Ideas #017: 21309/92176 - NASA Apollo Saturn V

[Guest TabbyBoy]

17 minutes ago, JRandall said:

I agree it's incredible, but initially the run was supposed to be limited, and it's come back in stock 3 or 4 times now, and after double VIP I thought it was done for the year.  With this type of demand they're probably already revving up the factories.

They've had plenty of time to turbocharge production of 21309, but they also have to focus on the new 2018 rehashes sets. To be honest, I've never seen such demand for a set in the 6 years that I've been out of my dark age. When I'm ready to sell, I'll be bundling each one with a 21312 ;-) I bet the 21309 designer is laughing all the way down the drive to his Lambourghini!

[mauro23]

19 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

To be honest, I've never seen such demand for a set in the 6 years that I've been out of my dark age. 

And how do you explain the fact, that it can be backordered since several days at S&H ???

[Guest TabbyBoy]

58 minutes ago, mauro23 said:

And how do you explain the fact, that it can be backordered since several days at S&H ???

Only LEGO can explain what they are doing. Could it be the last production run and EOL early in the New Year?

[Shneebs]

2 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Could it be the last production run and EOL early in the New Year?

I will say two things:

1) I hope you're right

2) I think it's wishful thinking.  

[Guest TabbyBoy]

If 500,000 of these sets have been produced and 10,000,000 Worldwide want one, do the math ;-) I heard that the VW T1 was the first set to reach 1 Million copies, can anybody confirm?

[Captain_chaos]

5 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

If 500,000 of these sets have been produced and 10,000,000 Worldwide want one, do the math ;-) I heard that the VW T1 was the first set to reach 1 Million copies, can anybody confirm?

Surely that should concern you. A very popular set, which is just not being retired as a result. If the Saturn V is as popular, wouldn't it also have a 10 year shelf life? If the Saturn V doesn't retire for 5 years even, you'd be better off investing in Nexo sets.

[Martae54]

Back to OOS at Target and SAH.

[iahawks550]

Still available at ebay Target

[Guest TabbyBoy]

16 minutes ago, iahawks550 said:

Still available at ebay Target

Same at John Lewis UK and I'm ordering 5 a day.

[JRandall]

Remember LEGO did say they would most likely continue producing the set because of the demand. https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/1c30b0cb-0ac3-48f0-a1e3-a6ff636b71f3

[Val-E]

It´s not on the lists and neither is Adventure Time, which is even more worrying.

[mauro23]

3 minutes ago, Val-E said:

It´s not on the lists and neither is Adventure Time, which is even more worrying.

I assume, even within the initial production run the AT will be alive until 2020...

[Val-E]

5 minutes ago, mauro23 said:

I assume, even within the initial production run the AT will be alive until 2020...

S5 is still around because limit is 1 and they are not selling as fast as before on the secondary market. It´s a classic balancing of supply and demand. Prices on ebay are now down to barely above RRP so it seems there won´t be a Xmas boost for this set or indeed for Women of Nasa.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

51 minutes ago, Val-E said:

S5 is still around because limit is 1 and they are not selling as fast as before on the secondary market. It´s a classic balancing of supply and demand. Prices on ebay are now down to barely above RRP so it seems there won´t be a Xmas boost for this set or indeed for Women of Nasa.

It's to be expected as I'm looking forward to Xmas 2020.

[Val-E]

12 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

It's to be expected as I'm looking forward to Xmas 2020.

To quote Michael Jackson, you are not alone.

[mtchrs]

John Lewis Oxford Street has a few on the shelf, shame there is no BF deals on this.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

6 minutes ago, mtchrs said:

John Lewis Oxford Street has a few on the shelf, shame there is no BF deals on this.

Hope you got out of there OK after what's just happened.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

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Edited November 24, 2017 by TabbyBoy

[cissi]

The frustration-free packaging version is available on AMZ:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071G3QMS2/?

[marcandre]

On 11/24/2017 at 5:02 PM, cissi said:

The frustration-free packaging version is available on AMZ:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071G3QMS2/?

Back again

[jaylay]

Back again

Don’t think it has left since yesterday. Was live all day yesterday until now ...

[marcandre]

49 minutes ago, jaylay said:

Don’t think it has left since yesterday. Was live all day yesterday until now ...

wow thought it poofed. Lasted 24 hours on BF weekend? Party may be over.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

The party may well be at an end for now, but the window for buyers wanting to return these sets to resellers certainly isn't!

I'm waiting for the real party, I'm in no rush.

[jaylay]

Well it is limit one. For me and suspect others, this set is going into cold storage until the time is right.

[marcandre]

29 minutes ago, jaylay said:

Well it is limit one. For me and suspect others, this set is going into cold storage until the time is right.

Yea I have tucked some away already. I think lego will keep this one out there a while though.