Retiring Soon - open speculation

[HandyHand]

1 hour ago, mauro23 said:

What does it mean for the important sets? Buy now or wait till Black Friday...?

Assuming TLG (Europe) handles matters the same way like last year we can expect sets which are C2C now to receive the Retired Product label some time in the coming weeks. 

The Backorder Accepted sets are problaby safe to wait till Black Friday, though if you haven't met your quota yet on those sets you may get moving already now just to make sure. There is a hidden gem on the list...  

[Voltron]

Any set can go at any time. All of the recent bionicle sets were on back order then dissapeared from website and went to retired. If you want something don't dilly dally 

[mauro23]

13 minutes ago, Haay said:

There is a hidden gem on the list...  

I am not really sure if the Mixer is a hidden gem... :-)

When I think about the fact that only ONE(!) has been sold in the last 6 months in the European Union at BrickLink then I am a little bit sceptical... 

Edited November 14, 2016 by mauro23

[Ciglione]

2 minutes ago, mauro23 said:

I am not really sure if the Mixer is a hidden gem... :-)

When I think about the fact that only ONE(!) has been sold in the last 6 months in the European Union at BrickLink then I am a littl ebit sceptical... 

I would be more worried about it not being a hidden gem if there were sold ONE MILLION(!) copies on Bricklink in the last 6 months.

So a hidden gem it is.

[mauro23]

Just now, Ciglione said:

I would be more worried about it not being a hidden gem if there were sold ONE MILLION(!) copies on Bricklink in the last 6 months.

So a hidden gem it is.

I believe that this set could have an EEE flair...

[HandyHand]

7 minutes ago, mauro23 said:

I am not really sure if the Mixer is a hidden gem... :-)

When I think about the fact that only ONE(!) has been sold in the last 6 months in the European Union at BrickLink then I am a little bit sceptical... 

But FMixer isn't the one I was thinking about...  

[mauro23]

Just now, Haay said:

But FMixer isn't the one I was thinking about...  

You mean one from the list you have published?

[Ciglione]

3 minutes ago, Haay said:

But FMixer isn't the one I was thinking about...  

You are thinking about MM. Right?

[HandyHand]

My lips are sealed. Promised my tip-giver to not reveal this set before it's done.  

[Val-E]

It´s clearly Heartlake Food Market. Move on, nothing to see here.

[Furious_george]

Yeh FMixer not real popular here but have my own idea for a roughie from that group.

Edited November 14, 2016 by Furious_george

[Frank Brickowski]

28 minutes ago, Haay said:

My lips are sealed. Promised my tip-giver to not reveal this set before it's done.  

No one can predict the LEGO future (anymore) and supposedly "hidden gems" mighty as well become "hidden turds". A lack of (or load of) sales pre-EOL can be either good or bad - it depends. On what - nobody knows. I for one would be skeptical about anyone giving hints on "hidden" whatsoever and the "gems" themselves. In your above list I couldn't find any set that is likely to become an exceptionally well-performing winner. Not the Mixer and not any other set.

[HandyHand]

7 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said:

No one can predict the LEGO future (anymore) and supposedly "hidden gems" mighty as well become "hidden turds". A lack of (or load of) sales pre-EOL can be either good or bad - it depends. On what - nobody knows. I for one would be skeptical about anyone giving hints on "hidden" whatsoever and the "gems" themselves. In your above list I couldn't find any set that is likely to become an exceptionally well-performing winner. Not the Mixer and not any other set.

Indeed, move along, nothing to see here.

 

[Brian Briggs]

Now C2C on LEGO Shop at Home Germany: 41112 Party Cakes (includes a pug dog)!

[JoePublic]

Massive list of retiring sets just appeared on https://shop.lego.com/en-GB

Go to shop and search retiring sets

Including all scooby doo sets

Edited November 14, 2016 by JoePublic

[TigerG]

23 hours ago, JoePublic said:

Massive list of retiring sets just appeared on https://shop.lego.com/en-GB

Go to shop and search retiring sets

You're just 48 hours too late with that news....

[JoePublic]

lol oh well

[grabbitfast]

just a little something to cheer you all up a little, SD 75902 SELLING on ebay uk for £41 and over.

[Deanfjr]

If the Holiday Train retires early, it would be a "true" exclusive, with a short run, and could be "the one"

 

 

[Voltron]

30 minutes ago, grabbitfast said:

just a little something to cheer you all up a little, SD 75902 SELLING on ebay uk for £41 and over.

One person may have listed it for £40 or may have sold for £40 but that is an exception and not the norm.

Very few sets sell for close to or above RRP on ebay, those sets are usually exclusives, or people that can't be bothered to look on lego to buy or are using dodgy money to buy sets

 

Edited November 14, 2016 by Mhd747

[Brian Briggs]

5 hours ago, Haay said:

From the list of Retiring Soon, sorted by price (High to Low) and ignoring Duplo or Junior, sets that are now TOOS, Backorders Accepted (BA) or C2C:

• Pet Shop (TOOS)
• Fairground Mixer (BA)
• Deep Sea Exploration Vessel (BA)
• Ninjago City of Stiix (BA)
• City Police Station (BA)
• Technic Arctic Truck (C2C)
• Friends Emma's House (BA)
• City Demolition Site (C2C)
• Technic Race Truck (C2C)
• Naboo Starfighter (C2C)
• Large Creative Box (BA)
• Raptor Rampage (C2C)
• Ninjago Titan Mech Battle (BA)
• Technic Fireplane (BA)
• City Deep Sea Helicopter (BA)
• Anakin’s Custom Jedi Starfighter (BA)
• Haunted Lighthouse (C2C)
• Heartlake Food Market (C2C)
• Dilophosaurus Ambush (C2C)
• The Mystery Machine (C2C)

The Retiring Soon tag is starting to take its toll!  

You can add Ideas Maze to that list (as C2C).

[Val-E]

And remove PS as it is now available to backorder for 18th Nov

[Phil B]

32 minutes ago, Brian Briggs said:

You can add Ideas Maze to that list (as C2C).

A-21305-ing!

[HandyHand]

32 minutes ago, Brian Briggs said:

You can add Ideas Maze to that list (as C2C).

Well... that's interesting! Launched in April 2016, unexpectedly Retired in November 2016 (?)... Could be a future collector's item!  

[Ciglione]

5 minutes ago, Haay said:

Well... that's interesting! Launched in April 2016, unexpectedly Retired in November 2016 (?)... Could be a future collector's item!  

Yeah... but extremely hard to find a buyer. 

Lego games are not the best sellers.