Retiring Soon - open speculation

[brickolodon]

  On 11/5/2019 at 11:11 PM, JOEBRICK376 said:

209 

Pin it to the top

[Val-E]

  On 11/5/2019 at 11:11 PM, JOEBRICK376 said:

209 

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That´s what I have too but I think we are missing a couple more.

[exciter1]

[JOEBRICK376]

  On 11/5/2019 at 11:35 PM, Val-E said:

That´s what I have too but I think we are missing a couple more.

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Look at 7/31/2019 and 3/31/2020 and it makes more sense

Edited November 6, 2019 by JOEBRICK376

[freakchem]

  On 11/5/2019 at 10:39 PM, elmaslıefendi said:

I miscounted, list is 110 long.

Forgot to add a theme. 

Still can't be if you say 200 are going. 

110 seems way too low, you're right. Those sets gotta go ?

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Is there any set in your list that are unexpected to retire?

[Therightbruno]

  On 11/5/2019 at 11:11 PM, JOEBRICK376 said:

209 

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So you have a complete list then?

[Yellow Castle]

Ha ha, there are so many people salivating and scratching at the door to see the list, me too??

Seeing the list would be great, I’m curious if the Creator Beetle is going? I’ve worked out most sets (I think)?
 

 

[Val-E]

Unfortunately VWs just don´t seem to want to retire. I reckon the bus will be the next vehicle to go.

[elmaslıefendi]

  On 11/6/2019 at 9:53 AM, Yellow Castle said:

Ha ha, there are so many people salivating and scratching at the door to see the list, me too??

Seeing the list would be great, I’m curious if the Creator Beetle is going? I’ve worked out most sets (I think)?
 

 

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2020

[joneyyy1981]

  On 11/6/2019 at 9:53 AM, Yellow Castle said:

Ha ha, there are so many people salivating and scratching at the door to see the list, me too??

Seeing the list would be great, I’m curious if the Creator Beetle is going? I’ve worked out most sets (I think)?
 

 

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why even bother to say you have a list. more attention seeking.

[Val-E]

  On 11/6/2019 at 10:28 AM, joneyyy1981 said:

why even bother to say you have a list. more attention seeking.

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Poking the bear. There are public lists doing the rounds since September so pretty much everyone now knows what is going  apart from maybe 2 or 3 store exclusive sets or last minute additions.

It´s a lot less sets than last year mainly due to the massive cull of Brickheadz but we can also see less large D2c retirements, which is a worry as there are too many options.

Lego have also extended a lot of best seller sets so they seem to be more and more sales driven.

[elmaslıefendi]

  On 11/6/2019 at 10:32 AM, Val-E said:

Lego have also extended a lot of best seller sets so they seem to be more and more sales driven.

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Which is why I'm convinced the Saturn isn't going or it's getting a straight reissue.

  On 11/6/2019 at 10:32 AM, Val-E said:

Poking the bear. There are public lists doing the rounds since September so pretty much everyone now knows what is going  apart from maybe 2 or 3 store exclusive sets or last minute additions.

It´s a lot less sets than last year mainly due to the massive cull of Brickheadz but we can also see less large D2c retirements, which is a worry as there are too many options.

Lego have also extended a lot of best seller sets so they seem to be more and more sales driven.

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That public list is ~100 long, what was your post on 209 sets? 

[joneyyy1981]

  On 11/6/2019 at 1:23 PM, elmaslıefendi said:

Which is why I'm convinced the Saturn isn't going or it's getting a straight reissue.

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well which is it, you have the "official list" apparently.

or is it like my sons Christmas list, wishful.....?

[spener90]

  On 11/6/2019 at 1:23 PM, elmaslıefendi said:

Which is why I'm convinced the Saturn isn't going or it's getting a straight reissue.

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Things like this often get leaked. I haven't seen anything about such developments personally.

[elmaslıefendi]

  On 11/6/2019 at 1:26 PM, joneyyy1981 said:

well which is it, you have the "official list" apparently.

or is it like my sons Christmas list, wishful.....?

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The list says its going, but again I only have ~110 sets. 

Some members mention twice the mass.

[elmaslıefendi]

I just think TLG realized the price could be uped by 50%... maybe they retire it, wait a year and bring it back as a $180 set... but that would cause an enormous outrage, seems illogical, so I really don't know why the hell they will retire it...

[Val-E]

The sooner they retire it the sooner they could bring it back.

It does seem they have closed the Creator vault for a while, maybe as SW remakes have been keeping them busy.

Next week SAH should start tagging retiring sets anyway.

[Val-E]

BTW there are currently 538 SVs on Bricklink EUR compared to 103 Old Fishing Stores, 109 Voltrons, 107 Banks, 335 Pet Shops, 355 Ectos and 446 PRs. Only T1 would appear more hoarded at 880 units.

That´s a hell of a lot of stock considering many people will not have even bothered listing theirs yet. The good news is almost all are listed at RRP or above.

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[elmaslıefendi]

  On 11/6/2019 at 2:05 PM, Val-E said:

BTW there are currently 538 SVs on Bricklink EUR compared to 103 Old Fishing Stores, 109 Voltrons, 107 Banks, 335 Pet Shops, 355 Ectos and 446 PRs. Only T1 would appear more hoarded at 880 units.

That´s a hell of a lot of stock considering many people will not have even bothered listing theirs yet. The good news is almost all are listed at RRP or above.

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Just looked that up. That's a lot. But consider shipping, e.g. a German buyer won't pay American shipping costs, that filters out many sellers and scales down the market. Plus it's 2019 and a lot of people STILL don't know BL, they go and pay the ridiculous Amazon prices. Comfort? Fear of the unknown? ?

[Darth_Raichu]

One interesting thing to note.  Just a few years ago if you told me LEGO was retiring 200+ sets, I would have asked if they were closing business.  

We live in interesting time.  There are side effects of having this huge of catalog that we won't see until 2022 or beyond.

[KShine]

  On 11/6/2019 at 2:48 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

if you told me LEGO was retiring 200+ sets, I would have asked if they were closing business.  

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When interest in your product continues to dwindle away, there's really no reason to have so many.

[BearCrash]

  On 11/6/2019 at 2:18 PM, elmaslıefendi said:

Just looked that up. That's a lot. But consider shipping, e.g. a German buyer won't pay American shipping costs, that filters out many sellers and scales down the market. Plus it's 2019 and a lot of people STILL don't know BL, they go and pay the ridiculous Amazon prices. Comfort? Fear of the unknown? ?

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538 is just the number of sets in the Euro zone. World wide it's 1480.

[carini26]

FWIW, dates when SAH updated site with near full list of tagged sets:

2016 - 11/11

2017 - 10/28

2018 - 11/16

 

 

[elmaslıefendi]

  On 11/6/2019 at 3:18 PM, BearCrash said:

538 is just the number of sets in the Euro zone. World wide it's 1480.

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Euro shipping isn't cheap either.

If think those retail price Apollos will dry up pretty quick.

[kouks]

Any chance 10262 - JB Aston Martin goes this year?   Don't think I have seen it on any retiring lists?