lego rules Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 6:05 PM, elmaslıefendi said: Wow, buying these at retail is brave. Germany is flooded with these, maybe it's different elsewhere. You guys sure this set won't come back? It's still a seasonal. Expand Been out for three years with retired tag. I would bet that it is done. Quote
lego rules Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 3:46 PM, raulaco said: I've got a bad feeling that Saturn isn't retiring this year, at least another year might be on the cards Expand Nah, shes done. She had an amazing run. Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 6:58 PM, lego rules said: Nah, shes done. She had an amazing run. Expand It's indeed done. This is probably the most hoarded set ever, me included. The question is when the remake punches us in the face. Quote
lego rules Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 7:25 PM, elmaslıefendi said: It's indeed done. This is probably the most hoarded set ever, me included. The question is when the remake punches us in the face. Expand I personally think, at least in NA, this was one of the best sets and best $ value sets in a long time. It may be hoarded but there will always be new fans wanting the iconic Saturn V. Why would you think a remake is coming? Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) On 12/5/2019 at 7:34 PM, lego rules said: I personally think, at least in NA, this was one of the best sets and best $ value sets in a long time. It may be hoarded but there will always be new fans wanting the iconic Saturn V. Why would you think a remake is coming? Expand I said it 2 times before on this thread: I think TLG realized the demand was there and $120 is too low for a 2000 piece, 1 meter high, iconic Saturn V. They don't retire their bestseller without no reason, no way. If they price it at 150-180 down the road people will still buy. Some say there will be an immediate Creator Expert reissue in January, but why retire it in the first place then? I even heard someone say that a LEGO employee told it to him, I doubt that though. Edited December 5, 2019 by elmaslıefendi 1 Quote
lego rules Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 7:44 PM, elmaslıefendi said: I even heard someone that a LEGO employee told it to him.... Expand If I had a dollar for every time I heard that. I personally think there may be a lot of backlash re-releasing an Ideas set which the original designer receives a royalty for and would not for a creator re-release. On 12/5/2019 at 7:48 PM, MrToes16 said: precedent Expand That is not the precedent. Sorry. Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 It would be funny though. January 2020: 3 Quote
MrSam Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 7:55 PM, elmaslıefendi said: It would be funny though. January 2020: Expand I've only got about 7 S5s, but I'm not sure it's worth me gong deeper than 10 given I think this is a very very real possibility.... In other news, sets are dropping like flies on the NZ/AU LEGO Shop at Home. Gingerbread house GWP is live with bonus Obi-wan and Santa polybags - I swear half their product lines are already out of stock... Could be good if retiring sets are gone this early! That being said, the NZ/AU Warehouse has rubbish inventory levels anyway, so maybe it's not a huge deal in the International market... Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:00 PM, MrSam said: I've only got about 7 S5s, but I'm not sure it's worth me gong deeper than 10 given I think this is a very very real possibility.... Expand 10 isn't that big of a deal. I'm way deeper on these and I regret it, there were some nice safe (and therefore better) Black Friday deals that I couldn't max out. Saturn is a "newbie-hoarder-nobrainer-buy". Quote
Furious_george Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) That’s probably it for the Saturn on our LEGO Shop at Home. Will flip to retired next I’m betting. I only have one so I really don’t care though. Learned my big box lesson. Edited December 5, 2019 by Furious_george Quote
redcell Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 7:44 PM, elmaslıefendi said: I said it 2 times before on this thread: I think TLG realized the demand was there and $120 is too low for a 2000 piece, 1 meter high, iconic Saturn V. They don't retire their bestseller without no reason, no way. If they price it at 150-180 down the road people will still buy. Some say there will be an immediate Creator Expert reissue in January, but why retire it in the first place then? I even heard someone say that a LEGO employee told it to him, I doubt that though. You do realize that Lego retires sets that are incredibly popular all the time without any intent to reissue them, don't you? 1 Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 Tbh I was preparing for a 2018 retirement of this set. 85% of my buying was in August-September 2018. If I knew it'd run for another year I wouldn't have bought so many. The original date was actually December 2018 but TLG is sometimes unpredictable even with the official list. 1 1/2 year run would have been insane. This extra year will really hurt this set. On 12/5/2019 at 10:28 PM, redcell said: You do realize that Lego retires sets that are incredibly popular all the time without any intent to reissue them, don't you? Expand I do. But the Saturn popularity was on another level. Quote
nolan808 Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:28 PM, elmaslıefendi said: Tbh I was preparing for a 2018 retirement of this set. 85% of my buying was in August-September 2018. If I knew it'd run for another year I wouldn't have bought so many. The original date was actually December 2018 but TLG is sometimes unpredictable even with the official list. 1 1/2 year run would have been insane. This extra year will really hurt this set. I do. But the Saturn popularity was on another level. Expand I had a sneaky feeling that it wasn't going to retire end of last year. John lewis had that amazing sale on them that was pretty much as good as the lego one just been but without any limits. Very glad I cancelled a big order with them back then, like you said the extra year will kill a lot of the potential this set has. Quote
Val-E Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 The damn thing still hasn´t sold out at EU SAH. Much longer and it will be in the Xmas sale. Quote
nolan808 Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:35 PM, Val-E said: The damn thing still hasn´t sold out at EU SAH. Much longer and it will be in the Xmas sale. Expand They just need to lift the limits to 99 and everything will be sorted Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:35 PM, Val-E said: The damn thing still hasn´t sold out at EU SAH. Much longer and it will be in the Xmas sale. Expand It's so frustrating. Quote
Val-E Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:37 PM, raulaco said: They just need to lift the limits to 99 and everything will be sorted Expand Just proves every set has its day. 2 years ago it was selling for over RRP and always OOS, now they struggle to shift them at 30% off. Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 10:54 PM, Val-E said: Just proves every set has its day. 2 years ago it was selling for over RRP and always OOS, now they struggle to shift them at 30% off. Expand Maybe they got greedy & overproduced? If there was lower availability it'd be gone in no time. Even CC sold out in 20 hours. Quote
nolan808 Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 I bet there's plenty of people on here sat with loads of them, I wonder who has the most (Tabby maybe lol). So many people are going to have there cash strapped up in this one for a long time before seeing a good return. Realistically IMO you could probably hope for 150 max for next christmas due to the hoard etc. That would net you £20 maybe £30 quid if your average buyin was around the 100 mark. I know that's better than a bank still in terms of interest etc but not that great for a lego set, plus it takes up so much inventory space. Hope I'm wrong about all this, the lego group defiantly isn't helping matters with the new batches all the time. Quote
elmaslıefendi Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 11:08 PM, raulaco said: I bet there's plenty of people on here sat with loads of them, I wonder who has the most (Tabby maybe lol). So many people are going to have there cash strapped up in this one for a long time before seeing a good return. Realistically IMO you could probably hope for 150 max for next christmas due to the hoard etc. That would net you £20 maybe £30 quid if your average buyin was around the 100 mark. I know that's better than a bank still in terms of interest etc but not that great for a lego set, plus it takes up so much inventory space. Hope I'm wrong about all this, the lego group defiantly isn't helping matters with the new batches all the time. Expand Tabby probably warned any- and everyone about these & bought 50. 150 would be OK, that'd give me room to make a nice profit. We'll have to wait & see if it even makes it to 150 till next christmas, there's gonna be so many of these. Quote
nolan808 Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 11:13 PM, elmaslıefendi said: Tabby probably warned any- and everyone about these & bought 50. 150 would be OK, that'd give me room to make a nice profit. We'll have to wait & see if it even makes it to 150 till next christmas, there's gonna be so many of these. Expand I'm sure tabby bought a warehouse full of these from what I remember lol, must be also stuck with a warehouse full of 21312s ( Glad I didn't buy many of those turkeys). If it does somehow stick around for much longer I will happily off load mine and take a small loss. There is some positive news though. One of the all time great sets destiny's bounty is showing some real potential, selling like hot cakes at the moment. If the saturn clears stock out like the bounty has been doing then maybe there's hope for all. Quote
Al Legorical Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 One thing I never learned... listen to your kids! Many sets I thought were stinkers came out golden, of which mostly I did not have... 3 Quote
odysea11 Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 On 12/5/2019 at 11:49 PM, Al Legorical said: One thing I never learned... listen to your kids! Many sets I thought were stinkers came out golden, of which mostly I did not have...There is truth to that! My kids have opened my eyes to a few sleepers in the past. I will also add wife to that list...my wife has picked out a bunch of winners in the past that I may have overlooked.... 2 Quote
Brad W Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 So the Saturn V hasn't really been on my radar until this thread. Is $102 a good investment price for this? Thx. Quote
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