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Completed and mounted. Cannon alternates top/bottom lights. Happy to answer any questions or take different pictures if asked.

Or it might not, because limit 20 seems to be the new standard. But please guys, let's keep this thread limited to updates on retirements, rather than speculation. There are other threads for that.

21024 Louvre at EU SAH. 10249 WTS at EU SAH.

Well in Mexico this weekend was the Mexican version of Black Friday, it is called Good Weekend ("Buen Fin" in Spanish). It was established about 5 years and it is getting better each year.... people are caching up to the hype of a sales weekend and the business are competing more aggressively to capture the sales.... I got 4 Ideas Doctor Who 21304, I got them for $750 Pesos each, that is about $40 USD Each tax included.... also I found IDEAS Wall-E's 21303 at 56 USD tax included, but passed on those I have plenty, these were at a toy Store that carries Ideas sets, and obviously most people that love Lego in Mexico do not know. Also I bought 3 SW Slave 1 UCS 75060 at another store that had them at $150 USD each Tax included, not bad for a set that is not on sale pretty often. and also I got a POTC Silent Mary 71042 for $140 USD tax included... Not bad for picking them up at the stores and choosing mint boxes...

When we hit January 1, I'll restart this thread with those "rules" in place. And we'll keep it clean so it's just the set and the retirement date (and the region), along with a screenshot. Otherwise, the post will be deleted. I will even sticky it to the top of the forum. Carry on until then.

2x Sears $50 gift cards for $85 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263326280491

NK and AB for you

Black Pearl and Queen Anne's Revenge. Paid a total of about £240, including Bricklink costs for completing them.

I'll pass on all of those, except that Temple. I really like that Temple.

Just some inside info I've got today. (I don't know if this is the right thread for that but let's try) Some of them are rather disappointing. 1. No More Millennium Falcons Delivery until end of the year in UK and probably rest of the Brand Stores across the Europe. The last delivery scheduled for Q4 (few boxes per store) was delivered to majority of the stores last week and yesterday, already gone in most of the brand stores (London is gone). If you are from other regions of UK call your local (or nearest) store to check the status to make sure whether they have it in stock or not. NO RESERVATION LISTS ALLOWED. 2. There will be NO Designer Launch Day for Taj Mahal, just a regular ordinary one without the presence of the Designer Team. 3. Christmas Toy Shop are gone from most of the stores without further delivery scheduled pick up one before it's too late! It's already retired and won't be back for sure. 4. THERE WILL BE NO (UNSCHEDULED) 3X VIP EVENT IN DECEMBER. TLG is already satisfied with the current state of sales in 85% of the stors, they don't have overstock so sadly no 3x VIP to boost sales this year. confirmed for those who are anxious about Black VIP cards, those will be issued as well in 2018 if you will call with such request CS. (at least in January) now I realized I forgot to ask about the legitimacy of the Diner (new Modular) set. ehh... next time.

Not really sure how they will perform in the long term, but too hard to pass up for $1.00. I was able to pick up 5 with in store pickup

My favorite premise is one I only recently became aware of. Apparently there were two characters in comics named Tag & Bink, and the idea was that they Forest Gumped their way around major events in the SW Universe. Ron Howard recently tweeted that he has put them as background characters in his new Solo movie as an uber nerd homage, and essentially making them cannon. Apparently one of their comedic / historic events was one of them hiding in Boba Fett's armor at the battle at the sarlac pit which explains how Boba would be so easily and stupidly defeated. Heck when he landed on the skiff it was like he didn't know where his wrist rockets were. He lands, fumbles around for a moment and then decides to try to trap a Jedi Knight with,,,,,,,,,a string? Why not the rockets? Why not the flame thrower? Maybe because he had never used them before? Totally silly of course, but neat.

Probably based on a pretty famous sculpt used on several collectibles. There was a book series called "The Bounty Hunter Wars" which describes his escape from the Sarlacc Pit and his adventures after. I was never a fan of the whole premise.

I can exclusively reveal it is a corner building.

Full size images at Hoth. New Vader is gonna kill demand for old Vader.

20% off Lego at Walgreens. Which is about RRP, but sometimes you can get lucky =)

LEGO SPEED CHAMPIONS: showing as retired on Czech e-shop (probably the same in Germany, France etc.): 75872 Audi R18 e-tron quattro 75873 Audi R8 LMS ultra 75874 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race The rest of Speed Champions line still available to order: (I thought this compression of all data could be welcome and beneficial to all - even it these are not yet retired. This just doesnt take so much space in the thread and many might find this comprised info beneficial - p.s. sorry for "breaking the rules".. ) 78575 Ford F-150 Raptor & Ford Model A Hot Rod (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GER FR IT US 75870 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GER FR IT US 75871 Ford Mustang GT (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GE FR IT US 75872 Audi R18 e-tron quattro (rel. 01.03.2016) - available US 75873 Audi R8 LMS ultra (rel. 01.03.2016) - available US 75874 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race (rel. 01.03.2016) - available US 75876 Porsche 919 Hybrid and 917K Pit Lane (rel. 01.03.2016) - available UK GER FR IT US 75877 Mercedes-AMG GT3 (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75878 Bugatti Chiron (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75879 Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75880 McLaren 720S (rel. 02.03.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75881 2016 Ford GT & 1966 Ford GT40 (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75882 Ferrari FXX K & Development Center (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US 75883 Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team (rel. 17.02.2017) - available UK GER FR IT US

The Carrot Mech by Chris McVeigh, on Flickr

Mecha Mouse & Ducktank by Julius von Brunk, on Flickr

without sacrifice there can be no victory ..... you sir are a knight

Oh no, they have launched 2 sets to scupper any chance of appreciation for 41122 Adventure Camp Tree House! Plus, the girls all seem to have started dating and one even has a kid.

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this but my big shipment of Lourves came in & the seal codes were week 41 of this year. My Architecture Studios keep coming in with seal codes from 2014 but that's nothing new.

Right. When TRU starts begging, I will be happy to oblige

Unlikely. It might just be a problem with availability or this one particular set going.

Why would that tempt you? It's #31 on the Amazon best sellers in building toys and no longer on the overall top 100 toys list. I don't think this will be hot again until RI 3.0

71016 Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart tagged on Czech e-shop as "retiring soon"

Yes, most likely a dropshipper. I've always wondered what one of these buyers would do if their buyer wanted to do a return. Would they try and return to the original seller or just eat it. Some of their feedback numbers are pretty high so I can imagine the volume being large enough that it's not worth trying to sort that out.

800 on ebay

Not just work. Also overhead. Netting just 5-8% profit requires significantly more appreciation than that to cover the 10-15% in fees and other costs like shipping, packaging, storage, etc.

Yes, it would seem that they are less desperate than last year so either sales are up or they have less stock to shift. That it´s 21st November and they haven´t tagged more sets as retiring soon is also a positive sign compared to last year. Don´t expect much for the post Xmas sale either as all the decent sets will be long gone by then.

The box art on Boba Fett . . . is Disney trolling us by suggesting he fought his way out of the SarLac pit?

People who were paying 40 quid for porgs when 75192 came out are probably hanging themselves right now.

The main reason why I buy architecture is because of the tourists who visit the actual location, not because of the design. I don't think the NYC skyline looks like total crap but there's really nothing special about it. That being said I'm wanting to order 1,000 units within the next 12-18 months while others will be fighting over some new LEGO ideas set. Same with Chicago too. For years I've been imagining high school kids going on class trips to visit the Space Needle, Eiffel Tower, Capital building, etc. and relatives not knowing what to get them for a present before or after the trip so they just pull the trigger on a LEGO Architecture set.

According to my R Club sneak peek for "Black Funday" deals running from Nov 24-27, all LEGO sets will be buy one get one half price (excluding those with prices ending with .94 and clearance items).

Any early birds might want to consider buying The Wither at Asda (21126) for £20. Already selling for £35+ on ebay. Got mine but still 4 left as I type...

I bought one online and one in store on my account and I tried to get the second one transferred to my wife's account and CS wouldn't do it.

Did you receive any customer complaints and/or returns on those two ASINs? Fba or fbm ?

that seems like a lot of work. I prefer to just type in a set number and bingo have it tell me...

I think you can just cancel. And if that results in negative feedback, you should be able to escalate to BL admin since NPB is a valid reason for feedback removal. ETA: either way, I'd eat the negative feedback rather than have to deal with the buyer further. You can always leave your own comment/response.

I had it both ways from Rak. Two orders were updated on the site as TRU shipped them out. The other just showed up as you described, but I've also had that happen when I've ordered straight from TRU. They also shorted me one item. I contacted TRU through Rak's site and got no response so I contacted Rak directly. Rak got a refund for the one item that didn't ship, everything is copacetic...and just now I got another email refunding me for the whole order. Rak is whack.

Palace Cinema $104 WM https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Creator-Expert-Palace-Cinema-10232/23740680?action=product_interest&action_type=title&beacon_version=1.0.2&bucket_id=irsbucketdefault&client_guid=c1515ab1-d5bb-46a4-3893-8b9646338d59&config_id=106&customer_id_enc&findingMethod=p13n&guid=c1515ab1-d5bb-46a4-3893-8b9646338d59&item_id=23740680&parent_anchor_item_id=42104279&parent_item_id=42104279&placement_id=irs-106-t1&reporter=recommendations&source=new_site&strategy=PWVUB&visitor_id=Zbf0eCQ2J7_yLSYOXA9Qt4

when nobody cares about 20% off an exclusive set.

Ferris wheel @walmart 160.00

So, now T1 can retire. Lego cannot permit two campers on the shelves.

Here’s my Winter Village Display this year - enjoy!

Looks like these 2 themes could be getting some much needed secondary market demand. ======= “Amazon has greenlit one show that it hopes to rule them all. The company has made a multi-season production commitment to a television adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-lord-of-the-rings/amazon-to-produce-lord-of-the-rings-television-series-idUSKBN1DD293 http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/13/lord-of-the-rings-tv-series/

I've already three of those from recent launch and Guard with Stormtrooper with pauldron are the best. I very much like the way Lego managed to work with gravity to put some weight on the plasticy pauldron to simulate this part as more like "flex accessory" rather than "fixed part". It's wobbling when you move him plus helmet is fantastic and much better shaped than those from TFA which are tad too narrow. So as far as I can tell Praetorian 75529>Stormtrooper 75531>Stormtrooper Pilot 75526 Chewie and Rey are out of my radar since I consider them as hideous.

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