keymomachine Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I lucked out and found a Sesame Steeet on the top shelf at Walmart yesterday, rang up at $55 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) On 11/29/2022 at 12:53 PM, landphieran said: I bought my share when they were 70$. Its definitely susceptible to a remake or completely flopping from a terrible Mandalorian season. the biggest risk as a reseller is that amazon may have a hangar or two full of these that's the risk for any popular sets nowadays. Popularity, Price point, recurring movie/tv series...checks all the boxes for whales (also Costco had pallets of these across the country just a few months ago) Edited December 6, 2022 by $20 on joe vs dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 29 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said: the biggest risk as a reseller is that amazon may have a hangar or two full of these that's the risk for any popular sets nowadays. Popularity, Price point, recurring movie/tv series...checks all the boxes for whales (also Costco had pallets of these across the country just a few months ago) I'm not yet convinced that what we've seen from Amazon over the last year or so is going to be as big of a concern going forward. I can't recall so many retired sets hanging around Amazon for so long prior to COVID and somewhat think that the phenomenon may have more to do with the screwed up supply chain issues of 2020/2021 than a new business as usual for them. From a cost perspective, I can't imagine Amazon is keen on warehousing so much inventory for so long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickohaulic Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Think that after the holidays there is going to be mega sales both at retailers and on Amazon to get rid of extra inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlc3423 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Briqfo released this latest video on his youtube channel......As always YMMV and take with a pinch of salt....Some of the sets are well known to be retiring....A few i find a bit surprising https://www.briqfo.com/retiring-soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, mlc3423 said: Briqfo released this latest video on his youtube channel......As always YMMV and take with a pinch of salt....Some of the sets are well known to be retiring....A few i find a bit surprising https://www.briqfo.com/retiring-soon Here is the list and the video. Video is well done actually! Only ones I believe from the below are the art sets since they are all duds. Santa's Visit 10293 Typewriter 21327 Ghostbusters™ ECTO-1 10274 World Map 31203 Real Madrid – Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 10299 Ford Mustang 10265 Snowtrooper Battle Pack 75320 Razor Crest Microfighter 75321 Imperial Star Destroyer 75252 1989 Batwing 76161 Medieval Blacksmith 21325 Friends The Apartments 10292 Jim Lee Batman Collection 31205 Elvis Presley The King 31204 Apollo Lunar Lander 10266 Taj Mahal 21056 The Disney Castle 71040 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets 76389 Hogwarts Astronomy Tower 75969 Ford GT Heritage Edition and Bronco R 76905 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Race Car and 1969 Chevrolet Corvette 76903 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlc3423 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bricklectic said: Here is the list and the video. Video is well done actually! Only ones I believe from the below are the art sets since they are all duds. Santa's Visit 10293 Typewriter 21327 Ghostbusters™ ECTO-1 10274 World Map 31203 Real Madrid – Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 10299 Ford Mustang 10265 Snowtrooper Battle Pack 75320 Razor Crest Microfighter 75321 Imperial Star Destroyer 75252 1989 Batwing 76161 Medieval Blacksmith 21325 Friends The Apartments 10292 Jim Lee Batman Collection 31205 Elvis Presley The King 31204 Apollo Lunar Lander 10266 Taj Mahal 21056 The Disney Castle 71040 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets 76389 Hogwarts Astronomy Tower 75969 Ford GT Heritage Edition and Bronco R 76905 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Race Car and 1969 Chevrolet Corvette 76903 A lot of those on the list are obvious and have been well known for a while.....But a few such as Ecto-1, Santa's Visit, and Medieval Blacksmith i'm not so sure about.....Plus Friends Apartments should stick around with Central Perk finally going away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, Bricklectic said: Santa's Visit 10293 Typewriter 21327 Ghostbusters™ ECTO-1 10274 World Map 31203 Ford Mustang 10265 Snowtrooper Battle Pack 75320 Medieval Blacksmith 21325 Friends The Apartments 10292 Jim Lee Batman Collection 31205 Apollo Lunar Lander 10266 Taj Mahal 21056 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets 76389 Hogwarts Astronomy Tower 75969 Ford GT Heritage Edition and Bronco R 76905 Above are his "additions" to what is already known. The most unbelievable to me are the Friends sets, blacksmith, and mustang. Personally, I'm pretty sure not all of these are going, and once the source is wrong, I dont see reason to believe any of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I find his videos and "insider info" to be highly dubious. He is wrong more than he is correct. I ignore him. No way that Blacksmith is retiring and seriously doubt tSanta's Visit will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasp Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Never realized Taj Mahal 21056 is on the list. It is fairly new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_chaos Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 If the Chamber of Secrets retires I'll eat my left ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickLover80 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I have a feeling this might be a 2023 list. Blacksmith would be due by then, same for Santa's Visit and the Ford SC. I'm almost certain the Astronomy Tower will be going next year: it's a year behind the Clock Tower. I'd be surprised if the Chamber of Secrets went next year, but that's the only one on that list for which 2023 doesn't make sense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 That is the absolute worst retirement list I've seen in a long time. I'm surprised he didn't have The Eiffel Tower and AT-TE retiring this year. I don't know where he's getting his information, but he's an absolute fool. Santa's Visit 10293 - wrong Typewriter 21327 - wrong Ghostbusters™ ECTO-1 10274 - wrong World Map 31203 - wrong Real Madrid – Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 10299 - wrong Ford Mustang 10265 - wrong Snowtrooper Battle Pack 75320 - wrong Razor Crest Microfighter 75321 Imperial Star Destroyer 75252 1989 Batwing 76161 Medieval Blacksmith 21325 - wrong Friends The Apartments 10292 Jim Lee Batman Collection 31205 Elvis Presley The King 31204 Apollo Lunar Lander 10266 - wrong Taj Mahal 21056 - wrong The Disney Castle 71040 Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets 76389 - wrong Hogwarts Astronomy Tower 75969 - wrong Ford GT Heritage Edition and Bronco R 76905 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Race Car and 1969 Chevrolet Corvette 76903 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 43 minutes ago, redcell said: I don't know where he's getting his information, but he's an absolute fool. Par for the course. He's the guy that started the 5x VIP points rumor last month for LEGO Shop at Home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407brianb8872 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, raindog said: Par for the course. He's the guy that started the 5x VIP points rumor last month for LEGO Shop at Home. An awful list. Now there is sometimes I surprise retirement at the end, but it’s been since pre Covid that this happened to my knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Found this on Entertainment Earth. Are their "restocking" dates actually reliable. Seems a bit unlikely that they would get them in still. especially when this one is an amazon exclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Bricklectic said: Found this on Entertainment Earth. Are their "restocking" dates actually reliable. Seems a bit unlikely that they would get them in still. especially when this one is an amazon exclusive. Very unlikely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED-209 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Is 10270 really going to retire this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 20 minutes ago, ED-209 said: Is 10270 really going to retire this year? Unlikely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landphieran Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Is @landphieran retiring this year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickLover80 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 The story was that no set with price increase is going. I don't think there is a single data point going against that. If there is a surprise, I would have bet on Pooh. It didn't go up in price and was on some early 2022 lists. At this point, I'm pretty sure it will stay. However, I've heard that in Germany retailers can't order Ninjago City Gardens anymore. That set was also on early lists, then was removed and got a price increase. If it were to go, that would be a shock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED-209 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) So there is a chance that there will be no modular retirement this year? Edited December 14, 2022 by ED-209 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 this set went sold out in US at end of last month and retired in other countries. not on any list i've seen. picked up a few the last couple days from walmart.com where they had them for $18ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickLover80 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, ED-209 said: So there is a chance that there will be no modular retirement this year? That's the story. Next January, there will be 5 modulars on the market: AS, Bookstore, Police Station, Hotel, and Jazz Club. Seems like two too many. Lego clearly can handle more sets in rotation at one point, at least online. My store is small, so older sets are often not on the shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, cladner said: this set went sold out in US at end of last month and retired in other countries. not on any list i've seen. picked up a few the last couple days from walmart.com where they had them for $18ish. I have a few dozen I stashed from a Walmart during last year's clearance. Blown out at $5 each. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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