Retiring Soon - open speculation

[king156]

1 hour ago, corkyatyyz said:

Hi guys,

 

First post for me.

Not sure if anyone noticed. On Canada site Fairground Mixer is listed as Retiring soon as well as others SC , OH, PS as mentioned on Europe site.

 

cheers

Andrew

No retiring tag in the UK for fairground mixer...yet

[Ciglione]

49 minutes ago, makr said:

Oh, I for one did not. That's another item with rather big growth potential, significant news.

With that tag the growth potential of another promising set is being destroyed. 

[gregpj]

12 hours ago, wlcy said:

I am from Canada , just curious common list of retiring soon sets available. 
Sets retiring soon in Canada seems different with Denmark or UK

You can search for retiring soon on the Shop at Home website for either Canada or US (we share the same distribution center), but take the tags with a grain of salt... When you cross reference that list with retailers like Walmart (what's on clearance or rollback) and Amazon sales, and what's bouncing in and out of stock then the picture can be a little more clear. A _little_ .. not much.

But yes, don't rely on the overseas websites for retiring sets. They often go at different times across the pond.

[cladner]

south korean website has 3 architecture sets as OOS, not orderable.    this has been pretty good predictor of retirement so far this season.

no big surprises:  Baby Big Ben, Trevi Fountain and Eiffel Tower.

also the entire first wave of Speed Champions small sets are OOS/unorderable so another nonsurprise.

most of early 2015 Star Wars sets are OOS/unorderable.  so is FO Tie Fighter - have to keep an eye on that one for early retirement,  9491 retired earlier than the rest of the 2012 sets.  hopefully a few FO sets go away after only 1 year.  FO Tie is the only FO set OOS.

 Slave I is also TOOS but unorderable so maybe this is not so reliable - i don't think Slave I is going away this year.

Edited November 10, 2016 by cladner

[Fenix_2k1]

4 minutes ago, cladner said:

most of 2015 Star Wars sets are OOS/unorderable.  so is FO Tie Fighter - have to keep an eye on that one for early retirement,  9491 retired earlier than the rest of the 2012 sets.

I think all Force Friday 2015 TFA sets except MF will be disappearing soon.

[Voltron]

1 hour ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

I think all Force Friday 2015 TFA sets except MF will be disappearing soon.

Resistance x wing should also be staying for a bit longer, it has been highly advertised as one of the "top Xmas toys" in a number of catalogues. Also only released start of year. Seems like a slim chance of that going.

[Sharkbait]

31 minutes ago, Mhd747 said:

Resistance x wing should also be staying for a bit longer, it has been highly advertised as one of the "top Xmas toys" in a number of catalogues. Also only released start of year. Seems like a slim chance of that going.

Resistance X-wing was released in June, not at the start of the year. 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

1 hour ago, Sharkbait said:

Resistance X-wing was released in June, not at the start of the year. 

I hope to sell that along with Poe's as a pair.

In the UK, Anakin's Starfighter is OOS and the the dreadful overpriced Teddy Bear set is BO.

[Fenix_2k1]

3 hours ago, TabbyBoy said:

I hope to sell that along with Poe's as a pair.

In the UK, Anakin's Starfighter is OOS and the the dreadful overpriced Teddy Bear set is BO.

Anakins Starfighter was a LEGO Shop at Home and Argos exclusive.  Picked up a few in the 3 for 2's and got lucky with boxes.

I think it's been sold out at Lego for 3 or 4 weeks on the quiet. 

Edited November 10, 2016 by Fenix_2k1

[Fenix_2k1]

5 hours ago, Sharkbait said:

Resistance X-wing was released in June, not at the start of the year. 

Yeah Jan and June releases will stick around until back end of next year I'd imagine

Edited November 10, 2016 by Fenix_2k1

[thelegollama]

Any sign of TB retiring soon?

[iahawks550]

No

[BearCrash]

19 minutes ago, thelegollama said:

Any sign of TB retiring soon?

I don't think TabbyBoy is retiring anytime soon.

[LegoBro]

I don't think TabbyBoy is retiring anytime soon.

What's TabbyBoy? Friends set?

[Sfcommando14]

13 minutes ago, BearCrash said:

I don't think TabbyBoy is retiring anytime soon.

I think technically he is retired.

 

11 minutes ago, LegoBro said:

 

What's TabbyBoy? Friends set?

 

A BPer in the UK

[Val-E]

31036 corner deli C2C at US shop. Might be worth a punt at a deep discount e.g. 50% off.

[biking_tiger]

4 hours ago, Val-E said:

31036 corner deli C2C at US shop. Might be worth a punt at a deep discount e.g. 50% off.

That's the Toy and Grocery Shop--Corner Deli still very available. 

[biking_tiger]

4 hours ago, Val-E said:

31036 corner deli C2C at US shop. Might be worth a punt at a deep discount e.g. 50% off.

That's the Toy and Grocery Shop--Corner Deli still very available. 

[biking_tiger]

4 hours ago, Val-E said:

31036 corner deli C2C at US shop. Might be worth a punt at a deep discount e.g. 50% off.

That's the Toy and Grocery Shop--Corner Deli still very available. 

[makr]

23 hours ago, Ciglione said:

With that tag the growth potential of another promising set is being destroyed. 

I see what you mean. But then again, I could well imagine that the available hoardable quantities are rather low.

[Val-E]

5 hours ago, biking_tiger said:

That's the Toy and Grocery Shop--Corner Deli still very available. 

Sorry, those 3 turds in 1 sets confuse me.

Is it just me or is the retiring season a little slow? Last year by this date, RE, ISD and Villa Savoye were already gone in Europe, to name but a few. So far we have only had IR s a big hitter.

[mauro23]

It is slow - but see now at S&H 129(!!) sets with RETIRING SOON flag...

[Val-E]

A Wing vs Tie? Dahell it only just came out!

[Guest TabbyBoy]

148 tagged on UK site but, includes a lot of Duplo. Nothing that really interests me TBH. I'm thinking that the best sets could be gone by Easter.

[mauro23]

What is with the Mixer? Slow seller, retiring soon on US side, worth of investment?

(It could be similar to EEE in my eyes...)