Cardiff Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Hi Folks, how about your opinion on 42006 Technic Excavator. Worth picking up ? When will we see EOL for this set - Early/mid 2015 ? Retails for 59,99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboy Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Hi Folks, how about your opinion on 42006 Technic Excavator. Worth picking up ? When will we see EOL for this set - Early/mid 2015 ? Retails for 59,99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabioso79 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I agree that this set is going to do fine. technic construction are usually doing fine and the price point of this set is just perfect: if you manage to get it at a good discount (25% or more) you'll get yourself quite a big set for the money paid. bigger is better in technic sets imho. I agree that it could have been found at a better price (like 40% off) some time ago but its last days could have come and last week I got myself my first 4 of those at 20% off. don't want to risk on this one. keep in mind that 5% discount more on this set is roughly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I aim 30/33% off but 25% off is still great for that set (right now the best in my country is about 20% off), because I think that this is a great time to buy it (retiring in the next 5 months, already "hard to find", cheap price, poluar set, will be unavailable after Xmas 2014 and will rise from now up to 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I just built the Excavator a bit ago and its excellent. I think it will do fine. Fits in really well with the other construction stuff. This years Technic have been tremendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiff Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 No excavator to be released in 2015, if the list on Eurobricks is correct. Guess that may help. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustybeaver Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Looks like it had even been 43% for a time on Amazon UK. It was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboy Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 It was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxio Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 It was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It might be my big mistake of this year only getting two of these are they are already trading for over 100 euros and it hasn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmpartz Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Back from the dead. I found a few at TRU for $89. Worth the price? It seems EOL - "Sold Out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo2112 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yeah, I'd buy in at $89 at TRU, if I could get the 10% CC discount on Thursdays. These are EOL; seem to be selling in the $100+ range at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Amazon.es just unfulfilled my last order - half expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I've sold my first one with about 35% more than RRP (90 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Yup, I will never understand why so many people pass on these sets - Technic fans love their yellow excavators and cranes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Yup, I will never understand why so many people pass on these sets - Technic fans love their yellow excavators and cranes! Maybe because of the "invest in what you like" way of thinking. i've read here that lots of people don't appreciate this theme (I like it, luckily ^^ ) especially in the USA and the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Sold another one for 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 How many do you have? I see this one reaching 150 euros depending on how soon they remake it - summer crane is for lifting so is not an exact remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Sadly I wasn't able to get as much as I wanted. I got only 4 sets and was originally planning to get 7 (7 is the max for any set for me - I have 7 HH for instance) so I still have only two sets in stock. There wasn't big discounts on this set (more than 30% I mean) so I wasn't able to stock some and then it poofed on websites. I think it will go up to x2 RRP on Xmas 2015. Hint: sell it in a "pack" with a 8293 PF motor (even get at 5-10% off RRP is ok because it's not about making money with the PF set, but to make the 42006 even more appealing) Note: unfortunately I'll need some money in the incoming months (autumn) so I'm ok to sell these right now with a nice -but not awesome- ROI. BTW summer crane is: - not an excavator - blue ! ^^ (so basically for a technic fan it's like comparing the 42000 Formula one with the new "Le mans" car ) Edited March 3, 2015 by biniou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biniou Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) I noticed that there are two different packages for this set. Feel free to compare the one up to the one down. Just for your information. '> (edit: I inverted the order now it's ok) Edited March 26, 2015 by biniou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 This set is selling like hotcakes for the second Xmas running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleyMoose Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I have two that I've been holding on to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Up to 160 euros / 150 GBP on Amazon but (no) thanks to UK ebayers it is pegged at 115/100 on that platform. Come on guys, did you not hear Lego was increasing UK prices in 2017? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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