Just got a set at Westfield London. Seal code is 49S4.

Just got a set at Westfield London. Seal code is 49S4.

 

Thanks.

 

Is it safe to conclude from this that the production run was rather small?

Thanks.

 

Is it safe to conclude from this that the production run was rather small?

I am too inexperience to comment on production runs.

I am too inexperience to comment on production runs.

 

That never stops anyone else here...

That never stops anyone else here...

Yeah but it probably should.

My best guess:

The production run = The square root of the first two digit number, added to the second number (after the letter), divided by any number of your choice, then multiplied by 1,000.

I've found this to be pretty accurate. By pretty accurate, I mean give or take 15,000 units.

Just received my Triple E today from LEGO Shop at Home.  Box is minty mint and seals read 33R4.

Marked as Retiring Soon on Canada/USA LEGO Shop at Home, and the limit has been raised to 5 from 2 earlier this week. My guess it`ll be gone pretty quick, sometime in March perhaps. Double VIP is 1/2 way through the month and I`ll wager that if it is not gone by then, it will be shortly after. 

Raising the limit to five and marking it retiring soon seem like desperation pleas to resellers - please clear these out of our warehouses! We weren't moving them fast enough with limit 2.

Yeah exactly, just further evidence to approach this one with caution. I`m happy with 2 sealed. Who know, most people ignoring it may just inflate the value even more, though I`m seriously sceptical of that. I think it will do alright, enough to buy 2 "shares" of it. 

Gah! I caved and ordered another single to up myself to 3 'shares'. The cheap Canadian dollar made me do it, plus I like the demolition driller.

 

Now I promise to not order any more unless it makes it to double VIP. Then I'll probably cave and buy two more. But only if...

Maybe, just maybe, since this wasn't available other than LEGO shops and LEGO Shop at Home in the US (or third party sellers at Amazon and eBay), they had to up the minimum to clear them out. Maybe the suggested "experiment in exclusivity" was a failure.

My best guess:

The production run = The square root of the first two digit number, added to the second number (after the letter), divided by any number of your choice, then multiplied by 1,000.

I've found this to be pretty accurate. By pretty accurate, I mean give or take 15,000 units.

at least with this formula we know the most produced in this particular run is 11,000. If we are using whole numbers only.

at least with this formula we know the most produced in this particular run is 11,000. If we are using whole numbers only.

Are whole numbers found in the wellness section?

Wouldn't it be ironic if there was a shipping container stuck out west, full of these shipping container sets!

Are whole numbers found in the wellness section?

yes you can find them somewhere in there

Wouldn't it be ironic if there was a shipping container stuck out west, full of these shipping container sets!

I bet them Red5s are the ones that sitting there

Retiring soon eh? I'll stick with my two

There are about 60,000 container ships in the world with an average crew of 20, so 1.2 million workers currently. I won't try to infer anything from this number here, but i thought it might be of interest to some.

There are about 60,000 container ships in the world with an average crew of 20, so 1.2 million workers currently. I won't try to infer anything from this number here, but i thought it might be of interest to some.

 

Not to mention all those longshoreman in California waiting on a pay raise. Of course they'll spend it all on LEGO container ships!

Plus the workers who built the ships, the engineers who designed the ships, the pirates who try to board the ships....

Retiring soon eh? I'll stick with my two

And I'll stick with my one.

All the marines and sailors who work for the navy and coast guards.

And all the pirates

The Somalian pirates may even want them as trophies!