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Tic-tac-toe?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:31 pm
by menono
The castle tic-tac-toe set seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth, how is it that it went so quickly? It didn't say it was limited edition?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:35 pm
by architect
Any set which is produced exclusively for Shop at Home and LEGO Stores should be considered a limited edition. With the large variety of Lego sets available these days, it seems that many S@H sets have very small production runs. I would suggest purchasing a copy when these sets first come out so as not to miss them.
Ben
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:54 pm
by Asterios
i wouldn't be surprised if the Castle Tic-Tac-Toe set returned,as it goes it was extremely popular especially with resellers who bought thousands(yes thousands) so as to stock their stores and such,so this set got sold very very very very fast,but it might return,and hopefully this time with a Qty. limit so as to give others a chance to buy it.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:27 pm
by architect
Asterios wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the Castle Tic-Tac-Toe set returned. It was extremely popular, especially with resellers who bought thousands to stock their stores. This set sold very fast, but it might return. Hopefully it will return this time with a quantity limit to give others a chance to buy it.
Recently castle game exclusives have returned but in other forms. So I would not be surprised to see another Castle Tic-Tac-Toe with different figures sometime in the future. But I would be surprised to see an exact copy of the first set.
Ben
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:37 pm
by Asterios
architect wrote:Asterios wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the Castle Tic-Tac-Toe set returned. It was extremely popular, especially with resellers who bought thousands to stock their stores. This set sold very fast, but it might return. Hopefully it will return this time with a quantity limit to give others a chance to buy it.
Recently castle game exclusives have returned but in other forms. So I would not be surprised to see another Castle Tic-Tac-Toe with different figures sometime in the future. But I would be surprised to see an exact copy of the first set.
Ben
A Dwarf/Troll Set would be sweet
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:34 am
by wunztwice
architect wrote:Any set which is produced exclusively for Shop at Home and LEGO Stores should be considered a limited edition. With the large variety of Lego sets available these days, it seems that many S@H sets have very small production runs. I would suggest purchasing a copy when these sets first come out so as not to miss them.
Ben
You are right Ben, and I hate that. (Not your being right, but all these SHORT run sets
) I am becoming preterbed with all these super-limited run sets. Welp, this is another one that I won't be getting, I guess
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:17 pm
by Sir Lancelot
I hope they bring it back. It was an excellent way to get knights if you already have horses for them. I guess they wanted to limit the knight to the two expensive sets.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:24 am
by Norro
wunztwice wrote:You are right Ben, and I hate that.
Me too... Oh, sorry. ; )
It seems to be all this modern retail management advice, lean inventory, force customers into impulse buying habits junk is going round...
God Bless,
Nathan
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:58 pm
by shoggoth666
I regret missing that set as well. Logged on a few weeks ago to purchase several for a troop surge and was dumbfounded to see SOLD OUT!
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:23 pm
by preterosso
I heard that LEGO shops may still have some, and my mom found a slew of them at the Tyson's store: got me four for Christmas! Bless her, I'm 38 and still getting LEGO love from my mom. . . .
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:33 pm
by Black Ranger
preterosso wrote:I heard that LEGO shops may still have some, and my mom found a slew of them at the Tyson's store: got me four for Christmas! Bless her, I'm 38 and still getting LEGO love from my mom. . . .
That's really cool! Anyway, I was hoping to make an army out of them, but now looking back, I'm glad I didn't. (Too many Generals) A Knight/Troll set wiould make my day though. (I'm not to excited about the Dwarves)
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:36 pm
by Brickzone
Black Ranger:
I found that with the full Castle '07 theme it still had room for more knights (as opposed to footsoldiers). I have spare horses, and the guys in the tic-tac-toe are knights rather than "generals". All that's required is your faction be well-resourced to support some more knights. They are still well outnumbered by footmen.
I did only get one tic-tac-toe set mind you!
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:49 pm
by Tower of Iron Will
An Dwarf/Orc set would be excellent.
I'd buy a few...
-Tower
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:26 am
by shoggoth666
preterosso wrote:I heard that LEGO shops may still have some, and my mom found a slew of them at the Tyson's store: got me four for Christmas! Bless her, I'm 38 and still getting LEGO love from my mom. . . .
Man I wish there was a lego store near here...oh well. By the way I'm 38 also and my mom still gets me lego's as well