Any idea when the Death Star will be discontinued? It's been around about 4 years...way past normal set lifespans in stores. Thoughts?

PANIC!!!

Who knows?!?   LEGO is playing with us!  

Is it time to "watch increased activity in EV thread" ?

Is it time to "watch increased activity in EV thread" ?

my bm has two shelves full of EV's and one full of petshops. DS should be done by the years end. In the least they will come with a redesigned box and higher pricetag if the license does get a renewal, which is very doubtful.

my bm has two shelves full of EV's and one full of petshops. DS should be done by the years end. In the least they will come with a redesigned box and higher pricetag if the license does get a renewal, which is very doubtful.

I've seen this bit posted a few times about licenses on the license for individual sets within a licensed theme. I highly doubt there are license agreements for every set within a line. I would imagine that as long as TLG has the license to a produce sets for Star Wars, they have the ability to decide how long they are going to produce a particular set.  Otherwise it would have gone something like, " Hey, George, it's Mark over at LEGO. Yea, about that UCS B-wing, it sucks. Do you mind if we pull the plug a little early on that one?"  

I've seen this bit posted a few times about licenses on the license for individual sets within a licensed theme. I highly doubt there are license agreements for every set within a line. I would imagine that as long as TLG has the license to a produce sets for Star Wars, they have the ability to decide how long they are going to produce a particular set.  Otherwise it would have gone something like, " Hey, George, it's Mark over at LEGO. Yea, about that UCS B-wing, it sucks. Do you mind if we pull the plug a little early on that one?"  

what about possible box redesigns.  With Disney involved can they ask for Disney logos on older sets that did not have them before they purchased SW rights?

If those sets are around for the holidays I would imagine Disney would prefer they have a Disney logo on it for marketing reasons.

Figure the 2 agreements are separate and can't remember a time before where something with this magnitude of changes right before a huge movie release has happened but seems like Disney has the pull to do that to keep all parties happy seeing they kind of go hand in hand now. 

Just questions that I have no idea on so figured you might have some insight.

 

 

I would never tell anyone what is good or not good to do with disposable income.  I would however, strongly urge you not to waste your money on Jeep Grand Cherokee.  

This is what I'm saving my Lego money for...

 

Power of reinvesting...i got good stuff.

I would never tell anyone what is good or not good to do with disposable income.  I would however, strongly urge you not to waste your money on Jeep Grand Cherokee.  

This is what I'm saving my Lego money for...

 

at least you got the color close enough...

at least you got the color close enough...

Exactly..

Yes! All please invest in american Cars again. So your streets will look again like 1985. The Good ol' days. 

Unleash reverse panic!

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Death-Star-10188

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• Out of stock, expected ship date Aug 09 2015

Another case of a sold out reverting to something other than retired  

Sell sell sell...

Unleash reverse panic!

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Death-Star-10188

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• Out of stock, expected ship date Aug 09 2015

August 9th is kinda quick, I think...

Another case of a sold out reverting to something other than retired  

Too logical.  This thread demands wild speculations and PANIC button

Too logical.  This thread demands wild speculations and PANIC button

 

Edited July 27, 201510 yr by gregpj

I just bought one from eBay for $320 including shipping, with a description (via questions) of used, with broken seals and some box damage but all inner boxes intact.

It arrived today, just as described. The box has some tape marks and ripped off graphics (about 2% of total surface area) and the outer seals are broken. But all four inner boxes are sealed and mint, so is the instruction manual.

I think this was a good pick-up for my collection at $320 (I didn't previously own one), but what do you think for resale?  

 

How much will tape damage and broken outer seals affect price? 5% off new? 10%? It's certainly going to beat any "used" set out there. Kind of a new one for me. What do you think?

 

 

 

So should I begin scouring local Targets for returned Death Stars marked 50% off?

Edited July 27, 201510 yr by zskid00

If you are into wasting time.

So should I begin scouring local Targets for returned Death Stars marked 50% off?

Does target tracker show online returns as in-stock?

Does target tracker show online returns as in-stock?

yes

Looks like its hard to destroy Death Star...GM°2/r

Is this our last chance to buy a new one at retail (similar to the curtain call for R2 and SSD) or the beginning of multiple production runs (like the Pet Shop)?  

Is this our last chance to buy a new one at retail (similar to the curtain call for R2 and SSD) or the beginning of multiple production runs (like the Pet Shop)?  

yes

Full reverse! Chewie lock in the auxiliary power.