10240 - UCS: Red Five X-wing Starfighter

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3 hours ago, cladner said:

 The time for PS hasn't come multiple times.  Grand Emporium Sold OUt in October last year.  Fire Brigade went in December the year before.  October-December is modular retirement season.  We're in the thick of it.

Some would say the time for this set's eol was last October-December but the horde just made it so darn profitable for TLG that they retired something else instead. Maybe they will do it again since people can't just not wipe every one they see out in minutes

[redcell]

3 hours ago, cladner said:  The time for PS hasn't come multiple times.  Grand Emporium Sold OUt in October last year.  Fire Brigade went in December the year before.  October-December is modular retirement season.  We're in the thick of it.

Some would say the time for this set's eol was last October-December but the horde just made it so darn profitable for TLG that they retired something else instead. Maybe they will do it again since people can't just not wipe every one they see out in minutes

I'm not sure why people would say this. What signs were there that this was headed for retirement last year? When did this first hit "call to check" or "sold out" on LEGO Shop at Home? I can't remember.

[chipbee]

8 minutes ago, redcell said:

 

I'm not sure why people would say this. What signs were there that this was headed for retirement last year? When did this first hit "call to check" or "sold out" on LEGO Shop at Home? I can't remember.

Lego speculators/investors are a mixed bunch, definitely some are a bit more wound up and would speculate a set retirement from the the very day of launch of the set.

[Val-E]

12 minutes ago, redcell said:

 

I'm not sure why people would say this. What signs were there that this was headed for retirement last year? When did this first hit "call to check" or "sold out" on LEGO Shop at Home? I can't remember.

There were 2 signs - discounted during EU shop black Friday campaign (along with EEE, HE, SC, AA and we know what happened to them) and prolonged sold out status in early 2015 at US shop.

I think that this set was being earmarked for early retirement like Bwing but won a reprieve due to strong sales in late 2014 early 2015.

Anyway, it would appear to be done now so better to move on to other things.

 

[dcdfan]

[Val-E]

If only that list had been made in the shape of a dartboard it would have all made much more sense....

 

Edited November 16, 2015 by valenciaeric

[ZULU]

2 hours ago, valenciaeric said:

There were 2 signs - discounted during EU shop black Friday campaign (along with EEE, HE, SC, AA and we know what happened to them) and prolonged sold out status in early 2015 at US shop.

I think that this set was being earmarked for early retirement like Bwing but won a reprieve due to strong sales in late 2014 early 2015.

Anyway, it would appear to be done now so better to move on to other things.

 

Like i said already, the treatment of this set when buying it at the legi lille shop was seperate. I suspect the last ones are being distributed. 

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2 hours ago, redcell said:

 

I'm not sure why people would say this. What signs were there that this was headed for retirement last year? When did this first hit "call to check" or "sold out" on LEGO Shop at Home? I can't remember.

It was the next set in line. It had been out substantially longer than TH. They had never retired a modular out of order before. Until the horde got a hold of PS and made it too profitable to retire. Not sure why people can't see this.

[redcell]

18 minutes ago, MarxMarvelous said:

It was the next set in line. It had been out substantially longer than TH. They had never retired a modular out of order before. Until the horde got a hold of PS and made it too profitable to retire. Not sure why people can't see this.

Huh?  Red Five came out in 2013, Town Hall came out in 2012.

On PS, why do you think that it was going to retire before now or that it won't retire in the next month or two?  I realize that it was not available for most of the year, but the fact that it went from being basically unavailable to fairly widely available doesn't necessarily indicate a change in the timing of retirement.  A far more reasonable explanation in my mind is that TLG did not finalize the designs or product lineup for the new TFA sets until later in their production cycle than normal and had to devote a substantial amount of their manufacturing capacity throughout the year to producing those sets, which prevented them from manufacturing other sets, which created the appearance of impending retirement for sets like PS and, to a lesser extent, PC.

 

 

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59 minutes ago, redcell said:

Huh?  Red Five came out in 2013, Town Hall came out in 2012.

On PS, why do you think that it was going to retire before now or that it won't retire in the next month or two?  I realize that it was not available for most of the year, but the fact that it went from being basically unavailable to fairly widely available doesn't necessarily indicate a change in the timing of retirement.  A far more reasonable explanation in my mind is that TLG did not finalize the designs or product lineup for the new TFA sets until later in their production cycle than normal and had to devote a substantial amount of their manufacturing capacity throughout the year to producing those sets, which prevented them from manufacturing other sets, which created the appearance of impending retirement for sets like PS and, to a lesser extent, PC.

 

 

I wasn't talking about red 5.

 

On PS, go read the PS thread

[Val-E]

Backorder date pushed back another week. Small news but I am hoping to see a 30 days or call to check soon!

[Val-E]

Pushed back to 2nd December now and limit 1. Looking good for EOL.

[Crustybeaver]

I'm still hopeful it pops back into stock with a discount for Brick Friday

[jaisonline]

Does anyone want me to try and get the poll working again?  It will need to be recreated , I can enter the current votes per answer and only new voters should vote.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

This is one set that could do a lot better than people expect. Even the non-UCS 9394 has hiked in value post EOL. I let a 9394 go to one of you lot for RRP! I have 8 of these and will definitely be keeping at least 1. I think EP7 will raise enough interest to kill this one off.

[Crustybeaver]

You mean 9493, and thanks I appreciated the profit :)

[Guest TabbyBoy]

2 hours ago, Crustybeaver said:

You mean 9493, and thanks I appreciated the profit :)

No problem, you did me a favour. I soon filled up the space with bike bits!

[Goodby1]

Anyone mention recently that lego US is sold out currently with no ship date.. just sold out.

 

[Ciglione]

5 minutes ago, Goodby1 said:

Anyone mention recently that lego US is sold out currently with no ship date.. just sold out.

 

Then after midnight you will see a 50% discount on it.

[Goodby1]

Currently in the US,only Target has this with a limit 3 at  $263.99 ..ouch that's a nice profit for them

[Goodby1]

Hey... so if I maxed out how many I can buy online, do they track that for my in-store purchases? Like, could I go to the Lego store and buy more of them?

[Val-E]

If you pay in cash and don´t use the same VIP card.

[tacsniper]

10 minutes ago, Goodby1 said:

Anyone mention recently that lego US is sold out currently with no ship date.. just sold out.

 

Its been sold out for a at least 6 weeks now. Cannot find this in retail in Canada either.

[brad4815]

Glad I picked up two of this. Have a feeling it'll be a winner. Wouldn't mind picking one up via AWD or something to keep for myself. 

[Vader888]

33 minutes ago, tacsniper said:

Its been sold out for a at least 6 weeks now. Cannot find this in retail in Canada either.

I saw 4 of these at the Fairview Mall location just a couple weeks ago.