Yep, that partial Ecto-1 is quite bizarre.

I love it, they packed an insane amount of Ecto flavor into something that is extremely limited in size and brick count. If they had tried to get teh whole car into that scale they would have had to give up tons of detail

I'm sure this has been mentioned before but it bears repeating. If you're a member of the Gamer's Unlocked Club from Best Buy, you can pre-order and buy all Lego Dimensions items for a nice 20% discount and 2x points. This will stack with any deal they might be having. It's 30 bucks for a 2 year membership.  

Yep, that partial Ecto-1 is quite bizarre.

I didn't even notice that at first! I don't think people who are not playing the game will want a partial Ecto-1. Would it have cost much more to finish it out so we could have a nice mini version to go along with the full size?

The one I received yesterday from SaH has seal-code: 16S5

With the new packs coming out, I fear Ecto1 will be longer around as normal

With the new packs coming out, I fear Ecto1 will be longer around as normal

I don't think one has to do with the other. There's a Back To The Future pack coming out as well and they retired the Delorean way before Back To The Future Day.

With the new packs coming out, I fear Ecto1 will be longer around as normal

I don't think one has to do with the other. There's a Back To The Future pack coming out as well and they retired the Delorean way before Back To The Future Day.

Its possible they will keep ecto-1 longer, but as mentioned it has nothing to do with the dimensions packs.  Dimensions is actually a different license from the normal sets. It will be a video game license, and they may or may not have the license for normal sets.  And as has been mentioned there are a number of themes that just retired that are featured in Dimensions, BTTF, LOTR, and Chima is on its last leg. 

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/movies/bill-murray-confirmed-for-ghostbusters-cameo/ar-BBlBnTZ?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Dan Akroyd and now Bill Murray... cameos are good, but having more prominent roles would have pushed this over the edge.

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/movies/bill-murray-confirmed-for-ghostbusters-cameo/ar-BBlBnTZ?ocid=mailsignoutmd

Dan Akroyd and now Bill Murray... cameos are good, but having more prominent roles would have pushed this over the edge.

Bill Murray and a bunch of girls on a mission... hmmm... Charlie's Angels redux? 

I'm not sure its possible for a scene-stealer like Bill Murray to make a "cameo".

http://videosift.com/video/Bill-Murray-as-the-lounge-singer-Nick-Winters-from-SNL

Observation: LEGO store had only two GB on the shelf and none out back, the fewest I've seen since release. According to an employee, they've started trickling in six at a time.

Edited August 23, 201510 yr by rebuild

Observation: LEGO store had only two GB on the shelf and none out back, the fewest I've seen since release. According to an employee, they've started trickling in six at a time.

extreme opposite from here, one store has 150+ lining the top shelves of the store all around ranging from late 2014 codes to a new 31R5.

 

They do appear to be slowing production down a little bit on this, Orlando store only had seven in when I visited last, local TRU had none for ages then a restock but only about ten on the shelf I counted.   I have 20 I slowly collected mostly from my Discover rewards and hope to have around 40 to 50 when its done, love this set its going to make good money!

Received 2 of these this morning and the seal codes were both 16S5.

Received the next 2 of these this afternoon and the seal codes were both 12S5.

Received the next 2 of these this afternoon and the seal codes were both 12S5.

You're going backwards...

You're going backwards...

Maybe the shop is using the LIFO-system?

Anyone who has bought the Ecto-1 lately would mind sharing the seal codes?

Edited September 4, 201510 yr by Ciglione

Yesterday at TRU latest was either 30r5 or 31r5

The one I received today has seal code: 14S5 

What do you think when this set will retire?

After the DeLorean (I guess we all can agree that the car itself was a little bit of a letdown...) does perform quite well now that it is EOL I'd say that Ecto-1 won't perform worse...

 

Anyhow it's the oldes set in LEGO ideas right now (amazing! it's not that old!) and with Birds, BBT, Wall-E and Dr. Who coming I guess it has to leave us soon. Do you agree?

I think Birds will go first

ones I bought have been anywhere from late 2014 codes to 31r5.  Most B&M stores have a lot in stock and if you check them you will see a bunch of date codes from the last 12 months

What do you think when this set will retire?

After the DeLorean (I guess we all can agree that the car itself was a little bit of a letdown...) does perform quite well now that it is EOL I'd say that Ecto-1 won't perform worse...

 

Anyhow it's the oldes set in LEGO ideas right now (amazing! it's not that old!) and with Birds, BBT, Wall-E and Dr. Who coming I guess it has to leave us soon. Do you agree?

If you look at the LEGO Ideas category: http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/eu-inventory.cfm?cat_id=622 I think it's quite obvious that Birds will Retire first and soon. While it was still possible I ordered one Birds set on back-order from the Dutch LEGO Web-Store. Should be delivered in October. Remains to be seen if stock of Birds will then be replenished or whether it will be gone for good.

The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 will remain available for a little while longer I expect. But considering past Ideas sets, it's very unpredictable when TLG pulls the plug and retires a LEGO set. TLG probably has a target sale number, and when that number is reached, depending on the selling rate (is it a good seller or is it trickling selling) they decide to do another production run or retire it.

If you look at the LEGO Ideas category: http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/eu-inventory.cfm?cat_id=622 I think it's quite obvious that Birds will Retire first and soon. While it was still possible I ordered one Birds set on back-order from the Dutch LEGO Web-Store. Should be delivered in October. Remains to be seen if stock of Birds will then be replenished or whether it will be gone for good.

The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 will remain available for a little while longer I expect. But considering past Ideas sets, it's very unpredictable when TLG pulls the plug and retires a LEGO set. TLG probably has a target sale number, and when that number is reached, depending on the selling rate (is it a good seller or is it trickling selling) they decide to do another production run or retire it.

I disagree that it is "quite obvious" Birds will retire first.

Can anyone explain me where the numbers come from and how important these really are for us?

"If you look at the LEGO Ideas category: http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/eu-inventory.cfm?cat_id=622 I think it's quite obvious that Birds will Retire first and soon".

 

Thanks