I think he's talking about 10179, the original UCS Falcon.

Before 75192 dropped, 10179 could get up to $8000. Now, it can be found for $2000-ish.

Must be, 10179 did indeed retailed for 500€ when it launched.

Jep, that's the one!

Exactly, it's a slightly different set but for all intents and purposes, Lego can just reissue a set that is so poplular/expensive in the aftermarket. Frankly, I'm glad the Lego company is not playing the scarcity and collectibles game--that's not what Lego are about. Because once it's worth 3-4x, nobody is going to open it and play with it, it just gets sold between speculators.

For example, I wanted to get the Saturn V kit for my (adult) brother, and I was afraid it would be gone from stores and cost 500%. But no, there it was at lego.com, along with the moon lander kit as well--easy holiday shopping. Thank you Lego.