Birds is also back to red sold out from retired.

Warm up your F5...

12 minutes ago, valenciaeric said:

Birds is also back to red sold out from retired.

Yeah... it isn't what you call winter right now in Europe. So they've decided to come back early from Africa.

Edited December 15, 201510 yr by Ciglione

19 minutes ago, valenciaeric said:

Birds is also back to red sold out from retired.

@Brenner called them when Birds was suddenly at "Call to check" status from Retired Product, and was told they had a few boxes (returned?) which were quickly sold of course. Unfortunately Brenner was already too late and someone else had already snatched them away.

4 minutes ago, Haay said:

@Brenner called them when Birds was suddenly at "Call to check" status from Retired Product, and was told they had a few boxes (returned?) which were quickly sold of course. Unfortunately Brenner was already too late and someone else had already snatched them away.

I have a gut feeling who might be this snatcher.

called Lego NL, no sets available

28 minutes ago, valenciaeric said:

Birds is also back to red sold out from retired.

Is there a precedent for this, retired sets coming back? I mean I always though birds was a extremely early retirement, but now its had the tag for so long this suprises me.

I actually called Lego CS to casually inquire to whether RE was coming back, under the pretense I wanted to buy one for my son. The lady told me it was definitely not coming back. Maybe I should of asked about birds instead.  If RE does come back i'll be gutted.

Edited December 15, 201510 yr by TheGallows
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10 minutes ago, TheGallows said:

Is there a precedent for this, retired sets coming back? I mean I always though birds was a extremely early retirement, but now its had the tag for so long this suprises me.

I actually called Lego CS to casually inquire to whether RE was coming back, under the pretense I wanted to buy one for my son. The lady told me it was definitely not coming back. Maybe I should of asked about birds instead.  If RE does come back i'll be gutted.

As far as I understand some times they find some left over stock in a hidden cupboard after the set has already gone officially Retired. In order to sell that left over stock it will be put on "Call to check" and as soon as all left over sets are ordered by phone it goes back to Sold out again, and after the last unit is shipped and paid for, it goes back to Retired again.

6 minutes ago, Haay said:

As far as I understand some times they find some left over stock in a hidden cupboard after the set has already gone officially Retired. In order to sell that left over stock it will be put on "Call to check" and as soon as all left over sets are ordered by phone it goes back to Sold out again, and after the last unit is shipped and paid for, it goes back to Retired again.

Good to know.

They told me it was retiring early next year but that more were being  made and would arrive soon. I guess, as always, you can believe who you want to believe!

I would think that if a vendor calls and says these are not selling well at my location. I suppose SAH could say ok ill take this many off your back,  at such a price, because we can sell them easier.  Don't know if that happens but I'd try it.

Edited December 15, 201510 yr by conceptmachine

There are different types of returns; SAH end consumer within 3 months, official lego shop, small individual shop and large retailers to name the main ones.  We suspect that this is the reason why some sets (large exclusives in particular) don´t get the retired tag immediately on selling out.

What TLG do with these returns is anyone´s guess - maybe some will make it back into the SAH warehouse and the rest get discounted and farmed out to Amazon and the likes. That could explain why Amazon sometimes uncovers EOL sets a few months down the line.

Speaking of which, SW is available again at EU shop to backorder.....

Resurrection of sets has been occurring with alarming frequency in the UK and I'm not a bit surprised. I'm not sure if this is offloading returns or another small production run to satisfy backorders and last minute demand. Evidence of resealing and seal codes would be good check.

Speaking of which, SW is available again at EU shop to backorder.....

Sorry what is SW???

 

24 minutes ago, Crustybeaver said:

Sorry what is SW???

santa's workshop

Holy Crap.  It's Official!  Let the walls come down....

37 minutes ago, BrickU said:

Holy Crap.  It's Official!  Let the walls come down....

Is the "retiring soon"-label only now added for US LEGO Shop at Home?

7 minutes ago, Brian Briggs said:

Is the "retiring soon"-label only now added for US LEGO Shop at Home?

Yes.  But I can't take the credit on finding this one as forum member "Brickolodon" spotted this first in the Tumbler forum a few hours ago.  I just didn't see his post.

LEGO Shop at Home.de:

Death Star's status went from sold out to call to check availability. This one is (hopefully) finally done.

Hi, I have been on the Lego website and noticed there is a section showing all the retiring products. Will these products tend to increase in value once they retire or does it usually only occur with certain products? Also are minifigures a good investment??

Welcome! You've come to the right place. You can read about all of that here, I won't repeat it. There are even summary posts in this forum. Or you could buy "the book".

That´s what a lot of us here hope! The hard part is picking the winners from the losers - sets, minifigs, etc

Settle in, you found the source for answers to all your Lego investment questions.  Welcome, and enjoy the read.

31 minutes ago, valenciaeric said:

That´s what a lot of us here hope! The hard part is picking the winners from the losers - sets, minifigs, etc

thanks, how do you pick the winners from losers? I'm going to read the article now