Wake me up when it is 50% off. Not saying the set is bad and I do not like it, I do, but the price is just extreme, no matter if I have the money or not, this would be purely impulsive purchase with zero rationality.

I like this so much I'm going to admire it through plexiglass in the Lego store over and over again lol

Then buy the Minifigs from it a year from now on Brickowl.

@SamDS said:
"I hope someone from Lego can tell us a year from now how well the Death Star sold in the first days/weeks, but I think they will be ashamed to tell us."

Personally I'm looking forward to seeing the retirement date, if it retires in two years or less we'll know it did pretty poorly overall.

I guess if you’re picking this up down under, you’re gonna have to cut back on vegemite and fairy bread considerably.

Whoa, I hadn't seen all of these negative comments anywhere until now. It's just mostly been similar negative comments everywhere else.

I can't stop thinking about Private Hudson's quote from Aliens....

"Yeah right, man, Bishop [Australia] should go. Good idea!"

@DenDeze said:
"to be honest; I have plenty of extra cash but i would never buy this type of set (or priced item) at full RRP knowing that if I wait there will be a 30% discount (and if it stays at full rrp for its entire shelf life, i will just pass)"

Yup.

I think this may be the first time there's a simultaneous seasonal GWP for the launch of a large UCS SW with it's own dedicated GWP.

Yet, that cute lil' ghost isn't enough to change my opinion about his turd-brother tie fighter.

I would rather not own an x-mansion than own a let-down of an x-mansion.

I’m surprised that people still want it at 30% off. Which means there are signs of healthy interest past the initial price, which at 30% off is no doubt still wonderfully profitable.

Those who budget for those personal, specific, favoured sets that are worth their money at any discount or even none, know that this stuff is cyclical. But… perhaps those 30% discounters know that Lego will never offer high quality output and value ever again, so perhaps they’re desperately scraping the barrel ?!

There will be another death star one day… or just the other half of it.

What would be interesting is to see how badly some of the scalpers get burned on this one.

@legoDad42 said:
"I guess if you’re picking this up down under, you’re gonna have to cut back on vegemite and fairy bread considerably."

It's actually come in a lot cheaper than expected for us, compared to other equivalent US pricing. Still way more than I can justify but I'd pick it up if I could.

@lekalog said:
"I remember when the UCS Falcon dropped there was a strict 1 per household limit due to demand. They are allowing people to purchase 5 haha"
5 slices and still no sphere.

@lekalog said:
"I remember when the UCS Falcon dropped there was a strict 1 per household limit due to demand. They are allowing people to purchase 5 haha"

This is fairly standard now.

I'm doing exactly the opposite - I'm going to SELL a couple of my Star Wars sets that I have never gotten around to building. Some of them have appreciated in value quite incredibly, like 75158 for example, where MISB ones regularly sell on Bricklink for 450 Euro and up.
Maybe mine will sell like hotcakes when I offer it for 400 Euro ;-)

@AustinPowers said:
"I'm doing exactly the opposite - I'm going to SELL a couple of my Star Wars sets that I have never gotten around to building. Some of them have appreciated in value quite incredibly, like 75158 for example, where MISB ones regularly sell on Bricklink for 450 Euro and up.
Maybe mine will sell like hotcakes when I offer it for 400 Euro ;-) "

Pretty much any pre 2020 Star Wars set is selling well, especially if they are pre LEGO Movie era. I sold a 2012 Endor battle pack that cost me £4 on clearance for £42 a couple of months ago. Even used stuff. I sold a used Krennic's Shuttle without any minifigures for more than I paid for it new. I look at SW sets now and I don't think I'd invest in them for resale (too many resellers, buy in prices too high) or for personal use (I have enough similar SW sets bought at better prices).

I like it I might even go and have a look at it on display but will not pay 3 weeks wages for it!

Might pick up the odd Minifig from Brickowl one day from it though.

Got one at 01h00 this night, don't know why it didn't came online straight at 00h00.

I heard they already sold roughly 1000 by 06h00 this morning for UK/BE/NL alone.

This set is such a scam. You don't even get a conplete set if you buy it a week after launch!

People can buy what they like, but LOLing at anyone who bought this today
I hope you enjoy your amazing GWSBPOTP (gift which should be part of the purchase). I mean, I cant believe this is even still in stock, LOL.

Not that I have any intention of trying to buy it, but I'm tempted to see what the TIE Fighter is going for on Bricklink a little while after it's availability window closes.

@yellowcastle said:
"Hmm....Death Slarce...or multiple high dollar sets on my wanted list.....or almost the entire BLDP Series 6 next week....or a portion of 1 ticket to see Taylor Swift...or 30 sets of Terrance and Phillip dolls...or I guess I could put something away to further educate my boatload of children..."

Whatever you choose, you can still give your children a lesson about budgeting.

@legoDad42 said:
"What I’m doing is using all the pics of this set as reference to mod my 10188 .
Smooth tiled floors, dark gray walkways/paths, greeble the exterior, etc.
"

Let us know how it turns out. I, for one, would be interested in seeing such a MOD.

@yellowcastle said:
"Hmm....Death Slarce...or multiple high dollar sets on my wanted list.....or almost the entire BLDP Series 6 next week....or a portion of 1 ticket to see Taylor Swift...or 30 sets of Terrance and Phillip dolls...or I guess I could put something away to further educate my boatload of children..."

Sorry, have I neglected to mention how gloriously bright the sun is? How incandescently blue the sky is? How the mountains reverberate with music? How the grass, when you really stare at it, is fifty shades of vibrant green?

Oh, I'm sorry again. I just sent my precious off to (girls-wear-zero-clothing) university.

I cry for him in my sleep. The rest of the time, I laugh and laugh.

Any tears I have left, I'm saving strictly in reserve for our prodigiously potent @yellowcastle . He's got a long row to hoe.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @Studfinder said:
"DS - Check
2 GWP's - Check
That's No Moon Poster - Check
$400 Insiders Discount - Check
Rakuten 2.5% - Check

"

All lame.

Check."

"These aren't the deals you're looking for." Especially a poster... be still my heart. Not to mention that discount amount equals out to having spent $8000 on other lego (4000 still if all double points). In most places the 25 RakutenBucks will cover nothing besides 1/3 of the sales tax. People are taking crazy pills.

Limit 5 in the US
Is that how many you need to make it a sphere
Lego is delusional

I am very fortunate to own the 2008 Death Star and I have no intentions of ever purchasing this set.

I love this set, and I absolutely want it, which does surprise me as I had no intention of getting it, as I'm not a fan of the previous renditions of UCS Death Stars. However, the GWP is so disappointing, there is no reason to get it today.

I, too am really interested about the price of the TIE fighter on ebay. i can't believe people who DO own the Death Star would want it, let alone people who DON'T. But then there will be so few for sale, who knows what the going price will be.

No way I would spend $1,000 on this underwhelming set. I'm probably in the minority here, but I'm still happy with my 10188 and I still have it on display since ~2009. Really do want the Galen Erso and Imperial Dignitary minifigs, but not going to pay the aftermarket prices for them.

@Captainrex2000 said:
"I am very fortunate to own the 2008 Death Star and I have no intentions of ever purchasing this set."

I also own LEGO sets from the past and don't need to buy every one they issue now.

@Patrik78 said:
"Wake me up when it is 50% off. Not saying the set is bad and I do not like it, I do, but the price is just extreme, no matter if I have the money or not, this would be purely impulsive purchase with zero rationality."

500 is still a lot

Ok. Can't wait for the first $1500 set lol.

@strangeworld said:
"Only $1337 over here, great!"

That's insane. Across the border to the west the set is only $1230 so in reality it's practically free, right?

Still cannot believe this set exists in the form it does.

@Brainslugged said:
"I, too am really interested about the price of the TIE fighter on ebay. i can't believe people who DO own the Death Star would want it, let alone people who DON'T. But then there will be so few for sale, who knows what the going price will be."

I guarantee you that there are people who aren't interested in it as a set, but would consider their Death Star incomplete without it. But, I'm also curious as to what the going price on the secondary maket will be.

@Studfinder said:
"DS - Check
2 GWP's - Check
That's No Moon Poster - Check
$400 Insiders Discount - Check
Rakuten 2.5% - Check

"
Great way to cash in those insider points! I can never hang on to them that long.

yawn.....

Assuming this set is not a Lego exclusive in Canada and assuming it potentially get sold in Costco Canada, the best we can probably hope for here, is maybe CAD$1000 (if we're lucky). Then add the taxes.

While I like this set despite its perceived flaws, I have many more sets to get before this one. So I guess I'll just have to have a peek at it when I pass in front of a Lego store. Very happy for those who will get it thought. So far 73 Bricksetters have indicated they own this. I think it will do just fine!

@Miamibear said:
"I imagine five years ago this would have been designed to be $600 to $750 and I would have considered buying it. I've already passed buying about 5 large sets that I would have bought in the past. It just keeps getting easier and easier to not buy these large overpriced sets."

Times change. I remember when Helm's Deep came out at £100. I got it at 30% off (I bought two). £100 for a LEGO set, that seemed crazy at the time. Then came the £170 Orthanc. Those prices seemed high at the time but now that adult nostalgia sets area thing and LEGO is more popular than ever, they are quite small sets.

@CCC said:
" @lekalog said:
"I remember when the UCS Falcon dropped there was a strict 1 per household limit due to demand. They are allowing people to purchase 5 haha"

This is fairly standard now."

With the UCS Falcon, they had a policy that there needed to be someone home to receive/sign for it due to the high cost. Is that still a thing for sets like this??

@R0Sch said:
"I was in the Düsseldorf Store today late in the afternoon filling some PaB boxes at the wall for over 3 hours and not a single soul bought a Deathstar. There were still at least 30 GWP's left.
Then a guy comes to the cashiers and buys 2-3 Christmas train sets and brags about how his company manufactured the SLS trains for TLG, how the parts are colored with ink and that more 3D parts like that will come in future sets. Said it took 2 years of development to make it series production ready. Some people obviously don't know what an NDA is..."

That's the problem with trains in general and with LEGO overall....once it picks up speed in a certain direction, it can be slow to stop.

@Studfinder said:
"DS - Check
2 GWP's - Check
That's No Moon Poster - Check
$400 Insiders Discount - Check
Rakuten 2.5% - Check"

You had enough VIP points to get $400 off this set AND redeem a $40 poster?

@Murdoch17 said:
"The Death Slice is sold out in the St. Louis, MO store. I was in the store getting PAB mini-figures, and saw the last one of the 19 they had get sold. No, I was not / am not / will never be interested in getting it - I'm just reporting that it is selling, which i find odd!"

You bought all 19, didn't you?

@yellowcastle said:
" @Studfinder said:
"DS - Check
2 GWP's - Check
That's No Moon Poster - Check
$400 Insiders Discount - Check
Rakuten 2.5% - Check"

You had enough VIP points to get $400 off this set AND redeem a $40 poster?"

Yes sir. Mind you this is Canadian Dollars (x5 multiplyer). The poster is worth $50 CAD in points. I only use them for these rare occasions when not getting sets at dbl or triple points. Can't speak for anyone else but it works well for me.

Add to that the taxes saved on the Insiders Discount, the fact you get another 5% in points on the current set and the Rakuten % is over the original 1299CAD amount and not the price after discount.

It is a glorious sunny day here on Alderaan...oh wait...too soon? ;)

Yea avaliable today for insiders otherwise it'll be available on the 4th hopefully the lego store at the mall of america has it right away when they open

@yellowcastle said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"The Death Slice is sold out in the St. Louis, MO store. I was in the store getting PAB mini-figures, and saw the last one of the 19 they had get sold. No, I was not / am not / will never be interested in getting it - I'm just reporting that it is selling, which i find odd!"

You bought all 19, didn't you?"

You got me. I wanted 19 Imperial dignitaries.

(I jest - I did not buy any of them!)

@Murdoch17 said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"The Death Slice is sold out in the St. Louis, MO store. I was in the store getting PAB mini-figures, and saw the last one of the 19 they had get sold. No, I was not / am not / will never be interested in getting it - I'm just reporting that it is selling, which i find odd!"

You bought all 19, didn't you?"

You got me. I wanted 19 Imperial dignitaries.

(I jest - I did not buy any of them!)"

Well probably the same all over the insiders scoop them all up before they release to everyone else

@DrSchlepenstein said:
"Bought it this morning online and I already received tracking info for it, though UPS doesn't have the packages in its possession yet.. "

I hope it arrives okay. Seems like it will be heavy/unwieldy.

Any members go to the mall of america lego store?

@CCC said:
" @Miamibear said:
"I imagine five years ago this would have been designed to be $600 to $750 and I would have considered buying it. I've already passed buying about 5 large sets that I would have bought in the past. It just keeps getting easier and easier to not buy these large overpriced sets."

Times change. I remember when Helm's Deep came out at £100. I got it at 30% off (I bought two). £100 for a LEGO set, that seemed crazy at the time. Then came the £170 Orthanc. Those prices seemed high at the time but now that adult nostalgia sets area thing and LEGO is more popular than ever, they are quite small sets."

9474 was nothing compared to 6990, which was a hundred a fifty-five dollars. In 1987. I don't feel like doing the adjustments for inflation and currency conversion, but Helm's deep would still be cheaper by a good bit.

$1300 in Canada… no thanks.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @CCC said:
" @Miamibear said:
"I imagine five years ago this would have been designed to be $600 to $750 and I would have considered buying it. I've already passed buying about 5 large sets that I would have bought in the past. It just keeps getting easier and easier to not buy these large overpriced sets."

Times change. I remember when Helm's Deep came out at £100. I got it at 30% off (I bought two). £100 for a LEGO set, that seemed crazy at the time. Then came the £170 Orthanc. Those prices seemed high at the time but now that adult nostalgia sets area thing and LEGO is more popular than ever, they are quite small sets."

9474 was nothing compared to 6990, which was a hundred a fifty-five dollars. In 1987. I don't feel like doing the adjustments for inflation and currency conversion, but Helm's deep would still be cheaper by a good bit."

$155USD in 1987 would be $442USD today.

Went to my Tyson’s store and can confirm Death Slice was Heavy. It broke some reusable bags, per store.

Nobody in their sane mind will buy this. Unless they got it for free from LEOG for review.

@Dannygast said:
"Nobody in their sane mind will buy this. Unless they got it for free from LEOG for review."

People in Czechia and rest of the world have so much money they don't know what to do with it. So yeah, they will buy it and will demand even more expensive sets. Stop crying

@TheOtherMike said:
" @CCC said:
" @Miamibear said:
"I imagine five years ago this would have been designed to be $600 to $750 and I would have considered buying it. I've already passed buying about 5 large sets that I would have bought in the past. It just keeps getting easier and easier to not buy these large overpriced sets."

Times change. I remember when Helm's Deep came out at £100. I got it at 30% off (I bought two). £100 for a LEGO set, that seemed crazy at the time. Then came the £170 Orthanc. Those prices seemed high at the time but now that adult nostalgia sets area thing and LEGO is more popular than ever, they are quite small sets."

9474 was nothing compared to 6990, which was a hundred a fifty-five dollars. In 1987. I don't feel like doing the adjustments for inflation and currency conversion, but Helm's deep would still be cheaper by a good bit."

Yes, there were expensive sets in the deeper past. Train sets with electronic parts and lots of track were expensive too.

My point was that 10-15 years ago, £100 felt like a lot to spend on a LEGO set but it typically got you the flagship set. Whereas now, with the rise in popularity within adults and not just old school AFOLs, £100 is fairly standard for an entry level adult set.

@WokePope said:
" @CCC said:
" @Patrik78 said:
"Wake me up when it is 50% off. Not saying the set is bad and I do not like it, I do, but the price is just extreme, no matter if I have the money or not, this would be purely impulsive purchase with zero rationality."

I think you are going to have a very long sleep. "

Yeah, anyone saying "I'm gonna get this on discount!" is DREAMING. They are never putting this on any kind of sale, even when it nears retirement date which will likely be many, many years in the future.

Best you can likely do is a double Insiders points week."

here MOST of the UCS sets are on discount after some time, for example:
75192 ucs milennium falcon rrp 850, now for 635 and cheapest ever 560
75355 x wing rrp 240, now 200, cheapest ever 160
75367 venator rrp 650, now 550, cheapest ever 365

@DenDeze said:
" @WokePope said:
" @CCC said:
" @Patrik78 said:
"Wake me up when it is 50% off. Not saying the set is bad and I do not like it, I do, but the price is just extreme, no matter if I have the money or not, this would be purely impulsive purchase with zero rationality."

I think you are going to have a very long sleep. "

Yeah, anyone saying "I'm gonna get this on discount!" is DREAMING. They are never putting this on any kind of sale, even when it nears retirement date which will likely be many, many years in the future.

Best you can likely do is a double Insiders points week."

here MOST of the UCS sets are on discount after some time, for example:
75192 ucs milennium falcon rrp 850, now for 635 and cheapest ever 560
75355 x wing rrp 240, now 200, cheapest ever 160
75367 venator rrp 650, now 550, cheapest ever 365
"

Yes, discounts are possible especially when other retailers stock the set. But 50% is very unlikely.

@DenDeze said:
" @WokePope said:
" @CCC said:
" @Patrik78 said:
"Wake me up when it is 50% off. Not saying the set is bad and I do not like it, I do, but the price is just extreme, no matter if I have the money or not, this would be purely impulsive purchase with zero rationality."

I think you are going to have a very long sleep. "

Yeah, anyone saying "I'm gonna get this on discount!" is DREAMING. They are never putting this on any kind of sale, even when it nears retirement date which will likely be many, many years in the future.

Best you can likely do is a double Insiders points week."

here MOST of the UCS sets are on discount after some time, for example:
75192 ucs milennium falcon rrp 850, now for 635 and cheapest ever 560
75355 x wing rrp 240, now 200, cheapest ever 160
75367 venator rrp 650, now 550, cheapest ever 365
"
yes indeed, be patient my Belgian friends.

Both 40772 and 40771 now sold out, so took 36 hours
Limited edition Posters are still available^^

Its still a no from me - absolute rip off

@yellowcastle said:
" @DrSchlepenstein said:
"Bought it this morning online and I already received tracking info for it, though UPS doesn't have the packages in its possession yet.. "

I hope it arrives okay. Seems like it will be heavy/unwieldy."

Bought mine this morning too. It wont ship till the 4th of this month

Well!!!! I bought mine this morning and got the freebees. So people are buying it cause there out of freebees already.

I won’t buy it, because i’m more on the « sphere  team », but after seeing the model in a Lego Store today, i reckon, it’s much more impressive than the just looking at the pictures…

@ashshank said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @DrSchlepenstein said:
"Bought it this morning online and I already received tracking info for it, though UPS doesn't have the packages in its possession yet.. "

I hope it arrives okay. Seems like it will be heavy/unwieldy."

Bought mine this morning too. It wont ship till the 4th of this month "

Mine shows its expected delivery is tomorrow. I always have my orders shipped to where I work, as I don't like to have the packages sit out in front of my home for the majority of the day until I get home from work. Plus since were are a shipping warehouse, the UPS driver is there twice a day and is also a big Lego fan, so he always geeks out when I get a box and wants to see what I got.

Good grief - the price of copies of 40771 on fleabay. All but two copies have a price over £150. And the set has only about 230 pieces. The greed of resellers is unbelievable.

Why didn't Lego make 40771 more widely available? If you didn't buy this 9,000 piece monster on the first day then you miss out on 40771 - unless you pay a greedy reseller. This 'gift with purchase' is a perfect example of one of the worst aspects of this hobby.

This set is a wonderful way of telling someone just how much you value their contempt.

Kindly don't get me this set. Nothing I've ever done warrants this.

@Sabreman64 said:
"Good grief - the price of copies of 40771 on fleabay. All but two copies have a price over £150. And the set has only about 230 pieces. The greed of resellers is unbelievable.

Why didn't Lego make 40771 more widely available? If you didn't buy this 9,000 piece monster on the first day then you miss out on 40771 - unless you pay a greedy reseller. This 'gift with purchase' is a perfect example of one of the worst aspects of this hobby."

They are selling for £90-110 on ebay. So £150 is not totally out of line and could well sell if all the cheaper ones sell out and are not replenished. You call it greed, whereas others see it as a 10-15% discount opportunity when buying on day 1. Nobody is forced to buy it. If someone wants the GWP, they can get it free with the set like the people selling the GWP.

Ordered the set last night, all of the GWPs were available (in Europe) so not sure why European readers are saying those gifts are OOS.

@Sabreman64 said:
"Good grief - the price of copies of 40771 on fleabay. All but two copies have a price over £150. And the set has only about 230 pieces. The greed of resellers is unbelievable.

Why didn't Lego make 40771 more widely available? If you didn't buy this 9,000 piece monster on the first day then you miss out on 40771 - unless you pay a greedy reseller. This 'gift with purchase' is a perfect example of one of the worst aspects of this hobby."

In addition to what @CCC said, 40771 is made entirely out of pieces available elsewhere. Granted, the minifigure heads are only otherwise found in 75419, but they're covered by helmets anyway, so if replacing those and not having the physical box and instructions doesn't bother you, you can get your hands on the TIE for much cheaper, just hit up Bricklink and/or PaB for parts.

@MegaBlocks said:
"Ordered the set last night, all of the GWPs were available (in Europe) so not sure why European readers are saying those gifts are OOS."

I have no idea why anyone is paying for those gwps in ebay other than some resellers. If people can afford to drop 200 on a 4+ set right now, they can afford to get the $1k death star. The death star hasn't been backordered in ANY market. Nor has the tie gwp sold out.

Economic conditions are not going to get better. If people cant afford the 1k death star now, they wont be able to afford it later. Lego wont stop spamming expensive sets. And the january 2026 waves look more overpriced than the august 2025 waves

It is over 48 hours and it doesn't seem them death star is backordered in any market. Nor has the tie fighter gwp sold out. Wont be shocked if the gwp lasts as long as the shire one. Where it was basically in stock for whole period. And they even rewaved it. I imagine they might rerelease 40771. I expect sales to significantly crash when 40771 is no longer being offered and lego pokemon is about to hit shelves. You would expect a large star wars set like this to disappear fast along with the gwp. Sail barge barely lasted 24 hours. But based on the comments I am reading, I think a lot collectors called it quits after absurd price increases. Retired sets not really skyrocketing in value. Even ucs sets are listed close to retail used and no one is buying.

The UCS AT-AT struggled to sell due to the price and I think the GWP lasted a time. Not surprised that the Sail Barge sold a quicker as it was a lot cheaper.

This set was always going to struggle, I have begrudgingly bought it, not particularly excited though.

@MegaBlocks said:
"The UCS AT-AT struggled to sell due to the price and I think the GWP lasted a time. Not surprised that the Sail Barge sold a quicker as it was a lot cheaper.

This set was always going to struggle, I have begrudgingly bought it, not particularly excited though."

One reason 75222 had such poor sales and got discontinued so quick was for most part from 2018 to 2019, everyone was after the ucs falcon. 75222 skyrocketed when covid brought in a lot of new fans. I dont see another event saving this set. Especially since young people are into anime like demon slayer. Lego likely jacked up print runs after the sail barge selling so fast. Just like they jacked up print runs of the shire gwp after barad dur fell beast sold in an hour. Lego probably knows resellers target star wars the first. Especially ucs sets with timed gwp. Explains why we had a queue at midnight but it disappeared fast. And anyone who wants it and saved for it can get it.

This death star after September had a $500 set every week. I think a lot of lot of collectors got burnt out from star wars and just want out. It is only to get worse with rumored super star destroyer. And january 2026 wave looking to be priced worse than the august 2025 wave. Like only way people will splurge on this if they budgeted months to a year in advance, and are able to neglect other sets. So sales are good for first day as the completionists get their copies, then slowly drip and crash once the gwp promo ends. Speaking of the lego at at, I have seen a lot more used at-ats and star destroyer go on aftermarket for roughly retail.

@Maarten_storms said:
"Congrats to the people who are buying this now or going to buy this later on. For me however, this set is (possibly) the beginning of the end of my Lego hobby. I’ve been a fan all my life. Was in my dark ages from 1999 until 2007. It’s actually the original UCS Millenium Falcon that pulled me back into Lego. I have every SW UCS set until 2025. All proudly displayed in my attic. But my feeling towards this hobby had been souring for some time. There are so many expensive sets coming out, it’s hard to keep up. It used to be one €400+ set every few years, now it’s at least one per year. This €1000 price tag leaves a very bad taste in my mouth… and I think this is the final drop for me. I mean, what’s next? €1500? €2000? It just doesn’t excite me like it used to, not to mention that Disney killed SW altogether… and the rehashing of sets doesn’t help either. I have 3 UCS X-wings for crying out loud. Where is the creativity? Question is, do I keep my collection? Or sell it all? Or is this just temporary and will I change my mind on all this? I just don’t know,… what I do know is I got a lot more excited with every release 10 years ago then I do now… I’ll have to wait and see…"

I was like this very close to buying a used ucs star destroyer, ucs venator, the ninjago city modular, some random marvel sets. Then I finally realized it is impossible to collect everything. Now I couldn't be happier I skipped a bunch. People are going to have curate their collections to either specific themes, sub themes, or they will run out of space, money, goodwill with parents, roommates, spouse. Basically planning well ahead of time on their purchase schedule.

I honestly blame lans for creating a culture of you got to collect them all. Most lan collections look exactly the same. Having sets from themes they know nothing about. This leads people to recklessly spending money on a lot of shovel ware sets. The marvel sets are perfect examples

I much rather cut of lego social media from my phone. And just focus on star wars since my main interest.

Reviews are coming in at Lego site. Time to get the popcorn…

@MegaBlocks said:
"Ordered the set last night, all of the GWPs were available (in Europe) so not sure why European readers are saying those gifts are OOS."

Strange I really had no freebies shown at the time.
My mistake or some error of lego.

@watcher21 said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
"Ordered the set last night, all of the GWPs were available (in Europe) so not sure why European readers are saying those gifts are OOS."

Strange I really had no freebies shown at the time.
My mistake or some error of lego.
"

Probably a large portion of the buyers are impatient people with money who can somehow skip a day of work/school, and line up a workday morning to get it. Along with the weekly $500 set. This many explains why some stores sold out, but it has not been backordered in any single country. Once again store stock means nothing, since they have limited retail space and can only stock so much. It is like 10 times easier to just order it online, and arrange a UPS pick up.

For the average person to have been able to afford and display this, they have had to budget well throughout the year, and be able to resist the temptation like the new Black Pearl with the Compass GWP. Seriously, why are people rushing to get an expensive licensed set from a theme they barely care about it? They are just going to run out of money or space. People like to blame star wars fans but it is really lego addicts that did it to themselves by trying to go after everything. I am definitely skipping the upcoming Minas Tirith set, after seeing how bad the Balrog set was. Saved me loads of money from trying to complete the theme.

@rebelpilotJYZ said:
"For the average person to have been able to afford and display this, they have had to budget well throughout the year, and be able to resist the temptation like the new Black Pearl with the Compass GWP. Seriously, why are people rushing to get an expensive licensed set from a theme they barely care about it? They are just going to run out of money or space. People like to blame star wars fans but it is really lego addicts that did it to themselves by trying to go after everything. I am definitely skipping the upcoming Minas Tirith set, after seeing how bad the Balrog set was. Saved me loads of money from trying to complete the theme."

Finally someone mentions the real reason why Lego can afford to sell thousand dollar sets, Lego addiction is real and people just can't stop buying the newest shining thing. They will take all of your money sooner or later through other hundred dollar sets so this one doesn't matter. That's why prices will keep inreasing. Yesterday I went to certified Lego store in Prague and just met a guy taking the last DS set, all smiling with his 2 kids beside him, funny I thought people have no money. So many hypocrites these days, just crying they can't afford everything, that's their problem. Not that they don't have money in the first place

@Amik said:
" @rebelpilotJYZ said:
"For the average person to have been able to afford and display this, they have had to budget well throughout the year, and be able to resist the temptation like the new Black Pearl with the Compass GWP. Seriously, why are people rushing to get an expensive licensed set from a theme they barely care about it? They are just going to run out of money or space. People like to blame star wars fans but it is really lego addicts that did it to themselves by trying to go after everything. I am definitely skipping the upcoming Minas Tirith set, after seeing how bad the Balrog set was. Saved me loads of money from trying to complete the theme."

Finally someone mentions the real reason why Lego can afford to sell thousand dollar sets, Lego addiction is real and people just can't stop buying the newest shining thing. They will take all of your money sooner or later through other hundred dollar sets so this one doesn't matter. That's why prices will keep inreasing. Yesterday I went to certified Lego store in Prague and just met a guy taking the last DS set, all smiling with his 2 kids beside him, funny I thought people have no money. So many hypocrites these days, just crying they can't afford everything, that's their problem. Not that they don't have money in the first place"

You hit the nail on the head. An independent adult (maybe with kids) who doesn't have like a parent breathing down their neck, are the reasons lego is spamming a $500 set a week. They don't know how to budget. People can afford the death star. Even a guy working minimum wage and lives with parents can afford all ucs sets. But once you expand into other themes, then the problems occur.
They just don't know how to neglect other purchases. No sane star wars fan will buy those expensive lotr, pirates, harry potter, marvel, dc sets. But a lego fan will. Lego knows this and targets movies many adults watched as a kid. Adults can also store all those sets in their attic. But younger people need to budget their room space. And will constantly see their sets. Younger fans appreciate their sets. AFOLs are just hoarders

@Amik said:
" @rebelpilotJYZ said:
"For the average person to have been able to afford and display this, they have had to budget well throughout the year, and be able to resist the temptation like the new Black Pearl with the Compass GWP. Seriously, why are people rushing to get an expensive licensed set from a theme they barely care about it? They are just going to run out of money or space. People like to blame star wars fans but it is really lego addicts that did it to themselves by trying to go after everything. I am definitely skipping the upcoming Minas Tirith set, after seeing how bad the Balrog set was. Saved me loads of money from trying to complete the theme."

Finally someone mentions the real reason why Lego can afford to sell thousand dollar sets, Lego addiction is real and people just can't stop buying the newest shining thing. They will take all of your money sooner or later through other hundred dollar sets so this one doesn't matter. That's why prices will keep inreasing. Yesterday I went to certified Lego store in Prague and just met a guy taking the last DS set, all smiling with his 2 kids beside him, funny I thought people have no money. So many hypocrites these days, just crying they can't afford everything, that's their problem. Not that they don't have money in the first place"

Lego Star Wars can end tomorrow. But the AFOLS will just find some other theme to blow their money on. Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean. How can anyone not tell it is LEGO that is the problem? Not lucasfilm, disney, star wars?

Star Wars is at least culturally relevant, has a huge fanbase, appeals to multiple generations. Marvel is losing audiences fast and just trying to milk avengers nostalgia. Pirates of the Carribbean is barely culturally relevant. Lord of the Rings hasn't been for 10+ years since the hobbit films. The rings of power show didn't change that. And I am hearing AFOLS now beg for a 10k piece minas tirith set. Like why on earth are they trying to blow their money on something from the past. They are never going to be a kid again.

Worse is I see AFOLs say "I might buy it later not now, some other things I might get". If they are going to get it anyways, the just should just do it now while the gwp is in stock. And learn a painful lesson on how to budget, and curate their collection. And not throw lego their money on the weekly $500 set. Like you said, AFOLs will find some other set like Minas Tirith to blow their money on, as a coping mechanism they budgeted poorly for the death star. They basically jacked up prices on almost every set now. Only way out is to quit the hobby, and sell it.

AFOLs definitely have a problem. They have too much money on their hands, and horrible of managing it and planning purchases. Lego effectively sacrificed their future generations for AFOLs wallets. No wonder mind storm got axed.

@SamDS said:
"I hope someone from Lego can tell us a year from now how well the Death Star sold in the first days/weeks, but I think they will be ashamed to tell us."

Given it's on backorder everywhere now, it must have done reasonably well.

Wooow, finally a LEGO for flat Earth believers.....