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Was thinking today about the actual meaning of some of the language Lego uses to market its products and started to come up with a list. If anyone has any more examples or explanations, it would be great to share them! LIMITED EDITION (We will produce as many of these as we can until people stop buying them and to screw with resellers´ brains) RETIRING SOON (We have far too many unsold units out back due to pesky resellers inflating our initial sales estimates. Come on guys, buy them now so we don´t have to discount them) EXTRA VIP POINTS ON THIS ITEM (I thought we told you it was retiring soon. Are you dumb? Come on now, buy a few and don´t make us have to discount it). SALES AND DEALS (Ok, you made us do it. Take 50% off all sold out items and 10% off Chima. There, now don´t keep complaining that Lego is expensive - it´s not Megablocks. Are you a reseller or something?) VIP REWARD POINTS (Like any addictive substance, this will make you keep coming back for more and more from us. And as with drugs, when you pass away, there will still be some left in the system) EXCLUSIVE (These products have a high PPC count and are usually not available outside the Lego web for the first 3 or 4 months since release. After that, anyone except the riff raff at Amazon can sell them) ARCHITECTURE (These products have an even higher PPC count and are so expensive that we actually need the riff raff at Amazon to sell them. Mainly bought by adults who live in mansions and employ domestic servants to open the box and sort the parts for them) CLASSIC (Our designers have better things to do than dream up new sets all day. Here, take these random bricks and make your own stuff). IDEAS (When you get good at CLASSIC, send us your best models and we will put them in a shiny box and sell them to greedy resellers for you. (See LIMITED EDITION) RETIRED PRODUCT (You won´t ever be able to buy this from us again - unless it is a XMAS set or we decide to unretire it). SOLD OUT (Resellers, we are mocking you! Is it retired or just out of stock? You will be making long car journeys and spending hours on the net trying to make your number - enjoy your weekend!) TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK (This item has become more popular than we estimated or those pesky resellers have been at it again. We will probably make more in a few weeks time so be patient and buy Chima in the meantime) CALL TO CHECK FOR AVAILABILITY (Laszlo from the warehouse says there are none left down there but the computer says we have a couple of boxes more. I think they are in the boss´s office but he is in there with the secretary so we have to wait a while till they go out for lunch to check)

This sounds a lot like one of those vague pledges, with an effective date far in the future, that governments and corporations love to make. I really hope Lego isn't serious. As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Only about 5% of crude oil goes into plastic production, and there are far more wasteful uses for it than Lego. Say, disposable grocery sacks or those impossible to open clamshell packages that make small electronic devices inaccessible without the use of gardening shears. Not to be outdone, I've committed myself to being carbon positive by 2075. I'm assuming that by then I'll be able to gain photosynthetic properties by means of a revolutionary new gene therapy.

Terrible set - STAY AWAY - nothing to see here. move along. move along.

Batcave is a disheartening example. I think it stuck around for 1.5 yrs after is disappeared in EU. I don't think Lonely Mountain is the seller The Batcave is, obviously.

Opening Night by WHBRICKS

HARD TO FIND (It is really hard and difficult to find a retailer that does not carry this set. If you find one, let us know, so we make sure they will carry it in the near future)

As soon as the first new LEGO set is produced with the "new" material, all of the old sets will increase in value. They don't make them like the used to!

Aren't the Chinese already using alternative materials?

The All-American Great Barn featuring a double design with Cluck’s Family Restaurant and Red Rooster Farms. Choose the model with included parts list and then build a modular style restaurant suitable for your Chicken Suit Guy or go completely rural with a charming farm for a country side setting (also good for Chicken Suit Guy). Instructions are available to purchase here. (Note: Cluck's Restaurant version requires 1,246 pieces while the Red Rooster Farms requires 1,786 pieces.)

So the entire Hobbit range is now listed as a retired product in Europe / Asia. The only set left standing is ToO. It's sad to see these go EOL, as a medieval fan from way back I always enjoyed these sets.

FRIENDS (Enjoy recreating the adventures of a typical girl and her friends - when the typical girl is Taylor Swift and her B list celebrity hanger on girlfriends. Learn the importance of your private jet on the environment as you leave a carbon footprint the size of a grizzly bear and enjoy living in a modern penthouse and being pampered at the local Entitlement Salon while those Disney Princess losers are stuck in their castles waiting for some dude to save them). LONE RANGER (Eat that you reseller scum. You thought investing in Lego was easy. You thought you were going to make lots of money doing nothing and off the back of our hard work. Well, losers have this one on us. Heck, we´ll even discount it for you). See CHIMA, EXO SUIT etc etc MIXELS (The idea behind this came from a very sweet story. Our marketing manager once had two rabbits. They lived in the same cage and one day when she went to feed them she found another 10 rabbits! How wonderful, she thought, I love rabbits and now I have 12. 4 months later, 12 more rabbits appeared. Super, I love rabbits, she thought. Everyone loves rabbits and the great thing about rabbits is they all look more or less the same but the devil is in the detail - a bit like Lego bricks. EUREKA!! The idea got put into production and she went to the Heartlake VIP cocktail bar with her FRIENDS to celebrate) LEGENDS OF CHIMA (According to the legend, somehow, somewhere, a reseller actually made money on this theme on the secondary market. No one has ever been able to establish for sure the identity of the person though many claim to be him. It is also belived that the buyer mistook the item Sir Fangar´s Lion Cycle for a Surfing Lion on a Unicycle and made a claim to Paypal for INAD)

More: CITY (An accurate scaled down representation of typical daily life in your average small Danish town. Since the Lego movie came out, Lego staff travel everywhere in helicopters - even to buy a loaf of bread, so we wanted to incorporate that in the 2015 range. In fact, we are so rich that we build new Fire, Police and Train Stations every 3 years even though the old ones were perfectly fine) BIONICLE (What happens to parts from Technic and Ninjago sets that dont sell well but we are too proud to discount or throw out) STAR WARS (Our core product line. In Danish, this is actually pronounced like the sound of the bottom of a barrel being scraped with the sound of a cash register ching-chinging in the background) SHOP AT HOME (Few people know that this was the idea behind Minecraft. You wander aimlessly from one empty link to another and when you finally find what you want and are able to click on it, it is out of stock. At peak times of the year, we recommend you place orders after everyone else has in order to ensure fulfillment)

you are giving sets for free... send some my way too ... i don't mind if you call me douce bag or idiot

Agreed. I think people are way over-thinking this. The Xwing and EV are the next to go by age. We see out of stock frequently on these sets, because regular customers and resellers focus on the oldest sets for a reason, they typically are the next in line to go. Yes i realize Town Hall and B-Wing, and other sets that never seem to retire, etc, but the vast majority go in order, even when we expect them to last longer. SSD - But it's in the catalog! Gone R2 - But he's in the new movie! Gone HHouse - Not SW i know, BUT Halloween is coming up! Gone It'll likely be Red 5 and then Ewok Village, and then Sandcrawler, and then Slave I, etc.

SOLD OUT - seems that it has finally been decommissioned. If they sold 2.5k in half a day that is pretty good going.

"And if these new non-plastic legos degrade in 5 years, forcing you to buy more, we're okay with that"

are they going to add an extra large chin accessory, like the new Darth Vader's lower helmet piece?

Desert Skiffs, $30 on Amazon http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B007Q0OUTY?tag=brickpicker05-20 3 left, I ordered 3

Australia always cops it with both fists from Lego.

daisy duke - i just fell in love all over again. not sure how a German minibus thread segued into a discussion of race relations in the US and its impact on Confederate-themed products but I am really re-appreciating Daisy Duke in that picture. i'd like to take a drive up PCH with Daisy Duke in a T1 . Ok - now we're back on track.

It's a great set, lots of people here doubled up instantly. (SW + MC + $10 set, was easily $200+ sales with the seasonal set thrown in). Even if it is abundance this xmas, stash it away to double up next year. No worries

Not to mention, that ventilation shaft was too small...even for a targeting computer. And don't give me anything about womprats and T-16's either. Here is how I imagine this set gains popularity: 1) Dad takes 6 year old child to see the new movie. 2) Child LOVES movie, so Dad and child visit Lego Store for some sets. 3) Kid is focused on Kylo Ren ship or something new, but the Dad is thinking "Holy s****, look at these Legos! If only they had a really cool X-wing or somthing". 4) That's where I come in.

As you can tell, the concept for the new TFA X-Wing wasn't actually that new. It was based off of old concept drawings, as was this Action Fleet Series Alpha version created in 1995-1996.

Went to TRU. Used 20% off coupon + GCs to buy an IP, came with a GT polybag which I just flipped, making my OTD price on the IP = $89.10 (plus TRU points). Then went to Lego B&M, used $20 VIP points to buy my first TB and flipped the WS polybag to make TB cost = $207. Also picked up a PEE in the store for $7.98 + tax. Update Lego store in Concord NC... in stock: TB, UCS Tie, R5, S1, EV, S, PS, DS, & T No apparent stock: ToO, PC... and I don't recall seeing SOH

Who said you can't mix themes? When Themes Collide by Paddy Bricksplitter

I would guess that these will be retired at some point in 2015, seems like too long to have sets sticking around into 2016 for this theme. The Hobbit craze of 3 years has quieted down now, but there will still be interest into the Holiday season (extended edition box set should be out around then). My guess is they are being fazed out now, and should be gone any time before end of the year, maybe quicker, but I just can`t see them sticking around into 2016 at the very latest. As always, if you want sets for personal use and don`t want to miss out, sooner is usually better to buy.

This is very normal. This is called, "The Dance". It's also refered to as F5-ing (the refresh key on your keyboard). This all went down last year too with sets like, Town Hall, SSD, Haunted House, and to a lesser extent Grand Emporium. Do we think any of those sets went to normal customers? No they sold out within seconds of availability. Heck we even figured out which days were more likely to see a restock for the different sites. The question people are asking is, are resellers causing lego to make MORE runs than they planned? The question after that is,,,,does that even matter? If the end customer can't get these products anymore, will a couple hundred (thousand?) extra sets in reseller hands hurt the price 2 years from now? probably not.

Sold 3 Umbaran Mobile Heavy Cannon (or whatever they are called) for $120. Shipping was only $7 cause the buyer was nearby. Not a bad haul, these were from the $15 Target extravaganza. I sold a bunch of other sets too including Batman vs Two-Face, Barrel Escape, but it doesn't matter since these idiots never paid.

I'm not sure how this scenario helps the perceived reseller problem. If they create artificial shortages, the resellers are typically the ones who scoop up the sets as soon as they come back into stock. it seems to me, this kind of situation would drive even more sets into reseller hands then if they just ran out of stock on one day and never re-stocked.

First sale on brickclassifieds: Birthday Cake, $24.99 shipped

back in stock now!

You could say that about every Lego set! I question who was able to buy it up so quickly - people with pretty quick reaction time considering it is still part of the working day in Europe. Some Australian members already mentioned buying multiple units which is fair enough as it was the only thing they could buy. I wonder how many went to actual end consumers, though..... Let´s check back in 12 months and see how this one is doing then.

Discounts have been best at Meijer but that is a regional chain and not many could take advantage of getting this one at a deeper discount there. I would be surprised if LEGO keeps making any more LOTR or Hobbit sets after this year.

Santa is gold--and seasonal sentimentality adds value. It's a winner.

Ordered 10 of course. I already have 9 from previous purchases. Put them away and wait for a rainy day.

Amazon UK still have them in stock at 29% off http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Super-Heroes-76021-Spaceship/dp/B00I4IWYCM%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJQSYTIGRBKVM26KQ%26tag%3Dbrickpicker-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00I4IWYCM

Read the exo thread and draw your own conclusions It won´t sell out today so there is time to think about it (that tells you a lot)

Yup, gotta be quick with these things. The best stuff has flown but the red mixels seem to be the most interesting thing left with very little stock.

Lego working quick this morning - now listed as retired product!

will keep list short. in no particular order: -deathstar 10143 (Do not own,wish I did) -vw camper 10220 (The set that got me out of my dark ages for good) -853 and 856 car/auto chassis (always wanted this set as a kid but never had it)

Needs a giant Iceberg to go with it.

Should notice that this works better on mobile now. The listings load with an infinite scroll so it keeps loading them as you go along instead of all at once.

Based off the head it is the dragon knight from 6918, as cc-marley mentioned.

Looks like ssd is moving at $979.95 @ Amazon. The seller at that price have moved a couple in the last couple of days. . 3 fba Sellers with one each below the $1000 mark

Finally got around to using some of my bricklinked dark grey slopes. Built a new modification for my 9474 MOC today, bridging the tower and keep modules together. Next up, the right side mountains....

Which makes next year an even more fruitful harvest.

Based on the image this is not the same Store set (3300003) that was given away when the Alderwood store opened. Look like this is set 40145.

​I would watch that version of the SW films, and perhaps even become a fan. The idea of SW in the vein of the "new" BSG that went head first down the gray dark areas of its universe sounds awfully appealing. Which incidentally also why I enjoyed S.T.:Deep Space 9 more than the rest of the Star Trek series. I am somewhat optimistic I may actually enjoy the new film, and not just because I may manage to unload Star Wars sets I have!