Retiring Soon - open speculation

[darksam007]

Any advice on the Tie Fighter; get rid of it now or wait until after the movie comes out next year?

[waddamon]

Yes lots of stuff officially retired. Good day today. Hopefully some more exclusives soon. People need to look through all the pages.

[Alpinemaps]

Is 79110 the first LR set to be marked retired?

[mcortez]

Mah, cavalry builder, the train, comanche Camp and colby city were all already marked as retired.  The silver mine was holding our probably due to stock sitting in a warehouse somewhere that they finally liquidated to stores like Ross/Marshals/Tuesday Morning

 

http://search-en.lego.com/?q=lone+ranger&cc=US

 

The Stagecoach and a lone ranger key chain are the last ones still marked as Sold Out but not retired -- either sitting forgotten in a back room at one of the bigger LEGO stores, or long since stolen/salvaged but still mistakenly listed in inventory.

[hxckid88]

Yay for robie house and my favorite helicopter

[jaisonline]

So the "current" key take away is to search for "retired product" and see which "sold out" sets display. Those are the sets that are retiring before the official label /tag is assigned. Many of us have been doing this since last Oct and it's pretty accurate.

[Stevenplays]

Yes lots of stuff officially retired. Good day today. Hopefully some more exclusives soon. People need to look through all the pages.

Some rumors state a couple of new exclusives could be a modular carnival, and for the winter line, a Santa's workshop.

[Mos_Eisley]

Some rumors state a couple of new exclusives could be a modular carnival, and for the winter line, a Santa's workshop.

Since we're in the retiring soon thread, I would guess that he hopes some exclusives are retiring soon, not being released.

[jbacunn]

So the "current" key take away is to search for "retired product" and see which "sold out" sets display. Those are the sets that are retiring before the official label /tag is assigned. Many of us have been doing this since last Oct and it's pretty accurate.

Does this apply to Mars Rover? Currently sold out. I know it was a limited edition set but I can't imagine it's gone in 3 months.

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[Stevenplays]

Since we're in the retiring soon thread, I would guess that he hopes some exclusives are retiring soon, not being released.

He stated that he would be happy if we got some new exclusives, so that is why I stated that.

[jaisonline]

Does this apply to Mars Rover? Currently sold out. I know it was a limited edition set but I can't imagine it's gone in 3 months.

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no.  that set doesn't show up in the "retired product" search.

 

 

http://search-en.lego.com/?q=retired+product&cc=US

 

Now look for the "sold out" sets in the list.

 

*** only diff now is that some "available" sets are listed which wasn't the case before today.  ***

[tractorboy]

Does this apply to Mars Rover? Currently sold out. I know it was a limited edition set but I can't imagine it's gone in 3 months.

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Wasn't this set limited to 10,000 (or 20,000?) units?

If that's the case, it wouldn't surprise me if it was gone for good already, especially given the rise in people investing in sets.

[Ciglione]

I am absolutely positive its gone. I already repeated this many times the last week on this forum. If I am wrong, I will be really really really surprised and disappointed.

[MartinP]

Wasn't this set limited to 10,000 (or 20,000?) units?

If that's the case, it wouldn't surprise me if it was gone for good already, especially given the rise in people investing in sets.

Lego said that the set has limited production, but I'm not sure how limited it is.

[work4fbi2]

Mars rover sold out in belgium and not able to add to bag. Seems gone to me! Which is very fast! Could it?

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[gregpj]

He stated that he would be happy if we got some new exclusives, so that is why I stated that.

No he said "hopefully more exclusives soon" in a thread about retiring soon sets. That means he hopes more exclusives retire soon.

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[holleman67]

Tru has marked.down the rover, sale price of $29.99. This is a clear indication that it is done. Trust me, I'm an expert.

[rcdb1984]

too bad it is OOS

[exciter1]

Tru has marked.down the rover, sale price of $29.99. This is a clear indication that it is done. Trust me, I'm an expert.

 

Oh lord... Geoffrey has you on speed dial.

[holleman67]

Oh lord... Geoffrey has you on speed dial.

We just had dinner together.

[hobbycrafter]

What's the lifespan of other LEGO Cuusoo sets, in comparison to the Mars Rover anyway?

 

I'm also looking at the LEGO Shop at Home site, and I would imagine that any set with "New" still labeled on it wouldn't go straight to the retired list. That would be counterproductive to Lego, wouldn't it? Customers would see the "New" sign and expect it to still be there for a little while and purchase later...

[@rtisan]

What's the lifespan of other LEGO Cuusoo sets, in comparison to the Mars Rover anyway?

 

I'm also looking at the LEGO Shop at Home site, and I would imagine that any set with "New" still labeled on it wouldn't go straight to the retired list. That would be counterproductive to Lego, wouldn't it? Customers would see the "New" sign and expect it to still be there for a little while and purchase later...

Yes and no. 41999 was available for something to the effect of 12 hours back in August last year. Yes it made a comeback a couple months later, but it was still available for only a short time. That would be the most recent example of limited production runs, so it isn`t out of the question for Lego doing it again.

 

Minecraft could be seen as an example a couple years back. The set came in and went out of stock over and over and over again, until Lego decided to add it to a regular production run (or so it seems given the 2 other sets and upcoming theme later this year). Could the Rover come back again? Absolutely, we don`t know until Lego marks it "retired" and even then we don`t know 100% (Catwomen set last year).

[jbacunn]

Yes and no. 41999 was available for something to the effect of 12 hours back in August last year. Yes it made a comeback a couple months later, but it was still available for only a short time. That would be the most recent example of limited production runs, so it isn`t out of the question for Lego doing it again.

Minecraft could be seen as an example a couple years back. The set came in and went out of stock over and over and over again, until Lego decided to add it to a regular production run (or so it seems given the 2 other sets and upcoming theme later this year). Could the Rover come back again? Absolutely, we don`t know until Lego marks it "retired" and even then we don`t know 100% (Catwomen set last year).

If it is selling better than expected I bet they will bring it back. Demand has obviously been high for this set. It has stayed in stock for only a few hours each time it has been available.

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[Jimking23]

Whenever I read a forum with members speculating about which set will retire, I rarely here Tower Bridge mentioned. I believed it was released the same year as GE and almost everyone is convinced GE is retiring.

[comicblast]

Whenever I read a forum with members speculating about which set will retire, I rarely here Tower Bridge mentioned. I believed it was released the same year as GE and almost everyone is convinced GE is retiring.

That's because we're all tired from debating it! I remember a few long threads debating and re-debating the retirement of the FB and TB about 8 months ago.  

 

On a related note, I actually thought it would retire back in January, but I think LEGO won't retire it until the turn of the year. I also think that if the SSD doesn't retire right around May 4th, it won't retire until December 2014/January 2015.