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Re: Why the early end to 10040 Black Seas Barracuda?
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:07:37 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
> 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.
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> > -Christopher
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> 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).
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> 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!
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> I guess this also raises the question of future Legends sets, will they be in
> the new color palette?
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> 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.
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> Just my opinion!
>
> Bill
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, that it was one of their more popular items, and would be available no more.
A month or two after that, looking at the legends page at Shop at Home,
suddenly again it said that it was available. I ordered two. The very next
day, it said "sold out" again. But my two copies arrived no problems.
In my opinion, the reason sets like BSB and Blacksmith Shop sell out so
fast is that they are gobbled up by sellers on Ebay and Bricklink, who will
resell them sooner or later at some ridiculous price.
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