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Subject:	Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates
Date:	Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:13:52 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Christopher Wiggenhorn wrote: > I just noticed tonight that the 10040 is listed as sold out (as opposed to being > on back order, which would give me a ray of hope). It was my understanding that > Legends were intended to be long-running releases (see > http://news.lugnet.com/lego/announce/?n=38). > > Based on http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=5237 and > http://news.lugnet.com/pirates/?n=3676 it would seem that was available at most > 15-16 months. With most releases sticking around for at least 2 years, this > caught me off guard. > > -Christopher I would guess the main reason would be it isn't selling! No matter how desired a product once was, eventually the sales peter out (Hogwarts Castle for historical reference). Add to that the color change, they would have to produce all of the hull pieces in new brown, all the canons in new grey, (to which if I got the set in those colors, I would be less than pleased!) etc..... They are phasing out all the old colors, and with a set whose sales have stagnated, there is no need from a company standpoint to continue to produce it! I guess this also raises the question of future Legends sets, will they be in the new color palette? And if none of that could be the answer, I think it might have something to do with the upcoming release of the new Jack Stone pirate sets. Just my opinion! Bill

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		Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
(...) Oh, that'll be fun. (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates)

		Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
(...) At least for the store I work in, that would be false. We have a waiting list of about 30 people for the Barracuda, and only rumors whether it is on order or discontinued. -Tim (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates)

		Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
(...) I must disagree with the opinion that it isn't selling. I was planning to buy another copy myself near the end of last year, when suddenly one day it said "sold out." So I emailed lego direct asking whether it would come back and they said no, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates)

		Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
(...) That rather sums it up nicely. Were the reasons for the color change so compelling so as to elliminate the posibility of making future Legends sets which truly represented the original ? Personally I'm still waiting to see/hear reasons that (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates)

		Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
(...) Actually, I suspect that a product that is selling would have a shorter availability. My understanding (from reading the press release about how well Hogwarts Castle did) is that it is unusual for sets to go through multiple production runs. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates)

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		Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
I just noticed tonight that the 10040 is listed as sold out (as opposed to being on back order, which would give me a ray of hope). It was my understanding that Legends were intended to be long-running releases (see (URL) Based on (URL) and (URL) it (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates)

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