10240 - UCS: Red Five X-wing Starfighter

[biniou]

the calm before the storm ............................

 

[insert Frozen's main song here]

[speedsausage]

the calm before the storm ............................

Really?? You think so?

Maybe, just maybe, all the episode IV-VI sets are going to go by Christmas. EV, Red-5, crawler, R2, MF am I missing any?

Edit: I'm referring to big sets btw

Edited November 11, 2014 by speedsausage

[Grynn]

Only the largest of them all...

 

But with Slave I coming out it makes zero sense for all the others to go. I'd say at least 2 on that list are staying a while.

[trekgate502]

I think Red 5 is staying.  Target, Walmart, Toys R Us and Lego all have in stock and limits at most are very generous.  I have not seen any stock bouncing on them either.

[Bold-Arrow]

Really?? You think so?

Maybe, just maybe, all the episode IV-VI sets are going to go by Christmas. EV, Red-5, crawler, R2, MF am I missing any?

Edit: I'm referring to big sets btw

I was just being facetious ..

[speedsausage]

I was just being facetious ..

Heh, so was I. Read the TB thread.

[GhostDad]

Well... 10240 has already had a pretty typical run for a non-UCS SW set, and it's limit 2 at LEGO Shop at Home.  It's also not rated real high at LEGO Shop at Home.  The last lower-rated UCS ship, B-Wing, had an unusually brief lifespan.  You never know...

[Young_Gun21]

At this point any set could be gone. Ed said so himself. Exclusives are on the chopping block.

[GhostDad]

Anyone remember if 10240 used to be limit 5 at LEGO Shop at Home, or was it always limit 2?

[dubzero]

I like this set a lot more now that I've seen one built.

The other upside - no one is going to order it and steal your minifigs.

I'm gonna grab a couple.

[Grynn]

43R4 seal on the shelf tonight, right in front of all the usual R3 seals. Peculiar... I have been fairly certain this fighter was flying under the radar straight toward eol.

[MartinP]

43R4 seal on the shelf tonight, right in front of all the usual R3 seals. Peculiar... I have been fairly certain this fighter was flying under the radar straight toward eol.

My best guess is that the specific store has not received any new ones for a while, and they began to run low on stock recently and ordered a new batch.

[dcdfan]

I like this set a lot more now that I've seen one built.

The other upside - no one is going to order it and steal your minifigs.

I'm gonna grab a couple.

No one would steal R2?

[dubzero]

There's always someone I guess, but he's pretty common. :)

[GhostDad]

I'm not sure why they decided to omit Luke (as a minifig).  He's common too, of course, but it is his ship.  An X-Wing without Luke is like the Tumbler without Batman.

[meowsmeowsmeows]

Anyone remember if 10240 used to be limit 5 at LEGO Shop at Home, or was it always limit 2?

I believe it was a limit of 5 still this past summer.  It will be out 2 years come May 2015, so I wouldn't be surprised if it "retires" around then.  The set always seems to be at the bottom of the list when you sort by "best selling" at places like Target and TRU, if those indicators mean anything.

[No More Monkeys]

According to Wayback Machine, it was always at limit 2 in US.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20140425012722*/http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240

[meowsmeowsmeows]

According to Wayback Machine, it was always at limit 2 in US.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20140425012722*/http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240

Thanks.  So, I didn't remember that correctly.

[Deejay]

Don't think this one will EOL this year..

[No More Monkeys]

Don't think this one will EOL this year..

if they can retire TH...  they can do anything.

Maybe they are running on remaining stock, for all we know...

[MartinP]

if they can retire TH...  they can do anything.

Maybe they are running on remaining stock, for all we know...

I highly doubt that they would retire the Red-Five this year. It has only been available for 1.5 years. My guess is that it will retire in 2016.

[Deejay]

if they can retire TH...  they can do anything.

Maybe they are running on remaining stock, for all we know...

It's a relative cheap UCS. The cheapest there will be now 10225 R2-D2 have all the signs going EOL

[meowsmeowsmeows]

Slave I UCS is coming out on Jan. 1 2015 for $199.99 and there is a rumored TIE fighter UCS model for the May the 4th Lego Star Wars celebration.  Just my opinion, but I think Lego views those as replacements for the X-wing.  The X-wing could very well last until the end of 2015, though, and officially retire at the beginning of 2016.

[33Lego]

if they can retire TH...  they can do anything.

Maybe they are running on remaining stock, for all we know...

 

like re-make UCS MF?

 

I am waiting for one @ msrp now.

 

 

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in my dreams

[speedsausage]

Slave I UCS is coming out on Jan. 1 2015 for $199.99 and there is a rumored TIE fighter UCS model for the May the 4th Lego Star Wars celebration. Just my opinion, but I think Lego views those as replacements for the X-wing. The X-wing could very well last until the end of 2015, though, and officially retire at the beginning of 2016.

If this is true about an UCS TIE fighter, I may just have to buy three TIEs to put on display because we all know it's three TIEs to one X-wing in battle!