Retiring Soon - open speculation

[iahawks550]

Sets can be retired and be available. Simultaneously. All the time. Sometimes for many months. 

[Forsaker]

Sets can be retired and be available. Simultaneously. All the time. Sometimes for many months. 

Or as Chima and Ultra Agents have shown us, years...

[Locutus001]

4 hours ago, iahawks550 said:

Sets can be retired and be available. Simultaneously. All the time. Sometimes for many months. 

 

21 minutes ago, Patlac said:

 

Or as Chima and Ultra Agents have shown us, years...

 

You're right Kemosabe...

[FISHERDUYU]

spaceship should be fine.

[Gnueck]

76035 is now gone from German SAH (old product). 60095 is still there, but you can only select 1 (of max 2).

So no panic

 

[Val-E]

Less than 50 tagged set left. Not a great performance by Ninjago or Nexo so far.

[force392]

On 12/25/2016 at 11:02 AM, iahawks550 said:

Sets can be retired and be available. Simultaneously. All the time. Sometimes for many months. 

So true. Many of the recent major sets to disappear from Lego Shop at Home are still readily available on Amazon.

[c_rpg]

I went and had a look at some seals while they were repairing my windshield this morning.

• Airjitzu: 25S6
• UCS TIE: 37S6
• Kwik-E: 26S5
• F40: 35S6
• Slave: 39S6
• T1: 39S6
• Mini: 39S6

General observations:

There was a whole stack of Airjitzu Temples in the middle of the Lego section. Another stack was on shelves. I think there were about twenty left in total. Absolutely no one seems to buy this set. Though this set is 230€ over here, it doesn't seem to have hurt the UCS TIE of which there was only one left. About five Kwik-E's left as well. One Slave and one F40, about five each of Mini and T1.

I didn't check the seals on the Batcave, but they had a ton left of those as well.

You can guess which of the Star Wars sets was sold out: Resistance X-Wing was nowhere to be seen.

[Val-E]

I concur. Blue X Wing moves fast at the right price but those Simpsons sets are shelf warmers, same with ToA and most Ninjago.

Let´s see if TLG adjusts some of their scandalous Euro prices  downwards on 1st Jan, as well as the UK ones upwards.

[Shewie]

5 hours ago, Val-E said:

I concur. Blue X Wing moves fast at the right price but those Simpsons sets are shelf warmers, same with ToA and most Ninjago.

Let´s see if TLG adjusts some of their scandalous Euro prices  downwards on 1st Jan, as well as the UK ones upwards.

Rogue One hype simple as that, before world premiere even 3 4 2 Resistance X-Wing remained available until end of the promotion among with Poe's

[ZULU]

On 23 december 2016 at 9:51 AM, Val-E said:

SAH sale starts on Monday with 30% off, apparently. That means we should get a whole heap of retirements throughout the week.

30%... A good test to see if it wakens the appetite of the hordes. 

I'm too full from chained  X"mas dinners... Waiting for the good old -50 before I move my fat arse ?

[Val-E]

60111 City fire tender

10697 creative box

latest victims of the sale.

[Sozial]

4 hours ago, ZULU said:

30%... A good test to see if it wakens the appetite of the hordes. 

I'm too full from chained  X"mas dinners... Waiting for the good old -50 before I move my fat arse

When does 50% Starts?

[Val-E]

No confirmation on that.  There might be a further reduction if this sale fails to clear everything. Doctor Who and other Ideas sets, I am looking at you.

[grabbitfast]

I have never seen a better end of year retirement spree,any one who has any nuts has cleaned up on this free for all,even Dr Who will be a winner,have already unloaded over half of mine at a profit,quit the whingeing beatches. 

[GhostDad]

3 hours ago, grabbitfast said:

I have never seen a better end of year retirement spree,any one who has any nuts has cleaned up on this free for all,even Dr Who will be a winner,have already unloaded over half of mine at a profit,quit the whingeing beatches. 

Word.

[ZULU]

7 hours ago, grabbitfast said:

I have never seen a better end of year retirement spree,any one who has any nuts has cleaned up on this free for all,even Dr Who will be a winner,have already unloaded over half of mine at a profit,quit the whingeing beatches. 

Moderator, please redirect this post to the 'What I heard from a Lego employee' section. ?

[Val-E]

70732 Stiix, 41122 Treehouse, 70312 Lance´s horse all done from the sale now.

33 sets left.

[pete411]

Was trying to figure out the proper late buy in for 75150. I always look on Amazon to see if the big boys have stocked up on a set. This early in the game, is this considered a lot of units? When it was available, 75150 sold at a snail's pace anywhere near RRP so this has me a little concerned.

[Bold-Arrow]

rank is 5k something which is pretty good, lots of units though but they won't last for long. ofc they can always replenish. 

[Lordoflego]

What's an average life span of Lego city sets nowadays? 

[kurnitb]

12 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

What's an average life span of Lego city sets nowadays? 

My guess would be 1 year as they keep on building new police stations and fire stations every year.

[Val-E]

18 months, with extreme values from 6 monhs to 3 years.

[Val-E]

I did mention Mindstorms EV3 retiring and here is a possible reason why.

http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-to-announce-new-play-experience-january-4/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegoEverlasting-LegoReviewsNews+(The+Brick+Fan+-+LEGO+Reviews+%26+News)

 

[paulvdb]

The big City police station and fire station sets normally last three years and are then replaced by new versions. Other City sets may retire sooner. Or even later but I can't think of any that lasted more than three years. There will be a new police station (60141) in 2017 to replace the current police station (60047) from 2014.