Loghamel Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 But in all seriousness, have I found a secret? Perhaps one is permanent vs temporary? Do some research guys, there is something to this. Especially after you click on one. It can go orange to red or red to red etc. USA SOH only. There's always a method to there madness....... I noticed this starting last week. I track every non-retired set and its status and saw the different colors for 'Sold Out'. I've been tracking the colors since I noticed and the color for any given set hasn't changed yet. I've only got a couple weeks worth of data to go on, but so far I haven't seen any reason for the difference. I was going to keep it to myself to see if there was any correlation before I said something. I was afraid there might be something to be gained from it and by posting about it, 'someone' might fix it. Guess that idea's shot... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 76019 Starblaster Showdown is SOLD OUT at USA SHOP AT HOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brickowski Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 14 a week vs 5 a week (on average)...Alright, so that means about 3x as much, not 3x more. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLKC Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 One ball to rule them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Villa Savoye retired in EU. How long until it retires in US/Canada? All the Barnes and Nobles around me have them and I got many discounted gift cards at the ready if I need to raid them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudcatsfan Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 1 hour ago, MarxMarvelous said: Villa Savoye retired in EU. How long until it retires in US/Canada? All the Barnes and Nobles around me have them and I got many discounted gift cards at the ready if I need to raid them. It typically takes quite a while. Months even. ESB, Sydney Opera House, Farnsworth House and Fallingwater lingered for MONTHS even after the US site showed them as retired in the last wave. Heck, people are still finding Rockefeller Center, Guggenheim, and others in the wild. So until they're out of stock in the US online sites, people probably won't even raise an eyebrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 SOLD OUT @ Shop at home USA - ISD would be a big surprise if this sticks... 75055 Imperial Star Destroyer™ 75043 AT-AP™ 75048 The Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 17 minutes ago, cladner said: SOLD OUT @ Shop at home USA - ISD would be a big surprise if this sticks... 75055 Imperial Star Destroyer™ 75043 AT-AP™ 75048 The Phantom ISD should stick. The blue box SW sets have been on their way out for almost a year now. I'm more surprised by The Phantom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 4 minutes ago, redcell said: ISD should stick. The blue box SW sets have been on their way out for almost a year now. I'm more surprised by The Phantom. ISD came out in August 2014 - its only been out a little over a year. Phantom came out the same day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 5 minutes ago, cladner said: ISD came out in August 2014 - its only been out a little over a year. Phantom came out the same day. Although, 75021 - Republic Gunship United States 01 Aug 13 - 30 Dec 14 $119.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilrock Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 12 minutes ago, cladner said: ISD came out in August 2014 - its only been out a little over a year. Phantom came out the same day. I just bought another one of these last week at discount at a TRU and it was the last one there… I hope so! I'd stock up on a few more if I can find them… Dang, this list of potential retirement keeps growing. It's hard to keep track and debate on what to purchase. --- Copied from another thread: Do we have an ongoing list of sets that look like they were ousted during 2xVIP? Correct me if i'm wrong, but here's what i've seen so far: Architecture: Villa Savoye (Retired in EU, still available elsewhere) City: Camper Van Marvel Super Heroes: Starblaster Showdown, Captain America vs Hydra Minifigures: Series 14 Mixels: Series 5, and most of series 6 Ninjago: Battle for Ninjago Star Wars: Red 5, General Grievous Wheel Bike, Utapau Troopers, Anakin's Jedi Interceptor The Hobbit: Lonely Mountain, Mirkwood Elf Army Lego Movie: Metalbeards Sea Cow, Metalbeards Duel, Emmets Construct-o-mech, Bennys Spaceship, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 5 minutes ago, cladner said: ISD came out in August 2014 - its only been out a little over a year. Phantom came out the same day. Release dates and length of time on market are important, but not determinative. It is very uncommon for TLG to have sub-$150 sets in a single theme with three different graphic schemes on the market simultaneously for more than 6-9 months. The rest of the blue box SW are going and ISD should be in that bunch. Could it survive into next year? Sure, but I'm not betting on it given that there should be a second wave of TFA sets coming in behind the blue boxes that are going out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilrock Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 21 minutes ago, redcell said: Release dates and length of time on market are important, but not determinative. It is very uncommon for TLG to have sub-$150 sets in a single theme with three different graphic schemes on the market simultaneously for more than 6-9 months. The rest of the blue box SW are going and ISD should be in that bunch. Could it survive into next year? Sure, but I'm not betting on it given that there should be a second wave of TFA sets coming in behind the blue boxes that are going out. I believe most of the winter wave sets coming in January are fairly small sets with Leia's Battle of Takodana command ship being the largest set, and it looks equivalent to the B-wing. My guess is we will probably see quite a few bigger sets though into summer, and I believe there is a new updated ISD in the Force Awakens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipbee Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 27 minutes ago, redcell said: Release dates and length of time on market are important, but not determinative. It is very uncommon for TLG to have sub-$150 sets in a single theme with three different graphic schemes on the market simultaneously for more than 6-9 months. The rest of the blue box SW are going and ISD should be in that bunch. Could it survive into next year? Sure, but I'm not betting on it given that there should be a second wave of TFA sets coming in behind the blue boxes that are going out. I think there is a good chance they will make a new set based on episode 7 newer ISD design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 4 minutes ago, redcell said: ISD should stick. The blue box SW sets have been on their way out for almost a year now. I'm more surprised by The Phantom. ISD came out in August 2014 - its only been out a little over a year. Phantom came out the same day. 27 minutes ago, redcell said: Release dates and length of time on market are important, but not determinative. It is very uncommon for TLG to have sub-$150 sets in a single theme with three different graphic schemes on the market simultaneously for more than 6-9 months. The rest of the blue box SW are going and ISD should be in that bunch. Could it survive into next year? Sure, but I'm not betting on it given that there should be a second wave of TFA sets coming in behind the blue boxes that are going out. I think there is a good chance they will make a new set based on episode 7 newer ISD design. Which makes me think a new, Episode 7 ISD would be a summer 2016 wave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 17 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said: Which makes me think a new, Episode 7 ISD would be a summer 2016 wave That's too soon IMO ... A remake so close ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redghostx Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 30 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: That's too soon IMO ... A remake so close ? It would be easy to tweak the current ISD to an episode VII ISD. Please see the Millennium Falcon as an example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 8 minutes ago, redghostx said: It would be easy to tweak the current ISD to an episode VII ISD. Please see the Millennium Falcon as an example. Good point although SW without a MF is not SW . The ISD on the other hand .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacs Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 On October 26, 2015 at 7:11:07 PM, valenciaeric said: So it makes sense that it runs our first. Also VS has been out 6 months longer so it is more likely to be done. What other Architecture sets will go this year, though? I really hope White House retires. Talk about long in the tooth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 AT-AT went call to check the other day. Then came back to available now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 38 minutes ago, Quacs said: I really hope White House retires. Talk about long in the tooth... Lego wouldn't retire White House before the election... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 38 minutes ago, Quacs said: I really hope White House retires. Talk about long in the tooth... Lego wouldn't retire White House before the election... Okay, now you're just daring them publicly. 🤔 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aloughner15 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Has anybody noticed when you get on the Lego shop at home site that some of the sold-out stuff is Marked sold out and in red and then other products is marked sold out but in yellow this could be a sign of stuff that is actually going to retire sooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 36 minutes ago, aloughner15 said: Has anybody noticed when you get on the Lego shop at home site that some of the sold-out stuff is Marked sold out and in red and then other products is marked sold out but in yellow this could be a sign of stuff that is actually going to retire sooner Or it could just be CSS problems on one of the most problematic retail websites in history. But what fun is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickU Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 1 hour ago, aloughner15 said: Has anybody noticed when you get on the Lego shop at home site that some of the sold-out stuff is Marked sold out and in red and then other products is marked sold out but in yellow this could be a sign of stuff that is actually going to retire sooner What you talkin about Willis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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