Anyone have any guesses of which Lego Star Wars sets are going EOL soon? I am looking at the Millennium Falcon 7965 and Super Star Destroyer 10221 in particular.

The super star destroyer will be around for a while. The 7965 will be gone sometime this year I think. Walmart said that its a discontinued item in their stores.

7879 Hoth Echo Base

7879 Hoth Echo Base

Is it time to get one? What do you think for it after EOL?

I'm thinking about getting two copies of the 7879 Echo Base set, one for my personal collection and one to keep for resale.  Do you think now is the time to pick this one up?  Any predictions on how well it will do once it goes EOL?  I know people have mixed feelings about the set in general, but I'm not sure if Lego will remake an Echo Base set like this again.  The people who are disappointed wanted to see the command room, snow speeder hanger, shield generator, etc, and this would take a lot of bricks to put in a set (even a UCS sized set).

Is it time to get one? What do you think for it after EOL?

its hard to tell - overall it is a nice set, but nothing to desirable about it, except for the mini figures in it!

Speculation, but I'm thinking:

 

Star Wars Endor Rebel Trooper and Imperial Trooper 9489

Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter 9493

Star Wars Droid Escape 9490

Star Wars Desert Skiff 9496

Star Wars Republic Striker-class Starfighter 9497

Star Wars Elite Clone Trooper and Commando Droid B 9488

Star Wars Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter 9498

Star Wars Tie Fighter 9492

Star Wars Jabba's Palace 9516

Star Wars Sith Fury-class Interceptor 9500

Star Wars Geonosian Cannon 9491

Star Wars The Malevolence 9515

Star Wars Gungan Sub  9499

Star Wars B-Wing Fighter 10227

Star Wars Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter 9525

Star Wars Anakin's Jedi Interceptor 9494

its hard to tell - overall it is a nice set, but nothing to desirable about it, except for the mini figures in it!

 

True, but I think this is the driving factor behind most Star Wars sets (and licensed sets as a whole).  I'm actually not too keen on most of the Star Wars line outside of the figs, and I'm a huge Star Wars geek.  The latest 2012 and 2013 wave are the only ones I've seen that really pique my interest.  I haven't felt a strong need to go back and get anything that was out during my dark age.

 

I'm probably going to pick them both up.  I can't see it losing money, at the very least I'd get my money back when it goes EOL.  I'm not a big time investor, just trying to cherry pick some sets that will do well after retirement to fund more Lego for my personal collection.

 

Speculation, but I'm thinking:

 

Star Wars Endor Rebel Trooper and Imperial Trooper 9489

Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter 9493

Star Wars Droid Escape 9490

Star Wars Desert Skiff 9496

Star Wars Republic Striker-class Starfighter 9497

Star Wars Elite Clone Trooper and Commando Droid B 9488

Star Wars Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter 9498

Star Wars Tie Fighter 9492

Star Wars Jabba's Palace 9516

Star Wars Sith Fury-class Interceptor 9500

Star Wars Geonosian Cannon 9491

Star Wars The Malevolence 9515

Star Wars Gungan Sub  9499

Star Wars B-Wing Fighter 10227

Star Wars Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter 9525

Star Wars Anakin's Jedi Interceptor 9494

 

 

Do you think they'd retire Jabba's Palace while the Rancor PIt is still around?  I feel like they want these both on the shelves at the same time since they're designed to connect together.

True, but I think this is the driving factor behind most Star Wars sets (and licensed sets as a whole).  I'm actually not too keen on most of the Star Wars line outside of the figs, and I'm a huge Star Wars geek.  The latest 2012 and 2013 wave are the only ones I've seen that really pique my interest.  I haven't felt a strong need to go back and get anything that was out during my dark age.

 

I'm probably going to pick them both up.  I can't see it losing money, at the very least I'd get my money back when it goes EOL.  I'm not a big time investor, just trying to cherry pick some sets that will do well after retirement to fund more Lego for my personal collection.

 

 

 

Do you think they'd retire Jabba's Palace while the Rancor PIt is still around?  I feel like they want these both on the shelves at the same time since they're designed to connect together.

 

According to word on the street from Bulldog "the pimp", yes.

True, but I think this is the driving factor behind most Star Wars sets (and licensed sets as a whole).  I'm actually not too keen on most of the Star Wars line outside of the figs, and I'm a huge Star Wars geek.  The latest 2012 and 2013 wave are the only ones I've seen that really pique my interest.  I haven't felt a strong need to go back and get anything that was out during my dark age.

 

I'm probably going to pick them both up.  I can't see it losing money, at the very least I'd get my money back when it goes EOL.  I'm not a big time investor, just trying to cherry pick some sets that will do well after retirement to fund more Lego for my personal collection.

 

 

 

Do you think they'd retire Jabba's Palace while the Rancor PIt is still around?  I feel like they want these both on the shelves at the same time since they're designed to connect together.

 

If we take TLC at their word, JP is going at the end of this year regardless of the status of the Rancor Pit.  Now whether RP is going is another story. 

 

Good deal on RP on Amazon now...$45.60.  Link on 9/26 deals page.

I did some digging online, and it looks like Lego pulled production of Jabba's Palace due to Islamic protests.  I guess it looks similar to a mosque or something.  I wonder if this will further increase the value of this set due to the controversy, and the fact that Lego will probably not touch this setting again because of the protests.

Jabba Palace and its controversy was talked about at great length over the last year

Jabba Palace and its controversy was talked about at great length over the last year

 

Not to mention the insane price spike due to the controversy that saw savvy resellers grabbing them at the store for $85 and selling them online the same day for $200.

An employee at one of the my local Lego stores told me that they still have a lot of SSDs available at the store.  They just don't move well.

He believes the main reason is that it's a 4' long model and a $400 (plus tax) price tag.  Not that many people are willing to spend that much money, especially on a 4' model where they don't have space to display it.   It seems makes sense though.

 

Anyways, I plan on getting more SSDs when October 2x points promotion begins.

The jabba's palace should be a solid $200-300 set down the road.

Safe to say anything with a 4 digit model number is going away by the end of the year. The first wave of LOTR are gone from Walmart, Target, and B&M Lego stores so those might be peacing out sooner than later.

Safe to say anything with a 4 digit model number is going away by the end of the year. The first wave of LOTR are gone from Walmart, Target, and B&M Lego stores so those might be peacing out sooner than later.

 

Except for 7741.

And 7965.

Emazers you really think Jabba's Palace could hit $300? I'm not sure. It's so small! And it's been hyped and hyped. I'll defer to your judgement, I might pick up 1 or 2.

I don't think the four digit number retirement is true at all.  I'm sure there will be plenty of four digit set numbers available next year.

And 7965.

Emazers you really think Jabba's Palace could hit $300? I'm not sure. It's so small! And it's been hyped and hyped. I'll defer to your judgement, I might pick up 1 or 2.

 

Its way bigger than the old one. I think its a winner.

I built one from a lot, it's nice, it looks good on display (until I put the rancor pit under it anyway). The figs are great. I don't want to sell mine because I want to keep Boushh and Oola. I dunno, I'm on the fence for investing in more.

You can get the Jabba's palace pretty cheap $91.00 and there are alot of guys have gotten these way cheaper at Walmart and Target.I don't see why anybody would think that this set will not be a good investment, you seen how fast the price for these went up when the rumor went out that lego was going to stop making these, well when the Retiring sign pops up on Lego well more Panic buying will happen again, now if you have say 20 of these and if you can make $150 or so profit on each one would you be happy. But the big question is lego really retiring this set after Christmas or will it run til the end of 2014 like its suppose to. Well we will see. I have 47 of these and might get a few more. I got all of them for $80 each, So a few years down the road this will be a good money maker, and all those guys that ask if $69.99 for the Vampire Castle, well the ones that didn't get them will have the blues for a long time. $69.99 thats wholesale prices. And on the Helm's Deep well Toys R US has plenty for the Holidays, I been in 5 Tru Stores in the last 2 weeks and each store had at least 8 each. But next Christmas they should be close to $200

and all those guys that ask if $69.99 for the Vampire Castle, well the ones that didn't get them will have the blues for a long time. $69.99 thats wholesale prices.

 

Every time you say that I want to run to the Wal-Mart down the road that still has a dozen for $69 and buy 10.

I certainly hope they don't make another jabbas palace! All the better for us.

I think the VC will be a good lesson for those of us who are less than a year into investing and collecting. To be honest, I've been here since Jan and it will be nice to see a larger set retire firsthand.

That's also a good lesson for the newer guys. An eol is a rare occasion for like 10 months of the year.

I've been trying to decide between Jabba's Palace, Hoth Echo Base, and Helm's Deep for sets to invest in.  I'm a small time "investor,"  mostly a collector hoping to fund all or a good chunk of my collection through a little investing.  I ended up purchasing 2 of each of these sets, one to build and one to sell later on.  I was going to put all my chips into Helm's Deep or Jabba's Palace, but I figure a little diversity never hurt anyone.  All of these sets are on sale or clearance in my area, so I should at least make a little money when these go EOL.