glucapg Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Very Strange thing: it is RETIRED PRODUCT but lego keep on selling in a "secondary" way, for selected customers. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Brickpicker mobile app Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Brickpicker mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Bumping thread. EOL imminent by end of Holiday season? Most major retailers are OOS aside from Lego S@H... Will this set keep with the recent trend of winter themed sets ,retiring after 2 winter cycles or will it buck the trend? For most it is not the most appealing of sets, but a definite MUST have for any Winter Village collector. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 soooo, continuing from other thread... could it be retiring in US? limit 2 right now. probably did retire in europe, though showed up in some of european second half 2014 catalogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Bumping thread. EOL imminent by end of Holiday season? Most major retailers are OOS aside from Lego LEGO Shop at Home... Will this set keep with the recent trend of winter themed sets ,retiring after 2 winter cycles or will it buck the trend? For most it is not the most appealing of sets, but a definite MUST have for any Winter Village collector. Thoughts? Maybe someone in Europe could check with LEGO Shop at Home again? If it really retired in Europe, then chances are high for retirement in US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Maybe someone in Europe could check with S@H again? If it really retired in Europe, then chances are high for retirement in US. The good folks across the pond should be rising up soon, hopefully they can enlighten us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryherb Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Still readily available in US lego b&ms. Was told by employee there is possibility for another run before this holiday season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilted Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The good folks across the pond should be rising up soon, hopefully they can enlighten us. Errrrr, hoping for a miracle comeback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Errrrr, hoping for a miracle comeback! If they un-retire it, that would be as shocking as if they did really retire it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilted Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Yeah, that would be shocking, to say the least... but I hope they resurface, much as the 10216 WVB did, when I managed to snag quite a few at a discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryherb Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I dont know where u see it as retired. UK and US are readily available and there is no shortage at b&ms. u got photoshmobbed. On the other hand it does appear retired at shop.lego.co.il, hmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylay Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 well, last year xmas 2013 was when i thought to myself i will get the cottage right after xmas because of discounts ... all B&M lego stores were stocked full of these ... as the xmas season progressed they sold out quickly ... i waited and i lost ... no more cottages in sight ... waited for a restock before the new year and it didnt come ... next thing you know, it is retired!!! ive learned my lesson ... people, dont wait ... if you want the market, get it now because all signs point to it not being here next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilted Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I dont know where u see it as retired. UK and US are readily available and there is no shortage at b&ms. u got photoshmobbed. On the other hand it does appear retired at shop.lego.co.il, hmmmmm. It's been retired in Europe for a few months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neosphinx Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Indeed already retired quite a while. Still good stock tho in B&M. I remember that I was just looking up prices and saw that set retired. I bought 2 just less than MSRP. Should have waited a bit longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glucapg Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Errrrr, hoping for a miracle comeback! Sent from my GT-I9000 using Brickpicker mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4x18 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Don't see it there, but a country-wide store listed them yesterday. They did not have it last year IIRC. But... We have a Halloween Bat! http://shop.lego.com/en-ES/Halloween-Bat-40090?fromListing=listing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDad Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Lego seems to be rethinking how they present the Winter Village theme. It used to like the modular buildings, where multiple sets were kept in production simultaneously. Now, it seems to be moving toward a "one set at a time" theme with short (~1 year) production runs. WVC didn't even make it to Christmas last year, and for the Market to retire in late summer is just bizarre. It's hard to understand, since I would think the sets actually support one another. I could easily imagine people buying more than one (different) set at a time, so they could actually build a village. Now the only folks who have actual villages are those who make sure to buy each set the year it's released, or are willing to pay double (or triple) MSRP to pick it up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenbean84 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Don't see it there, but a country-wide store listed them yesterday. They did not have it last year IIRC. But... We have a Halloween Bat! http://shop.lego.com/en-ES/Halloween-Bat-40090?fromListing=listing Strange. You don't celebrate Halloween, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenbean84 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I picked up 5 WVM at Shop at Home back in August. I didn't want to take any chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I picked up 5 WVM at Shop at Home back in August. I didn't want to take any chances. Me neither. I'm up to 70 of these...would like to get 100 before they retire, but they are getting harder to come by now. Besides Lego...Target, TRU, and Amamzon have been getting them occasionally, but they don't seem to last too long. I personally like this set a lot. I think it's a good piece count for the price, and they are pretty nice pieces. I love the mini carousel! I'm pretty sure this should retire in the US this Christmas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipbee Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 At first I don't quite fancy this set, but gradually I realize that this set makes the entire theme complete by providing a fun winter holiday feel. The carousel is my favorite. Motorising it is a must to give that extra something to this display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckeyeFanDan Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I think the carousel is out of scale (too big) with the buildings in the Winter Village. The other parts of this set are fine with the Winter Village though. Therefore I am going to move the carousel to the modular building layout and pair it with the Fairground Mixer to get the beginnings of a carnival layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4x18 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Lego seems to be rethinking how they present the Winter Village theme. It used to like the modular buildings, where multiple sets were kept in production simultaneously. Now, it seems to be moving toward a "one set at a time" theme with short (~1 year) production runs. WVC didn't even make it to Christmas last year, and for the Market to retire in late summer is just bizarre. It's hard to understand, since I would think the sets actually support one another. I could easily imagine people buying more than one (different) set at a time, so they could actually build a village. Now the only folks who have actual villages are those who make sure to buy each set the year it's released, or are willing to pay double (or triple) MSRP to pick it up later. Well, FWIW, and referring only to the LEGO Shop at Home EU market, the Post Office and the Cottage were available only from October to January for two years, so you'd only have 2 WV sets available at a time, current and last year's release. Having said that, and not remembering if the Cottage was labeled as 'Retired' between January and October 2013, I'm waiting and hoping for Lego to bring back the Market in October, even when it is currently labeled as 'Retired', and have it available along the Workshop. After seeing it available from a local shop, I think that it has a fair chance of coming back, at least to the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4x18 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Strange. You don't celebrate Halloween, do you? I've been living in Spain for the last 30 months, so I've been in the last 2 Halloweens, can't talk about previous years but form what I've seen, the celebration is catching up. Kids 'trick or treat'-ing, adults in costumes, the whole nine yards. And that bat is available to all of the EU, not just Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantomas007 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) The WVM story is one of the most interesting. WVM retired in Europe immediately after the new year, so just after 3 months! In all shop@home pages in Europe is from January a notice "retired" - not "temporary out of stock", or "sold out" or "retiring soon" etc. I made some panic buys of this set for high MSRP price in February, thought that "retired" message is clear and the price can go extremly higher (for example, Zombies went to EOL after longer period and the price after several weeks after EOL the price was more than double). But in the US is this set available the whole year! Cannot understand what is going on. All scenarios are non-standard: 1) if this set is really retired, why so extremly soon? And why just in Europe? 2) if this set will be re-released before this Chrismas, it will be very strange, why the TLG makes a set as temporary retired. It can have bad influence in the imvestment strategy, if we cannot believe the notice "retired". Edited September 5, 2014 by mesje Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The WVM story is one of the most interesting. WVM retired in Europe immediately after the new year, so just after 3 months! In all shop@home pages in Europe is from January a notice "retired" - not "temporary out of stock", or "sold out" or "retiring soon" etc. I made some panic buys of this set for high MSRP price in February, thought that "retired" message is clear and the price can go extremly higher (for example, Zombies went to EOL after longer period and the price after several weeks after EOL the price was more than double). But in the US is this set available the whole year! Cannot understand what is going on. All scenarios are non-standard: 1) if this set is really retired, why so extremly soon? And why just in Europe? 2) if this set will be re-released before this Chrismas, it will be very strange, why the TLG makes a set as temporary retired. It can have bad influence in the imvestment strategy, if we cannot believe the notice "retired". I think they intermittently retired Winter Village Cottage like this as well, before bringing it back last year for it's final run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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