roxio Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Just a general question as i have just started collecting the sets, my question is what makes some sets cost a lot more than others, i'm talking about sets what are not available at the moment but have gone up in price yet some sets from the same year are not worth anything??? What makes people think some sets are worth more than others, a prime example is the 7153 Jango Ship set??? Its all about the figs, 7153 is only set to date that has jango in. Similarly, 4501 only way to get greedo and dewback. These sort of sets can be had cheaply at time of production (I got 7153 for £20 and 4501 for £15) but now they cost the earth. Some of the UCS sets are pricey as well, Snowspeeder especially. Quote
thegurumb Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Its all about the figs, 7153 is only set to date that has jango in. Similarly, 4501 only way to get greedo and dewback. These sort of sets can be had cheaply at time of production (I got 7153 for £20 and 4501 for £15) but now they cost the earth. Some of the UCS sets are pricey as well, Snowspeeder especially. ah so its the figures that come with the sets also, i see now, yeah that snowspeeder is unreal in terms of cost, way outta my league, anyway i'll keep buying bits cheap got a brand new UCS 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter on ebay yesterday for £51, saved £40 if i had bought it from lego direct Quote
Paul Lanski Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 licensed sets are always more expensive because they have to pay off getting a license.. Star Wars license is known for being quite expensive... Quote
Jedd the Jedi Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Yeah, minifigures are usually what bump the prices of sets way up. The Slave I set you're referring to was actually priced okay back in the day, but think about it - it's been almost ten years, and those figs haven't popped up in any other sets. I think the LEGO group is starting to realise this now, with a bit more of an emphasis on figures and that's probably part of the whole rehash debacle. The Star Wars license does, to a degree, deserve to command the license fee it does - but I just don't like when this automatically translates to other new, unproven licenses asking similar prices, like the Prince of Persia sets that now are on clearance everywhere. Quote
lightningtiger Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Ah, the Lucas Tax and those short run or exclusive SW sets....and then the price goes up and up. If a set has something rare or special in it then of course it will be dearer, like Siegfried said about Jango and young Boba....they only appear in that set unless you buy just the figures from BL ! Brick On ! Quote
Paul Lanski Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 You should go to the LEGO site and test.. Do a comparison of the amount of bricks you get for a licensed set and a normal set like the creator ones... Even with 'normal' exclusive sets you get more of your money's worth... Quote
Cpt. Dan Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Its all about the figs, 7153 is only set to date that has jango in. Similarly, 4501 only way to get greedo and dewback. These sort of sets can be had cheaply at time of production (I got 7153 for £20 and 4501 for £15) but now they cost the earth. Some of the UCS sets are pricey as well, Snowspeeder especially. Absolutely. Lego knows which figs will be in high demand and are sought after for armies and core characters, so those prices are usually super high compared to others. A perfect example of this is the Geonosian starfighter coming out in May, it has a retail I heard of $29.99 for 155 pieces, BUT, with Cody, Ki-Adi Mundi and the new Geo people will most likely buy a lot of it. Realistically, it shouldn't be anymore than $24.99 at the super highest, it is a $19.99 set. Which stinks because I would like a few of those but I would rather allocate my Lego funds on something else. Lego makes certain figs really hard to find or get just so they can charge premium prices on sets they know we'll buy anyway. I think Atlantis uses this method a bit also, making the crab figure only available in the largest set. Quote
Paul Lanski Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 I think Atlantis uses this method a bit also, making the crab figure only available in the largest set. Or the sensei dude in 'ninjago' Quote
Fallenangel Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Just a general question as I have just started collecting the sets. My question is, what makes some sets cost a lot more than others?( I'm talking about sets that are not available at the moment but have gone up in price.) yet some sets from the same year are not worth anything??? What makes people think some sets are worth more than others,( a prime example is 7153 Jango Fett's Slave I)??? This is the mental process that I have to go through to render your post readable; please mind your spelling and grammar as this is an international forum and not everyone here is a native English speaker. What's more, this is an AFOL forum, not AIM. Wait, doesn't this belong in the 'LEGO General Discussion and News' subforum? As others have said, I think it has to do with exclusive minifigures in sets as well as the fact that some sets are just harder to find than others. For example, I know 7191 goes for several hundred dollars on bricklink despite the fact that it has no minifigures. Quote
thegurumb Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) Hi all, as I read more and more about Lego I keep coming up with the same question but not really able to find an answer, what makes the boba fett from cloud city so expensive? Edited March 20, 2011 by thegurumb Quote
dark1san Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 Think it might have to do with the print on the arms and the legs. Quote
RejectedShrimp Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 Think it might have to do with the print on the arms and the legs. That and the fact it only appeared in that set which was hard to get and cost around the £100 mark Quote
Siegfried Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 Isn't this just a variant of the question you asked two days ago? I'm merging... Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 licensed sets are always more expensive because they have to pay off getting a license.. Star Wars license is known for being quite expensive... It is, but I'm not sure it always equals a corresponding price premium for the resulting set; I think the additional cost TLG incurs for the license when they do a Star Wars set can be balanced by higher expected sales. Star Wars is one of the most popular LEGO themes, and I suspect Star Wars sets in general can probably be expected to sell a lot more copies than ones from, say, their various one- or two-year action themes. I think at least some of the price premium people commonly perceive with Star Wars sets is indeed a matter of perception. Quote
FettJango Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Please excuse me if this question has been asked, but why does TRU still have the X-Wing from 2005 or 2006 still in stock at stores. I thought they were discontinued years ago... Quote
Fallenangel Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Please excuse me if this question has been asked, but why does TRU still have the X-Wing from 2005 or 2006 still in stock at stores. I thought they were discontinued years ago... Because kids still buy them. The set's been out for FIVE YEARS & counting. It's still on Shop@Home too. Quote
KimT Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Because kids still buy them. The set's been out for FIVE YEARS & counting. It's still on Shop@Home too. And still in production as well. At least it was when I visited the factory a few months back. Quote
Piranha Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I for one am happy 6212 is still in production because I just picked one up last week. I was surprised when I checked LSAH and saw it. I agree with KimT that things have been moving fast for production cycles, happily I didn't miss out on this one. - If it has been discontinued a year or 2 later I would have had to paid presumably much more for a copy on Bricklink. Although it could use a few tweaks and updates I think it looks overall pretty good. As for color it may be grey in the films but I like it in white better. I checked on bricklink and at some point they started adding in the new face Han and Luke etc. I will have to check my copy when I get it. Also I am happy that it has the classic R2 unit the new astromechs are horrendous Quote
MstrOfPppts Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I didn't spot this one anywhere, so I wonder how to distinguish which set belongs to Clone wars and which to the original movie series? I am particulary interested in set 8088 ARC Fighter which is under the Clone Wars group. The problem I see is that the same Kit Fisto was released in a previous set (7661) and that the pilots don't have the cartoonish eyes! I thought all the clones have the same faces, but the clone pilot has a different head. Box art? Well the one from 8096 Palpatine's Shuttle is similar to the newer CW sets but goes under Episode 3. I'm not that hardcore SW fan, so sorry if I missed something obvious. Thanks for answers in advance. Quote
Drock Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I didn't spot this one anywhere, so I wonder how to distinguish which set belongs to Clone wars and which to the original movie series? I am particulary interested in set 8088 ARC Fighter which is under the Clone Wars group. The problem I see is that the same Kit Fisto was released in a previous set (7661) and that the pilots don't have the cartoonish eyes! I thought all the clones have the same faces, but the clone pilot has a different head. Box art? Well the one from 8096 Palpatine's Shuttle is similar to the newer CW sets but goes under Episode 3. I'm not that hardcore SW fan, so sorry if I missed something obvious. Thanks for answers in advance. No one's really sure about the ARC-170. This debate has been had before, with no real answer. The ship was seen briefly in the CW series, but you're right, those styles of clone pilots were only seen in RotS. As far as box art, all SW sets have the same box art, whether they're classic, prequel, or clone wars. In 2009, some of the classic trilogy sets did have the classic LEGO Star Wars logo to commemorate the 10th anniversary of LSW. Quote
Supersonic Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) The pilots in the new ARC 170 are Phase II clones, while we still have Phase I pilots in TCW. Consequently 8088 is an Episode III set. (The fact that the pilots don't have cartoon eyes is evidence too, of course.) Edited March 22, 2011 by Supersonic Quote
Brickdoctor Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I didn't spot this one anywhere, so I wonder how to distinguish which set belongs to Clone wars and which to the original movie series? I am particulary interested in set 8088 ARC Fighter which is under the Clone Wars group. The problem I see is that the same Kit Fisto was released in a previous set (7661) and that the pilots don't have the cartoonish eyes! I thought all the clones have the same faces, but the clone pilot has a different head. Box art? Well the one from 8096 Palpatine's Shuttle is similar to the newer CW sets but goes under Episode 3. I'm not that hardcore SW fan, so sorry if I missed something obvious. If you mean the categories on S@H, be aware that TLG isn't really accurate with that sort of thing. We've had CW sets in the Classic section before, so having a Sith set under CW is no biggie. Besides, the Clone Wars technically didn't end until the last parts of Sith, so if the ARC-170 set is made to represent one from the Battle of Coruscant, it's still a Clone Wars starfighter. Quote
MstrOfPppts Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Ok, I see now. Also on the official Lego site I found this set under episode III but it's under CW here and on brickforge. I'm just more into CW sets currently so I was wondering weather they might make a newer Kit Fisto in a more cartoonish style just after I buy this one ... But of course it's clear that you can use the ships anywhere. Also Plo Koon's design doesn't look much different to Fisto's (not too cartoonish). Quote
Fives Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I have a question that isn't really about LEGO Star Wars, but just Star Wars. I'm curious, was Bail Organa's fate ever revealed, or are we just to assume he died when Alderaan was blown up? Quote
Brickdoctor Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I have a question that isn't really about LEGO Star Wars, but just Star Wars. I'm curious, was Bail Organa's fate ever revealed, or are we just to assume he died when Alderaan was blown up? He dies when Alderaan is blown up. Quote
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