75020 - Jabba's Sail Barge

[zskid00]

18 minutes ago, landphieran said:

Unless you consider slavery and objectification to be positive trends,  this is a shift away from such things and wont return until the devolution of our culture. 

This all happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away so I'm viewing it as a history lesson of the oppressive and misogynistic culture of the Hutt society.  

Edited January 6, 2016 by zskid00

[Guest]

I'm just saying never say never because you never know.

[dcdfan]

LOL @ McDonalds...

[pcaster]

You can bury these things even further in your storage, they aren't moving anywhere soon.  Galorco alone has over a month of inventory on Amazon at current sell rates, which will only get slower in Feb.

[Guest]

Glad I got all mine at 50% off.

[zskid00]

11 hours ago, pcaster said:

You can bury these things even further in your storage, they aren't moving anywhere soon.  Galorco alone has over a month of inventory on Amazon at current sell rates, which will only get slower in Feb.

You should try eBay.  After fees you will net a better price than Amazon right now and you don't have to take a hit on the shipping charges.  I sold most of mine this month around $120 plus actual shipping.  CAGR be darned, I doubled my initial investment in 18 months since I bought them for $49 on clearance at Walmart.  I'll take that any day.  

[pcaster]

16 minutes ago, zskid00 said:

You should try eBay.  After fees you will net a better price than Amazon right now and you don't have to take a hit on the shipping charges.  I sold most of mine this month around $120 plus actual shipping.  CAGR be darned, I doubled my initial investment in 18 months since I bought them for $49 on clearance at Walmart.  I'll take that any day.  

It was more of a comment on supply side impact rather than selling platform.  This thing is selling, yet price has stagnated everywhere for the last 10 months.

 

[zskid00]

7 minutes ago, pcaster said:

It was more of a comment on supply side impact rather than selling platform.  This thing is selling, yet price has stagnated everywhere for the last 10 months.

 

Yep, probably because so many people were able to acquire this one at deep clearance prices.

[fossilrock]

Becoming fairly evident that Jabba and his cartel are not very popular.  

[cladner]

These are still in the wild - I saw 5 at the Barnes and Noble last weekend in Enfield CT of all places @ MSRP.  I did a quick search and there are 5 BN's I drive by that have these.  

 

[tjj1984]

I saw 1 today in B&N and 6 at a locally owned toy store. All were retail.

[dcdfan]

2 minutes ago, tjj1984 said:

I saw 1 today in B&N and 6 at a locally owned toy store. All were retail.

This should be the last time Slave Leia will be in a set. I'd buy them myself...

[Val-E]

We need some Lucas magic dust to help with demand for this set!

[thoroakenfelder]

10 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

This should be the last time Slave Leia will be in a set. I'd buy them myself...

That seems like a hard pill to swallow when the set's been retired for a year and still hasn't moved from retail. to paraphrase an old president "I've seen the AT-AT, and this set, sir, is no AT-AT."

Even the "Star Wars Hype" didn't raise this boat in its high tide. With that said, I think there's a likelihood that it will grow, but it will be slow and that Leia is definitely not the linchpin of the set. If it were, all the hoopla months ago would have cleared them from B&N shelves.

[Val-E]

Jabba´s curse seems to run deep what with the palace being in a similarly bad place a further year down the line. At least that one can be salvaged by bundling with Rancor Pit.

Edited March 25, 2016 by Val-E

[Battrax]

I wouldn't buy another one... I'll actually probably sell off the only one I have, even if at small loss. I tend to be a bit ruthless with eliminating items that don't show signs of returns. For me, as I don't have a significant amount of capital to put towards inventory, it makes sense. Longterm, being able to put that money towards something that will have better chances to appreciate will counterbalance any short term minor losses from selling a disappointing purchase.

[Guest]

i already doubled my money on all my clearance ones and moved on

[exciter1]

FYI, we have a creeper.

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Jabbas-Barge-75020/dp/B00CNBS5WE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464313875&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+sail+barge

[nolanfan34]

What do you mean, something creeping up in price? 

[exciter1]

What do you mean, something creeping up in price? 

It's jumped $20 - $25 FBA the past couple months.

[shortyz]

i liked building this set, and it looks nice

[nolanfan34]

10 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

 

 

It's jumped $20 - $25 FBA the past couple months.

10-4. Still holding mine, it will keep creeping. :-)

[wolvergeek]

Not impressed after building this set compared to the older one that came with a skiff and sarlacc pit. 

the wind sails are too low and it needs more minifigs.

[shortyz]

22 hours ago, wolvergeek said:

Not impressed after building this set compared to the older one that came with a skiff and sarlacc pit. 

the wind sails are too low and it needs more minifigs.

i have an army of skiffs collecting dust, so this wasnt a problem lol

[jaisonline]

Not impressed after building this set compared to the older one that came with a skiff and sarlacc pit. 

the wind sails are too low and it needs more minifigs.

Exactly. This was the problem with the remake. When comparing it to the original sail barge, it sucked. Sure the figs were better but the barge itself was lackluster and didn't include the skiff and sarlacc pit like before.