My prediction is that sets will remain "Sold Out" for a while...

Doofy McGee · 2014-01-24T00:42:33.000Z

I am referring to the sets on LEGO Shop at Home that we all know are more or less retired. For instance, all the Super Heroes stuff in the blue boxes, the rest of the LotR stuff from the first wave, SpongeBob, etc. These things all just show "Sold Out" for their status. Since we all know Lego is on to us and our methods of making money off their products, I'm sure they are also aware that we are just waiting for those "Retired Product" tags to show up, so we can market our sets differently and jack up our prices. Lol. What do you bet they stay "Sold Out" for quite a while longer? After all, what is Lego's hurry to declare a set retired? When a consumer goes to the LEGO Shop at Home site and sees that the set they wanted to order for little Timmy is retired, their first instinct is going to be to go try eBay. And Lego can't have that, can they? :) I say all of this strictly in the spirit of fun, but I'll bet I'm on to something.