So as well as this set being available via John Lewis its now available at SAH. So both 10245 and 10249 have be bought back out of retirement for xmas !! That's 3 xmas sets on the market at the same time !!! Bad times.

Walmart @ $59.48 .

carried from the DD courtesy of @lazuli16

 

10249 has silently disappeared from Amazon.com

12 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

10249 has silently disappeared from Amazon.com

also OOS at TRU target and walmart.  ba...ba.. it didn't have a retiring soon label...

Edited December 18, 20168 yr by cladner

also OOS at TRU target and walmart.  ba...ba.. it didn't have a retiring soon label...

It says "Backorders accepted, will ship in 30 days" at the US LEGO Shop at Home website.

Orderable and in-stock 1/8/2017

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015OYWEBO/

So do you think it's coming back or sailing off into the sunset?

Edited January 3, 20178 yr by zskid00

2 minutes ago, zskid00 said:

So do you think it's coming back or sailing off into the sunset?

Likely just back in stock.  This set was released in October 2015. My gut reaction is that it's a bit too soon for it to start sailing off towards retirement.  The previous 10199 Winter Village Toy Shop was around from October 2009 until November 2011 in the USA.

11 minutes ago, zskid00 said:

So do you think it's coming back or sailing off into the sunset?

Might just be stock trickling in.

On 03/01/2017 at 9:50 PM, zskid00 said:

So do you think it's coming back or sailing off into the sunset?

It will definitely be sold (again) till Christmas 2017. 

Unlike in the US, over here in Europe these seasonal Christmas sets don't go temporarily out of stock after Christmas. 10249 is readily available from LEGO Shop at Home here, and will be until production on it is stopped and available units are sold out. This set may possibly be retired after Christmas 2017.

Hmmm, not sure about that. Many Xmas sets have lasted only two winters so it could be done.

4 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Hmmm, not sure about that. Many Xmas sets have lasted only two winters so it could be done.

10245 lasted three Christmas seasons: 2014, 2015 and 2016. I'm expecting this to be the new norm for LEGO with these Christmas Seasonal sets. So for 10249 that would mean: Christmas seasons of 2015, 2016 and 2016...

Sales levels will ultimately decide that.

You might be right, @Val-E ...

While 10249 is showing normally at the Hard to find selection:

... it shows a "Page not found" when actually clicking on it. So it's not order-able, and it could have been quietly retired, with the status-update not fully processed yet.  

Santa's workshop did the same thing last year and re-appeared in August.

As long as it's still showing on John Lewis page then it's not going anywhere. Same thing happened with Santa workshop last year. It was even retired on SAH and CS even Said it was done. Hence I loaded up when available at John Lewis early last year. Luckily for me still able to turn in a reasonable profit due to holiday rush. Not going to even look at this given that I may not be so lucky next time

On ‎1‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 4:51 AM, Val-E said:

Hmmm, not sure about that. Many Xmas sets have lasted only two winters so it could be done.

This used to be true, but then Santa's Workshop ran a full three years.  So it's hard to say.  There's a precedent for either (two or three years).  It remains available on US LEGO Shop at Home, however, with a limit of 5.

I've been avoiding the Winter theme since 2015 due to the constant resurrections. Santa's Workshop and Winter Village Market kept coming back like a bad smell. However, my local Jonh Lewis often used to knock 50% off these sets in January. Remember, don't buy what everybody else does as you'll be stuck with it for ages.

On ‎1‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 5:05 AM, Haay said:

You might be right, @Val-E ...

While 10249 is showing normally at the Hard to find selection:

 

... it shows a "Page not found" when actually clicking on it. So it's not order-able, and it could have been quietly retired, with the status-update not fully processed yet.  

These are all "EXTREMELY EASY TO FIND" in my neck of the woods as is every other damn set!

Gone from EU SAH.

5 hours ago, Val-E said:

Gone from EU SAH.

I bet it will be back again by Autumn.  

On 26/02/2017 at 8:16 PM, Haay said:

I bet it will be back again by Autumn.  

SAH dusting down all their stock ready for September 14th. Good prediction @Haay

Wheeee!  I have my fill, unless this thing goes 50% off.

9 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Wheeee!  I have my fill, unless this thing goes 50% off.

You bought one too?

3 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

You bought one too?

I have a few already. Couldn't resist some of those Amazon sales.

This is currently sold out at US LEGO Shop at Home so LET THE SPECULATION BEGIN!