Retiring Soon - open speculation

[BrickLegacy]

Am I missing something here?  Amazon has R2 in stock.  Are some people subject to Amazon sale's tax so a discounted gift card through Walmart is the better option?  Or are purchasing limits imposed through Amazon.

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:29 PM, BrickLegacy said:

Am I missing something here? Amazon has R2 in stock. Are some people subject to Amazon sale's tax so a discounted gift card through Walmart is the better option? Or are purchasing limits imposed through Amazon.

Limit of 2 per account

[exciter1]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:29 PM, BrickLegacy said:

Am I missing something here?  Amazon has R2 in stock.  Are some people subject to Amazon sale's tax so a discounted gift card through Walmart is the better option?  Or are purchasing limits imposed through Amazon.

 

I prefer no tax through Amazon and gas rewards for using gift cards.

 

You can spread your purchases out a few weeks apart to get by the purchase limits.

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:34 PM, exciter1 said:

I prefer no tax through Amazon and gas rewards for using gift cards.

You can spread your purchases out a few weeks apart to get by the purchase limits.

U are assuming there will be any left. :p

[c666187]

Bill me later is appealing to me, since they are running the 6 months with 0 interest promotion. This is not available thru amazon...

[BrickLegacy]

Best guess on EOL for R2?  Summer or imminent? 

[fuzzy_bricks]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:42 PM, BrickLegacy said:

Best guess on EOL for R2?  Summer or imminent? 

Here is where I've been asking my retirement questions.

http://www.indra.com/8ball/front.html

[Ciglione]

imminent summer

[No More Monkeys]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:50 PM, fuzzy_bricks said:

Here is where I've been asking my retirement questions.

http://www.indra.com/8ball/front.html

There is better place - http://www.psychicfriendsnetwork.com/  , they have Live Chat, and they have "Full Money Back Guarantee" , so, if something does not retire, you can just ask for money back

[No More Monkeys]

Is small X-Wing retiring this year? it is gone from Amazon...  So, the chances are, it is going to be re-released for the ******-th time anyway. Maybe short-term flipping opportunity, especially if it goes globally OOS before Christmas, and not rereleased just yet? Some Walmart have it for $40, correct? Lowest 3rd party price on amazon is 69.00+5.49

[Bold-Arrow]

I think it is prudent that people don't get caught in a buying frenzy and end up buying every single R2, SSD, DS, Architecture, and GE set that pops up. you will be in for a huge sticker shock when those CC statements hit......just saying

Carry on

[Dbroncoboy]

Walmart has R2D2 back in stock, Amazon still sitting over 350 in stock.

[Dbroncoboy]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, No More Monkeys said:

Is small X-Wing retiring this year? it is gone from Amazon...  So, the chances are, it is going to be re-released for the ******-th time anyway. Maybe short-term flipping opportunity, especially if it goes globally OOS before Christmas, and not rereleased just yet? Some Walmart have it for $40, correct? Lowest 3rd party price on amazon is 69.00+5.49

 

Its $60 at walmarts in my area, and $50 at walmart.com ... Still a good point though. 

[No More Monkeys]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, Dbroncoboy said:

Walmart has R2D2 back in stock, Amazon still sitting over 350 in stock.

Walmart is out again , LOL

[No More Monkeys]

  On 5/6/2014 at 7:04 PM, Dbroncoboy said:

Its $60 at walmarts in my area, and $50 at walmart.com ... Still a good point though. 

Might be just a temp shortage on amazon. Though it is white background set...

[Achilles]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, No More Monkeys said:

Is small X-Wing retiring this year? it is gone from Amazon...  So, the chances are, it is going to be re-released for the ******-th time anyway. Maybe short-term flipping opportunity, especially if it goes globally OOS before Christmas, and not rereleased just yet? Some Walmart have it for $40, correct? Lowest 3rd party price on amazon is 69.00+5.49

 

The last version was out for 4 years. Not that it is any indicator, this one has been out 2. The Falcon has been out for even longer and still chugging along. If it ain't broke, don't fix it - I suppose. Most likely I would expect there will be new versions of the X-Wing/Tie in time for the new movies, so my theory is this will hang around til closer to that time - I will be surprised if it retires before Christmas. But who knows, the Tie retired. Target and K-Mart already stopped carrying them in store.

[Migration]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

I think it is prudent that people don't get caught in a buying frenzy and end up buying every single R2, SSD, DS, Architecture, and GE set that pops up. you will be in for a huge sticker shock when those CC statements hit......just saying

Carry on

I wish I could like this a few dozen more times.

[No More Monkeys]

  On 5/6/2014 at 7:17 PM, Achilles said:

The last version was out for 4 years. Not that it is any indicator, this one has been out 2. The Falcon has been out for even longer and still chugging along. If it ain't broke, don't fix it - I suppose. Most likely I would expect there will be new versions of the X-Wing/Tie in time for the new movies, so my theory is this will hang around til closer to that time - I will be surprised if it retires before Christmas. But who knows, the Tie retired. Target and K-Mart already stopped carrying them in store.

If they would suddenly retire small X-wing, this might help them move the stale stock of big X-wing...  Though they are obviously in different price categories...

[Ed Mack]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

I think it is prudent that people don't get caught in a buying frenzy and end up buying every single R2, SSD, DS, Architecture, and GE set that pops up. you will be in for a huge sticker shock when those CC statements hit......just saying

Carry on

Very true.  Just checked mine out and noticed it was $1000 higher than I thought.  Oh well...

[Migration]

  On 5/6/2014 at 7:21 PM, Ed Mack said:

Very true. Just checked mine out and noticed it was $1000 higher than I thought. Oh well...

Shop at Target around Thanksgiving last year? ;)

[stephen_rockefeller]

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

I think it is prudent that people don't get caught in a buying frenzy and end up buying every single R2, SSD, DS, Architecture, and GE set that pops up. you will be in for a huge sticker shock when those CC statements hit......just saying

Carry on

Is this some sort of reverse psychology or do you really care about people financial situations? ;)

[No More Monkeys]

  On 5/6/2014 at 7:21 PM, Ed Mack said:

Very true.  Just checked mine out and noticed it was $1000 higher than I thought.  Oh well...

Just sell a few 10179s ...

[No More Monkeys]

  On 5/6/2014 at 7:23 PM, stephen_rockefeller said:

Is this some sort of reverse psychology or do you really care about people financial situations?

I think he wants all of the lingering SSDs and R2D2s to himself...

[Dbroncoboy]

  On 5/6/2014 at 7:09 PM, No More Monkeys said:

Might be just a temp shortage on amazon. Though it is white background set...

Amazon has had a lot of shortages on this set in the past year. It seems to be out of stock somewhat regularly.

 

 

  On 5/6/2014 at 6:58 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

I think it is prudent that people don't get caught in a buying frenzy and end up buying every single R2, SSD, DS, Architecture, and GE set that pops up. you will be in for a huge sticker shock when those CC statements hit......just saying

Carry on

I'll admit I jumped on this boat with the SSD. Thankfully I have until June 28th.... That day will come sooner than I expect for sure.  

[dbost01]

R2D2 almost gone?