10224 - Town Hall

[I am Niko]

It's pretty clear that he's saying LEGO's China factory will be dedicated to making minifigs and producing once-retired sets again.

[trekgate502]

This is fun keep it going!

[asharerin]

 

It's pretty clear that he's saying LEGO's China factory will be dedicated to making minifigs and producing once-retired sets again.

 

My whole life begins to shake.

[biniou]

January 30th is a Friday.

I think they are not sure about when they will have some more in stock and just wrote it will be available "the last day of january, week-end excluded... maybe".

 

(note that I'm trying to be nice and am not saying they are dumb and totally clueless, because if you check a little you'll see that according to them this set has been released on april 2014...)

 

edit: man my english is getting worse and worse...

Edited December 19, 2014 by biniou

[Alpinemaps]

Three UPS trucks on their way to take my THs back to Target. Gone without a doubt, help me.

 

Are you really telling us that you just shipping THs back?

 

Why didn't you offer them up to us?  I know I certainly would have bought or traded something to you.

[LegoManiacc]

Are you really telling us that you just shipping THs back?

Why didn't you offer them up to us? I know I certainly would have bought or traded something to you.

I understood it as he was returning his 500 Theodore ****uxtable collectible dolls...what, with the Cosby fallout and all. No more puddin pops!!

[makr]

I really wouldn't read much into that and I'm not optimistic that I'll get anything. You know how these web stores with their automatic listing are. Even amazon lists things as available with some waiting period, but then unlists it as it turns that it's no longer available.

It's actually operated by the postal service of Switzerland, I don't doupt that they are legit. But maybe they just didn't get an update from their LEGO distributor about future availability yet or something like that.

[Mos_Eisley]

It's actually operated by the postal service of Switzerland, I don't doupt that they are legit. But maybe they just didn't get an update from their LEGO distributor about future availability yet or something like that.

Ahhhhh, so this is what happens to those sets that get "lost" in customs.

[Ed Mack]

Never trust the Swiss...   Only kidding.  I like their watches, cheese and knives.

[TheBrickClique]

Ed will have HAL send one final transmission.  It is very important.

 

"All these sets are yours except Town Hall.

Attempt no hoarding there."

[TheBrickClique]

Never trust the Swiss...   Only kidding.  I like their watches, cheese and knives.

Don't forget the Miss's hot cocoa.

[Alpinemaps]

Never trust the Swiss...   Only kidding.  I like their watches, cheese and knives.

 

And their chocolate.  We can't forget the chocolate.

[house_air]

Every other online shop in Switzerland says, the TH is out of stock now, but will be available in january again. Here two more examples:

• https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s5/product/availability/322095
• http://www.soundmedia.ch/de/a/esn/115828364/lego-10224-rathaus/0

It's the same for GE:

• http://www.soundmedia.ch/de/a/gpx/112299623/lego-10211-grosses-kaufhaus/0
• http://www.1advd.ch/DefaultG.asp?idlnk=16086879

One shop I called and they told me "...this is the way it is with LEGO. They produce a given amount per year and if they're sold out, you have to wait for the next year, so they will be available in january again. Certainly".

 

The thing is, these shops aren't LEGO vendors, they sell consumer electronics, books, movies etc. - and LEGO. Almost every online shop in Switzerland sells LEGO...

 

So yes, don't trust the Swiss :-) 

[asharerin]

Are you really telling us that you just shipping THs back?

 

Why didn't you offer them up to us?  I know I certainly would have bought or traded something to you.

 

J/k mate.

 

These are in my time locked vault. Can't access them until 01/01/18.

[Val-E]

As I said, Amazon cancelled my back order made in early November yesterday so I can

[Ed Mack]

Look at the source people.  Enough said.  

[tractorboy]

There's more chance of finding a TH at the end of a rainbow than in that shop.

[Deejay]

The fact that a lot of respectable Lego shops in Holland sells/sold them at a far higher price than MRSP, it has all the signs that it's EOL. They can't throw their good name to garbage for a little bit profit.

[Val-E]

For anyone who missed the boat on this one and doesn

[Val-E]

Now that the current polll is outdated - official retirement was not announced in 2014, I would be fascinated to have a new poll on how many sets people own for resale.

 

e.***. none, 1, 2-5, 6-10.11-15, more than 15. That should give an insight into how hoarded this set has been.

[trekgate502]

Exciter does not subscribe to anything but reads everything so I am curious to see if he will see this suggestion...

 

I would like a new thread where everyone can list the specific date in EST time zone that for the United States shop.lego.com will be flip a lot of sets to retired.

Perhaps we have a prize for the first person to post picking the correct 24 hour window. 

[Bold-Arrow]

The set is retired for all practical purposes. The language in the poll was changed for technical reasons but doesn't change the fact that it ain't coming back

POOF

[inversion]

The set is retired for all practical purposes. The language in the poll was changed for technical reasons but doesn't change the fact that it ain't coming back

POOF

The final proof is the discount for me. Why would ever LEGO discount any modular by 30% under normal circumstances? They slammed 30% on every product on the death list.

[Val-E]

I totally agree with you so can we have it removed and a new poll put up instead? I don

[bricketycricket]

A poll on this site isn't really meaningful in the big picture. Besides, you only need to read the thread to see that most people were surprised by this one and were not able to acquire the quantities that they wanted.