Emphasis on if, and if there aren't any pictures of the new DS floating everywhere on the internet by then. 

To me DS and the T1 camper are going to be the real indicators of what is to come in the future of this investment and a measure of how real/un real the bubble is. I would have added PS to this but modulars are a whole other monster at least IMHO. 

What do you expect the indications of a real bubble to be with these sets?

Ok. I think Parisian Restaurant is retiring :-)

I had this happen once with the Mars Rover. For me it was a clear sign it was done. And it was indeed! 

So please do not write-off the idea right away!

 

 

Had a somewhat similar experience in one of our big retail chains over here who also sold the Parisian Restaurant. Bought some last week there when it went to "Sold out" at S@home cos I got them at a discount there. Wanted to exchange one of them that had a dent in the box which I didn't spot last week and all they could offer was a refund as they were sold out of them and they told me it was listed out of their Lego inventories so they couldn't get an exchange. Time will tell if we really saw the end of it...

Watch, TLG will surprise us by retiring 3 modulars at once (PS, PC and PR).

It´s not a surprise now you´ve told everyone!

It´s not a surprise now you´ve told everyone!

Yup you read it here first... if all the stuff going around PR is true, I think we may see the 3 modulars going OOS from now till Jan 2016 at different times and will not make a come back. PS is on the radar to just disappear on us like DS.

It's not very logical to retire 3 at once .But PS and PC are there already for a longtime. The only thing that holds me back is that Lego didn't brought anyting new beside DO.

So retiring 3 exclusives and just bringing back 1 new is not the normal Lego way. See at the creator cars. They are bringing de F40 en have brought the Mini Cooper. So retiring the VW is eminent.

What you say makes perfect sense. But since when does the world make sense? 

"PS is on the radar to just disappear on us like DS" - just disappear on us? That thing has been on this last curtain for month now...

Like I mentioned last week: I was on a lengthly work trip half-way through the country last week and visited several lego stores along the way - the only thing every single employee agreed upon in all these stores was that PS is done and that they won't get anymore shipments in. Although one of the store managers joked: "But I said the same thing in April and than 2 weeks later we got a new shipment." Mhm...yes ..thanks for reminding me of that...

Edited July 27, 201510 yr by TigerG

no word on the mini modular set either. I feel like that should be coming out soon if it were to make any sense for them do it in the 1st place. It is true we havn't heard a peep on a new set. 

My guess would be...

PS to sell out this year and get retired tag in Jan.

PC to possibly sell out this year and be retired in Jan, or maybe not.

PR will be sticking around through next year at least.

"PS is on the radar to just disappear on us like DS" - just disappear on us? That thing has been on this last curtain for month now...

Well DS has been hanging around for 7 years, so whats 4 years for PS

It's not very logical to retire 3 at once .But PS and PC are there already for a longtime. The only thing that holds me back is that Lego didn't brought anyting new beside DO.

So retiring 3 exclusives and just bringing back 1 new is not the normal Lego way. See at the creator cars. They are bringing de F40 en have brought the Mini Cooper. So retiring the VW is eminent.

I don't know what is normal anymore. PS hanging around for 4 years when people said modulars normally have a 2 year shelf life. And whats not normal is JW line is a seasonal item to Walmart and ToysRUs? So seasonal it is only on their shelves for 2-2.5 months! At least that we are told by various store managers/employees.

Edited July 27, 201510 yr by tacsniper

Well DS has been hanging around for 7 years, so whats 4 years for PS

I don't know what is normal anymore. PS hanging around for 4 years when people said modulars normally have a 2 year shelf life.

Yeah, GE was also around for 5 years.

Retirements didn't start getting marked until mid-March this year, correct?

Retirements didn't start getting marked until mid-March this year, correct?

Yep, and don't forget there were a bunch of sets that retired in europe at the end of June that are a prelude to what is to come here in the states.

i think retiring 3 modular set in 2015 is possible,since LEGO now have SIMPSON  and FAIRGROUND line ,and they are still producing new 
sets in 2016

I think the 40155 Piggy Coin Bank wiil retire soon, because this set just got 'sold out' at LEGO Shop at Home EU.

I think the 40155 Piggy Coin Bank wiil retire soon, because this set just got 'sold out' at LEGO Shop at Home EU.

OMG! I think Lego did this on purpose. So people will be bankrupt once PR, PC, Tumbler and PS retire soon.  

OMG! I think Lego did this on purpose. So people will be bankrupt once PR, PC, Tumbler and PS retire soon.  

Wait, now tumbler too?!?! This can mean only one thing...incoming duplo exclusives!

Never thought I would made money with selling piggy banks :-D with respect to average return it will probably be a great set. If I sell it during the holidays for 20 euro, I will have a return of more than 50%. Great investment!

EDIT: That's even without the 5% VIP point discount and the free retro pirates set.

Edited July 27, 201510 yr by JM123

I think the 40155 Piggy Coin Bank wiil retire soon, because this set just got 'sold out' at LEGO Shop at Home EU.

This is the fourth time it's been sold out in Europe...

This is the fourth time it's been sold out in Europe...

Yeah, to avoid mass panic they already added the famous sentence underneath. 

" we are currently making more, so please come back later for availability ".

 

 

Space Needle call to chek status...LEGO Shop at Home....http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Seattle-Space-Needle-21003;jsessionid=9AC254EC07AB1041CD8EDD807A74C55C.lego-ps14 Prob done

Space Needle call to chek status...LEGO Shop at Home....http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Seattle-Space-Needle-21003;jsessionid=9AC254EC07AB1041CD8EDD807A74C55C.lego-ps14 Prob done

It's been like that for two weeks now, but it's still available in many other areas.  This will probably be around for another year before it gets scarce.  I'm not so sure of it as an investment winner.