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...

Oh dear, it's degenerated into balls talk, where are the moderators? I will refrain from mentioning Buster Gonads. On a serious point, i am still awaiting my title deeds for my beach house.........

Oh dear, it's degenerated into balls talk, where are the moderators?

I will refrain from mentioning Buster Gonads.

Hey, has anyone seen Mike Rotch lately?

Hehe, that brought back memories, have not watched the Simpsons for years.

Even if Mines of Moria is retiring, which I don't believe it is, they are EVERYWHERE. Even if a store is cleaned out of LEGO LOTR, they have this set. It really is odd.

Even if Mines of Moria is retiring, which I don't believe it is, they are EVERYWHERE. Even if a store is cleaned out of LEGO LOTR, they have this set. It really is odd.

Agreed, it's one of the least popular sets for LOTR it seems. The maxi figure may help the set later if they don't produce a troll in another set though, I guess.

I think Mines of Moria has already disappeared from my Walmart and possibly Target as well. They didn't sell out so hot to begin with but that, Helm's Deep, and Attack on Weathertop are gone without a trace. Uruk-hai Army seems to be the remaining survivor of this run for the theme.

I think I read in another post that uruk-hai army would survive the first wave retirements. Probably emazers said that.

I think I read in another post that uruk-hai army would survive the first wave retirements. Probably emazers said that.

I wouldn't be surprised. An army builder for Lord of the Rings? Oh yes!

I think Mines of Moria has already disappeared from my Walmart and possibly Target as well. They didn't sell out so hot to begin with but that, Helm's Deep, and Attack on Weathertop are gone without a trace. Uruk-hai Army seems to be the remaining survivor of this run for the theme.

 

 

I think I read in another post that uruk-hai army would survive the first wave retirements. Probably emazers said that.

 

Emazers said in his post (which I now cannot find ) that only the even numbered sets would be going in June, 9470, 2, 4, 6. 

Mines is 9473 so is staying. These are the ones I am concentrating on this month.