As part of their official plans for SDCC 2012, Lego is going to unveil the Rancor Monster Pit set on Saturday. I can honestly say that this has been my dream set since I was a kid and now as an AFOL I can afford to buy it. I wonder if it will connect to the new Jabba's Palace set and make use of the trap door. I figure since The Urukai Army set and Helm's Deep connect that their might be a chance of this connectivity. What do you guys think?

Rancor Monster Pit

I JUST picked up 2 more Rancors from yoyo.com for $89.90 after tax. Honestly, i would considered this a semi-decent %off purchase if the sets didn't retail for $59.99. Heck, the retail should be $39.99 or $44.99 max.

Anyway, here is the best part of the order. Yoyo is using LaserShip and the scheduled delivery date is TODAY.

 

How did you wrangle that price at yoyo.com, if you don't mind me asking?

How did you wrangle that price at yoyo.com, if you don't mind me asking?

Hi. It was during their April BOGO special.

Amazon currently has it for $47.83 which isn't that much diff depending on your sales tax. I think it will hit 21-30% off again before Thanksgiving.

Does any one the number of the Rancor from set 75005? Is it considered a minifig? I can't find it any where. I like to keep track of my minifigures value and am totally lost on this one. thank you

The rancor, along with other "big figures" such as the cave troll from Lord of the Rings is called a "maxi-figure" or "maxifig". On Bricklink, the average used selling price is $18.00 and new $20.22. Here is the link to Bricklink Catalog Entry: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=11323pb01c01

 

Hope that helped.

Thank you very much

John Lewis online selling this for 32.99 act fast!! 22 left 10.07

Nice find, cheers .. Uruk-hai army 9471 down to

Hey thanks for the tip, been looking for big big discounts on this set for ages!  Just bought the last two according to the website, wouldnt let me have anymore.  Thanks very much! 

John Lewis online selling this for 32.99 act fast!! 22 left 10.07

Thanks for the heads up, ordered 2.

 

The last time i ordered from John Lewis was a Passenger Train, arrived totally crushed, they sent a replacment the following day and never picked up the crushed set

Hey thanks for the tip, been looking for big big discounts on this set for ages!  Just bought the last two according to the website, wouldnt let me have anymore.  Thanks very much! 

Lets hope we both ordered in time.

Thanks guys! Just managed to order two sets, only five remaining!

Thanks for the heads up, ordered 2.

 

The last time i ordered from John Lewis was a Passenger Train, arrived totally crushed, they sent a replacment the following day and never picked up the crushed set

 

The same happened when I had a torn box from Asda Direct.  I went to pick up a replacement Unimog and they didn't ask for the old one back so I built it!

My two arrived in good condition.

Dang! That rancor is one expensive little dude.

Dang! That rancor is one expensive little MAXI dude.

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I was checking a bit ago for the Rancor Pit on Amazon.es ----> gone.

Checked all Amazon EU sites ----> gone too.

Can someone with the newest catalog check if it is still there?

Are you just asking about the catalog, or the shop at home site? I don't think it was in the US catalog either.

It's in the US catalog, gonna be with us all year long.

Here's a hot tip:  Although Rancor's hanging around, his upstairs neighbor will be vacating the property soon, nudge nudge wink wink.

 

And for those of you who aren't big on subtlety, Jabba's Palace will be retiring in the next couple months.  The rest of 2012 SW will be heading out too, with the X-wing being the exception- we get that one til 2015.

I was asking because it's kinds weird that the set is gone from all Amazon EU sites. It's available from the US site but that doesn't work for me over here.

And yeah, almost all 4-digit sets from all themes are slowly disappearing.

I have been out of buying Lego for awhile as we all know it is an expensive hobby, especially for a PT worker/FT student.  Anyhow, I saw a couple Rancor sets at Target today for $42, or something around there.  As of now, I only have one SW set, but really like this Rancor set for the big mini-fig and the cool packaging.  Is this still too much to pay?  One of the investment reviews says to wait till they are around $15!?!.....ummmmm, when/where would I ever find this set on a store shelf for that??

 

Thanks for any comments.

$42 is ok but there have been slightly better deals (36-40). If it is to build then go ahead and pick it up

Ex astris, scientia.

$42 is ok but there have been slightly better deals (36-40). If it is to build then go ahead and pick it up

Ex astris, scientia.

I would probably get both the sets there if they ARE still there when I go back after tax refund drops in a couple days.  One to build, one to keep.

$42 is fine to grab a few.  my gut feeling (not worth a dime) tells me this set might retire early if Jabba's Palace gets retired.

 

cheapest i've paid was $$38.66 amazon last nov. it was one of my gold box deals.  i own around 10 now so i'm pretty sold on this set's potential (mainly the rancor and how it connects to Jabba's Palace)

 

you can always pick-up more down the road if it hits below $40 again (which it should if it stays around)