To continue an earlier thread, here are the sets listed on S@H as "Retiring Soon":

 

Friends - Stephanie's Cool Convertible, Olivia's Speedboat, Mia's Bedroom, Series 1 foil packs

Duplo - Train Starter Set, Doctor's Clinic, Emergency Helicopter

Creator - Apple Tree House

Lego Games - Ninjago, Pirate Plank

Chima Speedorz - CHI Battles, Ring of Fire, Target Practice, CHI Waterfall

Technic - Mini Container Truck

LOTR - Gandalf Arrives, Orc Forge

CMF - Series 9

Architecture - Sugnyemun

Marvel Super Heroes - Captain America's Avenging Cycle

Star Wars - Endor Rebel Trooper and Imperial Trooper Battle Pack, Planet Bespin & Twin Cloud Car, Planet Endor & AT-ST

 

Nothing earth-shattering.  Orc Forge surprises me the most.

I think it is following the usual LEGO pandemic - TOOS, retires quietly in background while no one notices effect. That seems to be commonplace at moment. I have only seen a few sets that went  TOOS return to any kind of full availability this year. All UK retailers have zero stock , or it is listed as ‘no longer available’ which is pretty much saying , we are not getting it back from past experience.

Meanwhile I saw Hogwarts Express reappear at TWO Walmarts at full $80 price. It's NEVER leaving.

1 minute ago, keymomachine said:

Meanwhile I saw Hogwarts Express reappear at TWO Walmarts at full $80 price. It's NEVER leaving.

Yep, I saw the same.

Another evergreen set... 😕 

Marked retired (US). Only saw these once in person (Walmart) just before Christmas. Had hoped to collect a few of them for personal collection 

Edited February 17, 20223 yr by ponderingzissou

18 minutes ago, ponderingzissou said:

Marked retired (US). Only saw these once in person (Walmart) just before Christmas. Had hoped to collect a few of them for personal collection 

 

I was actually thinking about these the other day.  I've found a few stacks of them at various Walmarts.  Has Lego had any other figures like these (where you can't feel the contents)? 

Curious what folks thoughts on short vs long term re-sale looks like.  Opened vs Unopened blind?  Sell this year or hold for a while?

Vidiyo seems to have fallen flatter than any other theme in recent memory. I have very little confidence in any of them. I’m not sure I’d buy them at 70% off because of the space they would take.


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17 minutes ago, redcell said:

Vidiyo seems to have fallen flatter than any other theme in recent memory. I have very little confidence in any of them. I’m not sure I’d buy them at 70% off because of the space they would take.


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In general the theme has failed, yes.  But the Series 2 Bandmates seems to be an outlier in the theme (I still pass on the beatbox things at 75% off).  They are pretty cool figures and appear to be selling at a reasonable premium in the secondary market already.

13 minutes ago, scratchdesk said:

They are pretty cool figures and appear to be selling at a reasonable premium in the secondary market already.

My guess is that they are pretty close to peak prices. Right now people who need to complete their entire collection are after them. I can't imagine that there will be huge demand 2 years from now when most people have forgotten the theme and new collectors have no real reason to pursue them. Perhaps a few of them hold their value longterm, but in general I think that you will probably get more short term rather than long term. 

1 hour ago, ponderingzissou said:

Marked retired (US). Only saw these once in person (Walmart) just before Christmas. Had hoped to collect a few of them for personal collection 

One of the few themes I haven't touched. I even left the stuff 80%-90% off behind.

I was kind of hoping the Blind Box thing would replace the blind bags of the regular minifigures lines.

 

Some first series Vidyo Bandmates fetch pretty penny on eBay…..

16 minutes ago, Achilles said:

I was kind of hoping the Blind Box thing would replace the blind bags of the regular minifigures lines.

 

Why? I would hate that

On 1/19/2022 at 9:12 AM, Phil B said:

The problem I have with this "account.wishlist.unavailable.product" is that one of my wishlist items turned to this status 2 days ago, but I have no way of figuring out which item it was. It must have been something I still wanted to get, so curious how I can find this out. Inspecting the page source code does not help unfortunately. Anyone any tips?

Unbelievable .... LEGO just fixed this ... Now Retired Products show up again properly in Wishlists.

And yes ... What Am I? finally retired

Edited February 21, 20223 yr by Phil B

4 minutes ago, Phil B said:

Unbelievable .... LEGO just fixed this ... Now Retired Products show up again properly in Wishlists.

And yes ... What Am I? finally retired

Some of mine are back but not all?

What are others seeing about retirement on Lego NES 71374?  Best I can find is 2024.  

Brick Fanatics have just published an updated 2022 list.

3 hours ago, Lobot said:

Brick Fanatics have just published an updated 2022 list.

75979 Hedwig

It's no longer B&N item, It's now lego stores only and a Amazon UK exclusive.

4 hours ago, Lobot said:

Brick Fanatics have just published an updated 2022 list.

 hp wizard$ che$$ and hp/hermione bigfigs are now going in 2022 .

also the creator aquarium set got bumped up to this year.

hopefully this list isn't crap.

 

The impression I get with Brick Fanatics is that they’re the National Enquirer of LEGO. 

13 minutes ago, EctoG63AMG said:

The impression I get with Brick Fanatics is that they’re the National Enquirer of LEGO. 

Well they are wrong about hedwig

21 minutes ago, EctoG63AMG said:

The impression I get with Brick Fanatics is that they’re the National Enquirer of LEGO. 

well put! Always felt they borrow a little from here and there, sometimes primary sources but oftentimes secondary or rumor mill type stuff. Promobricks/Stonewars are the gold standard. 

But they are a good compilation type site

15 hours ago, chaozz said:

75979 Hedwig

It's no longer B&N item, It's now lego stores only and a Amazon UK exclusive.

Not amazon exclusive in uk, I can find several retailers with it including zavvi 

4 hours ago, roxio said:

Not amazon exclusive in uk, I can find several retailers with it including zavvi 

We put in another bulk order for it in December and they came back saying was Amazon UK exclusive, As well as B&N would not get anymore.Would love to load up again. But if Amazon UK has it,.they will list it on the USA side and kill the market

16 hours ago, chaozz said:

We put in another bulk order for it in December and they came back saying was Amazon UK exclusive, As well as B&N would not get anymore.Would love to load up again. But if Amazon UK has it,.they will list it on the USA side and kill the market

You think the Dec-22 date is wrong for Hedwig ? Promobricks had it as Dec-21 which hasn't happened. Brickfanatics had it as 2023 now brought forward to 2022. Before they took them down, Brickset had it as 2022.