The UCS R2-D2 is one of my favorite sets of all time that I have built. I got this set in April of 2013 and as soon as I came home from the store, I started building it. It was a fun build, but what really suprised me is that there was a variety of colors in the set. It is just not the blue, white, and gray you see on the outside of the set. on the inside there is a vaiety of colors such as yellow, green, and blue. For investing, the set is an UCS set. Usually these sets do well in the secondary market. Here is a good example. The UCS Millennium Falcon. It has a retail price of $499.99 USD. Now it has a value of $2622.00 USD. That is a little above five times the retail price.
Here are some statistics for the set.
The set has a retail price of $179.99 USD. The set has 2,127 pieces. The Price Per Piece (PPP) ratio is about eight cents per piece. In my opinion, that is one the low end of the PPP ratios. Most of the UCS PPP ratios average between ten and fifteen cents per piece. This set is below that by two cents. That is a good bargin if you like the better PPP ratios.
The current value for this set is $170.60 USD new and $147.87 used. This means the PPP ratios are eight cents ($0.08 USD) new and seven cents ($0.07 USD) used. Eventhougth the set has a current CAGR of -5.22%. It will change and hopefully become positive, especially when the set retires.
My recommendation for this set is to buy it. It is a UCS set. Most of the time, after the set retires, the value of the set increases a lot.
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