Fallenangel Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 It was brought to my attention on FBTB that 21010 Robie House is now being sold on Amazon for $135.99, which is a huge drop from the original price of $199.99. Large price drops are usually associated with poor sales (8087 TIE Defender, anyone?) so I'm wondering what implications this has for the Architecture line as a whole. Though I haven't bought any of the Architecture sets, I rather like some of them, such as Fallingwater which had interesting techniques squeezed into a relatively small build. Others, like the Empire State Building or the Space Needle, I found less appealing. I remember Macoco bringing up the apparent failure of the Star Wars MIDI-scale sets in another thread recently, and I'm wondering whether anyone else sees a parallel here.
Larrynautik Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 It was brought to my attention on FBTB that 21010 Robie House is now being sold on Amazon for $135.99, which is a huge drop from the original price of $199.99. Large price drops are usually associated with poor sales (8087 TIE Defender, anyone?) so I'm wondering what implications this has for the Architecture line as a whole. Though I haven't bought any of the Architecture sets, I rather like some of them, such as Fallingwater which had interesting techniques squeezed into a relatively small build. Others, like the Empire State Building or the Space Needle, I found less appealing. I remember Macoco bringing up the apparent failure of the Star Wars MIDI-scale sets in another thread recently, and I'm wondering whether anyone else sees a parallel here. Amazon is actually lowering the price of all Lego themes, not only the architecture sets. Don't worry, it never last long ! Discounts can be up to -40% on some sets.
Big Cam Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Amazon is known for giving stuff away at ridiculously low prices from time to time. Only if LEGO lowers the price, would we have anything to talk about.
fred67 Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Ordered one... it's the only way it's even remotely worth it to me. I was really disappointed they decided to to these really expensive high end architecture sets when they got me hooked on $20 sets. It's also somewhat contrary to the microscale designs they started out with. And did anyone else notice that, more or less, the smaller the actual building, the bigger the LEGO set? I mean, it's not really true, but these towering skyscapers are the $20 - $25 sets, and the houses are $60, $100, and $200.
WhiteFang Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 This is best discussed in BSTF. Topic moved. WhiteFang
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