Frank Brickowski Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm also sure that Amazon and TRU has a load of these to get rid of as well, and we all know how well TRU can keep a set on life support. I still see some green box Star Wars and LOTR trilogy sets at most of the stores that I visit. Amazon also has to sell out of their stock, which means some of the normals out there will have to be willing to shell out full retail price for this set. Amazon's new directive is to not lower their prices unless a competitor blinks first, They have miles and miles of warehouse space to accommodate this. I'm not saying that there's no hope. This set can reach $200 with some luck in a couple of years. Anything above that is highly unlikely. With that, I'll leave this discussion. Thank you all for the fun discussion. Thanks for your opinion! You know, generally party pooper posts are "a little less welcome" on this forum than comments from people chiming into the hype full-force ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer%27s_remorse ). Hence more realism and more skeptical analysis like yours might do all of us good. So, please keep those party-pooping comments up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 After the arguably over produced sets of the earlier LOTR/Hobbit waves I think this set will be a relatively short lived wave. This is shown by its relative lack of availability, in the UK at least, and the BP price which is near RRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez_Brickz Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really, there should be no hate for this set. Awesome character. Awesome maxifigure. The set itself is solid with some unique colors and parts. My only issue is finding it at a discount, which I haven't yet. But that hasn't stopped me from buying at full MSRP. I fear this set might just disappear before seeing too many discounts. I just got some on eBay under MSRP, free shipping, and no tax. Are people ignoring the amount of sand green pieces on this set? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really, there should be no hate for this set. Awesome character. Awesome maxifigure. The set itself is solid with some unique colors and parts. My only issue is finding it at a discount, which I haven't yet. But that hasn't stopped me from buying at full MSRP. I fear this set might just disappear before seeing too many discounts. The most common hate this set seems to get is the "build" itself, but honestly after putting it together; it isn't all that bad... at least from a display perspective. As always i don't think the box does it justice (nor does the box do Smaug justice). I know i was one criticizing the build originally when we saw the pictures. Is it the best looking build ever? probably not, could it be improved upon? yes, but it is far from the worst. Maybe i will upload a photo of how i have it set up tonight. I have limited display spots for my sets, and am constantly changing which are displayed, but this set has stuck around for a long time now as i think it looks quite good in a small square display box. As a side-note i have seen this popping into Physical TRU stores up here in Canada (03/05R5 Codes i believe), but i think we are unlikely to get another %20 Hobbit for a while since we had one recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I just got some on eBay under MSRP, free shipping, and no tax. Are people ignoring the amount of sand green pieces on this set?Sand green equals green. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holleman67 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really, there should be no hate for this set. Awesome character. Awesome maxifigure. The set itself is solid with some unique colors and parts. My only issue is finding it at a discount, which I haven't yet. But that hasn't stopped me from buying at full MSRP. I fear this set might just disappear before seeing too many discounts. Aaron schock said it best, "haters are gonna hate" Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonysbricks Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Paging Dr. The Zombies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legopocalypse Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Dang, when I fired this old thread up I didn't think it would be so popular. I have one and we built it. Sucks being banned and having no lego stores. I think amazon will become my best friend on this one. I am not expecting discounts on it unless lego.com slashes it while it is actually in stock. A great set. unfortunately it's a lot less under the radar now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 unfortunately it's a lot less under the radar now Just remember, we are all but a little fishy in a big bucket of chum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really, there should be no hate for this set. Awesome character. Awesome maxifigure. The set itself is solid with some unique colors and parts. My only issue is finding it at a discount, which I haven't yet. But that hasn't stopped me from buying at full MSRP. I fear this set might just disappear before seeing too many discounts. Perhaps the question should not be if this set is going to increase, but how much the increase will be compared to other similarly priced sets at the moment. Speaking simply from the point of view of someone with limited budget 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biking_tiger Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Perhaps the question should not be if this set is going to increase, but how much the increase will be compared to other similarly priced sets at the moment A very good question. If we had some insight as to whether this really will be a short run or not, it would be much easier to answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) A very good question. If we had some insight as to whether this really will be a short run or not, it would be much easier to answer. can anyone site any other set that was marked down nationwide @ Lego stores only & didn't retire? Edited March 17, 2015 by dcdfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscheaf Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) can anyone site any other set that was marked down nationwide @ Lego stores only & didn't retire? Edited March 17, 2015 by mscheaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) Besides the UN headquarters, bike shop, x men vs sentinel that are on sale now o think of bttf a few months back which is doing great on eBay right now. previously. Not currently. Well, BTTF should give an idea if this is retiring then... Edited March 17, 2015 by dcdfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legopocalypse Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just remember, we are all but a little fishy in a big bucket of chum. True, but the horde is scary! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzapova Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I just came back from the future! Smaug will ultimately be the second largest maxifigure in Lego's history. (The largest being the hybrid maxifigure/build Galactus and Giganta being the third biggest maxifigure)!! Jokes aside, this set is gonna be a good bet. Building the set and having Smaug as a display piece is second-to-none. I got my third set on Sunday gonna buy my fourth and Simpsons houses this weekend too )) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Just remember, we are all but a little fishy in a big bucket of chum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenJ91 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Got 4 more for $83 today. I'm a believer in dragons but man this set has nothing attractive other than that awesome creature. You mean other than 5 exclusive mini figs, arkenstone, lots of sand green bricks, gold, and most of the hobbit story wrapped into it? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Stumbled across a lone (ha) one of these at a Target for $90. I am on the fence on this at this price, are you guys snagging/passing at this price? Hoping they linger and can be found for half off at some point at TRU or something? Any opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenJ91 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Stumbled across a lone (ha) one of these at a Target for $90. I am on the fence on this at this price, are you guys snagging/passing at this price? Hoping they linger and can be found for half off at some point at TRU or something? Any opinions? Buy! $40 off retail is a no brainer, this set is a winner in my opinion. Smaug goes for around $60 right now alone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwraith Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Stumbled across a lone (ha) one of these at a Target for $90. I am on the fence on this at this price, are you guys snagging/passing at this price? Hoping they linger and can be found for half off at some point at TRU or something? Any opinions? Not sure these will last to a big sale/clearance. At least here in Canada these were devoured at just %20 off at Walmart/TRU. Restocked now, but full price. Will likely go poof again on another %20 sale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zskid00 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I doubt these will hit 50% off at TRU unless they buy a stockpile from LEGO. It's more likely they will be stocked sparingly and just disappear from retail shelves by the end of the year. I would be surprised if LEGO overproduces this set since retailers have had little stock and many have already dropped it from their planogram. Here's what we know so far: Target - available on their website but virtually gone from retail stores Walmart - OOS on their website and very HTF at retail stores TRU - in stock online and at retail but above MSRP LEGO - in stock online but being discounted and likely phased out at retail stores 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzapova Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 This set is so amazing and when you place Smaug the wyvern on top of ToO, it's spectacular spectacular! But why is Kili in the set??? Didn't he get poisoned and then his heart was captured multiple kilometers away from the mountain by Tauriel??? On a side note, I worked hard this week so I am buying and building a Fairground Mixer or High Speed train this weekend!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 They have 8 of these at two of my local TRU at $140. I'm not sure how they're going to get rid of them without a hefty clearance discount. SAH will also have to lower their price to clean their stock out because nobody is biting at full price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biking_tiger Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 "Hello, my name is Nobody, and I bought LM at full price." We don't all have access to Meijer or other discounted retail shops, but we can create our own discounts with GCs, points, and other online magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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