There was a lot of talk recently on the retirement speculation tread of sets people hate. Some because they just wouldn't go away, like the Pet Shop or T1 VW Camper Van, others because they were over produced like the Exo-Suit, some others like Arkham Asylum for not living up to people's expectations.

Just wondering what sets people here really dislike, whether as an investment or as a set they built.

My personal one is the very first set I bought as an investment, 4 x Superman: Black Zero Escape. They were 55% off and already retired and I thought with the minifigures it had that it would be a surefire winner, instead I'm selling it for a few quids profit, nowhere near RRP just to get rid of them. I know I could wait for a few years and see how it does, but I just want it off my shelves, so the money can go somewhere else, with a bit more potential.

Can I make a late case for Milano Spaceship?

It´s Super Heroes but has the name of a football team, looks like it has flown nose first into a brick wall, TLG pulled out all the marketing tages at their disposal to sell it (limited edition, retiring soon) and finally had to reduce the price. Still available for below retail almost one year after.

Don´t have any in my portfolio but still don´t like it.

There are no Lego sets that I hate because I don't have time to waste hating on Lego sets when I can spend it focused on all of the good Lego sets or other aspects of my life.

Edited March 21, 20169 yr by redghostx

 

Anything Chima or Star Wars Ep. 1: The Phantom Menace. All those sets suck. China sets are also a huge ripoff.

Also the AOU Hulk minifigure polybag and the Star Wars Rebels Stormtrooper Sergeant polybag, I can never find them! My local TRU either a) sells out really fast, or  never carries them at all! It's so frustrating!!!

Edited March 21, 20169 yr by Legocrafter02

What about hate to Love.  I HATE that I LOVE the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu.  I have never had a Ninjago set and never intended too.  But it's too awesome and I have to get it.  So far I have resisted..but I won't be able to for much longer 

4 minutes ago, CoastaLego said:

What about hate to Love.  I HATE that I LOVE the 70751 Temple of Airjitzu.  I have never had a Ninjago set and never intended too.  But it's too awesome and I have to get it.  So far I have resisted..but I won't be able to for much longer 

Embrace it.  ToA was the first Ninjago set I bought.  And after that, it's been all over.  A couple of mechs here, a couple of dragons there...

Just for display purposes, you could have an enjoy Japanese village that looks outstanding from these sets.

70725 MechDragon, damned thing just sits there... probably will give it away some day...

70725 MechDragon, damned thing just sits there... probably will give it away some day...

Patience, it only recently retired.

Yeah, in geological terms it was a second ago, I bet it will sell by 2030...

that lex luther kryptonite set with wonder woman on perpetual sale for eternity (power armor lex). that one.

may i just add that here in Asia there are now fake lego sets where superman is inside of the power armor. as if superman needs it.  

i throw up a little every time i see those.

Edited April 13, 20169 yr by ppsagehen

That mammoth stomper. Been clearanced a year straight and still lingers

10 minutes ago, justapilgrim said:

That mammoth stomper. Been clearanced a year straight and still lingers

 

Amen to this. The only LEGO set still on the clearance rack in one of my WMs, and doesn't want to budge from its "Clearance" price of $89.97, which coincidentally is also RRP.

I dislike 3 of the TFA sets I've built.  Takodana, First Order Transporter and resistance transporter.  I know Lego didn't have a lot of new things to work with but god are they dire.

As for hate? Has to be Assault on Hoth. Complete waste of a UCS product space in my opinion. 

I pretty much hate everything that isn't star wars anymore. It's the only theme left where the demand can still outweigh the horde's hoard. That will change soon enough as greed and stupidity know no bounds. BETTAr THAN GOLD!!!!!!!!111

Buying lego is easy, selling lego is easier said than done, newbie undercutters are bound to quit their "lego hobby" if they don't get their strategy straight, and there will be many.

So they will hate ALL of those sets in stock which now they have to sell at buy-in or worse (I have a few myself of course...).

4 hours ago, TugaBricks said:

Yeah, in geological terms it was a second ago, I bet it will sell by 2030...

And that's when @exciter1 will start finding them in stores.

I have a new one...75159.  No love to hate. Just hate. 

5 minutes ago, jgschmieg3 said:

I have a new one...75159.  No love to hate. Just hate. 

When I saw there was a post here, I was expecting to see 21301. Whew.

4 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

When I saw there was a post here, I was expecting to see 21301. Whew.

When I saw there was a post here, I was expecting to see you post about hating 21301. Whew. 

21312 Women Of NASA

Can I say a theme instead? Star Wars!

If it has to be a set, then it has to be 71006 The Simpsons House as I can't bloody stand the show and it's been retired 6 times in a month!

11 hours ago, BigBrickFanatic said:

21312 Women Of NASA

Quite the opposite for me ;-)

I will vote once again for Milano Spaceship -  more than justified seeing it has had 2 remakes since I last voted.

Winter Toy Shop 10249.  This remake killed the theme for me.  As disappointing as the Taj Mahal re-release was, this was a total punch in the gut and I ended up selling all my holiday sets since they had totally lost that feeling of being special and limited.  I'll have a similar feeling and reaction when the first modular remake comes out, which you all know is going to happen.  Cafe Corner will be coming "out of the vault" at some point. 

14 minutes ago, Huskers1236 said:

Winter Toy Shop 10249.  This remake killed the theme for me.  As disappointing as the Taj Mahal re-release was, this was a total punch in the gut and I ended up selling all my holiday sets since they had totally lost that feeling of being special and limited.  I'll have a similar feeling and reaction when the first modular remake comes out, which you all know is going to happen.  Cafe Corner will be coming "out of the vault" at some point. 

I reckon there is more money in reissuing Liberty or Eiffel plus the usual Star Wars suspects.

With the modulars they still have lots of mileage to cover releasing a new one every year.

I feel your pain, though. At least WTS 2.0 is doing well post EOL so there is demand.