Retiring Soon - open speculation

[tjj1984]

18 minutes ago, NJKelly said:

What's worn under the kilt? Nothing - it's all in perfect working order!

Never heard that one before. That's hilarious.

[kris_1973]

47 minutes ago, NJKelly said:

It reminds me of the joke: What's worn under the kilt? Nothing - it's all in perfect working order!

Best wishes to all, from an occasional kilt-wearing Scot!

Hilarious. One of my best friends is from Scotland and I'd not heard that before.  LOVE IT!

[Val-E]

Just to further derail the thread:

A young lady puts her hand up a Scots man's kilt and says "That's gruesome!"

The Scots man answers "Put it back up it's grew some more!"

[dcdfan]

5 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Just to further derail the thread:

A young lady puts her hand up a Scots man's kilt and says "That's gruesome!"

The Scots man answers "Put it back up it's grew some more!"

[jay4e]

back on topic.  IST (75094) and Vader's Tie vs A-wing (75150) have both moved to sold out on US LEGO Shop at Home.  for what ever that means.  there are also a lot of sets still lingering in call to check land.  

[Deanfjr]

16 minutes ago, jay4e said:

back on topic.  IST (75094) and Vader's Tie vs A-wing (75150) have both moved to sold out on US LEGO Shop at Home.  for what ever that means.  there are also a lot of sets still lingering in call to check land.  

I am pushing all in on 75150 ...

 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

Think long and hard before pulling the trigger willy-nilly on the latest Star Wars sets unless the discounts are massive! So many QFLLs have bought huge amounts dirt cheap and it'll be difficult to compete for a long time. This Xmas is already swamped so it doesn't make sense for me to offload my 75% off  MFs yet. There were £30 instore at several Tescos and I just arm-swept branch after branch.

[Deanfjr]

3 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Think long and hard before pulling the trigger willy-nilly on the latest Star Wars sets unless the discounts are massive! So many QFLLs have bought huge amounts dirt cheap and it'll be difficult to compete for a long time. This Xmas is already swamped so it doesn't make sense for me to offload my 75% off  MFs yet. There were £30 instore at several Tescos and I just arm-swept branch after branch.

“Never tell me the odds.” — Han Solo

 

[exciter1]

BrickPicker forum when the new Tie Advanced is released:

[cladner]

46 minutes ago, jay4e said:

back on topic.  IST (75094) and Vader's Tie vs A-wing (75150) have both moved to sold out on US LEGO Shop at Home.  for what ever that means.  there are also a lot of sets still lingering in call to check land.  

75150 has been that way since Sunday.  

75094 should have retired 6 months ago after walmarts 50% clearance.

given the retiring soon tags all over the european LEGO Shop at Home sites, the only question remaining to ax is will any sets that aren't labeled as retiring like Carbon freezing chamber get the chop.

1 hour ago, dcdfan said:

before the plastic surgery.  

21 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Think long and hard before pulling the trigger willy-nilly on the latest Star Wars sets unless the discounts are massive! So many QFLLs have bought huge amounts dirt cheap and it'll be difficult to compete for a long time. This Xmas is already swamped so it doesn't make sense for me to offload my 75% off  MFs yet. There were £30 instore at several Tescos and I just arm-swept branch after branch.

pretty much impossible for  75150 to be massively hoarded with only a 6 month life.  Ant-man had a 5 month life which contributed to its post EOL performance.

Edited December 2, 2016 by cladner

[exciter1]

1 minute ago, cladner said:

75094 should have retired 6 months ago after walmarts 50% clearance.

 

I think it's retired pretty much everywhere but TRU and Target.  My TRU only had one left, last I checked.

[kris_1973]

31 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I think it's retired pretty much everywhere but TRU and Target.  My TRU only had one left, last I checked.

TRU online includes 75150 as a BOGO 40% off ($69.99 > $41.99).

 

Edit: Keep in mind that while Sold Out in North America (LEGO Shop at Home), it's still available elsewhere (but marked as Retiring Soon).

Edited December 2, 2016 by kris_1973

[exciter1]

4 minutes ago, kris_1973 said:

TRU online includes 75150 as a BOGO 40% off ($69.99 > $41.99).

 

Edit: Keep in mind that while Sold Out in North America (LEGO Shop at Home), it's still available elsewhere (but marked as Retiring Soon).

Well, I was referring to 75094 in that response.

[zskid00]

11 minutes ago, kris_1973 said:

TRU online includes 75150 as a BOGO 40% off ($69.99 > $41.99).

At that price, don't forget that the first one will cost $69.99.  Can't get them both for 40% off.

[redcell]

I'm not jumping in on 75150 and figure that I'll probably regret it, but I just don't like the price point.  

[jay4e]

53 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I think it's retired pretty much everywhere but TRU and Target.  My TRU only had one left, last I checked.

both are still going on amazon.  amazon seems to have an endless supply of most sets this year....

[Shewie]

6 hours ago, makr said:

Nah it's not. Came out in 2013 and is now officially the oldest modular still available. Given that they retire as many modulars as they introduce, PC should be going in 2017. Would also play perfectly by the 4 year rule.

Well that's exactly what I said. PC would retire next after PS by the end of the 2017

[GhostDad]

12 hours ago, TabbyBoy said:

I'm not even going to entertain the PC (I have none) unless the PS shows encouraging signs. The good old days since the FB and GE retired are long gone as we get a lot of discounts now whereas there were hardly any before. As for DO, BB, PR, etc. I'm not even looking at them!

PR is the best looking of all the recent ones.  I wouldn't write it off just yet, though I agree that if PS completely bombs that would change my calculations.  DO is seriously out of place stylistically with the other modulars, so I'm least excited about that one.  My modular neighborhood is zoned such that DO would simply not be allowed, even without the "cookie" smuggling...

RE: Other Star Wars (unannounced) retirements -- The one I'm most curious about is the First Order TIE Fighter.  It should be "due", but is not out of stock or marked as retiring soon.  If it does go, it could do nicely being a TIE Fighter that is reasonably close to the OT version of the ship.  On the other hand, I've had trouble finding it at a significant discount.

Edited December 3, 2016 by GhostDad

[marcandre]

7 hours ago, zskid00 said:

At that price, don't forget that the first one will cost $69.99.  Can't get them both for 40% off.

It's already 20% off to start so it works out to about 40 off rrp each. 

[tjj1984]

19 minutes ago, marcandre said:

It's already 20% off to start so it works out to about 40 off rrp each. 

Yeah, but that RRP is grossly over-inflated. It's been available for $55 a few times now.

[yu051131]

will Trevi Fountain grain more than 40% of  RRP within 1 year after retirement?

[legopocalypse]

Only she knows

 

[Frank Brickowski]

2 hours ago, yu051131 said:

will Trevi Fountain grain more than 40% of  RRP within 1 year after retirement?

No, stay away from this turd!

[mauro23]

8 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said:

No, stay away from this turd!

Correct, as I have already 50 of them it does not make sense that you invest in them... ;-)

[mauro23]

By the way, the 5 Euro coupons from the Christmas catalogue are country specific. I have many of them, you can send me a PM...