2 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said:

too many obviously, since it is included in the first "retiring soon" batch

what?

Probably ‘old’ news but Winter Village Train Station 10259 is marked Retired

3 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

what?

I think as it is in initial retiring list it may not be a great seller (for TLG).After retirement who knows?

I believe 3 sets per shipping carton.

2 minutes ago, Yellow Castle said:

I think as it is in initial retiring list it may not be a great seller (for TLG).After retirement who knows?

I believe 3 sets per shipping carton.

I think anything is possible really. The hope for me would be that if it was a poor seller initially, that it had a minimal amount of sets made.

The Capital is on the list too, and that wasn't a poor seller from what I understand.

15 minutes ago, spener90 said:

I think anything is possible really. The hope for me would be that if it was a poor seller initially, that it had a minimal amount of sets made.

The Capital is on the list too, and that wasn't a poor seller from what I understand.

The webmaster is doing it alphabetically.

PR has been tagged on the Canadian Lego site

Still only "hard to find" in EU

4 hours ago, cladner said:

some retiring soon tags are up on US LEGO Shop at Home site...   us capitol, great wall of china. lockwood indoraptor.  few others.

how do you search sets to only see the  retiring soon

lol search the term retiring.

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/search?q=retiring

not much variability yet in what is being listed.  

 

Edited November 11, 20196 yr by cladner

23 hours ago, crayxlp said:

Still only "hard to find" in EU

Nope, if you click on it, it's got both tags: Hard to find + Retiring soon:

And neither of those tags is remotely truthful.

Just now, Val-E said:

And neither of those tags is remotely truthful.

whats the truth then.

 

3 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

whats the truth then.

 

That it´s easy to find and it won´t be retiring too soon! Longest living modular in history.

1 minute ago, Val-E said:

That it´s easy to find and it won´t be retiring too soon! Longest living modular in history.

isn't everything easy to find. everything that says hard to find on the lego site i can find in 2 mins.

50 minutes ago, Val-E said:

 Longest living modular in history.

May be the first modular I don't invest in since GG. Maybe if WM blows it out for $100ish like they did with DO. 

17 minutes ago, marcandre said:

May be the first modular I don't invest in since GG. Maybe if WM blows it out for $100ish like they did with DO. 

Agree, I have a few PR from last year and with performance of PS and PC I’m pretty much done with the modulars. 

If you buy modulars at 100€/$100 they do just fine...

23 minutes ago, Yellow Castle said:

Agree, I have a few PR from last year and with performance of PS and PC I’m pretty much done with the modulars. 

BB & DO have done quite well, esp with all the discounts at the end. Sets that last 5+ years are a def no buy for me too though.

40 minutes ago, marcandre said:

BB & DO have done quite well, esp with all the discounts at the end. Sets that last 5+ years are a def no buy for me too though.

What if it's popularity & good design balance it out? Palace Cinema & Pet Shop made it to 200€ here in Germany, I don't think they are comparable to PR.

But we'll see I guess.

4 minutes ago, elmaslıefendi said:

What if it's popularity & good design balance it out? Palace Cinema & Pet Shop made it to 200€ here in Germany, I don't think they are comparable to PR.

But we'll see I guess.

The PR happens to be one of the best designs from the modulars, also has a lot of good pieces.

And who cares if PR has been out long and saturated the market. There will always be a new generation of modular lovers, and there will always be new whales wanting older sets to complete their collection.

In other words, there will always be a market for modulars...and trains, and big boats...

The investment value is greater than stocks, if you can manage the inventory, and deal with the wait.

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by dx0520

4 minutes ago, dx0520 said:

And who cares if PR has been out long and saturated the market. There will always be a new generation of modular lovers, and there will always be new whales wanting older sets to complete their collection.

In other words, there will always be a market for modulars...and trains, and big boats...

The investment value is greater than stocks, if you can manage the inventory, and deal with the wait.

Buy in versus hold time. Even if you have unlimited capital. why put $100+ into a set that it takes you 5 years to turn a decent profit on after fees/taxes? I can flip 5 $20 sets for a much higher ROI, much faster.

1 minute ago, brickvoyeur said:

Buy in versus hold time. Even if you have unlimited capital. why put $100+ into a set that it takes you 5 years to turn a decent profit on after fees/taxes? I can flip 5 $20 sets for a much higher ROI, much faster.

Some people don't like to deal with small sets, you know...

It's been said multiple times on here but just keeping big boxes from getting damaged is more difficult...  Amazon has deemed a greater % of my sets as "unfulfillable" this year than ever before.  I had a few Millenium Falcons, Pet shops, and Tumblers sent home in crushed boxes - this dissuades me from investing in modulars and other large box sets as much as any other factor.

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by beatpoppa

3 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said:

Buy in versus hold time. Even if you have unlimited capital. why put $100+ into a set that it takes you 5 years to turn a decent profit on after fees/taxes? I can flip 5 $20 sets for a much higher ROI, much faster.

If you’re confident in those $20 sets, go for it. But by every historical metric, I’m sure you’re profitable on some, and have failed miserably on others.

With modulars, trains, and big boats, I can be near 100% certain on ROI.

But it’s not like you need to be one or the other, most people diversify, and/or hedge.

So why are you harping on PR/modular investors?