The discounts are not that exciting. The discounts offered during last December's sales were much higher up to 50% for Lone Ranger and Ninjago sets. You could also get better prices from resellers too. Reason was the local retail prices were so overpriced to begin with.

Nevertheless the LOTR sets may be worth getting before the theme is retired.

Agreed, many if not all of us here can be considered taikun/taukeh lah. After all Lego is not a cheap toy and even though it's made of plastic sometime we buy it like buying gold.

No need to regret missing the discontinued sets. I also missed many nice sets. Everyone does. But the great thing about Lego is that they keep coming up with even better sets every year. So if you keep hauling at this rate for many years imagine how massive your collection will be.

Awesome DIY!

...but why the 2x2 bricks some white and some yellow? And what happened to Tacoman's tacos (lil' yellow cheese slopes)?

It used to be going for rm600 or less.

Honey, who shrunk my Market Street?

So many cannot tahan members, even at retail prices?

Malaysian AFOLs seem to be doing well despite the economy, haze, water shortage and inflasi all around. At this rate LEGO will become #1 toy company very soon...

My son created his own Super Cycle after watching The LEGO Movie a few weeks ago. I wonder, got potential to become master builder?

Lots of speculation about Maersk ship price... rm700-1200? Price is so high due to huge demand and limited supply. 10241 is newly released set and already on back-order at SOH until May. RRP is USD150 so price should be around price for modulars. If can tahan then can get better price.

No wonder Lego is opening another factory in China. Producing plastic bricks is like printing money. Wish I could buy stocks in the company.

Many taikuns don't need to look for bargains. They buy without regret...

Anyone here getting MAD?

No offence internded... it's often said here about "willing buyer willing seller", so there's no cheap or expensive price. Many AFOLs always ask, "is RMxxx reasonable price to pay for this set?". It really depends from buyer to buyer, at what price point he will pull out his cash or credit card. Some want to know they are getting a good deal, some cannot tahan and willing to pay a premium to get it now...

Glad you're happy with your ships. What matters is how one feels about one's purchase. Not what others think.

I've been poisoned by Mixels...

I could not agree more. Retired sets are gone, and chasing them will cost AFOLs a bomb... but they will always be some willing buyers who are completist and willing to pay those inflated prices. It comes down to simple economics of demand and supply.

When it comes to Lego re-releasing retired sets, I don't think they have ever done so or ever will (but I stand to be corrected). From a business point of view, they can sell more sets if they release a new and improved version/design, like what happened with some of the Star Wars vehicles and spaceships (X-Wing, Falcon and now Sandcrawler). If they re-released the exact same 7191 UCS X-wing or 10144 Sandcrawler, the thousands who already have them won't be buying the same set again. Yes, there will be many new AFOLs who missed the original release and will want these sets, but at the same time a new design will be more sellable to both old and new AFOLs.

As for non-licensed exclusives like modulars, trains, ships, etc... the same logic applies, Lego is unlikely to release an old design that has already sold thousands. In fact, the possibilities are endless here as they are not bound by an actual movie or product, and there is so much more new creations they can release and sell compared to a re-issued Green Grocer, Emerald Night, Imperial Flagship or Taj Mahal. But we AFOLs who missed out on some of these retiured iconic sets and are not willing to splash the cash for them in the inflated resale market, can still wish... maybe Lego will prove me wrong and make my dreams come true someday.

The Mastercard 10% discount does not seem to apply to the new sets.

I too wonder which pirate ship was re-released - got set number? Was it in a different packaging to justify the Legends branding and higher price? I searched brickset but could not find anything related to Legends other than Legends of Chima.

6268 is a small set, only 178 pieces and USD40 when it was released. At RM1K the 'inflasi' is amazing!

Honey, who shrank my Cafe Corner?

I wonder why the inside view of the box shows a ship with black & white sails instead of red & white?

If you ask me, I prefer 6243 Blackbeard's Bounty which looks more realistic. I guess designer for 6243 had more variety of parts to use, compared to 6285 which was released 20 years earlier.

Wah... Mixels fever is spreading!

Honey, who shrank my Grand Emporium?

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