79004 - Barrel Escape

[supraboy888]

  On 12/17/2013 at 5:33 AM, studio4202 said:

yea 12 seems like overkill. Gotta keep some funds aside for the post christmas clearance too!

Saving up $2000USD to buy a bunch of Chi Temples. Those are by far the hottest flips. Cragger's command ship is second in line. The Tower Bridge and Tower of Orthanc are also hot.

[studio4202]

  On 12/17/2013 at 5:35 AM, supraboy888 said:

Saving up $2000USD to buy a bunch of Chi Temples. Those are by far the hottest flips. Cragger's command ship is second in line. The Tower Bridge and Tower of Orthanc are also hot.

I don't know about Chima here in the US, but I sold everything Chima at more than double what I paid for here in Ecuador

[studio4202]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360816494387 just passed the 300 mark...this is ridiculous

[supraboy888]

  On 12/17/2013 at 5:37 AM, studio4202 said:

I don't know about Chima here in the US, but I sold everything Chima at more than double what I paid for here in Ecuador

Chima is the real deal. In Canada, each time I post up a Chima set, they bite like lions for the set.

[tonysbricks]

On top of how many other auctions that ended. One person bought less than 4? Where is that bubble thread ...

[lowillsw]

  On 12/17/2013 at 5:44 AM, tonysbricks said:

On top of how many other auctions that ended. One person bought less than 4? Where is that bubble thread ...

 

LOLz didn't even noticed until you mentioned it.  Brickpicker effect?  No one knows about this set unless they are into Lego or Hobbits.  It doesn't come to my mind of 1 TRU exclusive that performed well.  For 20 bucks a piece, I can't help it, even though I have virtually no hope for this theme.

[studio4202]

I don't know if I'm trippin but the number of "sold per hour" seems to be decreasing http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360816494387

[legoman12323123]

something weird going on here .. TRU is shady

[legoman12323123]

I love how nobody bought less than 4 at a time .. this set is going to take awhile to recover

[tonysbricks]

That's the number sold in the last hour.

[akohns]

At $20 a pop these are great for parts sellers even if investors won't see recovery for a while. BTW, I just got 4 more. Heck why not? 

[tonysbricks]

New listing is up.

[legoman12323123]

lol anyone up to 16 like me?

[studio4202]

  On 12/17/2013 at 6:26 AM, Iketart87 said:

lol anyone up to 16 like me?

daum I have a feeling this is getting really over-saturated. Then again it's a hobbit set so you never know.

[Bernard74]

  On 7/4/2013 at 4:13 PM, eightbrick said:

Indeed, but we have to deal with that ~20% markup on everything. It's not the only $39.99 USD set that is is 50 bucks. But seriously, though, we Canadians should stop complaining, I hear some Eastern European countries are way worse

 

Glad you feel our pain. This set is

[tonysbricks]

Went through the previous auctions, sold over 1000 tonight and still going strong.

[legoman12323123]

Glad you feel our pain. This set is

[akohns]

  On 12/17/2013 at 7:33 AM, tonysbricks said:

Went through the previous auctions, sold over 1000 tonight and still going strong.

Holy crap... is there any way they have this many they wanted to dump this cheap?

[legoman12323123]

my guess is EOL .. why would you dump hundreds/thousands and than put it back to marked up msrp tru price? Makes no sense

[Quacs]

  On 12/17/2013 at 8:44 AM, Iketart87 said:

my guess is EOL .. why would you dump hundreds/thousands and than put it back to marked up msrp tru price? Makes no sense

To clear shelf space in their warehouse. If their inventory plan showed a drop for this set in FY2104, and they hadn't sold the number they expected in FY 2013, they need to move product fast. The best way to do this is lower prices to move stock. This sale doesn't mean this set will be EOL, it just means it hasn't sold as expected and TRU wants to get rid of some.

That said, it may EOL, and now's a great time to stock up on this set.

[Spartikis]

I dont care if this set sold poorly or not, at $25 for a TRU exclusive item im not going to pass it up. I wish i could have bought orc forges at $25 a piece.

 

Also i would assume it is retiring soon given over half of the sets in the first series of the hobbit sets are retired and the rest are on back order combined with the newest sets being released, i cant imagine it will be around to much longer.

[yodadoc1234]

I'm kinda on the fence. Should I order 4 of these. I'm only interested if I can get a few boxes undamaged from TOys R us. Is that likely?

[spener90]

  On 12/17/2013 at 1:59 PM, Spartikis said:

I dont care if this set sold poorly or not, at $25 for a TRU exclusive item im not going to pass it up. I wish i could have bought orc forges at $25 a piece.

 

Also i would assume it is retiring soon given over half of the sets in the first series of the hobbit sets are retired and the rest are on back order combined with the newest sets being released, i cant imagine it will be around to much longer.

I think the only one sticking around will be "An Unexpected Gathering", at least that is what I expect.

[redcell]

  On 12/17/2013 at 1:59 PM, Spartikis said:

I dont care if this set sold poorly or not, at $25 for a TRU exclusive item im not going to pass it up. I wish i could have bought orc forges at $25 a piece.

 

Also i would assume it is retiring soon given over half of the sets in the first series of the hobbit sets are retired and the rest are on back order combined with the newest sets being released, i cant imagine it will be around to much longer.

 

LEGO Shop at Home is showing that this set is backordered with a ship date in early January.  That typically means that it's not going EOL this year.

[exciter1]

  On 12/17/2013 at 2:44 PM, Pacific493 said:

S@H is showing that this set is backordered with a ship date in early January.  That typically means that it's not going EOL this year.

 

It could be a mid-year EOL, like Weathertop and Shelob last year.