trekgate502 Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 What are everyone's thoughts on the potential for this one? Personally, I find the piece count low for a high priced UCS model, but that's just me and I don't have a ton of interest in ship models. I would imagine most collectors don't care and this one will probably do very well as its an iconic original trilogy ship, agree/disagree? If this goes very quickly I can see it at 450 at the end of the year because of the movie. The movie would be the only reason and it will make Star Wars fans go wild. On R2, SSD, this one and more... Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 If this goes very quickly I can see it at 450 at the end of the year because of the movie. The movie would be the only reason and it will make Star Wars fans go wild. On R2, SSD, this one and more...that is ambitious Quote
Val-E Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 If the X wing was a VW it would be a Golf and the B wing a Jetta. Which one can everyone recognize? I agree that 300 will be an attainable short term gain but 500 is very optimistic due to remakes. Perhaps 350-400 range is more realistic. Always happy to be proved wrong, though. Quote
bricketycricket Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 If the X wing was a VW it would be a Golf and the B wing a Jetta. Which one can everyone recognize? I agree that 300 will be an attainable short term gain but 500 is very optimistic due to remakes. Perhaps 350-400 range is more realistic. Always happy to be proved wrong, though. The Jetta is still pretty well recognized. I'd say the B-wing is more like a Phaeton or something I agree with the sentiment though that the B-wing is not iconic and I've always thought it was just plain stupid and ugly. Quote
trekgate502 Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 that is ambitious Bold Arrow it is bold. Look at Santa's Workshop and lack of supply and prices and selling them at $150 each. Combine that with Star Wars 7, Christmas and Lego inability to keep up with demand. I think this provides for the perfect storm and for a period of time everything Lego Star Wars will have massive appreciation for a few months. Just a Bold Guess... 1 Quote
cladner Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) 2 mint red5s from target, 21R3. i have 10 now and none have a 2014 seal. scouted lego store red5s last time i went and all they had were R3's as well. all signs point to EOL except that target hasn't boosted the price to 140% msrp (yet). my opinion is that this set has been a sales stinker and will disappear sometime first half of this year, though it has been doing well on target the last week and is #2 SW lego set when sorting by best seller so the hoarding has begun in earnest. obviously i'm bullish on this set and any Star Wars set that appears in New Hope or Empire Strikes Back. Edited January 22, 2015 by cladner 1 Quote
Val-E Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 I think I may have a 14 seal but I need to check. A last production run in February could take this one through to May and I assume that it will get pulled before any special sale event or have been gobbled up by the hordes by then. Quote
redghostx Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) I do not speak in certainties but it will follow the path of other recently "retired" exclusives and should go over $300 overnight and probably settle around 375 for a few months. At that point, we will see whether the force is strong with this remake Edit to add: A massive clearance of this set renders this opinion null and void. Also, it's no SSD. Edited January 21, 2015 by redghostx Quote
Ciglione Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 The only "problem" is that this one did not have any nice discount on it. Not even in Europe. If it comes on sale I will buy it for sure! Only a shame that then I need to crack open the piggies of my kids. Quote
redghostx Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 The only "problem" is that this one did not have any nice discount on it. Not even in Europe. If it comes on sale I will buy it for sure! Only a shame that then I need to crack open the piggies of my kids. You could always sell a lunch hour collection. 1 Quote
Val-E Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Paid 160 euros for mine. Anyone better that? Quote
Ciglione Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 You could always sell a lunch hour collection. You are right... but unfortunately you still cannot force people to buy lego from you. Most of it is still not ripe for sale as well. So maybe I should have lunch for a change and skip lego hunting. Quote
Val-E Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 And they were 25% off on Black Friday @ Lego shop DE and some others IIRC so a lot of people will have got these below RRP Quote
pcaster Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I'm in Minneapolis this week for work so decided to swing by the Mall of America LEGO store. I was really surprised when I looked at the seals on the one Red 5 that was on the shelf. I can't remember if it was 43R4 or 47R4 - it was something in the mid 40's for week - but to see it have a fairly recent code was very surprising. The few that I've picked up from TRU and Amazon have all been from 2013. Quote
makr Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 If the X wing was a VW it would be a Golf and the B wing a Jetta. Which one can everyone recognize? Talk about a culturally biased comparison Quote
isocleas Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I've been reading up on the red five lately in an attempt to motivate myself to stock up but I just can't get over the 57,000 sales rank on amazon. By comparison the town hall is selling for twice as much and still has an 18,000 sales rank. This set is going to need an extremely strong push from the new star wars trilogy to make it worthwhile imo. Quote
hxckid88 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I've been reading up on the red five lately in an attempt to motivate myself to stock up but I just can't get over the 57,000 sales rank on amazon. By comparison the town hall is selling for twice as much and still has an 18,000 sales rank. This set is going to need an extremely strong push from the new star wars trilogy to make it worthwhile imo. Been reading up to. I think k it cold be another b wing or could be a huge hit. I don't see a middle ground in this one. 300ish or 550 either or within 12 monthes. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app Quote
No More Monkeys Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I've been reading up on the red five lately in an attempt to motivate myself to stock up but I just can't get over the 57,000 sales rank on amazon. By comparison the town hall is selling for twice as much and still has an 18,000 sales rank. This set is going to need an extremely strong push from the new star wars trilogy to make it worthwhile imo. You may want to check sales rank of TH before June 2014, lol... 1 Quote
kenchu2000 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 I'm in Minneapolis this week for work so decided to swing by the Mall of America LEGO store. I was really surprised when I looked at the seals on the one Red 5 that was on the shelf. I can't remember if it was 43R4 or 47R4 - it was something in the mid 40's for week - but to see it have a fairly recent code was very surprising. The few that I've picked up from TRU and Amazon have all been from 2013. My local Lego store has tons of Red 5 and they all show 43R4. Quote
No More Monkeys Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Is there a to check sales rank history? Three words - triple camel... Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Three words - triple camel... ummmm that's two ...lol Quote
legone Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Three words - triple camel... Got it. Thanks! Never noticed the "Sales Rank" tab. BTW, from the Tripple Camel chart it looks like Town Hall's sales rank during 2014 (but before being sold out) was around 100,000. Edited January 22, 2015 by legone Quote
No More Monkeys Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 ummmm that's two ...lol Camel camel camel is three words. Your math is getting rusty. You should buy 9540 set... Quote
Deez_Brickz Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Red five has recently been at $275ish FBA on amazon. So I don't think a quick bump to $300 once OOS everywhere is that unreasonable. I just picked up a bunch more using 13% of TRU GCs. Quote
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