To continue an earlier thread, here are the sets listed on S@H as "Retiring Soon":

 

Friends - Stephanie's Cool Convertible, Olivia's Speedboat, Mia's Bedroom, Series 1 foil packs

Duplo - Train Starter Set, Doctor's Clinic, Emergency Helicopter

Creator - Apple Tree House

Lego Games - Ninjago, Pirate Plank

Chima Speedorz - CHI Battles, Ring of Fire, Target Practice, CHI Waterfall

Technic - Mini Container Truck

LOTR - Gandalf Arrives, Orc Forge

CMF - Series 9

Architecture - Sugnyemun

Marvel Super Heroes - Captain America's Avenging Cycle

Star Wars - Endor Rebel Trooper and Imperial Trooper Battle Pack, Planet Bespin & Twin Cloud Car, Planet Endor & AT-ST

 

Nothing earth-shattering.  Orc Forge surprises me the most.

1 hour ago, grabbitfast said:

Lots of glitches on Lego sah europe with Brickheadz availability, so I would take any tags on availability on any sites with a big pinch of salt.

It's been like that for quite a long time. I remember the Pet Shop and Simpsons House popping in and out of retirement. As we're now fully aware, any set can be resurrected at any time. Even if the Tower Bridge was to go, it'll be back within a short time due to "ADD TO WISHLIST" for example. Why would LEGO have that button otherwise? Think about it.

2 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

It's been like that for quite a long time. I remember the Pet Shop and Simpsons House popping in and out of retirement. As we're now fully aware, any set can be resurrected at any time. Even if the Tower Bridge was to go, it'll be back within a short time due to "ADD TO WISHLIST" for example. Why would LEGO have that button otherwise? Think about it.

thats pretty clever and spot-on remark regarding that Wish List button.. I thought about it in the past too, what is it for.. normal / usual e-shops use this as a feature that you can share with your relatives etc and they see what you might like (e.g. wedding lists). but in case of SAH there is no way how to share your list with others

Even if they pulled the Brickheadz theme tomorrow which there is no chance of, all the popular sets like Mickey and Minnie would be back and overproduced.

Quick thought could it be possible a Mickey and Minnie dual pack is on its way.,

9 minutes ago, grabbitfast said:

Even if they pulled the Brickheadz theme tomorrow which there is no chance of, all the popular sets like Mickey and Minnie would be back and overproduced.

Quick thought could it be possible a Mickey and Minnie dual pack is on its way.,

If I was to invest in ****Brickheadz, I would favour Mickey, Minnie and Harry/Hedwig sets as those fan bases are massive . I do have a friend who bought all 12 of the first wave and I'm looking forward to see what profit he makes, if any.

7 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

If I was to invest in ****Brickheadz, I would favour Mickey, Minnie and Harry/Hedwig sets as those fan bases are massive . I do have a friend who bought all 12 of the first wave and I'm looking forward to see what profit he makes, if any.

I got 2x entire frist wave as well - imagine at RRP! 

8 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

 I do have a friend .

?

I have the first wave from Walmart clearance sitting in a box in my study. Figured they were small, easy to store, and cheap buy in.


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The Sold Out tag on Minnie probably just means they've sold so fast that they don't even have another production run forecast on the calendar yet and don't have plans to push production schedule of another set to the right to accommodate. 

21 minutes ago, hockeyweasel said:

The Sold Out tag on Minnie probably just means they've sold so fast that they don't even have another production run forecast on the calendar yet and don't have plans to push production schedule of another set to the right to accommodate. 

I think it means that the next production run will be M-A-S-S-I-V-E and every man and his dog will be stocking it next time. That seems to have happened with Saturn V which is now very available everywhere. I see "Sold Out" as a bad sign these days and I tread carefully. 

I have the first wave from Walmart clearance sitting in a box in my study. Figured they were small, easy to store, and cheap buy in.


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Already sold two of my complete sets of the first 12. At $12 total buy-in during WM clearance it's not difficult to make a profit though

I sold Bunch last Xmas and again I have 500-600 bhz from first ones to newest ones. Can’t help myself. Hope they’ll retire. 

They are so easy to store, I forget I have them.

17 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

They are so easy to store, I forget I have them.

You obviously don't have many then ?

 

Just now, TabbyBoy said:

You obviously don't have many then ?

 

Didn't you misplace a UCS Falcon or three?

1 minute ago, Val-E said:

Didn't you misplace a UCS Falcon or three?

If you mean the 10179s, I got shot of those years ago and have no plans to buy 75192 unless it''s 50% off. Yes, inventory management wasn't my strong point a while back as I had so much in so many places. I'm now down to less than 20 pallets and I have a manifest for each one.

4 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

You obviously don't have many then ?

 

Enough to choke a donkey, at least.

54 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Enough to choke a donkey, at least.

How many is that?  Seems like it wouldn't take more than 4 or 5 to choke a donkey.

How many is that?  Seems like it wouldn't take more than 4 or 5 to choke a donkey.

Depends on the donkey.

That Apollo's going to be hurting for some, good thing I only bought a couple for $110CAD on costco.ca. They flooded the market with that after the first run. Never a good thing.

wah weh - back from the dead.

 

Seriously, you guys seriously thought Disney would let their ma$cot retire that early ???

Every Brickheadz released to date from this year is exiting by 12/31/18 as of now.  Last year they all exited 12/31/17 with the exception of Phasma / Finn which were 1/31/18 but they both lingered through now (believe finn does carry retired tag).

1/1/18 releases exit 8/31/18 but are still available

4/1/18 releases exit 11/30/18

and everything released beyond that is 12/31/18

no clue if any 2019 stuff will come about.  

Stuff will linger though on all of them like they always have.  Don't think any one has had more than a single batch made because they are so small.  Everyone I checked was 1 and done.  

Gonna be stuff popping up all through the end of year as well as stuff meant for TRU is still showing back up.  

The easter and valentines sets both came back in regular LEGO stores and SAH as they were intended for TRU.  Whatever volume of stock was destined for TRU will still have to be gone through at some point.  

 

 

Promobricks say there will be more of them in 2019 (quoting lead designer Marcos Bessa´s Instgram).

Considering the mess they made of predicting Saturn V´s retirement last year, it may be the absolute proof that the theme is done!

In any case, stock levels and lives of these have varied wildly between continents - Finn was very hard to find in Europe, for instance.

11 hours ago, TabbyBoy said:

HP & owl is currently very available everywhere in the UK so I think it'll be around for a long time yet. Hmmmm.... do I take an extra suitcase to SYD as I have a few Qantas freebies to use up still? ?

What other small sets is Australia short of?

Do any of these retailers ship to Australia? Help a buddy out