Retiring Soon - open speculation

[Guest TabbyBoy]

Just now, c_rpg said:

TLG is private, so don't see a take-over as a possibility.

Everybody has got their price, maybe Trump has made them an offer as he's gonna need a lot of bricks soon!

 

[Ciglione]

1 minute ago, c_rpg said:

TLG is private, so don't see a take-over as a possibility.

Why not? I know many people who sold their private company.

[exciter1]

I guess this is the day the bubble burst.

[Val-E]

According to my filter there ar 580 sets on SAH right now and more than half are retiring "soon". There will be about 50-75 new sets coming out in 1H 2017 and maybe the same amount in the summer so that would leave about 450 by this time next year.

[Bobofischer]

I still assume that this is just a bug of the new website. 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

3 minutes ago, Val-E said:

I guess this is the day the bubble burst.

Quite the opposite, if LEGO call it a day, it's kerrrrrr-ching for a lot of us ;-)

Hopefully they've finally realised that they produce too many sets and need to consolidate a bit.

[c_rpg]

Just now, Ciglione said:

Why not? I know many people who sold their private company.

Yeah, but it wouldn't be hostile then though? I don't know a lot about this kind of stuff, but doesn't a hostile takeover typically involve some party buying up stocks until they get a majority without the consent of the board / owners of the company.

[Ciglione]

2 minutes ago, Bobofischer said:

I still assume that this is just a bug of the new website. 

If it were to be a bug it would affect all 580 sets. Wouldn't it?

 

Edited November 11, 2016 by Ciglione

[HandyHand]

1 minute ago, Val-E said:

According to my filter there ar 580 sets on SAH right now and more than half are retiring "soon". There will be about 50-75 new sets coming out in 1H 2017 and maybe the same amount in the summer so that would leave about 450 by this time next year.

TLG does their Springtime Cleaning in the November/December months.  

[Val-E]

There are no "weird" sets in the list. It´s all either old stuff or turds. Rationalisation.

[Ciglione]

3 minutes ago, c_rpg said:

Yeah, but it wouldn't be hostile then though? I don't know a lot about this kind of stuff, but doesn't a hostile takeover typically involve some party buying up stocks until they get a majority without the consent of the board / owners of the company.

Maybe hostile was not the right word. With hostile I meant a take-over by the competition. Like Mattel or maybe even Disney.

But it is quite logical that if they sell the company they want to show high sales. So the more they are gonna get.

Maybe Lepin made them an offer they couldn't refuse?

Edited November 11, 2016 by Ciglione

[HandyHand]

2 minutes ago, Val-E said:

There are no "weird" sets in the list. It´s all either old stuff or turds. Rationalisation.

Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list.

[Ciglione]

Just now, Haay said:

Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list.

Santa's Workshop. Retired and came back 2 times already?

[biking_tiger]

I don't think this list is vastly different than the amount of sets that have retired in the past--but in the past they don't label all of them. 

Maybe it's just a new policy, label all the retiring sets. Seems a simpler explanation that all the conspiracy/foil hat stuff. 

Occam's razor, y'know. 

[c_rpg]

Just now, Haay said:

Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list.

All depends on the definition of "soon". Maybe soon is something like February. It would make sense to cut production after the holidays and then bring it out of retirement again next year (if it sells well enough).

[exciter1]

Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list.

Not odd for Europe.

[Val-E]

Well, the Elves sets have moved like turds off a shovel so some have retired soon.

[biking_tiger]

Just now, exciter1 said:

Not odd for Europe.

True. Europe always "retires" the winter sets and brings 'em back... and it always causes debate. 

[Val-E]

Just now, exciter1 said:

Not odd for Europe.

Ultra Agents boat retired before it was launched in Europe. We are classy like that.

[Ciglione]

[thelegollama]

The new Lego holiday train is "retiring soon"

hmmmmm, seems legit   ?

[asharerin]

11 minutes ago, Val-E said:

There are no "weird" sets in the list. It´s all either old stuff or turds. Rationalisation.

I hope so but something makes me feel very uneasy about putting any money into this brand these days. Something is changing and I don't know if it is good or bad for resellers. 

[biking_tiger]

Didn't someone recently post that TLG was going to do a major makeover this year? Maybe cleaning house is part of that process?

[Guest TabbyBoy]

3 minutes ago, biking_tiger said:

Didn't someone recently post that TLG was going to do a major makeover this year? Maybe cleaning house is part of that process?

Pulling out of China would be a good start.

[Anomander]