Clone Wars VS. Prequel Trilogy VS. Original Trilogy 3/4

11. 8083-1: Rebel Trooper Battle Pack
 

12. 6209-1: Slave I
 

13. 7153-1: Jango Fett's Slave I
 

14. 4483-1: AT-AT
 

15. 7143-1: Jedi Starfighter This article is a continuation of an analysis of the BrickIndex of LEGO Star Wars. The BrickIndex is a handy BrickPicker tool that allows the user to view the overall Top 20 Performing sets from all themes, or a single theme. It helps to decide what sets might be skyrocketing in value, and what you may want to pick up for the future. This is the third segment of analysis of four, the introduction, first, and second parts can be viewed by going to:
http://www.brickpicker.com/forum/index.php/blog/15-a-teens-perspective-comicblasts-blog/.
 

11. 8083-1: Rebel Trooper Battle Pack This is the first battle pack in the LEGO Star Wars BrickIndex, and is one of the most recent Star Wars battle packs to do so (9489-1: Endor Rebel Trooper & Imperial Trooper Battle Pack is the most recent). Battle packs have a good reputation for being reliable investments, often doubling in value within 2 years of retirement, so it is no surprise that the 8083 Rebel Trooper Battle Pack is seeing big gains. This is the first Battle Pack to include Rebel Hoth Troopers, which makes it much more sought after than one of the many Clone Trooper Battle Packs. Its counterpart, the 8084-1: Snowtrooper Battle Pack also has fairly unique minifigures, making them both popular, though the 8084 is not in as high demand. After its initial jump in March 2013 to about $16, it has plateaued for 2 months, but most likely will make an increase to $20 by October.

12. 6209-1: Slave I
Slave I is one of the most iconic [personal] vehicles of the entire Star Wars saga, right up there with Snowspeeders and Walkers. This set is proof that a remake can still have great gains, since it is the 3^rd of four versions of Slave I. 6209 Slave I has a much better design than those from previous versions. One of the reasons why I think that this particular version of Slave I is appreciating better than the most recent version (8097) is because the design and structure of both ships are very similar, but commanded a price tag over $25 less than that of the 8071, which made it more economically reasonable. Now that the prices are nearly the same, I think that it will begin to even out and plateau.

13. 7153-1: Jango Fett's Slave I
This is the most valuable Slave at $224.93, a stunning value for a 360 piece set.There was a small dip in value in December 2012, which is surprising, considering that usually prices go up during this time, but seasoned sellers usually sell during this time, which could be why there was a dip. After the initial drop it bounced right back up to be nearly the same value as it had in November, and has stayed constantly like that ever since. I don’t expect a whole lot of movement in this set, but there is still a fair amount of NISB 7153 being sold, with between 5 and 15 sold per month.

15. 4483-1: AT-AT
Another surprisingly old set to be in the Top 20 list, at 10 years since it was first produced. It made a huge jump in value in the month of April 2013, up $50 from its former $220, but I don’t expect this set to move up anymore than this because the most recent AT-AT [8129] is cheaper than this version (though there are always people who are completists and “have” to have every Star Wars set). There is still a good amount of these set sold with about 5 per month. The AT-AT is one of the greatest sets LEGO has ever made in my opinion, so I wouldn’t hesitate to grab a used one for a decent price!!

16. 7143-1: Jedi Starfighter Another really old set here, but a very recognizable one, at that! This set has had huge gains over the past few months, starting in December 2012 at $39.47 and peaking in April 2013 at $53.67! Jedi Starfighters are very popular sets, and at almost any given point, TLG will have at least one of them in production, the current one being 9498 Saesee Tiin’s Jedi Starfighter including an unprecidented 2 Jedi minifigures, and one protocol droid. I expect that this set will continue to climb slightly, hitting the mid-$60 mark by the holidays before a steady decline back to about $45. Don’t forget to read segments 1/4, and 2/4 by going to my blog page, and stay tuned for the last, but not least section: 4/4!!

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