Partial list of forthcoming price rises in the UK

How about you do the same study for EU countries?
Thank you

The entertainer so doesn't stock Harry potter because of witchcraft. I've mostly given up on kit myself for TERF reasons but I thought that it was something to keep in mind.

The only one of the these sets that is on my radar is the Nya Mech. I already have quite a few of then anyway

Edit: oh I missed Mando's N1 from the list that's one I want and haven't got as well.

Stinks. Lego™ just tell people what's going to increase. It's the right thing to do and will drive sales.

Wish I would've known UCS Landspeeder was going up $40 in the U.S. Damn, Lego™!

@Huw ,
The samurai x mech released at £99.99, theres no change there, and the temple of the endless sea has been £99.99 since the start of June. good to see no price increases (so far) for ninjago.

Honestly these price hikes are pretty disgusting. whilst the world looms towards an economic collapse I feel like this Is completely the wrong move. And if they're gonna flaunt their record profits, they can screw off with "sadly we just cant absorb the costs any longer". I've had some ropey customer service engagements but they've held themselves to a pretty good standard. I agree, its not as good as before the pandemic but its still optimal.

Isn't 76948 T. rex & Atrociraptor Dinosaur Breakout currently £79.99? Not £69.99? So the price increase would be £10, not £20?

@AustinPowers said:
" @wizpip said:
"I wish LEGO would give us Star Trek kits. "
Well, since the official license for Star Trek brick sets is owned by two alternative manufacturers, I guess LEGO got the short end of the stick.

Oh no, I have mentioned alternatives again. Let's see how long it takes before @monkyby87 tells me off for it. "

I actually was about to mention the same thing, although I only know an EU liscense, what is the second one?

@wizpip said:
" @AgentKallus said:
"The entertainer so doesn't stock Harry potter because of witchcraft. I've mostly given up on kit myself for TERF reasons but I thought that it was something to keep in mind."

I'd like to think the community own HP rather than JK, so it doesn't matter what her views are. In the same way the Gene Roddenberry didn't like parts of Star Trek, even though the community loves it.

I wish LEGO would give us Star Trek kits. "

Unfortunately you can’t really separate the art from the artist when the artist in question is still benefitting financially from it - I wish this wasn’t the case though!

@Data_2006 said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @wizpip said:
"I wish LEGO would give us Star Trek kits. "
Well, since the official license for Star Trek brick sets is owned by two alternative manufacturers, I guess LEGO got the short end of the stick.

Oh no, I have mentioned alternatives again. Let's see how long it takes before @monkyby87 tells me off for it. "

I actually was about to mention the same thing, although I only know an EU liscense, what is the second one?"
Mega Construx has/had a US license for Star Trek and produced several TOS sets. Come to think of it, Kre-o also produced at least one Star Trek set that I know of several years ago, but that one was quite terrible looking, from what I have seen.
As for the European Star Trek license, that of course is currently owned by them who must not be named here, no matter how great some of those sets are.

@bnic99 said:
"Dark troopers was already overpriced at £25, how do they justify £30 for what is essentially a battle pack. 501st was £25 with more figures and almost double the parts."

Agree 100%. Lego doesn't seem to care if anything makes sense. For instance they are raising the price on the Child... a set that is 2 years old and has been discounted everywhere in US 20-30% for a year.

@bnic99 said:
"Dark troopers was already overpriced at £25, how do they justify £30 for what is essentially a battle pack. 501st was £25 with more figures and almost double the parts."

Here in the States, it sat around quite a bit at $22 in my local Costco. Then, they reduced it to $12! Old fashioned battle pack prices. I grabbed enough to fill a Light Cruiser.

@icey said:
"If the customers refuse to pay, the price (or quality) we decline to keep revenue high.

Market rules!"
Hey go for it my dude, if you wanna bear the cross of Lego's quality control like that. I'd join in but those pesky inconveniences like rent, groceries, and bills prohibit me. Hopefully my refusal to pay doesn't completely counterbalance your initiative to pay.

Market rules ...

My chances of ever getting the Dagobah diorama (having missed a good deal in a South American river's online sale) which was already daftly priced, but is now anticipated to be 79.99 are fading as rapidly as Luke's x-wing into the Dagobah swap.

And really, only then £10 between it and the utterly brilliant 10497... is the Lunar rover the only Lego City Space set to rise, and 29.99 feels v pricey, managed to snag that recently for £15 from a high street retailer and 24.99 for it was already expensive.

Beyond high street stores I expect the modulars to go up again, the Bookshop and Hotel are on my list but with the recent Explorer purchase they will be later in the year, or indeed next year, prioritising the book shop and its retirement window - although a quick look at the US list as a guides shows them going up and the book shop by $50 USD so definitely scope for some sticker shock pain there, akin to Assembly Square when it went up [and retailers followed Lego's lead not much later]. Not much we can do, and useful at least to have a sense of potentially what, an estimate of how much and definitely when.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @notlegoanymore said:
"Lego.com have cancelled orders and cancelled accounts over missing parts
And the customer service when account has been cancelled is extremely poor
Even breaking laws that cover faulty goods .
Quite a few people are leaving Lego because of this and wouldn’t by anything
From Lego.com again they seem to be only interested in profits.
Has anyone else had this experience "

I've had some absolutely horrible CS experiences. It's almost criminal when you compare how they used to be prior to the pandemic.

I still have unequivocally great experiences though in my local store."

Well, I have very pleasant customer service in US. Last 2 months I requested a broken bike wheel twice and all of them were delivered. And missing part request was accepted later I found it on the floor though.
And finally broken joint pieces from the 3-years-old lego set were delivered without any issue.

And much more services were resolved this year without any issue.

Will TLG increase the price of 10497...?

It seems like remarkably good value at its current RRP; that price seems like quite the anomaly given the increases.

Or... have TLG priced it as such because they have insider-knowledge that a recession is on the horizon...?

Conspiracies abound!

@bananaworld said:
"
Will TLG increase the price of 10497 ...?

It seems like remarkably good value at its current RRP; that price seems like quite the anomaly given the increases.

Or... have TLG priced it as such because they have insider-knowledge that a recession is on the horizon...?

Conspiracies abound!"
Inflation and economic stagnation aren’t mutually exclusive. When they occur together, it is known as stagflation. That is what we are and will be experiencing in the UK.

I suspect that some very recently announced/released sets won’t have their prices increased because high inflation has already been taken into account in their prices. 10497 might be an example of that - it’s difficult to tell. It may be reasonably priced because it includes, I believe, no new moulds, has no licensing costs, and is probably being made in large quantities even by LEGO’s standards and therefore benefitting from economies of scale.

@GBP_Chris said:
[Hopefully my refusal to pay doesn't completely counterbalance your initiative to pay.
Market rules ...]

I have no intention of cashing out and contribute for the Kirk empires sumptuous lifestyle.

How is it 'essentially a battle pack' other than that it has 4 figures? The build is way more substantial than in any other battle pack

@TheIronBadger said:
"Why has 76948 increased so much? T.rex tax?"

Since Brexit companies have to pay different rates of duty for different products using a five digit code. The categories are ridiculously, even comically, diverse.
For example, and action figure in a human form has a different duty rate to an action figure in an animal or fantasy form. A ‘flying’ human form (like Batman) has a different rate to a non-flying form (like the Penguin).
I assume that a dinosaur has a higher rate than other forms. So you’re probably right, it is a t-Rex tax.
It’s absolutely insane!

@bananaworld said:
"
@MonsterFighter said:
"(...)Brexit (...) It’s ridiculously, even comically insane!"

Just going to misquote you for comedic effect ;-)

Do you know where there's guidance on these categories & duty rates? It sounds like a hilarious document to peruse!

"

Google ‘Trade tariff uk’ and it’s on gov.uk

It can be fun picking an item and trying to find the right code. Some of the codes are even longer and complex too.
The added bonus is that the HMRC officer who inspects the goods on arrival might disagree with the description and allocate a completely different duty rate!
Happy days…

@notlegoanymore said:
"Lego.com have cancelled orders and cancelled accounts over missing parts
And the customer service when account has been cancelled is extremely poor
Even breaking laws that cover faulty goods .
Quite a few people are leaving Lego because of this and wouldn’t by anything
From Lego.com again they seem to be only interested in profits.
Has anyone else had this experience "

Same here bud. The typical response I received back was they will not authorize orders from my account anymore or linked accounts. Reasoning for this according to their pathetic verification team is "too many parts requests (over the normal 5% for missing parts)."

95% of my order history through LEGO has always been Bricks n' Pieces & Pick a Brick orders. Handpicked pieces that are bound to have mistakes, so of course I am going to call in requesting those missing pieces when I paid for them and did not receive them. If their so called verification team would have actually done proper detective work reviewing the orders that I had to call in missing pieces, they would have noticed the trend. Nah they got lazy and judged a book by its cover and said cancel him.

You're right though, the company has changed their ways after tasting the good life reaping those profits.