That's an interesting speculation.  If R2 does die, I would bet its because of something C3PO fails to do... thus his red hand could be a symbolic of having R2's death on his hands.  It would by like Lady Macbeth's bloody hands. 

12 minutes ago, snot said:

That's an interesting speculation.  If R2 does die, I would bet its because of something C3PO fails to do... thus his red hand could be a symbolic of having R2's death on his hands.  It would by like Lady Macbeth's bloody hands. 

He has some red light on his face so I guess he's still living (somehow).

 

Edited November 24, 201510 yr by biniou

7 minutes ago, biniou said:

He has some red light on his face so I guess he's still living (somehow).

 

Yeah... like the Terminator.

You guys know that Disney owns Star Wars, right...?

4 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

You guys know that Disney owns Star Wars, right...?

And the terminator?

At Disney, nobody doesn't come back

So it would make sense to put Terminator in their pocket

20 hours ago, dcdfan said:

You guys know that Disney owns Star Wars, right...?

Is your point that no one dies? I seem to recall a lot of dead parents and bad guys.

4 minutes ago, thoroakenfelder said:

Is your point that no one dies? I seem to recall a lot of dead parents and bad guys.

& R2 is neither of them...

4 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

& R2 is neither of them...

Nor is he the new guard. Look, everyone loves the little dustbin, but he's hardly central to the series. Now with BB-8 he's probably superfluous. Besides, he's already been blown up and fixed previously. All they need is a moment of pathos and he is gone for good.

R2 is a robot. If he 'dies' he can be rebuilt. I'm sure they have him backed up on a usb somewhere...

Darth Maul and Yoda also died.  Those LEGO sets are doing OK last time I checked.

17 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

Darth Maul and Yoda also died.  Those LEGO sets are doing OK last time I checked.

Darth Maul did not die. He has robot legs now.

4 minutes ago, MarxMarvelous said:

Darth Maul did not die. He has robot legs now.

Lucas effectively killed him.  What a waste, too.  He was, by far, the character with the most potential in the prequels.  I've thought about Bricklinking that set.  I can't imagine it's that difficult, is it?

R2 could be Bambi´s mum and take a bullet to save the girl. In any case this one is now officially a winner in my book.

23 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

Lucas effectively killed him.  What a waste, too.  He was, by far, the character with the most potential in the prequels.  I've thought about Bricklinking that set.  I can't imagine it's that difficult, is it?

I always annoyed me. I remember when ep 1 came out it was Darth Maul Darth Maul Darth Maul. All the previews featured him. All the merch featured him. Then I watch the movie and he gets 5 minutes of screen time and most of the movie is about the space senate and trade route negotiations.

7 minutes ago, valenciaeric said:

R2 could be Bambi´s mum and take a bullet to save the girl. In any case this one is now officially a winner in my book.

Finally... Saint Eric has beatifief the R2D2 droid.

But wait... for him to be able to do that the droid has to be dead! Ooh no! 

21 hours ago, dcdfan said:

You guys know that Disney owns Star Wars, right...?

We will see R2D2 doing chores around the ship singing a beautiful song.

Now we have huge new market for him: girls age 4 to 8 (who live in rich families)

7 minutes ago, legone3 said:

We will see R2D2 doing chores around the ship singing a beautiful song.

Now we have huge new market for him: girls age 4 to 8 (who live in rich families)

Yes! All we need is Kim Kardashian showing him in one of her fiction shows.

WOW an R2D2 auction sold for £362 + postage on eBay yesterday, that's Town Hall prices! Link

7 minutes ago, Crustybeaver said:

WOW an R2D2 auction sold for £362 + postage on eBay yesterday, that's Town Hall prices! Link

Love it!

I am in deep with this one.

I hear Jingle bells... Let it rise, let it rise, let it rise!

1 hour ago, Crustybeaver said:

WOW an R2D2 auction sold for £362 + postage on eBay yesterday, that's Town Hall prices! Link

Yes but this is quite unusual, isn't it?

Average price for 10225 has been around £270 for a very long time. One year ago it was £220...so only £50 increase over a year. Quite mediocre for such an iconic set. Ok ...we all know there are many investors who stacked up, but still...

Slightly misconstrued statement there Hannibal. If we look back to a year ago it was just retiring meaning after only 12 months the set has gone from £150 to £250-290. This is far from mediocre and with the new films coming out interest in R2 should rise. I understand that you're implying that since the initial spike the rise has been slow, but this is prevalent amongst all Lego sets and is not attributed to just 10225

Don't get your hopes to high - the seller is obviously working with a second account to drive up the price. The a**a with 3 feedbacks account has a history of bidding on 7 items and  94 % of his bidding history is with this same seller. Even the account who won the auction looks a bit fishy with a bidding activity of 71% with this seller. I wouldn't be suprised if we see this little droid relisted very soon.

While I realise these random high sold listings are not reflective of market value it does give an insight into what people are prepared to pay when embroiled in an auction they badly want. @TigerG Despite your claims that the user was using a second account to get the final price there still would have been another bidder planting a close losing bid.

Actually no - if you look at the biddings the next bid that is not from the two bidders who look fishy is at 220 GBP. Don't get me wrong - I do get bidding wars but rarely on an item that is in large supply with buy it now offers that are nearly 100 GBP cheaper.