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Not really a slow rate - if they retire a set (mainly star wars) it can double in price within a few months.
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Not really a slow rate - if they retire a set (mainly star wars) it can double in price within a few months.
Looks awesome, I really hope they release another one for the new movie!
Only thing I'm not a fan of is the engine with the grates, but I saw this mod and it looked much better IMO
What did you use instead of the grates ?? Looks pretty good that.
99% of sets don't though. There's just been a few recently which have grabbed headlines, but for the most part people just end up with a loft full of mint in box sets that are worth less than they paid for them.
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True it's mainly the UCS and larger sets.
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Not even them anymore. They've sold so many Slave I's recently I'd find it extremely hard to believe they will be worth an awful lot more once they retire.
Yep. There's a few that are already discontinued that have now increased in price, but I would doubt many, of any at all, of the recent or current UCS sets go the same way, as like physichull says, they are selling so many more of them.
I recently bought a discontinued Pod Racer set, brand new in box, for £30 less than RRP (£79.99 back in 2011).
I recently bought a discontinued Pod Racer set, brand new in box, for £30 less than RRP (£79.99 back in 2011).
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Look at the price to get the recently discontinued death star and red 5.
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I'm not convinced that the Ewok village will be a sought after set. I reckon the Sandcrawler is more likely to be desirable when its retired.
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Possibly but it's also £50 more, and smyths didn't have one at the time - although my local toys r us have a few.
Might try and get one of them too
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Saw this in my local Sainsbury's. Good price !
that's not the ucs slave
I hate the Ewok set but I bet it will be sought after upon retirement. There's nothing else like it and it has loss of minifigs.
Argh!
I see this being posted so may times over at HUKD but I never see a similar offer online :/ Soon I hope, I really want Grievous!
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Indeed, i dislike those buildable figures.
Wife bought some marvel ones for £1.50 a while back.
Not fun to build, don't feel like lego.
Wife bought some marvel ones for £1.50 a while back.
Not fun to build, don't feel like lego.
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That is not real lego.
I'd never buy one myself but can see how some fans would like them.
Oh and the Slave 1 came out of my bank account at the store price so no issues there after all, should be arriving today
Some people think new Lego sets where they just manufacture new blocks to suit isn't real Lego. Some people say the 70/80s stuff where you built and designed from the available bricks and your imagination is real Lego.
So I won't dismiss this new stuff either. It's all kids stuff, it's not hard to build if you can follow simple instruction on a page.
So I won't dismiss this new stuff either. It's all kids stuff, it's not hard to build if you can follow simple instruction on a page.
I was of the same opinion on the buildable figures - they aren't Lego.
Then someone bought me Vader for Xmas. Although I still don't think the end result is very "Legoish", the build itself felt like I was constructing a traditional set, which I suppose is the point.
My opinion of them changed after actually owning one. Was hard to resist getting Grievous yesterday from Sainsbury's, but I'm not that keen on him as a character anyway.
Then someone bought me Vader for Xmas. Although I still don't think the end result is very "Legoish", the build itself felt like I was constructing a traditional set, which I suppose is the point.
My opinion of them changed after actually owning one. Was hard to resist getting Grievous yesterday from Sainsbury's, but I'm not that keen on him as a character anyway.