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I feel like this is @exciter1 after every post.

I personally think TLG made a crap load of these after seeing @TabbyBoy was back in the game.

This is all I have

I know that it doesn't matter to TLG or anyone else, but I'm done buying multiples of anything except for a couple sealed collections I'll have to keep going (Ideas and modulars). Other than those two themes, I won't be buying more than one of anything anymore (and at most I'll only buy two of anything from those themes). I had cut my buying way back over the past 18-24 months anyway, but this rerelease has ended any interest I had left in messing with LEGO products for profit down the road. I sold my last sealed Taj and all but one sealed first edition 10179 (that I'm keeping) last year. In the last 3 years I've sold off a few hundred thousand dollars worth of my collection with the intention of holding on to some things and adding small amounts going forward. Now that this rerelease has come about, I'll be selling off everything I have left that isn't part of my personal building or small sealed collections. I'll still buy and collect for my collection because I enjoy it and like the product, but beyond that it's just another thing to collect now.

Picked up a great lot today from Facebook marketplace. $100 for everything. Black pearl, western stuff, Atlantis stuff... lots of baseplates. Some instructions. I enjoy sorting this kind of lot and figuring out what goes to what set.

Original box, bricks, figs and stickers. 100% complete. Hey LEGO, remake this ****!

They want everyone to have a 'meh'ry Christmas.

Don't discount Moms who want to buy gifts to help instill strong Female rolls in todays society.

Bought a few Women of Exo Suits.

I think I just found my favourite buyer to date. What do you look for in a buyer, lots of cash, high margin items, loads of repeat sales, no, better than that, one woman took all the junk sets €160 cash for the following: Aaron Fox' Aero Striker V2 General Magmar's Siege Machine of Destruction Clone Troopers vs Droidekas battle pack Exo-Suit - whoop whoop Droid Escape Pod Spiderman: Ghost Rider team Up About €70 profit, but who cares what the profit was, she took the crap off my hand.

It's a sickness and I find them entertaining.

Well, back on the NASA topic.

I don’t have any and think this is a horrible decision.

Waiting for the pictures of 99 of these in someone's basement

Just finished this up, figured I'd post it up. The goal was to leave the Haunted House set untouched but to build around it. I also wanted to be able to open the house. All in all I'm happy with how it turned out. Thoughts and comments appreciated.

kinda mesmerizing until I realize where it is leading my eyes to

I couldn't justify anything beyond two nasa sets to get to 100 bucks for another advent calendar, that is sad that full price lego isn't worth it.

Women of NASA up for pre-order at Amazon. Has this been up for a while? https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ideas-Women-21312-Building/dp/B071W77MBJ/

Also, tomorrow is senior citizen day, so an extra 15% off entire purchase will stack as well. I may need to drag the old fella out of the house tomorrow.

can we just go with WoN ?

At least I’m attempting to contribute.

I didn't think that the Saturn V was capable of sustaining a crew all the way to Uranus.

I was sure you photoshopped him in. haha

What's up with this LEGO Shop at Home banner...

That is not how marketing works

I dont have any and I also think this is a bad decision only because this is a re-release of a set that only really has adult appeal. If this was a set for a child and/or a child at heart with play features and such, I wouldn't mind and would say it is better for the brand to cater to the toy market. This set is not that and kills the collectible nature of Lego. I would feel bad for anyone with 10189 thinking it was a legacy collectible set whether they had the intention of selling or not. It's like if you had Barry Bond's last home run ball of his career and all sudden he came back to hit a couple more. Not the best example but there is still intrinsic value that is lost now that there is more around.

Let it be known if it turns out hot. You could buy hundreds with ease. Probably thousands.

Flash sale at TRU: https://www.toysrus.com/toys/deals/flash-sale?flashCat=construction

TRU has some DC Super Hero Girls sets at 50% off: https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=107716616 https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=107716636 https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=107716546

Only when no -one in TLG can remember how badly the original sold.

How many remake threads to we currently have on the go and which one is the original?

Funnily enough I think vintage space sets (and some misc other vintage themes) are some of the safest bets to not be remade (other than, say, one iconic set to cash in on nostalgia). What I think is more likely are sets designed to hit our nostalgia cores, like benny's spaceship (didn't fall for it, I got my originals!). Nexo Knights also notably had some nostalgic looking vehicles (wow this looks like sets from when I was a kid! *buys for kids but builds himself*) All this isn't aimed at you vincevaughn! It just got me on a rambling topic. Many old lego sets go directly against their current mantra; nowadays sets part boost with many small pieces (the cheese slope and 1x1 tile era) and have minimal large parts since those are the most expensive (ugly rock pieces, large or raised baseplates, 8 stud + dimension bricks, huge transparent panels and what have you) Old lego sets (compared to current) have very low parts counts for their price and would compare horribly ($80 for 350? $100 for 450? ehhhh...) Some older molds are also retired/destroyed and are incredibly expensive to create, especially when the part is very large. Larger parts = larger mold = more tolerances to check, and more plastic to use. I remember reading designer blogs about new lego hires being surprised at the cost of some parts when they tried to include them in sets - you can get a bit more of an idea for this if you shop at bricks and pieces as well. One mold I presume destroyed is the M-Tron Mega Core Magnetizer's wheels, which are already expensive anyway. It was produced in 3 sets, the Magnetizer, ISD, and a Mars Mission rover. These are the biggest plastic space rover wheels made by lego - haven't been in a set for some time. Fun fact: a knockoff's ISD uses a SMALLER wheel mold on their ISD! Probably means that mold is gone for good, like many other large, old parts. We could also talk about how technic's wheel and tire assemblies have changed in quality / size over time, but I'm a bit less versed in that. Monorail molds are destroyed. People have been wanting them for years, but the parts are huge and intricate. Large intricate part means not cheap to remake mold, not to mention an isolated motor variant that doesn't fit into their (expensive to produce) power functions. *shoves monorail collection under desk* nevermind that. If monorail was reintroduced, I'd expect (and hope) it to be updated. The switches are honestly terrible anyway. (Side note: secondary market isn't even that expensive for monorails compared to MSRP. You can get either of the two space monorails for $275-$350 ea, complete, fully functioning, instructions included). That's really not bad, for how many people say they want the monorail, then buy a mass produced SW set for a comparable price. This honestly goes for most classic sets - many are not astronomically high to collect or buy, especially when you compare to the prices of non-iconic, new release lego sets. To re-engineer monorail tracks, molds, motor, and produce, there is probably such little margin at ~$300 pricepoint they'd rather just be pumping out jokerlands instead. The newest track system is a roller coaster as seen on the joker manor thing, which honestly is long overdue anyway (especially after the hilarious letdown of the friends coaster). Notice how it's mostly thin plastic? Cheaper than a thick, solid beam like a monorail track. I'd expect more part variants for tracks on this later - this first set introduces them and includes minimal track length (cash in on that new part appeal), once normalized, they will develop and release more based around it (gimmie lift hills, banked turns, and loops! Flexy track!) Knex roller coasters were their cash cow for a long time, might still be for all I know, and it's about time lego found a working model for it, even if we need some more track parts to really make anything cool. I'd love to see a cataloged list of new parts within the past decade (is there a good comprehensive list somewhere?). I'm betting most of them are very small (cheese slopes, pie tiles, tile variants, little plates / clips). Again, very cheap to produce in mass. Bloats part counts. Technic may be a bit of an outlier with large specialized molds (which are still not cheap however). Just to add: remakes are not new! They are tried and true, but will probably become more common. I am not saying every set ever, it's really a convenience and case by case basis thing. More sets in the history catalog, more to choose from. Iconic sets with basic brick inventories (no new molds) are most likely candidates. They rereleased the iconic lego Metroliner Train (and dining cars), and Main Street 6390 from 1980. I sure was happy to get some dining cars.

I don't. I will sell it to them just the same and enjoy it more. I just feel sorry for their kid who opens this up, hoping it was a Barbie.

Not @exciter1, he tells us a little too much at times.

Probably a silly question, but this inquiring mind wants to know. Does Target ban for too many returns or returns of the same item?

first and foremost our markets differ in certain aspects so I do believe if this will sell out completely in US QFLL frenzy will be in perfect timetable spot to arise. on the other hand 12h live and zero boxes sold in Poland even for 102%RPP, speaks for itself and You'd have to buy 3 of those to get the free shipping in Poland. So demand leaves a lot to desire in PL.

hoping a few big dogs chomp it up so its not an endless parade of penny undercutters .

I ordered 40, done.

Yes it was almost simultaneous. It said it would ship when it became available on.....NOW! And then I had to call my cc company bc Lego thinks I’m a fraud every time! Ohhhh maybe it’s my wife telling them to decline every Lego purchase!!! Makes more sense!

I might be wrong but that could be the same source code Lego use for SAH search function when you sort by price and display all items. Either that or Russian roulette.

20% off Lego at Shopko till Nov 11. Stacks well with $15 off $75 Don't know if online. They also have inflated prices on some so be careful

Yes.

Meh

There will no doubt be some initial interest and some good sales but it wouldn’t surprise me, if after that, this then becomes a bit of a slow burner like the SOH. Price point is also a lot higher than other architecture sets so is a consideration for buyers. The reason why this was sought after by collectors (including myself) was because of its scarcity and until recently the largest set ever. As a result the price was what it was (apologies to those who have NISB versions in their inventory!) and ultimately another reason to have this in your collection. Now that it is being re-released I’m not actually too sure I will get one, due to: 1) the size of it - where am I going to put it? 2) it looks like a very repetitive and boring build 3) there is no longer the wow factor of this being a rare piece, since people can just pick it up (no doubt from any retailer in six months time) 4) if it gets anywhere near sunlight it will lose it brilliant white shine A number of my fellow AFOLs at my LUG were discussing this and this seems to be the universal view. It is this demographic that ultimately is the buyers that lego are targeting for this set, not the masses. So in my opinion this is an own goal by Lego, since not only will sales of this be lacklustre but it will probably harm sales of other large exclusive sets that they would normally get from resellers and also from those builders who buy one to build/display and another mint one for storage to sell on in a few years for a bit of profit. This will just not happen now since the threat of remake is so big now. Those who fall into the latter category are probably much larger in numbers and sales volumes than the resellers. Sorry Julia, but you and your corporate strategy team may have miscalculated. Having a large set on the shelf that has a high price point that doesn’t shift isnt going to get you back to double digit growth. It may have reduced your high cost base in terms of your R&D costs and to a certain extent improved your operating profit but ultimately not your revenues and NIBBT which is what is important to determine the health of a company. Maybe it’s time to get Mckinseys in and get rid of BCG?

I don't own the original and I won't buy this one, it's not something I'm interested in... what gets under my skin is "we did if for the fans asking for re-releases." What a pile of ****. Don't treat us like we're stupid.

Wish they would re-release sets from the vault that people cared about...