This is to keep an ongoing list of Star Wars sets that go in and out of stock at Lego.com to help people get an insight to when something might be hitting EOL.  Let's try and keep it to sets that have at least been out in the market for at least 8 months.

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MTT went out of stock on Saturday, June 6th 2015.  This is the second time i've noticed it go out of stock within a month.  First time was during the May the 4th event when it was discounted for the event..

Ewok Village went out of Stock on Saturday, June 6th, 2015 and is listed as OOS Will ship in 30 days.  This is the second time this year it has gone out of stock, with the first time being during the March 2xVIP event.  It went out of stock during the last day of the promo, and was out for about 2 weeks.  

 

Is Pumpkin Wing = Kylo Ren's Command shuttle?  I didn't have a chance to check this morning.
 

new x wing , 75102 I just call it the pumpkin wing.  It was briefly oos with the Sept 14 or 15 date pretty sure like Vader

10240 Red Five went from "Available Now" to OOS will ship by September 20th.

10240 with a 9/14 expected ship date now. 

Now back to 9/20 for 10240 Red-Five. Exhausting to follow!

75102 Poe's X-wing Starfighter went to OOS will ship in 30 days.  Seems like this and the falcon are the two most popular..

75059 Sandcrawler back to in stock.  Was only OOS for 3 days.  Seems to be the first sign that it could be starting to dance, though.  It would be next up to go IMO.

The second time the Sandcrawler has gone out of stock during the last two months.  This means it is getting smaller and smaller restocks.  HENCE, it's on the dance floor...

75059 Sandcrawler™

• Price $299.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 21 2015
   

At-at has been knocked out of stock.  2nd time this has happened since i've been keeping tabs.  It's evident to me that with the release of the FA sets that there has been a heightened interest in Star Wars.  I'm sure it's creating new AFOL's that are now trying to grab older sets they now know exists. 

75054 AT-AT™

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 21 2015

Another knock out!  This one has to be close, as it's the second knock out in a month.  Obviously, another short restock.

75040 General Grievous' Wheel Bike™

• Price $24.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 21 2015

First time i've seen this happen since it got past it's first month of release:

75060 Slave I

• Price $199.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 24 2015

Been a furious amount of activity over at lego.com.  Not sure about the potential of these, but they seem to be popular..

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  75112 General Grievous™

  • Price $34.99
  • Out of stock, will ship in 30 days
   
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  75111 Darth Vader™

  • Price $29.99
  • Out of stock, will ship in 30 days

The second time the Sandcrawler has gone out of stock during the last two months.  This means it is getting smaller and smaller restocks.  HENCE, it's on the dance floor...

75059 Sandcrawler[emoji769]

• Price $299.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 21 2015

   

At this point, I highly doubt you will see any major STAR WARS sets retire in the next several months. How sets are restocked in Europe really has very little to do with the U.S. inventory. STAR WARS sets will be in short supply, no doubt, but most is just temporary.

including the infamous death star?? 

At this point, I highly doubt you will see any major STAR WARS sets retire in the next several months. How sets are restocked in Europe really has very little to do with the U.S. inventory. STAR WARS sets will be in short supply, no doubt, but most is just temporary.

I tend to agree..  I think we will see the red 5 back on occasion and maybe even an appearance of the death star around Black Friday.  I'd suspect they won't retire any of the sets until march of next year after the movie mania has died down.  There has definitely been a considerable uptick in interest in lego star wars i've noticed, though.  I mentioned in another thread that I did a pretty big run today, and hit 4 targets, 3 walmarts, 2 marts, and 1 TRU.. Overall, a lot of the 2014 sets were getting quite thin, I noticed.  A month ago that wasn't the case.  I didn't see a single AT-AT in all but one of the stores.  The ISD is also thinning out, along with the cantina.  Of course, you can easily get those online.  So it's not like they are scarce, but with how quickly lego.com keeps getting sacked, id suspect things have just started too.  By black friday, it will be interesting to see where they are.  Sets like Slave 1, Sandcrawler, ISD, At-At, MF, etc could be hard to find for putting under the tree.

75107 Jango Fett™

• Price $19.99

• Out of stock, will ship in 30 days

Bunch of stuff is back in stock this morning, that got knocked out recently.

 

75059 Sandcrawler™

• Price $299.99

• Available Now

10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter™

• Price $199.99

• Available Now

75060 Slave I

• Price $199.99

• Available Now

75054 AT-AT™

• Price $109.99

• Available Now

75040 General Grievous' Wheel Bike™

• Price $24.99

• Available Now

Edited September 14, 201510 yr by fossilrock

10188 Death Star™

• Price $399.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 27 2015

Slave 1 didn't last long back in stock:

75060 Slave I

• Price $199.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 27 2015

As i've stated before, and took heat from mods and trolls for saying it.  Sandcrawler keeps getting bounced out and it's not lasting long when it's in stock.  So enjoy the dance, because it's back to OOS.

 

75059 Sandcrawler™

• Price $299.99

• Out of stock, expected ship date Sep 27 2015

 

my 10240s were shipped today...

As i've stated before, and took heat from mods and trolls for saying it. 

You get heat for making comments like this as do other members. Everybody's a critic until it's time for them to be criticized then they're the victim.

It's time for all those who've been "modded" to stop whining about it and either contribute willingly and properly or to not contribute at all.

 

You get heat for making comments like this as do other members. Everybody's a critic until it's time for them to be criticized then they're the victim.

 

It's time for all those who've been "modded" to stop whining about it and either contribute willingly and properly or to not contribute at all.

This thread only began, because you challenged me to do it in another thread when I mentioned another set doing a dance..  And you mentioned no one ever pays attentions to the patterns, and that there is no logic in these patterns.  I beg to differ.  So I started this thread to showcase the patterns and the dance.  So thank you!

Edited September 16, 201510 yr by fossilrock

This thread only began, because you challenged me to do it in another thread when I mentioned another set doing a dance..  And you mentioned no one ever pays attentions to the patterns, and that there is no such thing.  So I did this thread to start to showcase the patterns and the dance.  So thank you!

Truthfully, I have no problem with the thread if you want to put in the work. I'm not interested in it.

But my comment is more that every two weeks (or often less) somebody is moaning and griping about being modded. I'm tired of it and so are a lot of other members. You contribute, great... so do a lot of other members. I just wish people would do it without needing to be be praised or sticking little jabs at the mods into unrelated posts. WE are expected to let things go but members never do. And just to be 100% clear that is less directed at you.. you had let it go until this post.

BTW I still think you're wrong about the Sand Crawler... I don't think it's done quite yet.

Truthfully, I have no problem with the thread if you want to put in the work. I'm not interested in it.

But my comment is more that every two weeks (or often less) somebody is moaning and griping about being modded. I'm tired of it and so are a lot of other members. You contribute, great... so do a lot of other members. I just wish people would do it without needing to be be praised or sticking little jabs at the mods into unrelated posts. WE are expected to let things go but members never do. And just to be 100% clear that is less directed at you.. you had let it go until this post.

BTW I still think you're wrong about the Sand Crawler... I don't think it's done quite yet.

I don't think it's done either.  It's going to be obtainable for a while.  It's just that it's going to be increasingly backordered and only available at lego.com in spurts.  Hence, the dance.  
 

I appreciate the diligence and am at least interested in the stock patterns of those sets closer to EOL (which of course we can't identify for sure until after the fact). Thank you. One day, I hope we can compare seal codes and stock patterns of a few of these sets after they are gone and see if there is useful information there.

Speaking for myself, but I suspect it may be true for others, it always sounds a bit "off" when a set that is not expected to have much chance of retiring anytime soon is labelled as doing "the dance"... because that phrase or term has been associated with behavior leading up to EOL / Sold Out status in the past. I think, as is probably the case with Slave I, Sandcrawler, etc. that Lego just isn't keeping up with demand this year the way they have before. So it is easy to dismiss comments that some of these sets are "doing the dance". Furthermore, we have situations like DS this summer, EV and others going on "hiatus", and other random chaos. Amidst all of it, I don't believe there is much chance of predicting final availability based on stock updates AT THIS TIME. But, if no one keeps track, we will never know later on if there are good clues to be had in this data.

As for Sandcrawler, I sure don't think it is anywhere near done, but it would be fun if it pulled a Town Hall and was ditched in less than 2 years as the poorest seller of its kind, especially being so expensive.

From European data, i've kept an eye on Sandcrawler over time, and these UCS sets sell a lot.   More so than even most normal sets.  So, I think it's a good seller.  Way more than we want to believe.  The margins have to be great for Lego with these sets.