18 minutes ago, jbacunn said:

Lego is privately owned. They don’t have shareholders. 

They have private shareholders, who tend to want even more profits which is why they don’t go public. 

8 minutes ago, pharmjod said:

They don't have public shareholders. We don't know what kind of private shareholders they have.

It’s owned by the Kristiansen family as it always has been. If you want to get into the minutiae of which family member owns what percentage you can speculate away. The point is, it’s a privately owned family business and doesn’t have shareholders in the way that he meant in his post. 

35 minutes ago, dmind said:

Seen it at several multinationals. Record high financial results and following lay-offs is not uncommon. Shareholders want to keep seeing record high financial results. 

Go figure

Sure there are loads of companies like that (looking at you, Salesforce!)

But layoffs of that magnitude usually don’t go unnoticed. Google Lego layoffs for a few examples.

Edited September 19, 20205 yr by Kekskrabbe

10 hours ago, raulaco said:

Stonewars still hasn't updated there site regarding retiring sets and yet they state they do it as soon as its been verified, in fact the guy said it was being updated days ago especially regarding harry potter sets but still nothing has happened.

So according to them the great hall is going and so it the knight bus and the rest of the sets. People will still be buying them as resellers if they check nowhere else and go by them. To be honest I think its lazy and defiantly misleading people people atm. They need to sort it out asap but clearly don't care 

How can they update GH and NB, when they are shown as going and they are going?

22 minutes ago, thebrickdad said:

How can they update GH and NB, when they are shown as going and they are going?

Nothing harry potter related it seems is going now. Sounds to me like re selling is well and truly over if the rumours are true about certain things. 

Best to unload what you have now before Christmas. 

 

The sky is falling!

Most Lego purchasers have 0 idea of what sets Lego is reproducing/re-releasing. The hardcore collectors - who keep sets sealed - will always desire the “1st run”. Look at the “first run” Taj Mahal. New release had very little effect on value.

If you can’t deal with the unknown and potential re-releasing, get out and find another brand to resell.

Any “popular” sets will always sell well at Christmas, whether or not they are retiring.

17 minutes ago, raulaco said:

Nothing harry potter related it seems is going now. Sounds to me like re selling is well and truly over if the rumours are true about certain things. 

Best to unload what you have now before Christmas. 

 

I’ll have your diners then please.

3 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

I’ll have your diners then please.

I asked Stonewars. They are still figuring it out and questioning their sources. But they say that there will be changes (with Harry Potter at least).

Nothing harry potter related it seems is going now. Sounds to me like re selling is well and truly over if the rumours are true about certain things. 
Best to unload what you have now before Christmas. 
 

LOL. Is it really surprising that things aren't going to go as expected in what has otherwise been an entirely predictable year in which there have been no surprises or unexpected turns of events for anyone anywhere in the world???

7 hours ago, redcell said:

12 hours ago, raulaco said:

Nothing harry potter related it seems is going now. Sounds to me like re selling is well and truly over if the rumours are true about certain things. 
Best to unload what you have now before Christmas. 
 

LOL. Is it really surprising that things aren't going to go as expected in what has otherwise been an entirely predictable year in which there have been no surprises or unexpected turns of events for anyone anywhere in the world???

Your hilarious another snarky comment. I'm done with brickpicker fed up with all the people like you. I understand now why many of the old time greats have left. 

 

4 hours ago, raulaco said:

Your hilarious another snarky comment. I'm done with brickpicker fed up with all the people like you. I understand now why many of the old time greats have left. 

 

Just curious where do they go?  Still find this place to be the most informative but maybe I am missing somewhere....

This is a community. It’s been a rough and unpredictable year for everyone. Let’s all try to get along, and finish 2020 on a positive note. 

4 hours ago, raulaco said:

I understand now why many of the old time greats have left. 

 

Serious question, who do you consider an old time great that has left?

Edited September 20, 20205 yr by pharmjod

If nothing else, can we take this to PM's or start some new thread, Raulco Vs. Stonewars.de?

 

Question about 71713 Ninjago Empire Dragon. Type in “retiring soon” on SAH - all the usual suspects there, some tagged most not. And this one shows up on page 2.

Thoughts?

stonewars list updated. great hall july 21 EOL

+Knight Bus+Whomping Willow EOL Dec.21

17 minutes ago, joneyyy1981 said:

stonewars list updated. great hall july 21 EOL

Apocalypse now!

Btw what did we guys do when EOL lists were not publicly available? Were the sky falling all the time for us and the only savior was Emazers?

Edited September 20, 20205 yr by Sozial
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2 minutes ago, Sozial said:

Apocalypse now!

 

I do what I have always done. Buy sets I like. If they dont sell I build something cool.

32 minutes ago, Sozial said:

A proposito, cosa facevamo noi ragazzi quando gli elenchi EOL non erano pubblicamente disponibili? Il cielo cadeva continuamente per noi e l'unico salvatore era Emazers?

I miss emazer

32 minutes ago, Sozial said:

A proposito, cosa facevamo noi ragazzi quando gli elenchi EOL non erano pubblicamente disponibili? Il cielo cadeva continuamente per noi e l'unico salvatore era Emazers?

I miss emazer

40 minutes ago, Sozial said:

Apocalypse now!

You guys are crazy. There will likely be good flip potential during the holidays. Load up again next year when there might be better discounts.  What’s the big deal?

1 hour ago, Sozial said:

Btw what did we guys do when EOL lists were not publicly available? 

buy more...

RE: Harry Potter Great Hall and Whomping Willow, I had figured that LEGO wouldn't retire any of the "connecting" castle sets until they've had a chance to release everything that connected.  So pushing back the retirement date makes me really hope there's another castle piece coming.