and the bridge is back..... 

it seems like the IT dept and the warehouse have an inter-office feud going on lol 

Apocolypseburg set is on sale, 15% off on Amazon. Started the day at 11%, then went to 14% . . .now at 15%. 

Seems like an indication of Amazon wanting to clear inventory?

Destiny Bounty is making it's last stand at target (at rrp). Hoping this one takes off. 

25 minutes ago, marcandre said:

Destiny Bounty is making it's last stand at target (at rrp). Hoping this one takes off. 

Hoping the Price goes down? or Hoping the Value shoots up on the aftermarket?

I have a "Spare" . . .and with such an amazing looking set, no way it doesnt shoot up in value. May take a little bit for the Ninjago fans to come into some Birthday and Christmas money and come back and buy a "Retired Set" they didnt get from their "Stuck-Up" parents. LOL!! 

Hoping the Price goes down? or Hoping the Value shoots up on the aftermarket?
I have a "Spare" . . .and with such an amazing looking set, no way it doesnt shoot up in value. May take a little bit for the Ninjago fans to come into some Birthday and Christmas money and come back and buy a "Retired Set" they didnt get from their "Stuck-Up" parents. LOL!! 

Unfortunately, amazing looking sets aren't necessarily winners anymore, although pirate ships are generally solid.

49 minutes ago, Greanie said:

Hoping the Price goes down? or Hoping the Value shoots up on the aftermarket?

Ha hoping it goes up. If target clears it I'll grab some more of course. They never seem to do that though. I have seen target sit on so many sets at rrp long after amz and wm have cleared them out. 

The Saturn V is only still available in a few Dutch webshops. Is anyone else seeing signs that this set is going out?

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The retirement date is 31 Dec 2019, so you have a few months to go.

1. Stopping of production

2. Sold out at retailers

3. Official announcement from LEGO

2 and 3 may be not always be in order.

Where ou see this information ?

Edited August 6, 20196 yr by Shadow29

The LEGO website for official announcements. (Usually well after everyone knows......assumes)

This site for a heads up by those in the know.

Other sites for the same.

No, my question is for the date 21309.

Where is this information?

Edited August 6, 20196 yr by Shadow29

It's all speculative. Second year of production raises the chances greatly it will be retired at the end of the year.

What about Winter Holiday Train 10254? Released in 2016 and still no signs of  retirement. Did I bet on the wrong horse ?

2 minutes ago, iriki said:

What about Winter Holiday Train 10254? Released in 2016 and still no signs of  retirement. Did I bet on the wrong horse ?

I think the big discounts at Walmart in July are a sign. 

1 hour ago, iriki said:

What about Winter Holiday Train 10254? Released in 2016 and still no signs of  retirement. Did I bet on the wrong horse ?

I guess so, the right horse was the station which retired. Let's see the prices around christmas...

3 minutes ago, dmind said:

I guess so, the right horse was the station which retired. Let's see the prices around christmas...

retired.. but still available via amazon, - been there the whole time:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075LVT3PH/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_OPAsDbKSCHSR2

 

9 minutes ago, dmind said:

I guess so, the right horse was the station which retired. Let's see the prices around christmas...

I am not sure that the station is retired.

1. it has too short production life - just 1 year. Although the train is on his 3rd year...

2. Its it absolutelly out of logic to retire the station before the train. For me the station was a reason to keep the train more than usual 2 years life - to allow people buying station + train together. Even if the station would bad selling numbers, its crazy to retire it just after 1 year, while there is a set fitting to it perfectly...

3. TLG often retires winter sets and that give them back in life before Xmas. Its happen for example to Winter Market - I remember buying it for 20% over RRP and then saw its resurrection next Xmas season...

The only thing making me nervous is that the train and 10263 are marked as "out of stock", while the station is "retired". But again, also Winter Market was marked "retired" whole year...

6 minutes ago, fantomas007 said:

I am not sure that the station is retired.

1. it has too short production life - just 1 year. Although the train is on his 3rd year...

2. Its it absolutelly out of logic to retire the station before the train. For me the station was a reason to keep the train more than usual 2 years life - to allow people buying station + train together. Even if the station would bad selling numbers, its crazy to retire it just after 1 year, while there is a set fitting to it perfectly...

3. TLG often retires winter sets and that give them back in life before Xmas. Its happen for example to Winter Market - I remember buying it for 20% over RRP and then saw its resurrection next Xmas season...

The only thing making me nervous is that the train and 10263 are marked as "out of stock", while the station is "retired". But again, also Winter Market was marked "retired" whole year...

Train made a great standalone set before the Station was released, and will continue to do so afterwards.

Edited August 6, 20196 yr by brickvoyeur

Bounty's Dead Down Under.

5 hours ago, dennugsmello said:

Bounty's Dead Down Under.

 

The only place that has it in stock online among the biggies is Target so fading in the US as well.

14 hours ago, brickvoyeur said:

Train made a great standalone set before the Station was released, and will continue to do so afterwards.

The problem is that absolute same words "retired product" was noticed for Winter Market, and then came back and was resurrected for next Xmas season... Unfortunatelly we cannot believe TLG when put "Retired" notice to a winter theme set - it doesnt always mean really retired... its a seasonal set, which they didnt hold during the year, so they "retire" it for several months... The problem is that they dont use same terminology - sometimes they notice "out of stock", sometimes "retired".

Edited August 7, 20196 yr by fantomas007

The problem is that absolute same words "retired product" was noticed for Winter Market, and then came back and was resurrected for next Xmas season... Unfortunatelly we cannot believe TLG when put "Retired" notice to a winter theme set - it doesnt always mean really retired... its a seasonal set, which they didnt hold during the year, so they "retire" it for several months... The problem is that they dont use same terminology - sometimes they notice "out of stock", sometimes "retired".

Winter Village Station is done...
put a fork in it...
SAH won't be getting more..

6 minutes ago, Martae54 said:

 

Winter Village Station is done...
put a fork in it...
SAH won't be getting more..

 

It is done, We tend to see 2 x Winter sets live before the Autumn, one will retire this Winter as a new one will be released. My money is on 10254 going but then the station went out of sequence so not 100%.

Now is the interesting time of year when we start to watch (and debate) for which sets will go this year, I’m already saving for November but this year also picking up some good summer deals too.

Just wondering when does the annual riddle start??

saturn v is currently sold out/call for item availability... 

inventory discrepancy? 

seems like a set with moderate potential ?