, say, the Sandcrawler or any other large, possibly more complex builds.

It's my first big build and I enjoyed it but I'm sure there are better. My little guy loves driving his hot wheels through it though.

[pete411]

Seeing the Death Star in action makes me want to break one open and buy a bunch of OT SW Microfighters to create an epic battle scene. Who's with me?

Edited March 24, 2015 by pete411

[Alpinemaps]

  On 3/24/2015 at 12:36 AM, pete411 said:

Seeing the Death Star in action makes me want to break one open and buy a bunch of OT SW Microfighters to create an epic battle scene. Who's with me?

I agree