LEGO mgr told me Vader's Castle doesn't sell well.  It was one of the sets that didn't go backorder until late into the pandemic. 

However, it is OOS at LEGO Shop at Home and it is going in and out of stock on Amazon who had an exclusive partnership to sell it.

Edited September 2, 20205 yr by exracer327

1 hour ago, exracer327 said:

LEGO mgr told me Vader's Castle doesn't sell well.  It was one of the sets that didn't go backorder until late into the pandemic. 

However, it is OOS at LEGO Shop at Home and it is going in and out of stock on Amazon who had an exclusive partnership to sell it.

If it's not selling well I'm surprised they haven't took it off the line.

still trying to get my hands on some Diners, cant find any anywhere, also received an email from JL saying they wont be restocking.

16 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

still trying to get my hands on some Diners, cant find any anywhere, also received an email from JL saying they wont be restocking.

That and Treehouse are going to be tough to come by from here on out. 

21 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

still trying to get my hands on some Diners, cant find any anywhere, also received an email from JL saying they wont be restocking.

Smyths are due a restock before their 20% sale, most likely last week of September.

4 minutes ago, Voltron said:

Smyths are due a restock before their 20% sale, most likely last week of September.

i see it on smyths between 11th-18th sept, whens the 20% sale?

Edited September 3, 20205 yr by joneyyy1981

1 minute ago, joneyyy1981 said:

i see it on smyths between 11th-18th sept, whens the 20% sale?

Its usually 3rd week/ last week of September, so this year should be week starting Monday 21st, but could be different due to corona.

32 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

still trying to get my hands on some Diners, cant find any anywhere, also received an email from JL saying they wont be restocking.

Spoke to LEGO UK about a Diner order last week and they said Sept 19 was the latest info they had  

Amazon blocked me from flipping my dinners... May have paid off

Amazon blocked me from flipping my dinners... May have paid off [emoji4]

You should never flip your dinners, makes too much of a mess.

promobricks just added a few sets to the retiring list, most notable for me was the addition of expecto patronus, maybe the jw triceratops set as well.

3 minutes ago, coelian said:

maybe the jw triceratops set as well.

wasn't that already on the list?

2 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

wasn't that already on the list?

yea my bad, the change was that production stopped.

1 minute ago, coelian said:

yea my bad, the change was that production stopped.

so promobricks with the red dot, means no more production?

yes it seems to be that way, they have some insider information apparently.

Can you send a link to the promobricks list?

 

https://www.promobricks.de/lego-eol-liste-2020/105688/

https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-sets-retiring-in-2020/

https://www.stonewars.de/news/lego-end-of-life-eol-2020/#comments

https://brickcafe.it/lego-end-of-life-2020-15-set-esclusivi-e-la-lista-completa-di-tutti-i-set-fuori-produzione-a-fine-2020/

promobricks showing a lot more Trolls sets retiring than stonewars.  otherwise not seeing much difference.

8 hours ago, glucapg said:

https://www.promobricks.de/lego-eol-liste-2020/105688/

https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-sets-retiring-in-2020/

https://www.stonewars.de/news/lego-end-of-life-eol-2020/#comments

https://brickcafe.it/lego-end-of-life-2020-15-set-esclusivi-e-la-lista-completa-di-tutti-i-set-fuori-produzione-a-fine-2020/

I think the one folks have asked about here is:

Technic 42096 Porsche 911 RSR

which is listed as "May" retire

this one is the poor man's orange porsche and arguably looks better (sans the cool internal bits that even Jang said was probably over kill since no one can see it once build); the color-way is better (IMO) and displays really nice.  The price point (especially the readily available sale price) is also much more attractive.

3 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Technic 42096 Porsche 911 RSR

which is listed as "May" retire

I like this set. Larger Technic have been pretty reliable investments. The one exception has been cars but I think the Porsche branding should help it. It does look better than the orange 911. 

I don't believe the Ideas Central Perk will stay. Nearly 2,5 years will be too long for this set comparing to other ideas theme. And also the license for Friends is not a cheap one (Netflix had to pay like over 100 mln $ a year).

The other 5 sets i don't see hanging longer than 2020 are the small speed sets. No speed set ever was on the market longer than 21 months.

48 minutes ago, marcinj said:

I don't believe the Ideas Central Perk will stay. Nearly 2,5 years will be too long for this set comparing to other ideas theme. And also the license for Friends is not a cheap one (Netflix had to pay like over 100 mln $ a year).

The other 5 sets i don't see hanging longer than 2020 are the small speed sets. No speed set ever was on the market longer than 21 months.

friends isn't going, only been a year hasn't it?

Edited September 4, 20205 yr by joneyyy1981

friends isn't going, only been a year hasn't it?

Friends is definitely going.

4 minutes ago, Shortbus311 said:

12 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

friends isn't going, only been a year hasn't it?

Friends is definitely going.

how you know that, nowhere has it as going?

how you know that, nowhere has it as going?

Just by looking at the history of Lego Ideas sets. 21311 Voltron was released in Aug 2018 and retired Dec 2019. 21310 OFS was released in Sept 2017 and retired Dec 2018. History tells you that an Ideas set released in Sept of one year retires in Dec of the next year.  

The only exception I can think of is Saturn V... but Central Perk is no Saturn V.