Captain_chaos Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 15 hours ago, redcell said: Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo, and every other person who had an interest in buying those sets. That's the worst name I ever heard... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Goblin said: Saturn V. 1) Did Lego resurrect it because of demand? If so, was a significant percenatge of this demand fuelled by hoarders? 2) Did Lego get complaints from customers about the price of buying from resellers? From memory I believe it reached 2 x RRP pretty quickly. 3) Did Lego re-release it to frustrate resellers? 4) Or was it just re-released without any consideration given to the after-market? Maybe Lego do just ignore the resale market, but in a hypothetical world void of resellers, I doubt Lego would have brought it back so quickly. Didn't I see a website a few months ago saying it was retiring again? And so it continues... 100% To think that the conversation amongst exects doesn't happen because they have other pressing matters, I feel doesn't give the exects enough credit. They want to increase profits and if you know that resellers are affecting the instock rates and prices of one of your most popular sets, well hell, I'd be dumb to be one of those executives and not at least have the conversation about extending the shelf life to increase our profits on it. On most sets would they even flinch, probably not...those are the sets that get ignored on this forum and turn out to be the real diamonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 33 minutes ago, Captain_chaos said: That's the worst name I ever heard... "Hey...Joey Jo Jo..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 39 minutes ago, Captain_chaos said: That's the worst name I ever heard... Except for the guy I had on a conference call named Ah Shitt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, exciter1 said: Except for the guy I had on a conference call named Ah Shitt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenb99 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, exciter1 said: Except for the guy I had on a conference call named Ah Shitt idk Anil Joy was my best customer name over the years. Had a Balz Myerhandz too. Richard Woodhead and Harry Bushpies in the last year. Wanted to make a list over the 22 years but never got around to it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, ravenb99 said: idk Anil Joy was my best customer name over the years. Had a Balz Myerhandz too. Richard Woodhead and Harry Bushpies in the last year. Wanted to make a list over the 22 years but never got around to it. Those are definitely good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) I sent a Lord of the Rings set to an Aragorn once. My mom was an ER nurse and had to treat a Donald Duck, Ronald McDonald, and someone she could only pronounce as Mr Shitty. Over the PA system Edited June 28, 2021 by jeff_14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderingzissou Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 hours ago, jeff_14 said: I sent a Lord of the Rings set to an Aragorn once. My mom was an ER nurse and had to treat a Donald Duck, Ronald McDonald, and someone she could only pronounce as Mr Shitty. Over the PA system I shipped LEGO to a Michael Tyson in Vegas once. Probably just someone named after him. And lots of humorous ebay usernames. Apologies for going off topic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukish Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet back from Sold Out to backorder in the UK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Lukish said: TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet back from Sold Out to backorder in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 back to the other OT: resellers: flea vs whale Been pondering this one as there are good arguments from both sides: conclusion, both sides are correct. For all of TLG offerings resellers are equivalent to a flea as we can not hope to scale with a legion of soccer moms, grand parents, and relatives shopping for Timmy's b-day and holiday gifts. But for singular sets, resellers have the clout of whales where, following breaking news of unexpected scarceness, a single set can get literally wiped off all major retailers in minutes (B&M within days)...soccer mom never had a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keymomachine Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Lukish said: TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet back from Sold Out to backorder in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 But for singular sets, resellers have the clout of whales where, following breaking news of unexpected scarceness, a single set can get literally wiped off all major retailers in minutes (B&M within days)...soccer mom never had a chance.This is definitely true, but I wouldn't limit it to just unexpected scarceness. There have been very few times that I've been chasing a set where there has been more supply in a 5-6 hour radius from me than I could hoover up if I had enough time on my hands. The only time that comes to mind is the Black Friday sale at Target last year that started on Sunday before Thanksgiving.Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravel Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 And where did it go from the site LEGO.com set 42124 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego_Monsters Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I need to spend $65 more to qualify for the spend $85 get the freebie promo. Which set is about to retire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Lego_Monsters said: I need to spend $65 more to qualify for the spend $85 get the freebie promo. Which set is about to retire? wool farm marked as retiring soon europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartat Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Bricklectic said: wool farm marked as retiring soon europe https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/the-wool-farm-21153 Even gets a 404 at the moment. Odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozial Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 18 hours ago, Bartat said: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/the-wool-farm-21153 Even gets a 404 at the moment. Odd Maybe early retirement. Could need that with all my sheeps between great britains capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Only Target & Amazon left in USA Best Buy / Kohls / Lego all sold out. Lets go peoples! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartat Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 12:20 AM, keymomachine said: And now it’s back in stock… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 The sales rack of my local dept store gives me some clue of retiring sets. Today I spotted Hogwarts Castle on it, however I don't recall seeing it appear on any lists yet. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joneyyy1981 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, coelian said: The sales rack of my local dept store gives me some clue of retiring sets. Today I spotted Hogwarts Castle on it, however I don't recall seeing it appear on any lists yet. What do you guys think? apperently that up for the chop 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said: apperently that up for the chop 2022 That's only brickfanatics right, haven't seen it on stonewars or promobricks yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 6 hours ago, coelian said: The sales rack of my local dept store gives me some clue of retiring sets. Today I spotted Hogwarts Castle on it, however I don't recall seeing it appear on any lists yet. What do you guys think? Yeah, I heard that's where Stonewars gets there list ideas too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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