LegoTriathlete Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 26 minutes ago, MrSam said: This almost needs its own thread. It's either real (I never would have believed it at AE), or a whole new level of fakes. Hmmm... It’s all that vodka!! Impairs judgment, I’m Polish and can relate haha 🎉🍹🥃🥂🍺🍻 Na Zdrowie!!... I’m kidding of course... we’ll not about me 🤮🤢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravel Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 13 hours ago, MrSam said: This almost needs its own thread. It's either real (I never would have believed it at AE), or a whole new level of fakes. Hmmm... I was not too lazy to take a photo, one parcel has already been delivered. Delivery to my city from Moscow. The set was purchased for 88$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolan808 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 54 minutes ago, ravel said: I was not too lazy to take a photo, one parcel has already been delivered. Delivery to my city from Moscow. The set was purchased for 88$. Problem with this is that I would have to open it up just to make sure, maybe on every item as there's a chance it could be just a really good fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravel Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 minute ago, raulaco said: Problem with this is that I would have to open it up just to make sure, maybe on every item as there's a chance it could be just a really good fake. I don't see any problems. The store clearly says that the original LEGO and the official representative, and in the reviews it is also tracked. I have 3 such sets from another store bought for $ 92 and there is no difference at all, even in weight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 hour ago, raulaco said: Problem with this is that I would have to open it up just to make sure, maybe on every item as there's a chance it could be just a really good fake. For countries without official lego stores lego may use popular local sites to host their web store. I guess in the case of Russia its Aliexpress. In Singapore there is an official lego store on Lazada which is probably less well known outside of South East Asia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaczy Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I think that Aliexpress is trying to change it's image from being known as site when you can buy cheap Chineese stuff and knockoffs to reliable marketplace. In Poland it is advertised very hard with lots of radio and tv commercials. I checked yesterday but on polish version of the site there are no original Lego available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravel Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, kaczy said: I think that Aliexpress is trying to change it's image from being known as site when you can buy cheap Chineese stuff and knockoffs to reliable marketplace. In Poland it is advertised very hard with lots of radio and tv commercials. I checked yesterday but on polish version of the site there are no original Lego available In Russia, there is one representative who sells LEGO sets and only there are exclusive ones that can not be found anywhere, and the main sets are sold by a dozen large online platforms and offline stores, but they do not have ideas, modular, etc. sets. shop.lego.com it doesn't work here. I don't think it's worth proving that 42110 is the original, even from the photo you can see that it's LEGO. https://tmall.ru/ apparently some division from Aliexpress, which only this year sells LEGO, and their range is quite wide with world brands, but apparently only for Russia. Sorry for getting off the subject a bit. Edited November 13, 2020 by ravel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 The Bugatti 42083 is not on any retirement lists, however I cannot imagine the shelves having two supercars for an extended period. What are you guys take on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, coelian said: The Bugatti 42083 is not on any retirement lists, however I cannot imagine the shelves having two supercars for an extended period. What are you guys take on this? My take is its not mentioned as a possible retirement and there are tons of other good buying options right now. Why risk funds on a slow moving, big ticket item. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexxet Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Missed most of this year because of how insanely busy it was. Is the large Gingerbread house retiring for good? 10267? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 32 minutes ago, vexxet said: Missed most of this year because of how insanely busy it was. Is the large Gingerbread house retiring for good? 10267? should be around next year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad W Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, coelian said: The Bugatti 42083 is not on any retirement lists, however I cannot imagine the shelves having two supercars for an extended period. What are you guys take on this? I bought a few of these last year for 20% off. Chatter is they will retire early to mid 2021, with an 18 month lifespan. Prices are well below MSRP on eBay right now, so I'm not to sure how it will do EOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas007 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, coelian said: The Bugatti 42083 is not on any retirement lists, however I cannot imagine the shelves having two supercars for an extended period. What are you guys take on this? It was big suprise for me not seeing this set in retiriment lists.... Technic sets has a very stable lifespan, 2.5 years for big sets, some smaller finish after 1.5 years. Also Porsche 42056 was here just 2.5 years. I am ready to see unexpected EOL dates for creator experts, but not in Technic. I was almost sure that Bugatti will finish in the end of 2020. But now I am confused a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 LEGO has a lot of dishes spinning right now...so many new releases with extended lives on many long in the tooth sets...and still more new sets in the pipeline It's been a crazy year and past metrics/trends simply do not apply IMO as we move into 2021. I think LEGO, like most manufacturing/retail companies were "all in" for this current holiday season to make it as big as ever (to cover for the losses earlier this year)...probably running their lines faster than ever...to get to the finish line of this holiday season. After the frenetic pace...a longer term outlook will settle in and I expect some fallout...being unexpected EOLs left and right. well that's my guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, gmpirate said: My take is its not mentioned as a possible retirement and there are tons of other good buying options right now. Why risk funds on a slow moving, big ticket item. Technic does reasonably well here, the older porsche is going at 450plus. With the continuation of the supercar Technic line completists will pay I think. My rrp is super high compared to the region so its not hard for me to do some arbitrage and get 50% off. I had only 3 porsches and I've got a bit of fomo for the bugattis... But yes I don't want to tie up big sums in them if it's not going in 2021. I just fear that it is going by mid 2021, it is well discounted at this point in time here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Only 5 left?? nice try amazon. interesting that they pull out inventory to save for later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmaslıefendi Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Treehouse extension was bad. Ideas in general was a rough theme this year, I remember a guy with 1200 Apollos on BrickLink and a looot of 21313s. Ouch. Whenever I feel bad about these sets, I remember that guy on BrickLink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 59 minutes ago, coelian said: Technic does reasonably well here, the older porsche is going at 450plus. With the continuation of the supercar Technic line completists will pay I think. My rrp is super high compared to the region so its not hard for me to do some arbitrage and get 50% off. I had only 3 porsches and I've got a bit of fomo for the bugattis... But yes I don't want to tie up big sums in them if it's not going in 2021. I just fear that it is going by mid 2021, it is well discounted at this point in time here. the mid-2021 retirees may be especially brutal...hard to fathom LEGO can keep so many sets in production with new ones released almost monthly. sure there may be some time...but as noted above; that's gonna be at full RRP w/ quantity limits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoSteve Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Does anyone really know what's going on with the Knight Bus? I saw it on the retirement list but keep hearing that they took it off the retirement list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichiroll Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Question, which one of the architecture series that are on sale at Amazon now is most likely to retire? San Francisco https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Collection-Francisco-Building/dp/B07GX7R73M/ Paris https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skyline-Collection-Building/dp/B07GXC4R9R/ Tokyo https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skylines-Building-Collectible/dp/B07WD5XMVX/ Dubai https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skylines-Building-Collectible/dp/B07WJJKNMC/ all appear to be at historic low or at least matches all-time lows. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, ichiroll said: Question, which one of the architecture series that are on sale at Amazon now is most likely to retire? San Francisco https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Collection-Francisco-Building/dp/B07GX7R73M/ Paris https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skyline-Collection-Building/dp/B07GXC4R9R/ Tokyo https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skylines-Building-Collectible/dp/B07WD5XMVX/ Dubai https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skylines-Building-Collectible/dp/B07WJJKNMC/ all appear to be at historic low or at least matches all-time lows. Thanks! None of them are retiring this year, the ones retiring are Las Vegas and Shanghai. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, ichiroll said: Question, which one of the architecture series that are on sale at Amazon now is most likely to retire? San Francisco https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Collection-Francisco-Building/dp/B07GX7R73M/ Paris https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skyline-Collection-Building/dp/B07GXC4R9R/ Tokyo https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skylines-Building-Collectible/dp/B07WD5XMVX/ Dubai https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Architecture-Skylines-Building-Collectible/dp/B07WJJKNMC/ all appear to be at historic low or at least matches all-time lows. Thanks! all will retire. 2020? None, if you believe all the lists. Lego SAH has shanghai and las vegas marked as retiring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichiroll Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Just now, coelian said: None of them are retiring this year, the ones retiring are Las Vegas and Shanghai. Just now, Bricklectic said: all will retire. 2020? None, if you believe all the lists. Lego SAH has shanghai and las vegas marked as retiring. Thanks a million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, LegoSteve said: Does anyone really know what's going on with the Knight Bus? I saw it on the retirement list but keep hearing that they took it off the retirement list. Knight bus is off stonewars list but still on promo bricks list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, coelian said: None of them are retiring this year, the ones retiring are Las Vegas and Shanghai. What about Trafalgar Square? Any whispers about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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