biking_tiger Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 At least she's an Attack on Titan fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 20 minutes ago, Legojona said: You mean the girl that surrounds your post?! yep - left myself open for the sandwiching. sigh. in other retiring speculation, eiffel tower is going on month 6 of being out of stock unorderable at korean shop at home website. mid year eol imminent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, cladner said: yep - left myself open for the sandwiching. sigh. in other retiring speculation, eiffel tower is going on month 6 of being out of stock unorderable at korean shop at home website. mid year eol imminent? Could be 1 in 1 out against Arc de Triomphe, but I reckon it will overlap till the winter. BTW it is available now max 2. Edited April 11, 2017 by Val-E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 49 minutes ago, Val-E said: Could be 1 in 1 out against Arc de Triomphe, but I reckon it will overlap till the winter. BTW it is available now max 2. nooooh! my sign is disproven. now i have nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I wish I was retiring soon .. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 75158 - Rebel Combat Frigate is all over the place in great numbers at Legoland, FL. It will take a long time to clear these at full price. I'd expect similar performance as 75025. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 76046 is now out of stock at EU shop, leaving Rey as last set standing at half price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyHand Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Val-E said: 76046 is now out of stock at EU shop, leaving Rey as last set standing at half price. Regarding 76046... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaisonline Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 On 4/11/2017 at 5:49 PM, exciter1 said: 75158 - Rebel Combat Frigate is all over the place in great numbers at Legoland, FL. It will take a long time to clear these at full price. I'd expect similar performance as 75025. Any of those on-sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Just now, jaisonline said: Any of those on-sale? Not yet, but I think 75025 went 33% off there eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legojona Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Could it be going soon? Edited April 21, 2017 by Legojona Change the image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litefoot Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 A question from a newbie. I notice some recent Lego Friends sets have been retired but far older sets are still available. Is this purely down to demand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabslayerT Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 1 hour ago, litefoot said: A question from a newbie. I notice some recent Lego Friends sets have been retired but far older sets are still available. Is this purely down to demand? "How long is a piece of string?" Comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 4 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Anyone see that Lego is potentially killing off NEXO early. Might make this last wave limited and worth more. https://brickset.com/article/27598/is-nexo-knights-coming-to-an-early-end Whoops looks like they have retracted in the past few hours Edited April 21, 2017 by Will 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlux Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Nexo Knight getting killed off was a very poorly sourced rumour, which has been debunked by the designers of the theme. So seems like it is still set for the projected 3-year run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmajenga Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Remember when Ninjago was suppose to retire after only a year or 2? Pepperidge remembers... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshB Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 4/21/2017 at 10:29 AM, stlux said: Nexo Knight getting killed off was a very poorly sourced rumour, which has been debunked by the designers of the theme. So seems like it is still set for the projected 3-year run. Lego seems to have lost faith in it. There is a dearth of Nexo Knights sets in the latest US catalog that came out in January--one page with two sets and a small set in the Easter gift section. This is a big reduction from the past couple of catalogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Ahhh... the old Lego catalog tea leaves trick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Continuing the discussion on retiring exclusives, this year we are likely getting between 7 and 9 new exclusives again. Exclusives still on the market right now with their release date and my star selection based on possible retirement in 2017. Sep 2015: ToA: Sold out US. ***** Replaced by new Movie exclusive, poor seller. Feb 2014: Simpsons House: ***** Licence over? Mar 2015: Kwik E Mart. ***** Licence over? Mar 2015: SHIELD **** Poor seller? Jan 2015: Slave 1 **** new UCS sets this year April 2015: Tie **** Poor seller? Sep 2011: VW T1 **** Has to happen sometime, right? Oct 2010: Tower Bridge. **** see above Oct 2015: Winter Toy Shop **** Aug 2014: Mini *** Mar 2013: Palace Cinema *** Jan 2014: Parisian Restaurant ** Jan 2016: GBHQ ** Licence over? Mar 2016: Batcave ** Jun 2016: Minecraft Village ** replacement Mountain Jun 2015: Ferris Wheel ** Aug 2015: Ferrari F40 ** May 2016: Assault on Hoth ** Big Ben, Brick Bank, Detective Office, Assembly Square, VW Beetle, Holiday Train all 1 star. Edited April 26, 2017 by Val-E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) of all the sets you have listed, the only one i would bet money on retiring this year is palace cinema. the rest seem up in the air. Edited April 26, 2017 by cladner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, cladner said: of all the sets yo u have listed, the only one i would bet money on retiring this year is palace cinema. the rest seem up in the air. I have doubts. PS got to 69 months and GE 63. PC is at 52 months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Val-E said: I have doubts. PS got to 69 months and GE 63. PC is at 52 months now. yes but that was during the days when the hoard actually gave a $hit about modulars and the hoarde would continually chew up supplies thereby continuing the production cycle - at least that was the group's theory - demand created due to purchasing by resellers prolonged production life. its been at least a year since there were any stock issues with Palace Cinema so maybe the sales have died down enough and the hoard left it alone for dead that TLG will do the wise thing and pull the plug. the other 2 i would say should go are TB and T1 just because of how long but yeah - its all a big crap shoot. Edited April 26, 2017 by cladner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) My stats were wrong, PS made it to 68 months but GE and FB were 58 and 55, respectively. I am now using sold out dates, not official EOL, as that sometimes takes months to come through. PC is now at 52 so it could go either way. I think a lot exclusives sell worse than PC does and that TLG are having lower sales across the board this year. Whether that will make them more agile at retiring sets remains to be seen but it is a very long list and there are several more new ones to come. ToA definitely seems to be on the way out before anything else. Edited April 26, 2017 by Val-E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I think Tower Bridge & VW T1 shouldn't be on the list as why retire these apparently hot sellers? SOH went before TB so I think the Mini will go before T1. I just hope that the future is golden for these, not brown ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said: I think Tower Bridge & VW T1 shouldn't be on the list as why retire these apparently hot sellers? SOH went before TB so I think the Mini will go before T1. I just hope that the future is golden for these, not brown ;-) We´ve had 9 new large exclusives for the last 3 years and only 2014 had more retirements than new sets. Something has to give and at some point these two sets will have a sales slow down. We saw them both reduced last Black Friday, which could be a sign. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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