Retiring Soon - open speculation

[elmaslıefendi]

Sorry, but if explaining RRP is considered nerdy bragging we could discuss old men building and investing in colorful plastic bricks mainly produced for infants and children.

I apologize.

Edited November 17, 2019 by elmaslıefendi
Saltiness.

[iahawks550]

I'll add an irrelevant post to make this thread even less interesting than it has been lately. Congrats all to have contributed!!!!!

[lazuli16]

18 minutes ago, elmaslıefendi said:

Sorry, but if explaining RRP is considered nerdy bragging we could discuss old men building and investing in colorful plastic bricks mainly produced for infants. 

I apologize.

 

[KvHulk]

Imagine giving LEGO to an infant.

[Goblin]

26 minutes ago, elmaslıefendi said:

...we could discuss old men building and investing in colorful plastic bricks mainly produced for infants. 

Is this a Lego forum? Oops. I was looking for better investments than gold and ended up here. 

[Al Legorical]

1 hour ago, KvHulk said:

Y'all so grumpy...

Europe is wet, cold and gloomy this time of year. Stuck inside nothing to do. Definitely makes for grumpiness...

thankfully they can’t own firearms!

Edited November 17, 2019 by Al Legorical

[crayxlp]

grrr.. how does one go about getting in touch with the admins how to update that "sticky list" Even the author - the brick fan - concluded that the list has not been complete (aka missing Jurassic set and a few others).. I think it would be great if someone could update that. Now it gives a false impression like THIS IS IT.. 

[TheBrickBuilder]

There are also a few sets that got added to the list on LEGO Shop at Home yesterday or so! I think we will see everything officially on LEGO.com very soon!

Edited November 18, 2019 by TheBrickBuilder

[Banjodefairmont]

The list is super helpful, nonetheless if not complete per se.

It does look rather similar to a list I was shown about three weeks ago at my local LEGO store.

[landphieran]

I'm sad there is no power puff girls specific forum. I guess they were doomed from the start  

What are the chances they perform as well as spongebob sets?

[carini26]

21 hours ago, ravenb99 said:

Nowing is half the battle....

Is the other half figuring out which 15-20 retiring sets will have 40K production run next month? 

[Frank Brickowski]

Parisian Restaurant just lost its "Retiring Soon" tag on LEGO SAH EU - the question is: just a totally normal TLG website glitch?

[kouks]

7 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said:

Parisian Restaurant just lost its "Retiring Soon" tag on LEGO SAH EU - the question is: just a totally normal TLG website glitch?

also no longer retiring soon on the Canadian site either.

[joneyyy1981]

47 minutes ago, kouks said:

also no longer retiring soon on the Canadian site either.

[Secret Squirrel]

Not even marked as "Hard to Find" on the Lego GB store now?

[Al Legorical]

Hummm... I wonder how many sales this thread generated?!

[elmaslıefendi]

7 hours ago, Frank Brickowski said:

Parisian Restaurant just lost its "Retiring Soon" tag on LEGO SAH EU - the question is: just a totally normal TLG website glitch?

I was about to say that.

I hope this is a joke, I have a bunch of them.

[elmaslıefendi]

Imagine Assembly Square leaving us. 

Not too unrealistic right now. If so, lucky for everyone who bought them, that'll be an insane jump.

[Furious_george]

Tag gone here too. Think LEGO has pulled a fast one. ?

[crayxlp]

3 minutes ago, elmaslıefendi said:

Imagine Assembly Square leaving us. 

Not too unrealistic right now. If so, lucky for everyone who bought them, that'll be an insane jump.

im quite curious .. on which basis do you make your assumption that it would be an insane / instant ? jump.. its still a pretty large, heavy and at least 180-200 USD buy-in set.. The Brick Bank was cheaper, easily to pack and ship and I wouldnt say that it made like three times revenue. I have to admit that the visual art of the boxes is quite comparable and complimenting each other.

[elmaslıefendi]

2 minutes ago, crayxlp said:

im quite curious .. on which basis do you make your assumption that it would be an insane / instant ? jump.. its still a pretty large, heavy and at least 180-200 USD buy-in set.. The Brick Bank was cheaper, easily to pack and ship and I wouldnt say that it made like three times revenue. I have to admit that the visual art of the boxes is quite comparable and complimenting each other.

4k pieces, it would follow the BB route; just higher numbers. 400 would be peak 1-2 months after EOL, IF it'd happen.

This is bad for me, I really needed that 10243 EOL.

[elmaslıefendi]

It's what we all feared, but we have to realize the truth.

[jimmajenga]

On the Costco Canada website, we have the Diner at $60 off... had me wondering if it's possible that could retire early too. I was wondering if it's possible 2 modulars would go again, and we'd actually get 2 more next year (a new release in January and a vault set like Café Corner or Green Grocer). I still think Parisian Restaurant is going... but possibly the Diner or Assembly Square with it. Any thoughts on that idea?

[elmaslıefendi]

I don't care what goes as long PR goes.

LEGO doesn't give 2 fucks about collectors anymore, if the word collector is even usable with all this overproduction.

How is one going to collect modulars if they retire them randomly? Doesn't it make sense to at least care a tiny bit and not to piss off the customers?

Dangerous!

Edited November 19, 2019 by elmaslıefendi

[Val-E]

PR does not need a tag to retire. Just saying....