8 hours ago, fossilrock said:

I agree.  One thing i've noticed on amazon, especially is that the amount of resellers are thinning quite a bit over the last year.  Many have already cashed out and moved on.  So, as the years go by, these will become more scarce, although there are a lot of used sets on ebay that people can pick up. 

I have yet to move any of my LOTR/Hobbit stock and I think i'm going to keep them for a while.  I think we have one more year of sellers thinning out their stock before things really bounce up, and I think it will be a decent bounce up.  Once someone cracks open a set and only gets part of the fellowship, they'll want the rest.  Same with the Dwarves from the hobbit line. 

 

Indeed. A few months ago I got Thorin's Co by buying sealed sets and parting out the junk. Working on getting several sets of the Fellowship to finish out sets like Moria.

Edited August 18, 20169 yr by Copterman

8 hours ago, HappyHawkeye said:

Last summer when I first got into lego collecting/investing I slowly acquired one of every set from the LOTR and Hobbit themes. I secretly want these to stagnate so I have an excuse to open & build all of them 

Do it. They are my favorite LEGO sets for sure.

15 hours ago, Copterman said:

Do it. They are my favorite LEGO sets for sure.

The trouble is I also like building modulars....an architecture sets.....and the winter village theme....and Star Wars.....and I am married to a very supportive but pragmatic woman

Looks like these 2 themes could be getting some much needed secondary market demand.

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“Amazon has  greenlit one show that it hopes to rule them all.

The company has made a multi-season production commitment to a television adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-lord-of-the-rings/amazon-to-produce-lord-of-the-rings-television-series-idUSKBN1DD293

 

http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/13/lord-of-the-rings-tv-series/

 

10 minutes ago, jaisonline said:

Looks like these 2 themes could be getting remade.

Edited November 13, 20178 yr by Val-E

2 minutes ago, Val-E said:

 

Maybe not sure if Lego will bring back the license. Prob depends on a few things like show content / rating and if Lego wants to take another chance on a licensed theme.  Who knows with Lego nowadays. 

One would hope they have more common sense but if they smell a cheap remake possibility, bets are off.

This is nothing but good news for LOTR sets.  Could there be remakes? Maybe, but it's more difficult with the licensing.  With Lego's troubles I think they let this go and it will be a boost for resales.

3 hours ago, steelmelt said:

This is nothing but good news for LOTR sets.  Could there be remakes? Maybe, but it's more difficult with the licensing.  With Lego's troubles I think they let this go and it will be a boost for resales.

They will want to amortise that Smaug mould.

12 hours ago, Val-E said:

One would hope they have more common sense but if they smell a cheap remake possibility, bets are off.

I would rather hope that they give LotR the Simpsons treatment: D2C only. It is obvious that kids don't care, but D2C definitely and maybe Minifigures would be snapped up. The failure was not due to the theme itself, but the wrong targeted audience.

Edited November 14, 20178 yr by inversion

Excited about the show- hope it's good. I doubt that will trigger new issues of LOTR Lego sets, although I would like to see that.

It’s a prequel, will probably be graphic.doubtful Lego would get anywhere close to this

37 minutes ago, justapilgrim said:

It’s a prequel, will probably be graphic.doubtful Lego would get anywhere close to this

If they did, it would be 2 years after they started airing.  The usual missing the boat timeline for LEGO.

Official pics from S @ h PAB

Sure there's some nitpicking I might do the more I look at them. Frodo's feet probably should have used 1x4 plates since Hobbits have big feet. Gollum just looks like a child in dirty diapers. And the Balrog horns...uhhhh.

But yeah, these are nice.

so Does LEGO now use Brick Hdz as feelers for new set series ideas now?

seems weird that the first wave is so heavily Bhz

7 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

so Does LEGO now use Brick Hdz as feelers for new set series ideas now?

seems weird that the first wave is so heavily Bhz

Seems to me that they would be the easiest to R&D and put together.  No playtesting and no real other holdups.  Just slap a box around it and weeeeeee

24 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

so Does LEGO now use Brick Hdz as feelers for new set series ideas now?

seems weird that the first wave is so heavily Bhz

There is a $500 D2C set rumored for March 1st. 

There is a $500 D2C set rumored for March 1st. 

Lego is really going all in on this whole "$500 is the new $200" thing

54 minutes ago, Shortbus311 said:

5 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

There is a $500 D2C set rumored for March 1st. 

Lego is really going all in on this whole "$500 is the new $200" thing

Main stream Sets $200 and above:

2022 - 24

2021 - 19

2020 - 14

2019 - 12

2018 - 9

2017 - 10

2016 - 9

2015 - 8

2014 - 6

2013- 6

2012 - 3 and none over $200

2011 and all years prior 3 or less  

 

Edited December 6, 20223 yr by Pseudoty

Main stream Sets $200 and above:
2022 - 24
2021 - 19
2020 - 14
2019 - 12
2018 - 9
2017 - 10
2016 - 9
2015 - 8
2014 - 6
2013- 6
2012 - 3 and none over $200
2011 and all years prior 3 or less  
 

Set and monetary inflation at work.

Yay LEGO!

On 12/6/2022 at 11:02 AM, Pseudoty said:

There is a $500 D2C set rumored for March 1st. 

The rumor is that it is a large Rivendell set.  I'm going to assume it will contain a plethora of minifigures and perhaps the entire fellowship.  This definitely will cause a spike in demand for old LOTR sets, because it doesn't sound like theres anymore coming other than those brickhead figures.  Looks like Lego is going to sucker me out of 500.00 soon.  Hopefully, we see pictures this month.    

58 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

I'm going to assume it will contain a plethora of minifigures and perhaps the entire fellowship

Unless it is micro scale like 71043. 

13 hours ago, fossilrock said:

The rumor is that it is a large Rivendell set.  I'm going to assume it will contain a plethora of minifigures and perhaps the entire fellowship.  This definitely will cause a spike in demand for old LOTR sets, because it doesn't sound like theres anymore coming other than those brickhead figures.  Looks like Lego is going to sucker me out of 500.00 soon.  Hopefully, we see pictures this month.    

I think Rivendell including the entire fellowship will actually decrease some of the demand for the old sets that contained fellowship minifigs. 
 

Additionally, the LEGO.com page for the new sets mentions several things, including Rings of Power, which I’m not sure they can mention in advertising blurbs without expressed permission (and ROP is a separate license than the LOTR license they would have had). I think it’s very possible we see more LOTR sets and eventually ROP sets.