Deanfjr Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) 13 minutes ago, tractorboy said: Were all the recent retirements tagged 'retiring soon'? I mean are there any sets going OOS and about to be retired without that tag? many people are saying the simpsons house & kwik-e-mart, but no solid proof...just on back order Edited November 28, 2016 by Deanfjr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch97racing Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 santa workshop on lego.com is sold out in US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSpecC Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Deanfjr said: many people are saying the simpsons house & kwik-e-mart, but no solid proof...just on back order 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 3 hours ago, Deanfjr said: many people are saying the simpsons house & kwik-e-mart, but no solid proof...just on back order The Simpsons House is VERY available in the UK and probably will be for some time. Hopefully they'll ship them back to the US where they belong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearCrash Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Not sure if any of these has been mentioned yet, but Opera House, Heartlake Airport, Trevi, Jokerland and Mystery Mansion are officially retired on LEGO Shop at Home Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey_Dollars Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The Simpsons House is VERY available in the UK and probably will be for some time. Hopefully they'll ship them back to the US where they belong!At my local Lego store there was about 80 Dr Who left after the door buster 50% off sale... Maybe our countries should make a trade 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Jeffrey_Dollars said: At my local Lego store there was about 80 Dr Who left after the door buster 50% off sale... Maybe our countries should make a trade Makes sense as each show is more popular in its home country. Don't dismiss Doctor Who as you can post them cheaply to UK buyers once they skyrocket ;-) Simpsons Houses, on the other hand, are too expensive to ship tracked from the UK to the US. Edited November 28, 2016 by TabbyBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I know Super Hero sets aren't exactly the rage, but I think Jokerland retiring after a little over a year is kind of a big deal. I may have missed the boat, but I will be hoping the big boys have some left in stock for after holiday clearances. At 40-50% off this seems to be a no brainer to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_rpg Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 hour ago, BearCrash said: Not sure if any of these has been mentioned yet, but Opera House, Heartlake Airport, Trevi, Jokerland and Mystery Mansion are officially retired on LEGO Shop at Home Europe. Yep, it was mentioned in the Technically speaking, this thread is for retirement speculation. But yeah, obviously there's some overlap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 55 minutes ago, Achilles said: I know Super Hero sets aren't exactly the rage, but I think Jokerland retiring after a little over a year is kind of a big deal. I may have missed the boat, but I will be hoping the big boys have some left in stock for after holiday clearances. At 40-50% off this seems to be a no brainer to me. With the Lego Batman movie coming out, there will be Batman overload for the next couple of years. Will this hurt or help Jokerland is the question. I think the quality disparity with the Lego movie sets and with Beast Boy being in next year's Dimensions lineup will hurt the value. That makes Sapphire is the only exclusive minifig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 US SAH has pretty much cleared out everything except ToA (max 5). Seems this set has golden turd potential even with a Tumbleresque shelf life. Back in Europe, a lot of sets have been revived from sold out to backorder status, including KWEM and AS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_towr Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 29 minutes ago, Val-E said: US SAH has pretty much cleared out everything except ToA (max 5). Seems this set has golden turd potential even with a Tumbleresque shelf life. Back in Europe, a lot of sets have been revived from sold out to backorder status, including KWEM and AS. It's a shame this set doesn't get any love. It's a gorgeous set and I had lots of fun putting it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 6 minutes ago, Black_towr said: It's a shame this set doesn't get any love. It's a gorgeous set and I had lots of fun putting it together. Same as Minecraft village, TLG priced it too high for kids and AFOL appeal is diminished by the kiddy theme. It was a mistake to create a large exclusive for every theme. Hopefully the madness stops before Elves and Nexo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobo1969 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, Val-E said: Same as Minecraft village, TLG priced it too high for kids and AFOL appeal is diminished by the kiddy theme. It was a mistake to create a large exclusive for every theme. Hopefully the madness stops before Elves and Nexo. Worked for HH and Monster Fighters. Maybe the bar was set too high there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodeogeorge Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 In for another ToA terd. This is one of the best builds and without a doubt one of the best looking sets out there. Gets lots of attention from guests and the shadow puppet stage is very clever. Ninjago4LIFE tattoo on my neck. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Rodeogeorge said: In for another ToA terd. This is one of the best builds and without a doubt one of the best looking sets out there. Gets lots of attention from guests and the shadow puppet stage is very clever. Ninjago4LIFE tattoo on my neck. If your buy-in is good, why not? Here RRP is 220 euros, which is just insane and it is a SAH exclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderingzissou Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 hour ago, lobo1969 said: Worked for HH and Monster Fighters. Maybe the bar was set too high there. Monster Fighters may be somewhat of an exception because it is so similar to the Modular theme. I think that helped. It appealed to both the MF crowd and collectors of buildings (Creator and Modular). It was my first expensive set. Sorry.. what is HH? Thanks in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordoflego Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, ponderingzissou said: Monster Fighters may be somewhat of an exception because it is so similar to the Modular theme. I think that helped. It appealed to both the MF crowd and collectors of buildings (Creator and Modular). It was my first expensive set. Sorry.. what is HH? Thanks in advance. Haunted house I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobo1969 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, ponderingzissou said: Monster Fighters may be somewhat of an exception because it is so similar to the Modular theme. I think that helped. It appealed to both the MF crowd and collectors of buildings (Creator and Modular). It was my first expensive set. Sorry.. what is HH? Thanks in advance. HH= Haunted House 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderingzissou Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Lordoflego said: Haunted house I think. Thanks! I should have known that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrymc4677 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, ponderingzissou said: Sorry.. what is HH? Thanks in advance. Hamburger Helper 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Did EV just go "call to check" today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanfjr Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 6 minutes ago, LegoBro said: Did EV just go "call to check" today? Yes, for the 10th time now in the past 3 years... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shewie Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 T1 with removed status "Retiring Soon" in EU. Dear VW T1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 T1 will probably be back with seal code 49S6 via the biggest production run ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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