The Monster Fighters are not in the New Spring Lego Catalog
The Monster Fighters are not in the New Spring Lego Catalog
I got the new Lego Spring Catalog in the Mail Today and the Monster Fighters Sets are not in there, Except for the Haunted House, So just a heads up don't wait til the Last minute to get those sets and the Vampire's castle. And the Catalog did come with a 10 percent coupon.
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No budget to get the castle at MSRP. Very hard to find it at discounted in my local retailers.
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Huh, that's kinda disconcerting. But I guess the end must come soon - how many variations on the classic Universal Monsters can you make, right?
If it were up to me, I'd make Vampire versus Werewolf army builder sets, you know, kinda loosely basing these on the Underworld universe. And then, I'd make LEGO Friends sets that also had a Vampire versus Werewolf theme to pick up the Twilight fans. ;)
Kinda smacks of race war doesn't it? But then, don't most LEGO themes foster an us-versus-them mentality. I mean, look at Legends of Chima. That's all-out race war right there, no?
If it were up to me, I'd make Vampire versus Werewolf army builder sets, you know, kinda loosely basing these on the Underworld universe. And then, I'd make LEGO Friends sets that also had a Vampire versus Werewolf theme to pick up the Twilight fans. ;)
Kinda smacks of race war doesn't it? But then, don't most LEGO themes foster an us-versus-them mentality. I mean, look at Legends of Chima. That's all-out race war right there, no?
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Thanks for the info, but I'm passing on getting on the Vampire Castle, since I'm happy with the HH.
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I didn't see the LOTR sets in the new catalog, I recall you mentioning in another thread some of the LOTR sets being retired in a few months. You think that is still happening?emazers wrote:I got the new Lego Spring Catalog in the Mail Today and the Monster Fighters Sets are not in there, Except for the Haunted House, So just a heads up don't wait til the Last minute to get those sets and the Vampire's castle. And the Catalog did come with a 10 percent coupon.
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http://www.toysnbricks.com/forums/viewt ... =83&t=8266Marcus70 wrote:
I didn't see the LOTR sets in the new catalog, I recall you mentioning in another thread some of the LOTR sets being retired in a few months. You think that is still happening?
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Is there some special signifigance to the Spring catolog? LotR (onlyHobbit sets), and MF (aside from HH) weren't in the January catalog either...
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sparkart wrote:Huh, that's kinda disconcerting. But I guess the end must come soon - how many variations on the classic Universal Monsters can you make, right?
Um given the popularity of Twlight/New Moon, Zombie, and so forth out there, a whole lot. Heck there's even a supernatural section of romance novels for crying out loud.
To be honest there was enough material for a second, third, and fourth wave, but was their enough sales? I would think enough for a second one...particularly by putting out different zombies and vampires, a spectre type ghost* and a new hero.
*Use the CMF Genie base cast in grey and handcuffs for "chains"
On that Note....Hrrm Disney's Haunted Mansion UCS set would be nice.
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Were you talking about this? Except that it is not in grey.NIGELTTF wrote: *Use the CMF Genie base cast in grey and handcuffs for "chains"
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Almost...
While the base is the same part, Nigel was referring to the genie from series 6.
MuHAHAHAHA
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While the base is the same part, Nigel was referring to the genie from series 6.
It's not made in gray...yet. It would be cool if Lego molded it as a gray part and made other ghostly/spectral beings to bring Monster Fighters back around for a second series. I'd love to see it "live again!"legohunter wrote:Were you talking about this? Except that it is not in grey.
MuHAHAHAHA
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Not that this is a terrible surprise at this point, but The Zombies is now listed as a "Retired Product" on S@H:
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Zombies-9465
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Zombies-9465
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Wasn't this set retired way before Xmas? Like mid Nov or something like thatmelsig wrote:Not that this is a terrible surprise at this point, but The Zombies is now listed as a "Retired Product" on S@H:
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Zombies-9465
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There was room to believe that Lego could resurrect The Zombies anytime. Now such puny mortal hopes are entombed.
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No it's been sold out of most Targets when they had their big sale last winter. I was able to get one from s@h last month, but had to check their stock everyday online to get one.CrazyRus wrote:Wasn't this set retired way before Xmas? Like mid Nov or something like thatmelsig wrote:Not that this is a terrible surprise at this point, but The Zombies is now listed as a "Retired Product" on S@H:
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Zombies-9465
Brickshow discusses the Zombies set up 168% in a few months:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmpFcSFb ... vw&index=4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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His genius idea is that because it was Target exclusive and can not be bought anymore in stores so that's why price shot up. Thanks, Captain Obvious....Marcus70 wrote:No it's been sold out of most Targets when they had their big sale last winter. I was able to get one from s@h last month, but had to check their stock everyday online to get one.CrazyRus wrote:Wasn't this set retired way before Xmas? Like mid Nov or something like thatmelsig wrote:Not that this is a terrible surprise at this point, but The Zombies is now listed as a "Retired Product" on S@H:
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-Zombies-9465
Brickshow discusses the Zombies set up 168% in a few months:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmpFcSFb ... vw&index=4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Hey There. I'm mainly a star wars Lego collector, but couldn't help notice what a good deal it seems to be buying other lines' popular sets on clearance and sit on them until they are retired. I know not all sets pan out, in fact I found mines of Moria for 54 at christmas and then found is one of the few lotr sets NOT being retired. D'oh!!! Anyway I went ahead and stocked up on monster fighters sets 30% of clearance at walmarts. I've got about three of each set other than the ghost train. Even at $54 it just doesn't seem like a winner. What do you all think will be the best performing set of this bunch?
Thanks for the always interesting reads and responses.
Thanks for the always interesting reads and responses.
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The Vampyre Castle will be the best investment other than the Haunted House. But you won't find the Haunted House at Walmart anyways unless you order online.
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I have one of each MF set. I haven't put together the mansion or castle yet (ran out of time before Halloween 2012). But of the rest, the best set for me was the train. I also liked the tiny swamp man set, and the Frankenstein set was good too. (Too lazy to look up proper names!) If you manage to find the ghost polybag, I think those are quite popular; I had trouble even finding them, period.
The sub-par sets for me were the mummy, the hearse, and the werewolf. The zombies set was underwhelming too, other than the figs.
From an investment standpoint, definitely stock up on ghost polybags and zombies, if you can even find them at this point. (You won't find zombies almost guaranteed.) Mansion will be a classic, but might be out for a while. I'd give second thought to the train set, because it really was a fun build with a lot of cool figs and elements. But maybe that's just me.
The sub-par sets for me were the mummy, the hearse, and the werewolf. The zombies set was underwhelming too, other than the figs.
From an investment standpoint, definitely stock up on ghost polybags and zombies, if you can even find them at this point. (You won't find zombies almost guaranteed.) Mansion will be a classic, but might be out for a while. I'd give second thought to the train set, because it really was a fun build with a lot of cool figs and elements. But maybe that's just me.
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Well its now August, and I don't see any indication of the Monster Fighers sets retiring (except for the Target exclusive Zombies set). Perhaps they will all be retired at the end of the year along with the Haunted House?
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Perhaps no 'official' indication of their retirement, but they've started to be clearanced out (at Walmart, for example) in order to make room for new waves of sets. And once their stock is gone, that's one less retailer to find them at. Sales for Monster Fighters sets might spike as we approach Halloween, but I'd hazard a guess that they might be gone by the holidays.Marcus70 wrote:Well its now August, and I don't see any indication of the Monster Fighers sets retiring (except for the Target exclusive Zombies set). Perhaps they will all be retired at the end of the year along with the Haunted House?
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