Retiring Soon - open speculation

[terrymc4677]

1 hour ago, isawred said:

saturn v is currently sold out/call for item availability... 

inventory discrepancy? 

seems like a set with moderate potential ?

 

Please retire Saturn V and keep Tower Bridge and Volkswagen Camper Van going. At this point I think everyone has pretty much given up on those two sets. 

[marcandre]

75189 Walker is call to check and 20% off on LEGO Shop at Home. 

I don't see this doing what the last walker did. Hung on 6 months too long. Wish it had gone with the destroyer in Jan. 

[exciter1]

1 minute ago, marcandre said:

75189 Walker is call to check and 20% off on LEGO Shop at Home. 

I don't see this doing what the last walker did. Hung on 6 months too long. Wish it had gone with the destroyer in Jan. 

There are several The Last Jedi and Solo sets 20% off on S@H right now.

[marcandre]

5 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

There are several The Last Jedi and Solo sets 20% off on LEGO Shop at Home right now.

All that stuff is going to linger on amz & target. SW is so watered down now. 

[Darth_Raichu]

45 minutes ago, marcandre said:

75189 Walker is call to check and 20% off on LEGO Shop at Home. 

I don't see this doing what the last walker did. Hung on 6 months too long. Wish it had gone with the destroyer in Jan. 

I predict there is another FO Walker set for Spring or Summer 2020...  This is just pure speculation though.  

I finally see the appeal of this thread.  It is fun to speculate when I do not have any new SW set in my basement

[spener90]

7 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

I predict there is another FO Walker set for Spring or Summer 2020...  This is just pure speculation though.  

I finally see the appeal of this thread.  It is fun to speculate when I do not have any new SW set in my basement

I do actually think we will see a new walker soon though. Likely an original trilogy version. And from someone who hasn't bought one yet I look forward to it.

[Shadow29]

Back order for 21309

 

Backorders accepted, will ship by December 19, 2019

 

loool

[marcandre]

4 hours ago, Shadow29 said:

Back order for 21309

 

Backorders accepted, will ship by December 19, 2019

 

loool

Ship by December 19? 5 months out on this? 

[iahawks550]

Just in time for Christmas!!!!!!

[nolan808]

It will never retire lol, it still sells very well so I bet it goes beyond this year at the very least. Glad I haven't gone too deep on it, John lewis did tempt me last year though.

[spener90]

Agreed, they don't have any license on it that will pull the plug(NASA Maybe?), so if it sells well, it could be around for a really long time.

[freakchem]

Based on my full shelf of 10220 T1 Camper Van bought several years ago, I won't bite too early this time.

[chunhengpang]

Retirement date for 10220 is 31 Dec 2020

[nolan808]

Here's the question. Which will retire first, the T1 or the Saturn V lol. 

[beatpoppa]

1 minute ago, raulaco said:

Here's the question. Which will retire first, the T1 or the Saturn V lol. 

Obvious answer: Death Star

[spener90]

56 minutes ago, freakchem said:

Based on my full shelf of 10220 T1 Camper Van bought several years ago, I won't bite too early this time.

I sold all of mine for price around 3 years ago and have not regretted it at all.

[biking_tiger]

6 minutes ago, spener90 said:

I sold all of mine for price around 3 years ago and have not regretted it at all.

Ditto. Not a wink of sleep lost. 

[nolan808]

All my vw's were sold last year at break even. The space they were taking up was a waste so had to get rid. 

[Martae54]

So VW van is retiring!!? Woohoo!!

[cladner]

1 hour ago, Martae54 said:

So VW van is retiring!!? Woohoo!!

it must be - its not in the catalog - bwah!!!  

 

Edited August 10, 2019 by cladner

[elmaslıefendi]

My first post...

I have multiple sources that the sets listed below will retire this year.

Got my information from:

LEGO Customer Service, a trustworthy guy who has worked with LEGO for 10 years, famous german LEGO blogs like Stonewars or Brickstory

 

10243 Parisian Restaurant

10254 WHT

21309 Apollo

70620 NC

21313 SIAB

76105 Hulkbuster

21314 TL

75181 Y-Wing

21311 Voltron

75222 CC

21315 Pop Up Book

80103 (already gone!)

 

Maybe:

71040 Disney Castle

The castle was marked to retire in July this year, but they changed it. No specific date given. Could retire this winter, I doubt it though.

Many other sets I listed are unlikely to retire in my opinion, like the Saturn V, but that's what !all! my sources told me! 

[brickvoyeur]

13 minutes ago, kapliger said:

My first post...

I have multiple sources that the sets listed below will retire this year.

Got my information from:

LEGO Customer Service, a trustworthy guy who has worked with LEGO for 10 years, famous german LEGO blogs like Stonewars or Brickstory

 

10243 Parisian Restaurant

10254 WHT

21309 Apollo

70620 NC

21313 SIAB

76105 Hulkbuster

21314 TL

75181 Y-Wing

21311 Voltron

75222 CC

21315 Pop Up Book

80103 (already gone!)

 

Maybe:

71040 Disney Castle

The castle was marked to retire in July this year, but they changed it. No specific date given. Could retire this winter, I doubt it though.

Many other sets I listed are unlikely to retire in my opinion, like the Saturn V, but that's what !all! my sources told me! 

[cladner]

35 minutes ago, kapliger said:

My first post...

 

nice to get this thread fired up.

good bold or go home.  (perfectly cued up for a prominent mod to spike the ball...)

Edited August 20, 2019 by cladner

[fantomas007]

19 minutes ago, kapliger said:

10243 Parisian Restaurant

10254 WHT

21309 Apollo

70620 NC

21313 SIAB

76105 Hulkbuster

21314 TL

75181 Y-Wing

21311 Voltron

75222 CC

21315 Pop Up Book

80103 (already gone!)

 

Maybe:

71040 Disney Castle

 

 

Nobody knows the retiring soon list at this moment, even good informed lego employee. I remember last year, there were several retiring lists till November, and no one was accurate.

I agree with most of your list:

PR and Winter train  - both should retire last year, so this year is a MUST. I think the Winter train is the longest living winter set ever.

Saturn -  unusual, very long life for Ideas set. Probably due the good selling numbers + 50 anniversary. Should retire this year for 80%. I would say 99%, but TLG came with Lunar Modul this year, which fit with Saturn.

Ninjago city + dockyards  - ninjago movie is a dead topic, cannot imagine these sets living next year.

Ship in the bottle + Tron- typical Ideas sets with production around 1,5 year. I expect their retiring this year.

Voltron - just 1 year, but extremly expensive + not very popular. Will retire this year.

I expect also retirment of these sets:

T1 - it should retire 4-5 years ago, I cannot imagine going over 8 (!!!) years.

technic sets with typical 2-years life - 6x6, mack, forrest machine...

 

50 % retiring sets from my point of view:

Hulkbuster, pop-up-book

 

I dont believe retiring of these sets:

Y-wing - not reaching 2 years in the end of year. Typical life for UCS is 2,5-3,5 years. I know there are exceptions (snowspeeder from last year), but it is rare and for extremly shitty sets. I dont think Y-wing is so bad.

Cloud city - similar epic fail as Assault of Hoth, but this set will reach just 1 year in the end of year.

Disney castle - I would expect its retirment, but after another Disneyland set was announced, I cannot imagine a retirment of a set perfectly fitting with new set.

 

[exciter1]

17 minutes ago, cladner said:

nice to get this thread fired up.

good bold or go home.  (perfectly cued up for a prominent mod to spike the ball...)