CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Disclaimer - Awooga Awooga. This is gossip, it may not be correct. Hell it may be completely wrong. Any losses occurred from listening to me are entirely your own fault. End of Disclaimer. OK, I visited my local store today. Spoke to a very helpful person. I sometimes think we give the store employees a bit of a hard rap, most of them, at least the ones in my local area, are happy to help and talk Lego. They are all young but I have not met one to whom their job is just a "summer" job eg: like those so helpful kids you find at MacDonalds or the Supermarket most of whom could not give a.......... ahem.... anyway. She openly admited they are always hearing different things internally, one day this set is definitely ending. The next day it is not. So take this with the usual grain of salt etc......... LOTR 2012 sets are NOT all ending. She thinks maybe 3 are. The only one she knows for sure is 9474 Helm's Deep, going in June. Emazers said the same in this thread http://www.brickpicker.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/3203/ But just to prove how variable gossip can be, someone else in the same store told me all LOTR were going in June. Anyway I bought a 9472 today just in case. Fire Brigade IS going - not sure when, probably buy the end of this year. She thought it was unusual that it had not gone yet now that Palace Cinema is out. Tower Bridge will most likely hang around to the end of the year as they do not usually end Exclusive sets mid year. Although if it is Exclusive, why is it for sale in Amazon etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 If you look at sets like the Tower Bridge (Taj Mahal and Eiffel Tower), they usually end at the end of the year. Which will mean that the Tower Bridge will likely end anywhere between September and November, or shortly after they announce a new large set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Which rumors are its going to be Sydney Opera house. But that's also an Architecture set, so maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauromosis Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Which rumors are its going to be Sydney Opera house. But that's also an Architecture set, so maybe not. As if they haven't come out with many different sizes of the same set *cough* X-wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Which rumors are its going to be Sydney Opera house. But that's also an Architecture set, so maybe not. The rumor's origins are from late 2010, so hopefully they finally come true. I just want another impressive set like the Tower Bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folmarm Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I've got a feeling the orc forge is going to stay around a while (maybe the only one of the first wave). Both my Target and Lego store both had quite a few in stock of late (unlike the past couple of months) and I think TLG may have anticipated a greater demand b/c of the tower of orthanc coming out. Weathertop gone, helm's deep: gone soon, uruk-hai: gone soon b/c relationship to helm's deep, moria? who knows, but probably gone b/c of similarity to goblin king set, gandalf arrives: probably gone soon b/c there is a lot of gandalf out there and interest is going to wane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrmando Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I hope anything large gets retired at this point... Just to give me hope hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolos80 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Maybe Lego employees aren't so great at predicting eol dates, but they certainly know about upcoming sets. The manager at my store knew all about the new ucs x-wing and the tower of orthanc well before they were officially announced. And he says the opera house will replace tower bridge this year. I believe him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Maybe Lego employees aren't so great at predicting eol dates, but they certainly know about upcoming sets. The manager at my store knew all about the new ucs x-wing and the tower of orthanc well before they were officially announced. And he says the opera house will replace tower bridge this year. I believe him.I have some ocean front property for sale in Arizona......you interested ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauromosis Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I hope anything large gets retired at this point... Just to give me hope hah I know...some bigwig at Lego must be telling coworkers "Hey why should we ever retire anything? These suckers just keep buying like pigs at a trough!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 As if they haven't come out with many different sizes of the same set *cough* X-wing. "Cough" Millenium "cough" Falcon "cough" Need a drink... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 I have some ocean front property for sale in Arizona......you interested Arizona, that's joined to Hawaii right? Count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Looking at brick set.com, 9472, 9473 & 9474 are on 20% discount at amazon UK. I wonder if these are the 3 LOTR sets to go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folmarm Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I don't think amazon is a good gage of when something is going out. If the lego site was discounting them (like they discounted hogwarts last christmas) then that would be a better giveaway. I don't suspect lego is going to do any discounting this time around b/c the licensing/line is still active (they probably couldn't sell harry patter merch. after the end of the year w/out extending contract). They will sell until they just don't have any more. Amazon may be discounting b/c they just have a lot of unsold product. They know that if they don't move a bit of it now it might sitting in their storage facilities longer than they want b/c people are going to be buying the new stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Lego Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I have some ocean front property for sale in Arizona......you interested I'm totally interested. *Sarcasm.* LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 No! I put dibs on first! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 There is plenty to go around ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Seriously though I think they probably know about new sets coming out, but I still think they know zilch about retiring sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 There better be, I cannot wait to see that Arizonian sea view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNH1974 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Seriously though I think they probably know about new sets coming out, but I still think they know zilch about retiring sets. Yes she admitted that they are usually the last ones to officially know. I have the same problem when asking my car dealer about up and coming models. Pictures all over the net, but they know nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolos80 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Seriously though I think they probably know about new sets coming out, but I still think they know zilch about retiring sets. That's, like, totally, like, exactly what I said. So first you mocked me with about the most cliche response ever. Then, 55 minutes later, you finally caught up. Well done, sir :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I made that up......it wasn't clich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_rockefeller Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 That's, like, totally, like, exactly what I said. So first you mocked me with about the most cliche response ever. Then, 55 minutes later, you finally caught up. Well done, sir Seriously though I probably owe you an apology....... I guess I didn't fully read your post before replying to it, its a bad habit I'm trying to break. *hanging head feeling like an idiot* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeemed763 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 This is the same store that, a month ago, assured you that the LOTR line would be around for sure for another year? Honestly, this isn't even stuff to take with a grain of salt, it shouldn't be taken at all, except straight o the curb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolos80 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 That's, like, totally, like, exactly what I said. So first you mocked me with about the most cliche response ever. Then, 55 minutes later, you finally caught up. Well done, sir Seriously though I probably owe you an apology....... I guess I didn't fully read your post before replying to it, its a bad habit I'm trying to break. *hanging head feeling like an idiot* No worries dude. I was just taking my balls for a walk lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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