Top Ten Best Selling Sets (eBay): May 2013

Welcome to my Top Ten Best Selling Sets section for the month of May. This will be the first of a series of articles dedicated to examine some of the purchasing trends as shown by eBay data collected by Brickpicker every month. My aim is to publish one of these as soon as each month's update is completed by Ed/Jeff and show the users of the site some of the most popular sets so that they can use it as a guide about what is hot at any particular month. Hope you find it useful.

May 2013 Top Ten

1- No surprise in the first spot when you remember that this month's data includes the period before, during and after the May the 4th promotions. The 50% off the B-Wing guaranteed that a very high quantity of customers would end up purchasing the set in differing quantities with the intention to build, invest or flip in the short term. The low price for which this set is selling at the moment relative to its high MSRP may earn it a spot in the Top 10 for at least a couple of months.

Change from previous month: +165 Places

2- The popularity of this set even after the initial craze and subsequent increased production allows it to stay in the top ten for yet another month, and so far it has been there for at least December 2012. Price continues to drop, as do overall sales, but the fact that it still is in 2nd place prove just how popular this set has been.

Change from previous month: +3 Places

3- This is yet another set that comes as no surprise, as it constantly hovers over the top spots in the best sellers list. The Millenium Falcon 7956 is expected to retire relatively soon, and considering this is the best version released as of today, ignoring the UCS 10179, it is sure to be a great performer in the secondary market. The set moved up 9 places, a leap that can be attributed in part to the May the 4th sales and promotions.

Change from previous month: +9 Places

4- This is one unique set that usually does not get talked about much in the forums, however it continues to demonstrate month after the month that it is one of the most popular available. According to Brickset, the set has been Sold Out at S@H since the end of April.

Change from previous month: +12 Places

5- For those of you that still have doubts about the popularity of the Friends theme, this little set has managed to capture the #5 spot of this month. Released in February, it is one of the newest sets of the theme, so that may account for the high number of sales it has experienced.

Change from previous month: +45 Places

6- This relatively new battle pack is getting very popular, very fast. The quantity of sets sold has been increasing by A LOT since its introduction, with sales this month surpassing April by 77 copies.

Change from previous month: +95 Places

7- This Chima Speedorz is one of the only sets I really wish I did not see in this list. If you remember, LEGO included this set as a freebie in pretty much every single order that went through. Of course, people then turned around and listed them on eBay with the expectation of making a few bucks on them. As one would expect, price continues to drop. Even more, this is the largest jump relative to the previous month, something that goes a long way to show just how many of these little things are now floating around.

Change from previous month: +933 Places

8- The eternal Death Star jumped several dozen places even with it very expensive price tag. Most of this jump can probably be attributed to May the 4th as well. The advertising by LEGO probably spews out towards other selling outlets.

Change from previous month: +45 Places

9- After one month in the second spot product of the "early retirement" confusion, sales of the Palace dropped significantly from 937 to "only" 96 copies in May. Still, the set maintains a position in the Top 10 and it will be interesting to check where it will be next month.

Change from previous month: -7

10- To close our May list we have yet another 2013 Star Wars Battle pack that jumped more than a hundred places relative to the previous month. These things are very affordable and great army builders, but why this particular one jumped so much ,other than because May the 4th and its recent release, is beyond me.

Change from previous month: +123 Places

And with that, we close this month's Top 10 best sellers list. If you are interested to check out the complete list, click here and you'll see the Top 50 best sellers according to eBay data.

See you next month to evaluate June's Top 10!