Im not going to buy the set until i either see an amazing deal (i missed the first deal) or it is retired and i will snag it off amazon/ebay for near spot before the mania starts. I just have this fear that even after the theme is retired it will still be sitting on store shelves for many years to come.

Hmmm............its better be around for another year...I got none yet....missed great amazon sale for 134.01 June 30th...damn!!!!

 

I think the mistake/price drop was May 30, 2013.  It's not too late, you can still get some.

Im not going to buy the set until i either see an amazing deal (i missed the first deal) or it is retired and i will snag it off amazon/ebay for near spot before the mania starts. I just have this fear that even after the theme is retired it will still be sitting on store shelves for many years to come.

 

It could - just make sure you don't get caught without some. You will regret it.

 

But I agree, if you can snag one for even just over retail right as it retires, you will be good still.

We'll have a much better idea in January.  No chance they retire it before then...

as long as it lasts one more month - i will buy a bunch of these as of next month when their promotions get better!

I thought emazers said this set was NOT on the list of sets that were going away by the end of the year. I could be wrong though.

I thought emazers said this set was NOT on the list of sets that were going away by the end of the year. I could be wrong though.

as mentioned before, it is their flagship set for their monster fighters series, so that would make sense for them not to make it go EOL any time soon

I remember 1st Ninjago theme was retired but Fire Temple was up for next year....??? 

This is such a nice set, even without the Monster Fighter nametag. I would be seriously surprised if it went out this year. They could learn a thing or two from retiring Ninjago a bit early.

I thought emazers said this set was NOT on the list of sets that were going away by the end of the year. I could be wrong though.

This set is a 10xxx exclusive. No one knows when they will EOL. Not him, not anyone.

This set is a 10xxx exclusive. No one knows when they will EOL. Not him, not anyone.

 

True to a degree - but he was looking at a wholesale form which is generally a pretty good indication.

 

In that however he said he was not sure - not that it was.

We will see what happens. Adding one whenever possible won't hurt. At least need to make sure if you want a personal copy you have that first!

True to a degree - but he was looking at a wholesale form which is generally a pretty good indication.

In that however he said he was not sure - not that it was.

The exclusives are not on the wholesale forms that mom and pop shops and smaller chains use. The ones that TRU, amazon, etc... use for ordering would have them though. ...or internal Lego memos.

It will be interesting to see what Lego has planned for Halloween stock and the catalog with Monster Fighters winding down. Will the Haunted House and the $16 seasonal set (witch, Zombie, & ghost) be the only available "spooky" items?

According to a TRU rep, they are gone forever from online store.  That is, "the set has been discontinued".  Can someone with more knowledge confirm?

I thought emazers said this set was NOT on the list of sets that were going away by the end of the year. I could be wrong though.

emazers does not have any access to exclusive set info......anything he states about exclusives is just a guess.

According to a TRU rep, they are gone forever from online store.  That is, "the set has been discontinued".  Can someone with more knowledge confirm?

I don't think its discontinued, it wouldn't hang around all year just to EOL a few months before Halloween..... Doesn't make sense.

it would be cool if they came out with one bigger halloween set like this every year like the winter village sets

it would be cool if they came out with one bigger halloween set like this every year like the winter village sets

Indeed it would be......I think that if this was the case we would have heard something about it alreadg though.

Yeah, I think it's hanging around still. But, honestly, who knows? I'm to the point now, where I've stopped trying to guess what LEGO is thinking. If I see a good deal, I buy. If I don't see a deal, but I want it (either to be safe of just to get it over with), I buy. Luckily, I got a couple during the May 30th bonanza, so I haven't really been paying that much attention to this set any longer.

Finding this set on sale is not easy. There are just a few options:

 

 - Track down a lego store 10 or 20% off coupon

 

- Wait for the next "double VIP" pojnt promo and buy it then to essentially get 10% off

 

- Keep a sharp eye on TRU's ebay store (especially Sat night to Sun) to see if they screw up and allow the "Hard to find" items into their BOGO 50% and buy them before they correct it

 

-Keep a sharp eye on Amazon and see if they screw up likethey did on May 30th.

I don't think its discontinued, it wouldn't hang around all year just to EOL a few months before Halloween..... Doesn't make sense.

 

Agreed.  It seemed strange to me, but I specifically asked her again just to confirm.  "So is the Haunted House really gone forever?"  And the rep responded, "yes, unfortunately.  sorry about that."  

 

I did inquire about a different set that was out of stock and she said the other set would come back in stock at a later date.

 

By the way, this conversation was through TRU chat.  Not phone or email.   

I wouldn't put much stock into a TRU online chat employee. I was wonderingif the HH might go with the rest of the MF theme. But since it's still around, I'm guessing it won't eol until next year sometime, or maybe later. Lego seems reluctant to retire big sets these days. (how many UCS and modulars are currently available?) The HH was just introduced last Sept., so a 2 year lifespan would put it eol Sep 2014. But it probably still wouldn't retire right before Halloween, so it might be around until christmas 2014. Look at it this way: just more oppurtunity to pick them up for a decent price.

I think the HH will be gone in Dec 2013 or Jan 2014. It will probably sell out before Christmas. It doesn't make any sense to stick around very long after the monster fighters line is retired. Just my opinion. Time will tell.

I think it will go the way of Kingdoms Joust...Lego still sells it as a standalone flagship set even without the rest of the line. At my lego store they've moved it to the modular buildings/kingdoms joust/tower bridge section.

Good point, but my opinion is it will be gone sooner than later. The kingdoms chess set is still around as well.