1 hour ago, grabbitfast said:

70917 £69.97 Asda George  be quick if you want it.

What's Asda's shipping like? Beaten up boxes? 

Also, people lurk on here and then immeadiately repost onto UKHD... it's already on there

Edited February 17, 20187 yr by andyposterfan

4 minutes ago, andyposterfan said:

What's Asda's shipping like? Beaten up boxes? 

Also, people lurk on here and then immeadiately repost onto UKHD... it's already on there

Asda is OKish. My last orders back in 2016 were all in factory boxes, not sure about now. But, C&C not delivery. HUKD? The sooner BP charges membership fees for privileged areas, the better! ;-)

The HUKD brigade are really in the ball.

8 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Asda is OKish. My last orders back in 2016 were all in factory boxes, not sure about now. But, C&C not delivery. HUKD? The sooner BP charges membership fees for privileged areas, the better! ;-)

The HUKD brigade are really in the ball.

Whats their customer service attitude like If damaged?

Edited February 17, 20187 yr by andyposterfan

25 minutes ago, andyposterfan said:

Whats their customer service attitude like If damaged?

I've only ever had a couple of damaged sets from them (both in same factory box which was strangely undamaged - LEGO's fault?). I was offered replacements the next day, but didn't bother as I was about to go away for 2 weeks. They were train sets which I parted out and I did OK. Since then, I've always opened factory boxes as soon as I collect.

These days, there's only one way to find out!

Thanks TabbyB

You biting Tabby?

I have.

2 hours ago, Lego Benito said:

Thanks for the heads up. Almost went for it but just not sure about it as a set to build and not sure it has investment potential even at that price.

My thinking too.

Not worth quick flipping either. eBay is around £95 so after shipping and fees you're probably looking at a tenner profit. 

33 minutes ago, Lego Benito said:

You biting Tabby?

No, as I think it's a turkey TBH. The Tumbler performed badly so I have no hope at all for this even at 50% off. I'll eat one if it ever reaches RRP on FeeBay.

Edited February 17, 20187 yr by TabbyBoy

Just now, TabbyBoy said:

No as I think it's a turkey TBH. No Super Hero or Movie sets for me apart from Destinys Bounty.

Amen. You can´t polish a turkey.

Yeah, agreed. I've bought a few TLBM sets but only to build with the kids. Think they're over priced on the whole, as well.

Bounty was only a fiver more but way more appealing.

Edited February 17, 20187 yr by Lego Benito

Awful investment, in my opinion.

Well I've only gone in for 1. Happy to take a punt.

 

when do you think it'll retire? Released June 17, so surely good until this summer?

In the lego sale I've only managed to pick up 10254 winter holiday trains, no luck on anything else.

buybin range £32 - £60 (each time with promos of some description that offset each price by £10 - £20). I think it's a Wonderful set. Once retired I see it being £125 easy.

only question is whether it will return for a third year. Staff at Lego I spoke with implied not. On the other hand, these winter sets seem to have a 3 yr cycle and would make sense to keep the train in production alongside the winter station (though Lego did retire Ecto1 despite GBHQ showing no signs of retirement)

Winter train will definitely come back - all winter sets are three years long on the market.

5 minutes ago, andyposterfan said:

In the lego sale I've only managed to pick up 10254 winter holiday trains, no luck on anything else.

only question is whether it will return for a third year. Staff at Lego I spoke with implied not.

That guarantees it returns....

They seem to have 2 winter creator sets live each season with a new one each year. So wouldn't a new one bump off the train? They won't have 3 sets running?

the toy shop was around this year but v v hard to find.

I can't deny that Common sense says 3 years... but you never know.

even if I have to hold for over a year, I can't pass up £32 winter trains. I won't get them that cheap again.

We get a new winter set so the train may be departing. On the other hand, what use is a station with no train?

True but then again we have GBHQ with. I Ecto1 (which is daft)

1 hour ago, andyposterfan said:

They seem to have 2 winter creator sets live each season with a new one each year. So wouldn't a new one bump off the train? They won't have 3 sets running?

the toy shop was around this year but v v hard to find.

I can't deny that Common sense says 3 years... but you never know.

even if I have to hold for over a year, I can't pass up £32 winter trains. I won't get them that cheap again.

They've had 3 sets running for the past few winter seasons, but the oldest of the 3 doesn't usually make it past end on Nov, so winter '18 should see train, station and new set, with the train selling out fairly quickly.

I phoned Leicester Square and the lady on the phone told me they'd both be back at Christmas.

14 minutes ago, richiej1979 said:

I phoned Leicester Square and the lady on the phone told me they'd both be back at Christmas.

So they ARE retiring. Release the horde!

1 hour ago, mauro23 said:

Winter train will definitely come back - all winter sets are three years long on the market.

no no no!!! why cant they come back with Winter Bakery or Postal Office?

1 minute ago, crayxlp said:

no no no!!! why cant they come back with Winter Bakery or Postal Office?

BLASPHEMY! I suppose you want Café Corner resurrected too?

2 minutes ago, Val-E said:

BLASPHEMY! I suppose you want Café Corner resurrected too?

ummm.. yes.. ? But not like some remake widely avaiable, but more like what they did with that limited Batman speedbike - only 1000 limited copies. So in this case I could imagine only 20.000 copies worldwide, available only 1 piece EVER per person in SAH - nowhere else.