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The Hobbit Barrel Escape

icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
edited January 2014 in Collecting
I've been following the 79004 Barrel Escape at the European Amazon for months now and it stays above the RRP continuesly or occationally a cent below. It's rather irritating, when the Amazon sets usually goes quite a bit below.

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  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    It is an exclusive in many countries. I ended up buying it from the lego store but did it when there was the free VW poly to offset the full RRP cost.
  • LegoboyLegoboy Member Posts: 8,825
    Here in the UK it is a LBR exclusive I think so it might have a an influence on whether or not Amazon can reduce.
  • vitreolumvitreolum Member Posts: 1,406
    Even on bricklink there's a lot less for sale than the other sets. There's only 143 Barrels compared to ~400 of the rest.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    Legoboy said:

    Here in the UK it is a LBR exclusive I think so it might have a an influence on whether or not Amazon can reduce.

    And TRU have it in the UK too. At £45 though.
  • icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
    CCC said:

    It is an exclusive in many countries. I ended up buying it from the lego store but did it when there was the free VW poly to offset the full RRP cost.

    Thanks that helped alot... it was reduced by 25% once in Denmark... now there's hardly any left around. I think I missed a chance.... hmm.... but I really need that set! :-) It's way to expensive for what it is... but it's too nice not to have!
  • TheBigLegoskiTheBigLegoski Member Posts: 1,437
    @icey117
    If "it's too nice not to have" then it isn't really "way to expensive for what it is"!

    Of course I get want you mean when you just look at the brick piece count of the set; only 334 bricks for a staggering €49,99 (at least in NL).

    I ordered the set twice from [email protected] last year when it came out. I thought the minifigs alone made the set worthwhile. But that is probably because I am totally mad for LOTR/Hobbit Lego, plus I could afford to do so, so I thought at that moment; why not!

    Plus you can never have enough elves, especially when they are drunk! You swap some minifig heads and different colour elven hairpieces around, and viola! You end up with hopefully enough elves to populate your Lego middle-earth realm. With regard to the dwarf duplicates, I guess like some other people, you could try selling them (I never do), or you can harvest their body parts and build yourself some other minifigs of your own design. I thought Gloin's hairpiece with another head underneath, on an extra Strider/Aragorn body and legs makes for a nice looking pirate on board one of my Pirates of the Caribbean ships, or some forest dwelling wildling etc.

    The set came with extra elven weapons (bow&arrow, Elven blade). The wine bottles, green goblets/wine glasses, barrels, and winding stairs, are good parts, that can be useful, and add lustre to any LOTR or castle MOC. Having said that, just tinkering with only the bricks of that set (even with two of them) did not give me the bricks needed to make any other satisfactory alternative build. Like the Mines of Moria, you can though, with many other bricks build onto, and around the little structures from those sets to make a actual cellar, and dungeon, if you wish to further recreate that scene from the Hobbit.

    I hope that you are still able to find that set, as well as for a nice small price.
    icey117
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    Remember also that as it is "hard to find", the minifigs sell at a premium compared to other sets. Some people want them just to complete their set of dwarfs.
    icey117
  • icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
    @CccI skipped te Goblin King, and Mines of Moria, since I only wanted the figs. But this one is worth owning entirely.
    @thebiglegoski in Denmark the RRP is €60 so there is quite some to save when "striking" at the right offer. :-) Patience usually pays of, at least in DK. :-)
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    ^ Yes, I agree it is nice. I was commenting on the post above mine - about buying two. As the set is less common, it means there is a bit of a premium on the figures, which is useful if you want to sell them from a second set to expand it.

    I bought a load of the extra large barrels so all my dwarfs can now have one each.
    icey117
  • InfinitymanInfinityman Member Posts: 124
    @CCC Ditto on buying extra barrels - I just couldn't leave any dwarves behind.
  • drdavewatforddrdavewatford Administrator Posts: 6,754
    As others have stated, it's a retailer exclusive, and Amazon don't sell it themselves. You might find a reasonable deal from a third-party seller on the Amazon Marketplace, but don't hold your breath...
  • margotmargot Member Posts: 2,308
    Pretty sure I saw this at TRU for $31.99 last week. It doesn't seem that popular in the US. Maybe it will become more popular when that scene comes out on screen.
    juggles7
  • icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
    edited October 2013
    I'm pretty split about the popularity of these set. One side wants them to fail so I get them cheaper quicker... The another side want them to succeed so we get more waves! :-)
  • icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
    Well... more waves are wanted more than cheaper sets!
  • klatu003klatu003 Member Posts: 729
    I've been watching it at TRU and it has been $50.99 since their 20% and then BOGO. It is their exclusive in the US. So I got it from Lego.com with some smaller sets. Agree with all @TheBigLegoskis comments especially gotta have the drunk elf.
  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 410
    It had been on sale for $34 at TRU many months ago so I am waiting for it to go even lower. I passed at the recent sale too. Hoping to see it for under 30....
  • icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
    @ccc Did you buy extra Black gates too go get eagles for all your dwarves? :-)
  • jockosjunglejockosjungle Member Posts: 701
    They'll have signed a deal for at least the length of the movies I would think, so there will be more sets to come to tie in. I sort of hope the LOTR continue but my bank balance would be happier if they stopped. I remember getting overwhelmed with HP sets after trying to collect them all. When the COS sets came out I realised I couldn't keep up
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    icey117 said:

    @ccc Did you buy extra Black gates too go get eagles for all your dwarves? :-)

    No. I don't like the one piece eagles - I prefer brick built. I base mine on the #31004 eagle.
    icey117
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    PS. I didn't buy any of the black gates set. I'm not that impressed with it, so I traded for the unique minifigs here and I have enough black bricks to do a better version. So I didn't get any of the molded eagles.
  • icey117icey117 Member Posts: 510
    @Ccc I too am a bit split about that bird, was first disappointed but I think if there is a 35%discount offer, I might go for it anyway.
  • xowainxxowainx Member Posts: 112
    Hamleys in Cardiff had this set in stock the other day, at its RRP of £39.99, which I thought a little odd, as they mark a lot of regular sets up. I nearly picked it up (as I can get discount there, unlike the Lego store a few doors down), but had to restrain myself due to other planned purchases.
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