Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:45 PM, c_rpg said: TLG is private, so don't see a take-over as a possibility. Expand Everybody has got their price, maybe Trump has made them an offer as he's gonna need a lot of bricks soon! Quote
Ciglione Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:45 PM, c_rpg said: TLG is private, so don't see a take-over as a possibility. Expand Why not? I know many people who sold their private company. Quote
exciter1 Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:45 PM, Val-E said: I guess this is the day the bubble burst. 3 Quote
Val-E Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 According to my filter there ar 580 sets on SAH right now and more than half are retiring "soon". There will be about 50-75 new sets coming out in 1H 2017 and maybe the same amount in the summer so that would leave about 450 by this time next year. Quote
Bobofischer Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 I still assume that this is just a bug of the new website. Quote
Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:45 PM, Val-E said: I guess this is the day the bubble burst. Expand Quite the opposite, if LEGO call it a day, it's kerrrrrr-ching for a lot of us ;-) Hopefully they've finally realised that they produce too many sets and need to consolidate a bit. Quote
c_rpg Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:47 PM, Ciglione said: Why not? I know many people who sold their private company. Expand Yeah, but it wouldn't be hostile then though? I don't know a lot about this kind of stuff, but doesn't a hostile takeover typically involve some party buying up stocks until they get a majority without the consent of the board / owners of the company. Quote
Ciglione Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) On 11/11/2016 at 10:49 PM, Bobofischer said: I still assume that this is just a bug of the new website. Expand If it were to be a bug it would affect all 580 sets. Wouldn't it? Edited November 11, 2016 by Ciglione 2 Quote
HandyHand Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:49 PM, Val-E said: According to my filter there ar 580 sets on SAH right now and more than half are retiring "soon". There will be about 50-75 new sets coming out in 1H 2017 and maybe the same amount in the summer so that would leave about 450 by this time next year. Expand TLG does their Springtime Cleaning in the November/December months. Quote
Val-E Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 There are no "weird" sets in the list. It´s all either old stuff or turds. Rationalisation. 2 Quote
Ciglione Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) On 11/11/2016 at 10:50 PM, c_rpg said: Yeah, but it wouldn't be hostile then though? I don't know a lot about this kind of stuff, but doesn't a hostile takeover typically involve some party buying up stocks until they get a majority without the consent of the board / owners of the company. Expand Maybe hostile was not the right word. With hostile I meant a take-over by the competition. Like Mattel or maybe even Disney. But it is quite logical that if they sell the company they want to show high sales. So the more they are gonna get. Maybe Lepin made them an offer they couldn't refuse? Edited November 11, 2016 by Ciglione 3 Quote
HandyHand Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:52 PM, Val-E said: There are no "weird" sets in the list. It´s all either old stuff or turds. Rationalisation. Expand Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list. Quote
Ciglione Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:55 PM, Haay said: Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list. Expand Santa's Workshop. Retired and came back 2 times already? Quote
biking_tiger Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 I don't think this list is vastly different than the amount of sets that have retired in the past--but in the past they don't label all of them. Maybe it's just a new policy, label all the retiring sets. Seems a simpler explanation that all the conspiracy/foil hat stuff. Occam's razor, y'know. 4 Quote
c_rpg Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:55 PM, Haay said: Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list. Expand All depends on the definition of "soon". Maybe soon is something like February. It would make sense to cut production after the holidays and then bring it out of retirement again next year (if it sells well enough). 1 Quote
exciter1 Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:55 PM, Haay said: Well, I'd say that the Winter Holiday Train set (10254) which got just released recently is a really odd inclusion in this list.Not odd for Europe. 2 Quote
Val-E Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 Well, the Elves sets have moved like turds off a shovel so some have retired soon. Quote
biking_tiger Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:58 PM, exciter1 said: Not odd for Europe. Expand True. Europe always "retires" the winter sets and brings 'em back... and it always causes debate. 2 Quote
Val-E Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:58 PM, exciter1 said: Not odd for Europe. Expand Ultra Agents boat retired before it was launched in Europe. We are classy like that. Quote
thelegollama Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 The new Lego holiday train is "retiring soon" hmmmmm, seems legit ? Quote
asharerin Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 10:52 PM, Val-E said: There are no "weird" sets in the list. It´s all either old stuff or turds. Rationalisation. Expand I hope so but something makes me feel very uneasy about putting any money into this brand these days. Something is changing and I don't know if it is good or bad for resellers. Quote
biking_tiger Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 Didn't someone recently post that TLG was going to do a major makeover this year? Maybe cleaning house is part of that process? Quote
Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 11, 2016 Posted November 11, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 11:06 PM, biking_tiger said: Didn't someone recently post that TLG was going to do a major makeover this year? Maybe cleaning house is part of that process? Expand Pulling out of China would be a good start. Quote
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