Ciglione Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 No idea... but I guess it will be worth more than 350 GBP in five years I hope. It also depends on its role in the new movies. I have faith in this set and in my book it has already proven itself to be a winner. Where it will end? Who knows. I hope for 500+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 you might find one or two crazy uncles in Europe willing to pay that price and if you do, be sure to sell them everything else you have!My problem with this one is that is is STILL available in random places now at full RRP, meaning neither the horde nor general buyers are that interested. Ebay is limited to 250-270 for actual sales and those advertised at 350 are not moving.Yes, the movies and series will help but it´s not a spaceship and there are no minifigs so the collector demand versus hoarded sets is much lower than Red 5 or even EV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buidee Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 When I went to the R2 and other droids exhibit at Star Wars celebration in Anaheim, there were tons of kids as well as adults excited about r2d2. However, I think future buyers due to the price points will not be kids asking their parents to buy R2 but serious adult collectors buying R2 so not having any figs in the set is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Well, minifigs are like crack to some collectors and I would argue that there are more minifig obsessed collectors than ucs displays of non spaceships. I am interested to see how the new medium sized SW figures are received as this could be a new line of investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Well, minifigs are like crack to some collectors and I would argue that there are more minifig obsessed collectors than ucs displays of non spaceships. I am interested to see how the new medium sized SW figures are received as this could be a new line of investment.I don't think they'll be received very well by collectors, but kids will like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Well, minifigs are like crack to some collectors and I would argue that there are more minifig obsessed collectors than ucs displays of non spaceships. I am interested to see how the new medium sized SW figures are received as this could be a new line of investment.The "Constraction" STAR WARS figures should be very popular with both children and collectors. It will be like Bionicles on steroids in my opinion. For example, the recent 4529 Iron Man has done exceptionally well and is a possible indicator of future values of these types of action figure LEGO sets. Edited April 24, 2015 by Ed Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 The "Constraction" STAR WARS figures should be very popular with both children and collectors. It will be like Bionicles on steroids in my opinion. For example, the recent 4529 Iron Man has done exceptionally well and is a possible indicator of future values of these types of action figure LEGO sets.Well... Hulk, Batman and the Joker did not do so well in the same series. So what does that tell us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 The "Constraction" STAR WARS figures should be very popular with both children and collectors. It will be like Bionicles on steroids in my opinion. For example, the recent 4529 Iron Man has done exceptionally well and is a possible indicator of future values of these types of action figure LEGO sets.I made a killing on the 4529 Iron Man last year when I bought 100 of them at £8 a pop in one go from The Entertainer. I offloaded the lot apart from one within 3 months of purchase. BTW... Hulk, Batman and Captain America also did well but, the peak selling window was smaller. Green Lantern and Joker bombed but, their time may still come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 . It will be like Bionicles on steroids in my opinion. Please don´t mention the B word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Well... Hulk, Batman and the Joker did not do so well in the same series. So what does that tell us?Tells me you have to examine those numbers better before asking that question...SET CAGR%4529 Iron Man69.764597 Captain America 39.354530 Hulk25.444528 Batman32.254527 Joker 15.54Considering all of these sets were available at a large discount (33% or more off), the CAGR values are even higher. These are very solid investment choices and the new STAR WARS sets will do even better in my opinion... Edited April 24, 2015 by Ed Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Please don´t mention the B word!Why? They are excellent low cost LEGO investments and very cool sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Why? They are excellent low cost LEGO investments and very cool sets.Some act as though the Bionicle/Hero Factory themes were the plague. I guess the sets and pieces used therein are beyond the norm far as what a LEGO typically is or has always been considered to be but then again so are all the Technic sets really which basically are what Bionicle evolved from with Hero Factory continuing such a process even further. With Bionicle making a return, the unique line and its ideas will keep moving onward which currently resides in the form of these Star Wars "Battle Figures". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Their B-Wingish low sales on lego shop EU would seem to indicate that a lot of people are avoiding them like the plague (compare and contrast with Mixel sales). Probably because they lack Mixel cuteness and seem to be just a random assembly of Technic bits and bobs stuck together.A lot of them also seem to be job lotted as bulk weight base sales on ebay. Perhaps it´s a Europe thing - maybe we just don´t get the theme here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryherb Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 i made decent money on hero factory crap, its all about the buy-in-price. they are very easy to ship too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan 1 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I have picked up two r2s my cap is 335 so far I've gotten two this Xmas I'm sure they will be 500 plus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciglione Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Tells me you have to examine those numbers better before asking that question...SET CAGR%4529 Iron Man69.764597 Captain America 39.354530 Hulk25.444528 Batman32.254527 Joker 15.54Considering all of these sets were available at a large discount (33% or more off), the CAGR values are even higher. These are very solid investment choices and the new STAR WARS sets will do even better in my opinion...I did examine the numbers. That is why I say the others did not do so well as Iron Man. If you average the CAGR of all sets combined it is better to use as prediction for the new sets coming. The way I see it. Darth Vader is the best bet to become the next Iron Man CAGR-wise or even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 I did examine the numbers. That is why I say the others did not do so well as Iron Man. If you average the CAGR of all sets combined it is better to use as prediction for the new sets coming. The way I see it. Darth Vader is the best bet to become the next Iron Man CAGR-wise or even better.The CAGR average for all 6 Superhero Constraction sets is over 30%, putting them near the top of the CAGR index, which basically proves my point they are very solid investments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 The CAGR average for all 6 Superhero Constraction sets is over 30%, putting them near the top of the CAGR index, which basically proves my point they are very solid investments. The overwhelming consensus of investors seemed to be that they were garbage - so not many invested much.It is not going to happen again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 The overwhelming consensus of investors seemed to be that they were garbage - so not many invested much. It is not going to happen again. Maybe so. Many people still ignore anything that looks like a Bionicle or Constraction set. Maybe they need to look at what their kids like to play with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Maybe so. Many people still ignore anything that looks like a Bionicle or Constraction set. Maybe they need to look at what their kids like to play with. Hey, as usual, I'm in at 50% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickLegacy Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Will this set ever slow down? Ebay sales continue to trend higher each week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekgate502 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Don't you remember this is a set that was highly inferior not design properly and tons of other problems with it that I was lampooned about regularly last year? Yes exciter I can be the one ROFL now. Ha Ha Ha. $750 by Christmas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scylles Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 looks like retirement is official, i cant find it on lego LEGO Shop at Home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scylles Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 this set is going to be the next 10179 IMO. Everything is conspiring to make it the sole r2 UCS for very very very long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Don't you remember this is a set that was highly inferior not design properly and tons of other problems with it that I was lampooned about regularly last year? Yes exciter I can be the one ROFL now. Ha Ha Ha. $750 by Christmas. Watch out, those bricks hurt, especially on your back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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