To continue an earlier thread, here are the sets listed on S@H as "Retiring Soon":

 

Friends - Stephanie's Cool Convertible, Olivia's Speedboat, Mia's Bedroom, Series 1 foil packs

Duplo - Train Starter Set, Doctor's Clinic, Emergency Helicopter

Creator - Apple Tree House

Lego Games - Ninjago, Pirate Plank

Chima Speedorz - CHI Battles, Ring of Fire, Target Practice, CHI Waterfall

Technic - Mini Container Truck

LOTR - Gandalf Arrives, Orc Forge

CMF - Series 9

Architecture - Sugnyemun

Marvel Super Heroes - Captain America's Avenging Cycle

Star Wars - Endor Rebel Trooper and Imperial Trooper Battle Pack, Planet Bespin & Twin Cloud Car, Planet Endor & AT-ST

 

Nothing earth-shattering.  Orc Forge surprises me the most.

6 minutes ago, mudcatsfan said:

I'd be surprised if a single Cantina is sold at Lego when its SOOOOOOOOOO much cheaper everywhere else. Even with 2x VIP and trains.

You must not know that people are stupid. I'm sure they've sold plenty!

1 hour ago, capsa77 said:

If you highlight a red "Sold Out" and then right click the text and hit view selection source, a box pops up that says <li class="availability-questionable">.... Doing same with orange says <li class="availability-future">. I think I remember a lot of times where I've seen a red sold out tag (RE?) only to come back full force later. Orange may have more merit if anything.

You're killing me...

55 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I'm really surprised the Cantina has survived this long into double-VIP.

It needs to go away soon!!!

My major concern with ISD and AT-AT isn't possible remakes, it's just that I think these sets are going to be mind bogglingly hoarded. They are easy and obvious targets, and with the number of resellers continuing to rise, I suspect both of these sets are going to have a whole lot of people holding on to them. Cantina as well, and Cantina has the extra strike of being available at 20% discount pretty much since launch. 

Normally I am a big believer in original trilogy sets, and I'd be lying if I said I had none of these, but I am a bit wary about putting too much capital into them. 

 

 

11 minutes ago, Achilles said:

My major concern with ISD and AT-AT isn't possible remakes, it's just that I think these sets are going to be mind bogglingly hoarded. They are easy and obvious targets, and with the number of resellers continuing to rise, I suspect both of these sets are going to have a whole lot of people holding on to them. Cantina as well, and Cantina has the extra strike of being available at 20% discount pretty much since launch. 

Normally I am a big believer in original trilogy sets, and I'd be lying if I said I had none of these, but I am a bit wary about putting too much capital into them. 

 

 

The same could be said about the Millineum Falcon and X-wing and those did excellent right after retirement IMHO. Granted these sets are not quite as popular as those but they are pretty close. I'm actually surprised that the number of sellers on Amazon isn't higher for these....most Lego Movie sets have more Amazon sellers. That theme sure has been a dud.

I think these will do great. Maybe $180-200 each by next Christmas if both retire before 2016. The question is whether they do both retire that soon.........

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by cmartin33

29 minutes ago, Achilles said:

My major concern with ISD and AT-AT isn't possible remakes, it's just that I think these sets are going to be mind bogglingly hoarded. They are easy and obvious targets, and with the number of resellers continuing to rise, I suspect both of these sets are going to have a whole lot of people holding on to them. Cantina as well, and Cantina has the extra strike of being available at 20% discount pretty much since launch. 

Normally I am a big believer in original trilogy sets, and I'd be lying if I said I had none of these, but I am a bit wary about putting too much capital into them. 

 

 

Wasn't Jabba's Palace the same story though? And it seems to be doing fine for anyone who bought at a discount.

2 hours ago, capsa77 said:

If you highlight a red "Sold Out" and then right click the text and hit view selection source, a box pops up that says <li class="availability-questionable">.... Doing same with orange says <li class="availability-future">. I think I remember a lot of times where I've seen a red sold out tag (RE?) only to come back full force later. Orange may have more merit if anything.

VERY interesting. The now is obvious, the future is useful, but the questionable statuses don't seem to be as helpful due to several statuses sharing that tag. 

Sold out = <li class="availability-questionable">

Retired = <li class="availability-questionable"> shouldn't it be MORE than 'questionable?'

Sold out, ships in 30 days (with a button to add to cart) = <li class="availability-questionable"> Shouldn't that be LESS than questionable?"

Personally, I think the AT-AT, ISD, Snowspeeder, and Cantina are all great sets, and better in potential than all the sets in the entire 2014 winter wave.  While, the new tie-fighter and MF has slightly taken down the value of the OT versions, it hasn't been a substantial take down. 

I think all of them will do well over the next year, and yes, I think they are all winding down and will wind down quickly to where they will be hard to find by late winter.  Sort of like all the yoda boxes from this year.  By the beginning of early spring this year, finding yoda box sets was quite rare.

If I remember correctly, the Sea Cow did come back briefly after being the orange sold out status and is now the red sold out status which could be permanent.  Perhaps this could be another status they use instead of the TOOS - check back on certain date for availability.  Maybe these will be back in production for the new year but Shop at Home will not be allocated anything for the next couple months.  Of course this is all contingent upon Shop at Home actually knowing what they are doing or having any accurate forward-looking info from LEGO corporate.

Of course then I go to their website and the recently labeled "retiring soon" sets such as 70145, 41057, 41056, and 76019 are all in orange sold out status but I would think those are more likely to be permanent.  Somebody should call LEGO CS   

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by zskid00

ACT I:

A Tuesday morning in Billund, Denmark.  Two lego corporate executives meet at the water cooler. 

Lego Exec. A:  Hey George, how was your weekend?

Lego Exec B: Hi Rupert, it was fine, just fine.  And yours?

George: Fine, just fine. 

Rupert: That's good.

George: Yup, yeah, good...good.

(an awkward silence develops as they take turns at the water cooler)

Rupert: Hey you know what we could do today?

George: (looks up from his coffee cup. Audience wonders why he now has a cup of coffee if this is a water cooler scene, but they just give it the benefit of the doubt).

Rupert: Well, you know how the status updates on the website are always red when something goes to "Sold Out"?

George: Yeah...

Rupert: Well I was just thinking, you know we could totally change that... in like, just some of the different sets...

George: I don't follow. You mean like make the new "Sold Out" tags blue any time we temporarily sell out of something? What's the point of that?

Rupert: (frustrated) No, no, no, you're not hearing me. Not all of them.  Like, only a few of them.... And not blue either. Blue is a direct contrast to red.  I'm thinking something really close to red, like purple or something.

George: What about orange, orange is really close to red.

Rupert: (excitement building in his voice) Holy crap yes. Orange would be perfect for this. It's almost the same thing, but not exactly. 

George: (still seemingly indifferent) Okay but why? I mean, why would we do that? 

(a robotic female voice with just a lilt of a British accent comes over the intercom announcing it's time for the weekly executives meeting in the lounge to laugh about 10188 while execs enjoy pastries and read recent online blog entries to each other)

George: Hey I'm gonna go to this meeting.  Do whatever you want with the colors dude, I really don't care.

Rupert: (Looks at the camera and raises one eyebrow, a smirk beginning to form on his thin Danish lips)

ACT II:

An online website where people write long and self-indulgent forum posts that take forever for other members to read and go on and on with pointless stage directions and attempts at humor. Especially people with costumed frankfurters next to their names.

Forum Guy: Drop everything. The "Sold Out" tag is orange on the ISD! It's orange. It's not red, I know what red is and I've seen red. But this changes everything. It has to mean something. I mean this has to MEAN something. We need to discuss this.  We need to!

 

Okay you all get the joke now, I'm not going to beat you over the head with it.  I have to get back to work anyways. This took me like 20 minutes to write.  God I'm such a nerd.

Applause 

Someone can steal this, I don't mind.

Someone can steal this, I don't mind.

Is he promoting Star Wars or CMF Series 13...?

So has anyone put a MF old Han in the Hotdog suit yet?  Come on slackers!

9 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

Is he promoting Star Wars or CMF Series 13...?

Why does it have to be XOR?

I think it's more likely that the sold out in one color is a status that is triggered automatically, due to a certain number of sets being sold and the amount in inventory.  The other color is probably set to sold out manually.  Which is which, I do not know.   It prolly has something to to do with the CMS.

Edited October 30, 201510 yr by pickleboy

Someone can steal this, I don't mind.

People think that Harrison Ford is as dry as a block of wood. But I honestly believe he us a really good sense of humor and doesn't take himself nearly as seriously as people want to believe he does.

On 28/10/2015, 09:47:04, Bold-Arrow said:

Good point although SW without a MF is not SW . The ISD on the other hand ....

MF will not be MF without the ISD and its endless fleet of tie fighters. You need 2 hands to clap

EV available again but PS out to backorder next week at EU shop.

23 hours ago, mudcatsfan said:

I'd be surprised if a single Cantina is sold at Lego when its SOOOOOOOOOO much cheaper everywhere else. Even with 2x VIP and trains.

If you take advantage of the promos today, if you buy a cantina and a snow speeder that's 99.98 (pretax), which lands one the free ROTS Poster, and a train promo.  The poster will sell for 15.00, and you should get 20 for the train, plus the 2xVIP discount.  

At that point, you're looking at a buy in of 55.00 (pretax) for a snow speeder and a cantina, if you deduct all the sales items you'll have when you sell them, plus the 2xVIP.  That's a better deal than all the other sites right now.  It's just how you play the game.

Edited October 31, 201510 yr by fossilrock

17 hours ago, pickleboy said:

I think it's more likely that the sold out in one color is a status that is triggered automatically, due to a certain number of sets being sold and the amount in inventory.  The other color is probably set to sold out manually.  Which is which, I do not know.   It prolly has something to to do with the CMS.

Interestingly, the Advent Calendar went from "Orange" to "Red" over the last day.  However, the Red 5 has sold out multiple times now, and each time it was red.  So, whatever….. I don't think it really matters.  

Edited October 31, 201510 yr by fossilrock

First series 2 microfighter is now sold out at shop at home usa.  I have zero of these.  Waiting for some clearance action.  Milano spaceship also now sold out.

 

75072 ARC-170 Starfighter™

• Price $9.99

• Sold Out

Edited October 31, 201510 yr by cladner

43 minutes ago, cladner said:

First series 2 microfighter is now sold out at shop at home usa.  I have zero of these.  Waiting for some clearance action.  Milano spaceship also now sold out.

 

75072 ARC-170 Starfighter™

• Price $9.99

• Sold Out

The potential for series 2 is such an unknown since it's heavily prequel focused.  The first series has gone up in value quite a bit, and complete sets are almost at 2x what one would have bought in even at a minor discount.  With series 3 around the corner, i'm staring to think this line has more and more potential if they go 5 or 6 series deep or even further.  The positives are less than a 1 year shelf life, a rather cheap buy-in cost to gather complete sets of a line, and not much storage space to have quite a bit of stock.  I only stocked up on 3 complete sets of series 1, and I sort of wish I would have collected some more.  

My original intention was to blow them all out for christmas, but I decided i'm keeping at least one set of both waves completely mint in the box, and will continue to collect MIB sets in perpetuity until the line is retired for my own personal collection.   I'm also not selling the other sets this year either.

There aren´t many OT ships left to do, though so much will depend on how TFA is received and how popular those ones are. Picked a few up at 45% off today and will probably sell as a bundle.

On 10/31/2015, 12:45:44, fossilrock said:

If you take advantage of the promos today, if you buy a cantina and a snow speeder that's 99.98 (pretax), which lands one the free ROTS Poster, and a train promo.  The poster will sell for 15.00, and you should get 20 for the train, plus the 2xVIP discount.  

At that point, you're looking at a buy in of 55.00 (pretax) for a snow speeder and a cantina, if you deduct all the sales items you'll have when you sell them, plus the 2xVIP.  That's a better deal than all the other sites right now.  It's just how you play the game.

15 for the poster seems way off based on completed sales of all the others. This thing probably nets you a few bucks after fees and shipping once they hit eBay in any volume.