Distorted Vision

I think that would be the ultimate Star Wars collector's set. But also very expensive I imagine.

You will also see I was asking about re-release of UCS Star Wars sets which I wanted to build and display. But anyway I don't feel I need to justify myself to you.

I assure you I am both a fan and builder of Lego not just an investor. Didn't buy the Hellicrafts in the end. One was to build myself and one to keep as investment. But I've gone off the set so decided not to buy them. FYI All my cancelled orders were fulfilled apart from those where there was a 1 order limit, by the Lego.com shop without me even calling them.

Toys 'R' Us have the 76042 SHIELD Helicarrier for £239.99 (£30 off). I was wondering if it was worth picking up an extra one as investment. I'm not sure about it and its an expensive set. I've reserved two at one of my local stores whilst I think about it.

Looks great - a vast improvement. I was wondering if The Big Bang Theory set would make a good investment. Its popular show and I can't see fans stockpiling the set.

Unfortunately, I think you're right about TLG moving towards play sets and smaller models for UCS. I'm not interested in playsets and for me the main appeal of the UCS ships were that they were so big. I would be happy to see UCS sets from the new films such as Finalizer but I hope they aren't smaller sets with lower piece counts.

I've always wondered if there is a such a big demand for the retired UCS sets why doesn't Lego just re-release them if they don't want the expense of making a new version?

Its arguably the most iconic ship in the whole franchise so aren't TLG missing something here? The non-UCS ships just aren't the same.

I think you could be right and the trend seems to be toward UCS sets with playability which unfortunately I'm not interested in.

I know they've aged well - that's why I want them! I think they could remake the Star Destroyer but with SNOT and printed detail. Absolutely love the Shuttle. Its basically the only retired UCS I could ever imagine buying on the secondary market.

These are my favourite UCS sets: 10179: Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon 10030: Imperial Star Destroyer 10212: Imperial Shuttle 7181: TIE Interceptor As a new AFOL I don't own any of them. I was wondering if we could ever see a remake of these sets? I'm no expert but I think TIE Interceptor is the most likely candidate as its 16 years old. But I still don't know the chances of a remake. I'm not interested in parting with so much money for any of these MSIB on the secondary market.

In the past week: Sandcrawler Ewok Village Slave 1

My local Smyths Toys has just received a delivery of The Tumbler. Smyths have the last stock in the UK. I've bought two and should collect later.

I live in a town in Cheshire in the north west of England. The Lego store in Liverpool is 10 miles away, the Manchester store is 25 miles away and the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Manchester is 17.5 miles away. Yeah sure why not. Just send me your address and I'll put the spare Tower Bridge in the post.

It was more of a case of the actions of a keen and excited new AFOL. I'm not looking at becoming a reseller but interested in investing to help fund new sets to build.