"The LEGO Technic Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was designed to highlight the important role the aircraft plays in search and rescue efforts.

"While the set clearly depicts how a rescue version of the plane might look, the aircraft is only used by the military. We have a long-standing policy not to create sets which feature real military vehicles, so it has been decided not to proceed with the launch of this product.

"We appreciate that some fans who were looking forward to this set may be disappointed, but we believe it’s important to ensure that we uphold our brand values."

 

Release date was August 1st. Canceled less than 2 weeks before release due to external pressures.

The boxes that manage to sneak out the back door are going to fetch quite a penny.

same in germany and uk

9 hours ago, MasamuneHonjo said:

I wonder if that means some stores still have them as "first come, first serve."

No, since Smyths website is very good with regards to showing what is available in stores. Store I went to this morning had 2 available and both reserved.  There was a queue of 4 people ahead of me. All immediately made a beeline for the Lego aisle and all disappointed.  

There are a lot of new listings in UK

4 minutes ago, Armin Jahn said:

There are a lot of new listings in UK

People have collected their reserved sets. Smyths opened at 9am, so people have now picked up.  

Just now, Armin Jahn said:

There are a lot of new listings in UK

A lot is relative.  There have been 4 since 5am local time...  The number of new listings hasn't really increased exponentially.  

Basically any influx anyone expected on 8/1 did not happen.  Retailers at least in the UK that didn't have pre orders up did not list the product.  Seems like Target and Myers were the only places in AU and Target is reportedly not stocking at the majority of stores.  Denmark seems to be the second biggest influx but that's miniscule compared to the pie.

I can see 14 new listings

1 minute ago, Armin Jahn said:

I can see 14 new listings

And the idiots are driving their own price down.  Lmao.  The stupid part is people were willing to pay 1500-1600 and they just kept making cheaper bin pricing.  Had a UK just listed for $918 USD.

I had an offer for 625 pound

Just now, Armin Jahn said:

I had an offer for 625 pound

I'll offer you at cost?  🤣

What are people's thoughts on the price?  Obviously it seems that stock is now not going to hit the huge highs that people expected.  Assuming people buy up the ones that are low price, any who list them now will surely be able to start driving the price up.

15 minutes ago, Klownicle said:

And the idiots are driving their own price down.  Lmao.  The stupid part is people were willing to pay 1500-1600 and they just kept making cheaper bin pricing.  Had a UK just listed for $918 USD.

my bet is 80% of these aren't people who dabble in lego long term, just see the price & rumors and joined the hunt for a quick £££.

17 minutes ago, Klownicle said:

And the idiots are driving their own price down.  Lmao.  The stupid part is people were willing to pay 1500-1600 and they just kept making cheaper bin pricing.  Had a UK just listed for $918 USD.

Most of these people are 1) amateurs and got lucky 2) never sold anything before or 3) paying on credit card and need to pay before end of month or all three

3 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

my bet is 80% of these aren't people who dabble in lego long term, just see the price & rumors and joined the hunt for a quick £££.

100% agree.  Once the stock dries up from the BIN, you'll see other flippers drop their price.  And eventually you'll see long termers start to hold.  Then the price will slowly start to climb back up.

In other news, United Arab Emirates just listed their first auction!  I love all the United States auctions, you can clearly see people drop shipped and are charging a premium due to that on those US based ones.

Definitely will be a bump in new listings today, I'm showing 17 currently from midnight EST.  The peak from my tracking is 18 in the past week.

Edited August 1, 20205 yr by Klownicle

Oh snap, haha

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/264811008206

Someone is selling the instructions at $4 USD a pop.  They've sold 16.  LMAO  "Most of bricks are common brick， you are able to build it by following the instruction"  Bullshit anyone?

Edited August 1, 20205 yr by Klownicle

Someone sniped three in front of me. This sure made my day.

43 minutes ago, Armin Jahn said:

I had an offer for 625 pound

I had one for £185 and he didn't even say he had a sick child... 

Do you think 600 pounds is a good price?

21 minutes ago, Armin Jahn said:

Do you think 600 pounds is a good price?

They've been selling for a lot higher than that throughout the week, I would assume at this point price should be going up but new listings are driving the price down.

Just now, Cheese said:

Are these all yours?  Where on Earth did you find 20 Ospreys?

2 minutes ago, Cheese said:

No buying limits from JLP early on Friday morning.

The only limits were your own! 

Would someone swap

I will say, now I know how the rest of the world felt left out in 2019 with the US being the only ones to get TLM2 brickheadz and Darth Vader Bust. Profit margins on this one seem to be quite a bit higher on this one to make up for you guys missing out last year haha.

23 hours ago, Klownicle said:

No, UPC matches overseas and no part count on the front of the box.  I have contacted many sellers and they are drop shipping from overseas.  Explains the high price as well.

Can you point us to a pic of a "US" style box?