No! Both double VIP and minifig end next Saturday and the train goes through to 20th Nov or while stocks last.

http://shop.lego.com/en-ES/LEGO-Current-Promotions

I guess the next week will help red 5 to its grave.

I may have been confused with the Lego Star Wars Episode III poster which got included with qualifying purchases, and which is already 'sold out'.

And now I need to find someone willing to buy said poster from me. 

absolutely perfect mint box super fresh 41R5 (Oct5-11)  from amazon.

The polybag promo is the Stormtrooper Sergeant, free for qualifying Star Wars orders.

Is anything special about that minifig but for the eh... extra piece... (for lack of better vocabulary ;-) ).

I ordered (and payed too much for) the first order snow speeder! but having double VIP and double promo I couldn't let it go.

But one Sergeant is enough for me. Don't think this will be a highly popular polybag. 10-20€ maybe. Don't know yet if I should sell it or keep it for my own collection ^.^

so?

so?

You mean, if there is anything special about this minifig ? No, apart from the shoulder pads, I don't think so.

You mean, if there is anything special about this minifig ? No, apart from the shoulder pads, I don't think so.

That's what I was talking about ;-) So I can be happy to own one and move on.

Yes, I can say 100% sure it will retire

Why so sure? Or is this the classic answer because "in the end" all sets must retire, like all humans must too ;-)

The Sergant is worth 6E on Bricklink. So that's not worth the fuzz. 

absolutely perfect mint box super fresh 41R5 (Oct5-11)  from amazon.

Mine too, hope it's a small run.

Received one from Amazon yesterday. Seal was 37R5.

Just received one from shop at home with 41R5. Purchased it right before it went to Sold Out.

10 hours ago, ZULU said:

Why so sure? Or is this the classic answer because "in the end" all sets must retire, like all humans must too ;-)

The Sergant is worth 6E on Bricklink. So that's not worth the fuzz. 

The latter. I wouldn't dare predict emminent EOL of 10240

My recent Seal Codes are 27S5 and 35S5..

10 hours ago, Neosphinx said:

The latter. I wouldn't dare predict emminent EOL of 10240

As for its exact retirement date, hard to tell indeed. But the set is making progress towards its end of production. 

Step 1: start of a new set. Max order 1 unit

step 2: interest wanes from fans. Sets available in multiples online and in B&M stores

step 3: set isn't visible in b&m for a while. In the end it gets a new large production run. The last one. Or not. (T1 Camper)

Step 4: TLG continues to produce smaller quantities for its own distribution network. Online and the lego stores. 

Step 5: set goes Oos regularly. (DS)

Step 6: horde goes crazy as it predict retirement. TLG starts a new production run. Stockpiles increase. Market gets flooded for very popular sets. (Red five)

Step 7: one more production doesn t get absorbed rapidly. After another oos the secondary market only marks up the set 20%. Tlg decides to pull the plug. (Pet shop)

The only way to accelerate this process based on sales and set popularity, is product renewal rate, licenced theme, product glitches, retirement of mold, better building techniques.

Glad to read your improvements to this step by step process. 

Now limit 2 at LEGO Shop at Home Europe, yesterday it was limit 5.

3 down, 2 to go  

13 hours ago, Eric83 said:

Now limit 2 at LEGO Shop at Home Europe, yesterday it was limit 5.

3 down, 2 to go  

Yay, we're getting somewhere! 

In stock @ Amazon on November 5, 2015

Amazon is getting a lot of Lego love. Many OOS items on LEGO Shop at Home are heading to Big A

restock in store as well, 41R5 also

DS came in too

Keep hoarding!

in stock at amazon.  

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-10240-X-Wing-Starfighter-Building/dp/B00COM5ZNE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446215864&sr=8-1&keywords=LEGO+Red+5

I'm sitting on 6 MIB X-wings now, bought for a nice discounted price. Let's see it OOS now.

I'm sitting on 6 MIB X-wings now, bought for a nice discounted price. Let's see it OOS now.

Hope you are not ruining the 6 boxes by "sitting" on them

back in stock @amazon but still sold out @LEGO

On 10/30/2015, 5:59:24, jaisonline said:

Hope you are not ruining the 6 boxes by "sitting" on them

DAMNIT... I knew I was doing something wrong...

SAH limit for NL / Europe is still 2

Edited November 3, 201510 yr by bramp

1 hour ago, bramp said:

DAMNIT... I knew I was doing something wrong...

SAH limit for NL / Europe is still 2

Considering the ridiculous Dutch MSRP (compared to the much friendlier German MSRP) it's easier to get them for a nice discounted price (related to Dutch MSRP, heh heh). 

Silly me ... I bought one R5 in the Dutch LEGO Shop at Home for MSRP last September. ^FaceDesk. Luckily I was able to get a second Red5 (MISB) from eBay (Germany) for a much better price. 

Edited November 3, 201510 yr by Haay

Picked up another one last week at my lego store. There was a limit of 1 per household, along with the DS.