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So my local Target is going out of business.  I've been haunting the aisles waiting for their legos to be put on clearance.  The ONLY sets that they have discounted are the Nexo Knights 70312, 70313, 70324 (I bought every single item since they were on 50% off).  All of their others are at regular price.  Granted it is early days in their clearance sale, but I found it interesting that none of their other sets are being discounted.  Do you think it is because the Nexo line isn't selling as well as Lego would like and if that is the case do you think they will retire the sets sooner than normal?

I should mention that before the clearance sale started I saw an employee in the aisles resetting the merchandise who appeared to work for Lego since they were wearing a Lego employee polo.  I've never seen a Target employee working that aisle and I am there more often than any sane person should be.

Edited January 8, 20179 yr by RoswellGinny

Wow, 2017 summer fort has a 140 euro RRP in Holland. I guess that means 125 or so elsewhere but it will be a new flagship.

So my local Target is going out of business.  I've been haunting the aisles waiting for their legos to be put on clearance.  The ONLY sets that they have discounted are the Nexo Knights 70312, 70313, 70324 (I bought every single item since they were on 50% off).  All of their others are at regular price.  Granted it is early days in their clearance sale, but I found it interesting that none of their other sets are being discounted.  Do you think it is because the Nexo line isn't selling as well as Lego would like and if that is the case do you think they will retire the sets sooner than normal?
I should mention that before the clearance sale started I saw an employee in the aisles resetting the merchandise who appeared to work for Lego since they were wearing a Lego employee polo.  I've never seen a Target employee working that aisle and I am there more often than any sane person should be.

All those sets are 50% off in other Targets too (not all, but some) even though those are not going out of business. So I would say there is no special clearance on LEGO in your Target yet ....

4 hours ago, Val-E said:

Wow, 2017 summer fort has a 140 euro RRP in Holland. I guess that means 125 or so elsewhere but it will be a new flagship.

Yeah, you are going to get your proper castle and then once built you will have to get all of the Season 1 and 2 sets. Long live NEXO!

Same price and theme as Kingdoms Joust! Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance, but in this case it is.

Pics of some summer 2017 sets are now on Reddit for all you Nexo fanboys.

The castle is a proper castle with no tracks or weird things.

 

58 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Pics of some summer 2017 sets are now on Reddit for all you Nexo fanboys.

The castle is a proper castle with no tracks or weird things.

 

70357 - Knighton Castle... Doesn't look really impressive though. 

1 minute ago, Haay said:

70357 - Knighton Castle... Doesn't look really impressive though. 

Agreed, they add in all the extra junk a vehicle a mech and a flyer instead of making it fully enclosed. 

7 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Agreed, they add in all the extra junk a vehicle a mech and a flyer instead of making it fully enclosed. 

So, the equivalent to a helicopter in a city set?

Looking forward to picking this one up at 70% off!

 

The castle looks ok, but not 140 euro good (listed price on brickset). I was surprised by the amount of bricks in there. 

Designwise the Fortrex and Jestro's Lair look much better to me. Might pick this up if it is heavily discounted, but even then...

Darn, another King Halbert. There goes the uniqueness of King's Mech.

Rumor of this theme coming to an end?

https://brickset.com/article/27598/is-nexo-knights-coming-to-an-early-end

Possibly. This theme was always going to have something like a 3 year life cycle but I guessed they would end it in winter at the soonest. Let´s see.

In for 3 of all the summer sets BTW!

I knew it wouldn't have a long run but I didn't think it was doing so bad that they would cancel an upcoming release. Oh well.

4 minutes ago, Ayleux said:

I knew it wouldn't have a long run but I didn't think it was doing so bad that they would cancel an upcoming release. Oh well.

Especially when you devote so much of the Feb international toy fair stand to it. I say the summer sets come out but that they will be short runs like Bionicle 2H and the theme ends in early or mid 2018.

Edited April 19, 20178 yr by Val-E

 

Knighton Castle is a definite get for me. Looking forward to it

28 minutes ago, minicoopers11 said:

Knighton Castle is a definite get for me. Looking forward to it

Which is the best NK set ever, in your opinion?

I'm impressed with the playability of Jestro's Lair but that Knighton Castle looks amazing. The Fortrex just didn't feel like a castle.

King's mech is a hit with my kids. Cool build. Limited supply?

You mean 70326? It's already retired and indeed is very popular among youngsters.

Looks like many retailers are clearing out (TRU) or virtually cleared out (Amazon, Tesco) their Nexo stock. All set for John Lewis exclusivity soon?