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The phrasing "re-releases" suggesting more old sets to be re-released in the near future? Likely depending on how well this Taj Mahal does.
The interesting thing is that unlike the 75192 UCS Falcon, this is not a complete redesign. This is literally just printing a new, updated box for the old set and throwing in a brick separator (What I assume to be the one extra piece).
€330 isn't too bad :-)
^ Best get it on eBay quick before the re-release becomes common knowledge! ;-D
These guys on Amazon offering sets for $5000 can suck it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002EEP3NY/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Just received the following email:
Let’s see how the market reacts to this news.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/LEGO-Sculptures-Taj-Mahal-Neuauflage-des-10189-Sets-Originalverpackt-Set-10256/152765996196?hash=item2391901ca4:g:u~YAAOSwnTdZ90N~
Wow - that was quick! Posted at today at 16:25 - An eBay seller over here wants 1069.99 EUR for a set which hasn't even been released yet and will have an RRP of 330 EUR. That's quite a markup! Well done, that man!
The reissue only hurts collectors and not so much resellers. Resellers must have sold these off years ago to collectors. Now collectors have a set that is likely not worth a much... perhaps they don’t care.
It is a shame if they don't update based on new parts from the past decade.
Of course, reselling will still go on but just shift to short stocks and quick flips instead.
It's too bad Lego will not just let you pay RIGHT NOW and ship it to you whenever it is released. If they did, I would have given them my credit card # by now (:
the smaller domes could be made with dome pieces, the top spires could be gold or dark tan...
If people are willing to spend $1500 or whatever on an old design that originally sold for $300 (or whatever), seems like Lego would do well to pocket some of that cash for itself with a re-release - and make would-be buyers quite happy in the process.
I appreciate how much lego design has evolved and improved over time. I like how much more detailed and imaginative today's buildings are. I really don't want the same old design from 10 years ago. I want to see what the designers can do with that concept today.
no i dont think it good enough for me to buy this set at that price, other set's come 1st.
it done look like a build ware you do the same thing over and over again.
i am happy to see a re-release. maybe lego well set up a system ware we can Vote for a set to be re-release.
The sets I am buying today will sit in the closet for 5-10-12 years, until my kid is old enough to have them. That being the case, for my purposes, there's probably not a lot of difference between a TM designed 10 years ago and a TM designed today. By the time my kid gets it, both will be pretty old compared to what's on the shelf at that time (:
Now that's a novel idea (:
This set is almost the worst of both worlds - a new set (new number, differentiated from the old) with an old design. They could have done a new set with a new design or re-release the old design as the old set (same set number, box, etc). The former would be beneficial to people wanting to build a modern set, the latter for new collectors wanting the old set.
Although, I did see the new CEO selling Lester polybags out of a hot dog stand in Tulsa, Oklahoma for $24.99 each.
So, maybe there's some truth to those ridiculous statements.
(There is no truth to my ridiculous statement about Lester polybags being sold in Tulsa from a hot dog stand.)
As an owner of the previous version who would’ve been unlikely to buy a new one in any event, the change I would’ve actually liked to see would have been making the Bright Yellow spires Warm Gold instead.
wouldn't that work for the middle size domes?
for small ones, the 4x4 dome doesn't allow to add a spire, but some rock or egg pieces do
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30286#T=S&O={"iconly":0}
still probably too irregular