Retiring Soon - open speculation

[tractorboy]

4 hours ago, CrabslayerT said:

Friends can go F#@k themselves!

That would make an interesting set.

[stlux]

5 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

A lot of sets have just "unretired" on the LEGO UK site. If it's not a glitch, it's BIG trouble for a lot of us!

It already happened to Pet Shop earlier this week. Was orderable for a couple of hours, and has now disappeared again.

It's likely just stock being returned + general incompetence of the people running TLG's site.

[Achilles]

ZOMG! Set X has been unavailable on Shop At Home for 11 days, and it hasn't tripled in value? It's a total dud!

 

 

[Sprocket77]

40 minutes ago, Achilles said:

ZOMG! Set X has been unavailable on Shop At Home for 11 days, and it hasn't tripled in value? It's a total dud!

 

 

I think you'll find the current Brickpicker terminology is turd rather than dud.

[Val-E]

Temporarily Un Retired Dud.

[uaford]

7 hours ago, CrabslayerT said:

Friends can go F#@k themselves! That theme has been a pit! 

Are you suggesting a Westworld Friends set?  

[Brian Briggs]

Is 75148 Encounter on Jakku retiring already? At least it's reduced from 69.99€ to 39.99€ on German LEGO Shop at Home.

[BP]

So where did Wall-E go all of a sudden on LEGO Shop at Home?  

[c_rpg]

Some notable sets don't have the "retiring soon" or "retired product" tag anymore and are readily available again.

• Star Wars Battle Packs: 75131, 75132, 75134
• Creator Changing Seasons 31038
• Creator Expert Sydney Opera House 10234 (back to TOOS -> another production run?)
• City Deep Sea Exploration Vessel 60095
• Technic Volvo L350F Wheel Loader 42030

 

Series 16 minifigures back in stock too, though those didn't receive a tag yet.

[Anomander]

3 minutes ago, c_rpg said:

Some notable sets don't have the "retiring soon" or "retired product" tag anymore and are readily available again.

• Star Wars Battle Packs: 75131, 75132, 75134
• Creator Changing Seasons 31038
• Creator Expert Sydney Opera House 10234 (back to TOOS -> another production run?)
• City Deep Sea Exploration Vessel 60095
• Technic Volvo L350F Wheel Loader 42030

 

Series 16 minifigures back in stock too, though those didn't receive a tag yet.

LEGO just took a giant yellow coloured dump in my attic for the laugh.

Merry turdmas everybody.

[Val-E]

Don´t panic. The tag gets removed when it retires and they don´t put it back. These are just returns or inventory adjusments. Normal service will be resumed soon.

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Val-E

[HandyHand]

Seriously LEGO ??? SERIOUSLY ??? Da F is going on! Retiring sets and then bringing them back as if nothing happened and they're still in production? Way to go TLG. 

[Gnueck]

It was like that for the Maze, I was happy, ordered two and then the orders got terminated and the set vanished

[HandyHand]

3 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Don´t panic. The tag gets removed when it retires and they don´t put it back. These are just returns or inventory adjusments. Normal service will be resumed soon.

Not exactly true that Retiring Soon tags get removed when a set retires:

 

[Val-E]

That one just retired. Give it time.

[c_rpg]

I agree (=hope) the unretirees are probably returns or leftover stock.

What about SOH though. Seems like we're getting another run of that or someone messed up and accidently set it to TOOS.

[HandyHand]

41 minutes ago, BP said:

So where did Wall-E go all of a sudden on LEGO Shop at Home?  

Regularly happens when a set is moved from status "Sold Out" to "Retired Product" that a set temporarily doesn't have their own page. It will resurface again as officially retired.  

[Shewie]

On 16.12.2016 at 1:41 AM, pstebbing said:

Seals?

3x 42H6
1x 39H6

Sorry for late reply, your post flew under my radar.

[Shewie]

1 hour ago, Brian Briggs said:

Is 75148 Encounter on Jakku retiring already? At least it's reduced from 69.99€ to 39.99€ on German LEGO Shop at Home.

impossible to find in any Local Store. Went for christmas haul today to get some x2 VIP Points, suprised with the absence of this set.
Rogue One dominated Lego SW on the shelves over previous ones.

 

6 hours ago, stlux said:

It already happened to Pet Shop earlier this week. Was orderable for a couple of hours, and has now disappeared again.

It's likely just stock being returned + general incompetence of the people running TLG's site.

Been today to 3 Stores in London, Pet Shop is available in every single store...

[Gnueck]

Well, if that is true I would be very pissed. I have quite a stock of 42030

60095  Deep Sea Ex. Vessel also "unretired", very strange

 

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Gnueck

[Furious_george]

On 28/11/2016 at 8:37 PM, Furious_george said:

 

Mystery mansion just unretired.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

4 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Mystery mansion just unretired.

So have a lot of other sets. I just spoke to LEGO CS to confirm my recent WH order and.... it IS coming back! They're also sending me 4x Mystery Machines (from TRU complaint) so that'll be back too I think.

Ahhh... diddums... the QFLLs on eBay will be disappointed when nobody buys.

So glad I bailed out when I did.

[Furious_george]

We are glad also.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

18 hours ago, dmind said:

21303 Wall-e is gone from SAH EU

So has 10218 Pet Shop. It now seems like the mass retirements we saw recently was a mistake and LEGO are trying to rectify it. We all know that the new website sucks and has been riddled with problems recently.

If LEGO are in fact unretiring sets, we're in really big trouble and you'll see a lot of bailers flooding eBay & Amazon for a very long time to come.

My dilemma... Do I dump my White Houses now or risk holding for 5 years?

[Guest TabbyBoy]

3 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

We are glad also.

What difference does that make to you? At least I made a lot of quick money and won't be lumbered with it all! Accept it, the game is over!