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

everyone knows you order the Macks in pairs.

Remember, for the most part, the "Retiring Soon" tag is a sales gimmick used to get customers to buy something - typically slow sellers/overstocked sets/sets they need to move because they want to be done with the line, whatever. Most sets retire without that tag. It's not like LEGO is under any sort of obligation to mark stuff a certain way. They do it to move product.

Well, these all look like junk

they do help resellers - to know NOT to buy the turds first with the retiring soon tag. sort of the inverse of last kid getting picked for x-ball team. i'm guessing they slapped the tag on PR - it started selling like hotcakes to clueless post petshop newbs thinking they have a chance making money with some VIP points or nonsenese discounts and TLG want to have enough stock on black friday/ cybermonday to be able to claim they offered it on sale. i wouldn't be surprised if we get a fake call 2 check coming up to really juice up demand and keep the small stash available for the grand holiday sales extravaganza.

There’s a documentary, I forget which one, where they talk about Lego’s low point and almost bankruptcy. The CEO held up a Jack Stone “fire truck” and said this is what they need to never do again, that a fire truck should look like a fire truck. Seems they have forgotten already. Now here we are with this garbage.

https://www.promobricks.de/lego-disney-princess-2020-bilder-und-infos-zu-den-ersten-sets/89267 Looks like they're taking a page out of the Polly Pocket book, literally. Reminds me of pop-up books and there are what I would call "microdolls"? Very interesting. If this Disney "book" idea catches on these could end up being highly collectible. All the books, all the microdolls, completionists dream.

If anyone is at the Rockefeller Lego store and is interested

Ninjago City is part of the $10 off $50 list again, so 20% off, confirmed taking $60 off at checkout, I got mine already from Target in Sept. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075333454 And a link to the whole $10 off $50 list for your convenience: https://www.amazon.com/gp/promotion/A2H0RBR8EKKLNW

LEGO Star Wars Solo: A Star Wars Story Han Solo’s Landspeeder 75209 Building Kit (345 Piece) https://amzn.to/2CUFGKt List Price: $29.99 Price: $14.56 You Save: $15.43 (51%)

I guarantee this will morph into Star Wars sets. That said, my girls are going to love this.

You mean like the Death Star or Taj Mahal or that frozen castle or that winter set or... Dude. Stop talking and read back through some of the forums. You might learn something.

You could easily modify Jason Allemann's build

https://brickset.com/article/47021/two-more-speed-champions-sets-announced!

Are you implying that they don't tag sets "retiring soon" to help resellers know what to buy? Surely you can't be serious...

The Bantha looks interesting....

I wish they’d come out with a truck that carriers more than a helicopter.[emoji53]

According to the Amazon Black Friday 2019 press release found here [aboutamazon.com], they will have the LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Millennium Falcon [amazon.com] on sale for 40% off. Their Black Friday sales will start this Friday, November 22 and run through November 29. It is unclear when the Falcon deal will go live, but it will surely not last long! - I feel like the fat kid in doge ball. My chances of success here are slim.

Sold my last 41172 Water Dragon for $85 . 4 x buy in and were available all day everyday at my local store. Great little investment set. Cheap to post , easy to store and returns were excellent. Wish I’d bought more than I did .

Not related to an order status but this kind of ties in with the Target ban / insta-cancel discussion and I found it funny. I received a letter in the mail today from Target stating that they raised my credit limit. Gee, that's great, but if you won't let me buy anything then what's the point?! In the mean time, I've been successfully placing orders with my wife's new account and everything has been going smoothly so far. The gift cards are accumulating quickly, and everything has been shipping with no questions asked.

I've been bundling the "losers" that I've purchased at 50-90% off RRP for 10-20% below RRP. For smaller sets I'll bundle 2-4 together and for larger sets I'll throw in a smaller set or polybag. Themed polybag bundles do well priced at $3-5 each. Staying in the $15-$60 range seems to be the sweet spot.

everyone knows one Mack at a time is enough...

- and all the more reasons, why you (US based sellers) "cherished a snake in your bosom" .. its been undoubtebly great in the beginning, throughout the year.. but in my view you just got kind of "lazy and comfortable" relying on a single channel of your profits. Amazon provided EVERYTHING - from storing, to shipping to maybe handling claims. And it was so good.. And not to forget the attendance. But every single business that went with AMZ and put more effort into selling via its platform than to supporting its own private channels (like ebay sales, own e-shop platform etc..) just contributed to this.. Actually I see the very same in Poland - its like looking into a mirror, so to speak.. everybody was so obsessed with Allegro paltform that they forgot that given its enormous size (Behemot like Amazon, its said to have around 70 prct of the Polish e-market) started two yrs ago pushing and blackmailing the sellers to unimaginable restraints. And now these sellers wonder what they have done wrong.. - nothing, except going with the flow at first and forgetting the vital rule of the "family business" - at the end its all about you and not the others (platforms).

It looks like it may be a new Lego element. Check out Legoleaks on Instagram for the full series.

Completely agree. My son and I built both 60141and 60110 and they are both wonderful builds and play sets. Both new versions of the police station and fire station are major downgrades.

now the tech savvy reseller w/ bots will get them all

The Golden Mech looks decent but the other sets look as if designed by high school kids for extra credit...so sad ?

Pods & Hearts are so 2019. In 2020, we lock our Friends in 6x6 cells, err boxes

ugh..! I dont know what are the feelings of others, but these boxes look so ugly! If the packaging doesnt thrill the appetite - why anyone should buy it? This is definitely a huge step down from the last year visuals that are amazing. (70650 - xx).

Im really digging the safari set for parts. Also, the SUV doesnt look half bad. Also, is that a new motorcyle mold in 60243?

they could also come up with this special rescue mastodon that we have over here.. its one of its kind

Someone posted the deal on SD, so the horde knows and it isn’t even worth the time to bother.

I have one, maybe 2 but probably just one. Hidden away somewhere.

114 amazonian sellers agree with you.

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.

Glad to hear your crystal ball is still properly calibrated. Any chance you’ll be gaining clarity on the other sets any time soon? I may need to bring the family to maximize purchasing power between train and batmobile.

They are hardly freebies with those minimum spends.

yes the Daily deals are 30% off. Disney Train is a surprising one...

If that's true they'll only put up five for sale then you can get on a wait list.

Supposedly 40% off 75192 UCS MILF via Amazon https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazons-black-friday-deals-week-almost-here-more-deals-day-and I secretly hope it's the microfighter... because it's the Ultimate microfighter

Hi everyone! Just curious what happened to this thread? We used to get an amazon Deal ticker just like the USA version, but that seems to be gone now and has been for some time. It was very handy and I used it Often. It would be nice to have that back up and running, but not sure who to contact about this? Especially with Black Friday coming this would be a great time to have it.. who’s with me? Lol ?

Thanks G.I. Joe

Nowing is half the battle....

You can tell it´s been a quiet retirements season. MSRP = Make sets retire please RRP = Retire, Remake, Police Station

Actually RRP is recommended retail price

Add a Benny's Space Squad to it and you get the space squad for free and save an extra $3 off the cloud city too.

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