First look at Dr Strange set. Digging the Dr Strange mini figure.

£21.99 @ Amazon UK (Current cheapest?)

£29.99 @ LEGO (not tagged)

£34.95 @ Harrods (LOL)

Edited March 6, 20178 yr by TabbyBoy

Retired soon

https://shop.lego.com/es-ES/Sancta-Sanctorum-de-Doctor-Strange-76060

So I guess there is going to be a wave of May-June retirements this year.

14 day backorder at US shop.

Available at amazon.es for 18,50€, but only a few in stock anymore.

https://www.amazon.es/dp/B01D9QOLYW/

Edited March 22, 20178 yr by Feanor
added Link

C2C at US shop and 30 days at EU shop. Looks to be on the way out.

C2C Canada as well

I'm still gun-shy with this one.They don't move off of Target shelves, and every Target near me has a shelf full. I was waiting for more discounts or clearance...but I'm not sure that's going to happen. May be a sleeper...but no one gives two sh*t's about it right now...

Logic says that as this set was included in the 6 or so sets that got the "retiring soon" status in Canada first, it will retire first in north America then europe. So there should still be a delay of 1 / 2 months for it to retire in europe. 

I previously thought this set would do well due to very good build + exclusive figs + performing well at cinema. 

However, due to the set being highlighted of impending retirement for a few months + the set being on the radar of the qf  (reached 200 selling items on eBay at one point by QF and parter outers...), I'm questioning whether to buy any for investment.

One key point I've learnt is that once a set has been targeted by the quick flippers, it won't reach that high post retirment. This set could buck the trend, but in Europe even if this sets does do well, I personally see the ceiling at 1.5/2 x RRP, and that woil be possibly 1 year after the quick flippers have exhausted their stash.

I can order 99 sets from Target at one shot.
That sums it up for me. 

I'm not bullish on this one. The Dr. Strange mini fig will def pop up again with the new Thor movie coming soon. 

46 minutes ago, Miami Bomb Squad said:

I can order 99 sets from Target at one shot.
That sums it up for me. 

Was Ant Man ever orderable to 99?

Was Ant Man ever orderable to 99?

I wouldn't use Ant Man as a comparison .. the original set had quality issues and was updates causing weird supply issues.

Unless of course you wanted to compare to Wall-E which had quality issues too.

Two other Target exclusives...The Zombies and The Orc Forge. The Zombies was very under the radar and had a very short run. Huge success if you targeted or lucked into this set. The Orc Forge was all the rage back in the day. Many were stockpiling at RRP since it wasn't discounted much, myself included. Dr. Strange seems to fall somewhere in the middle. Which way will it go?

I never bought any Zombies. It was never discounted and then disappeared before I knew it. I had approximately thirty Orc Forges, mainly bought on the hype from BP and the success of the Zombies. I'm down to six, making a little on each one. I'm going with twenty Dr. Strange, just in case. All bought this past week during the current sale at 24% off after red card. 

Weird situation with this set in Canada.

It was a Target exclusive... but we have no more Targets to source from! It was only available at LEGO.ca and has never appeared on any retailer shelves in Canada from what I know of. So there will be a great deal of Canadian buyers who have missed/will miss out on this set and I'm banking on a niche shortage in the after market up here.

9 minutes ago, lobo1969 said:

Weird situation with this set in Canada.

It was a Target exclusive... but we have no more Targets to source from! It was only available at LEGO.ca and has never appeared on any retailer shelves in Canada from what I know of. So there will be a great deal of Canadian buyers who have missed/will miss out on this set and I'm banking on a niche shortage in the after market up here.

It was available at TRU for a few months. Never saw it at mine again after they sold through before Christmas so got mine at Lego's website

Two other Target exclusives...The Zombies and The Orc Forge. The Zombies was very under the radar and had a very short run. Huge success if you targeted or lucked into this set. The Orc Forge was all the rage back in the day. Many were stockpiling at RRP since it wasn't discounted much, myself included. Dr. Strange seems to fall somewhere in the middle. Which way will it go?
I never bought any Zombies. It was never discounted and then disappeared before I knew it. I had approximately thirty Orc Forges, mainly bought on the hype from BP and the success of the Zombies. I'm down to six, making a little on each one. I'm going with twenty Dr. Strange, just in case. All bought this past week during the current sale at 24% off after red card. 

Org Forge sold at a good and brief clip at $96 FBA. Hoarders then got greedy and shipped their stock in. The price never recovered. I sold half of them then and then had to let the price rebound to close to $90 before selling the remaining.

7 hours ago, Mhd747 said:

Logic says that as this set was included in the 6 or so sets that got the "retiring soon" status in Canada first, it will retire first in north America then europe. So there should still be a delay of 1 / 2 months for it to retire in europe. 

I previously thought this set would do well due to very good build + exclusive figs + performing well at cinema. 

However, due to the set being highlighted of impending retirement for a few months + the set being on the radar of the qf  (reached 200 selling items on eBay at one point by QF and parter outers...), I'm questioning whether to buy any for investment.

One key point I've learnt is that once a set has been targeted by the quick flippers, it won't reach that high post retirment. This set could buck the trend, but in Europe even if this sets does do well, I personally see the ceiling at 1.5/2 x RRP, and that woil be possibly 1 year after the quick flippers have exhausted their stash.

Remember to add into the mix the  recent 45% discount runs at Amazon.es.

56 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Remember to add into the mix the  recent 45% discount runs at Amazon.es.

And the Tesco 3/2 dump.  I have 12 of these at £14 each.  125% retail is fine for me.  
 

I think it'll be lucky to reach 100% RRP after fees. There's been too much talk about this set for it to be rare in the future. Buyers are no longer stupid, they now mostly buy at RRP when available rather than get fleeced by resellers. I passed on these at 50% off and glad I did ;-)

I guessed the theme of this post even before I clicked.

8 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

I guessed the theme of this post even before I clicked.

11 hours ago, terrymc4677 said:

Two other Target exclusives...The Zombies and The Orc Forge. The Zombies was very under the radar and had a very short run. Huge success if you targeted or lucked into this set. The Orc Forge was all the rage back in the day. Many were stockpiling at RRP since it wasn't discounted much, myself included. Dr. Strange seems to fall somewhere in the middle. Which way will it go?

I never bought any Zombies. It was never discounted and then disappeared before I knew it. I had approximately thirty Orc Forges, mainly bought on the hype from BP and the success of the Zombies. I'm down to six, making a little on each one. I'm going with twenty Dr. Strange, just in case. All bought this past week during the current sale at 24% off after red card. 

Out of respect for other BP's for that don't know better, you are hand picking a few scenario's(which is fine).  Just please disclose for the hoard.  Over the years Target, Walmart, & Toys R Us have had many exclusives for nearly every theme.  This nothing new.  Some last for 6 months, some last for 3 years.  Each is its own scenario, hard to compare each one.   Carry on

12 hours ago, jeff_14 said:

It was available at TRU for a few months. Never saw it at mine again after they sold through before Christmas so got mine at Lego's website

Must have been a select distribution because I never saw it at any TRUs in my area.

Sold out at US shop!