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If you want to find out, list one for sale! :) Just make sure you can get one if you do (or have one).
Do also keep in mind (and I speak from experience), the higher above eBay the price on Amazon goes, the more return/refund requests you'll get. People of course don't figure out they overpaid until it arrives, then they get angry.
I've had more than one negative feedback on Amazon from a customer who didn't bother to research price first, and generally Amazon won't remove those.
Joust has not been out as long as MMV, and not really been on sale as much as MMV in its shelf life.
If it were to retire in the next 6 months, it's long term prospects should be better than MMV, especially if bought on sale. Probably not a meteoric rise though
Olivia's House is back at $59 on Amazon.
This is the second time they have restocked, my information is that this set is retiring, it has been out 2 years and it needs to go.
If it doesn't, then boo... I have a lot of these. :(
Anyone think this is staying? Going? Thoughts?
They can and do change things last minute. As I've said before, TLG can do whatever it wants. :)
#41039 Sunshine Ranch is, I think, the replacement for Olivia's House. I've already pre-ordered mine for $10 off from Amazon (plus a free bear!)
You'd think they would always, always have a "doll house" out, just like police station, but they might still be figuring that one out.
Or they are tossing me a bone and leaving a 1 year gap, before coming out with Stephanie's Summer Home.
Also at Target. Though Cafe may be gone....
That is... odd for this time of year on a set like that... if it is staying for a third year, boo! :)
It is a great set however, if anyone needs one to build, $59 is a killer deal on that. Well, not as killer as it has been, but still pretty darn good. :)
What does seem to have gone is Summer Riding Camp, a set that I should probably have gotten more of. Somehow that one flew under my own radar, when it probably shouldn't have.
Friends:
#3185 Summer Riding Camp
#3186 Emma's Horse Trailer
#3315 Olivia's House (this should surprise nobody. I fully expect this set to have a shelf live of at least five years, if not more)
City:
#4201 Loader and Tipper
#4203 Excavator Transport
#4204 The Mine
#4437 Police Pursuit
#4439 Heavy-Lift Helicopter
Technic:
#9398 4x4 Crawler
Star Wars:
#7965 Millennium Falcon
The 4x4 Crawler is expected, that has another year. The Falcon? Shoot, that might have 3 more years in it, just like the X-Wing.
Or at least the X-Wing should, I haven't seen it restock anywhere yet, but I assume that's just Christmas. LEGO always has one of those out.
As for the rest, I wouldn't expect very many 4 digit sets to remain in 2014, they are all getting long in the tooth (other than the obvious like X-Wing)
Thanks for the post...
The mine sets staying isn't too surprising, especially given that the City space sets also had a three-year life.
Olivia's House is just a made up house, there is only one Death Star...
They could easily do something like Stephanie's Summer House, about the same size, but different. A large number of people have already bought Olivia's House, none of them are going to buy a second one. But those people might buy another 700 part house for about the same price, if it was just a new design.
That is why the City Police and Fire stations are replaced every 2-3 years. It gives everyone something new to buy, even if it really is just the same thing over and over with another coat of paint.
And I don't say this as just a reseller. My daughter already has Olivia's House, it would be nice to have another house of similar size so that she can have Olivia come visit, and vice versa. Heartlake needs more than one house. What am I supposed to get her for her birthday without a new big set?
Police Pursuit? Really? That is part of Forrest Police, why would it stay? Out of all of them, that makes the least sense.
The irony is that they got rid of the best Mining set, the Mining Truck. That is my son's favorite because he can dump lots of bricks into the back and drive them around (well, a lot for him anyway).
The Bat Cave is back... Both on [email protected] and on Amazon (and back to the proper price).
I guess we're getting a third year for that set...
The "win some" part? I sold all mine this year, I thought it might be early, but I figured some profit today vs. unknown profit Christmas 2014.
Sheesh...
Why is #6862 back? (Superman vs. Power Armor)
That set is 2 years old, time for it to go! All of the other similar sets are long gone. Is that one really selling that well?
Didn't fancy any batcaves as I don't think it will go personally
Basic rule of thumb is if it is available on [email protected] Australia/New Zealand it is not retiring. If it is sold out at [email protected] europe and asia and disappearing from USA retailer websites it is done for good. Savvy?
Lone Rangers is a western/cowboys/robbers theme, that is very interesting. It's incredibly easy to set apart from the movies themselves. Combining all the sets, you have enough to have robbers versus soldiers set in a western town.
Besides, one of the sets is a train... trains always sell, a western train (combining a boy's two favorite things in the world) will sell well. I do have a Constitution Train Chase currently sitting under my tree, and I'm giddy with excitement to open and build it tomorrow.
I'm not even much of a set re-seller (and don't have a single set besides the train tomorrow) and I can completely understand the love of the LR theme.
Also, it's better to sell 10 trains in a month for 1.5x rrp than one architecture studio in 3 months for 3x rrp. The appeal of a set is a key point here. Something that sort of lacks in case of themes like architecture... they will surely do well in terms of return but that doesn't mean they will sell easy as well.
It isn't hard to pickup 5 or 10 copies of a set in the last month it is out, but doing it in volume is the real trick.
I have over 100 Olivia's House, that isn't something I could pickup now if it was going out. Likewise with Batcave, if I wanted 100 of them now, or even last week, my options to obtain them were more or less zero.
Reminds me of high school, and not in the good way. :(
I was betting on Architecture Studio to come back next year, but so far I am loosing the bet :(
Ninjago might be ok at 50%, but it's already been discounted so much and will the 2014 season be a hit like before??
Super Heroes appears to be the only bet but those sets are mostly sold out already.
LR is mostly gone from shelves and only worth the risk at 50%.
I'll head out as usual, but I could see ending my journey early this year (which would actually be nice). Btw, anyone want to buy 50 Recycling Trucks?
I would be happy, however, to buy them for what you likely paid for them. :)
I try to diversify and do a bit of both; some long term holds, a few quick flips, and most that fall in-between somewhere. I also am not picky about a certain theme. I would prefer to spread out my investments, because realistically everyone is going to make a bad investment now and again. I might not hit as many home runs, but at least I'll still be able to play the game.