Let the other impatient ones sell... then it will become like a snowball running down the hill. Resulting in ever growing value.

Gotta agree. Even a couple more months patience on this set will pay big dividends imo.

Let the other impatient ones sell... then it will become like a snowball running down the hill. Resulting in ever growing value.

Till the remake......

Till the remake......

Do you actually believe there will be a remake and why, or are you just trolling?

Till the remake......

the bb8 remake

It will be interesting to see which stuff from the new trilogy gets UCS status and when.

Gotta be expecting ISD/SSD/MF at some stage.

Till the remake......

Which remake? You have some inside information?

Are people looking to sell this holiday season or holding ?

Selling some for top top dollar once all the weak hands are flushed out close to Christmas. Saving the rest for future holiday shopping seasons. 

I am selling when the going rate gets to the price I want to sell them for. Not before or after

It will be interesting to see which stuff from the new trilogy gets UCS status and when.

Gotta be expecting ISD/SSD/MF at some stage.

BB8, C3PO, ISD are good candidates

Seeing the popularity of the Sphero BB-8 and just how adorable it is, I think TLG will have a winner if they decide to make a BB-8 UCS.

Seeing the popularity of the Sphero BB-8 and just how adorable it is, I think TLG will have a winner if they decide to make a BB-8 UCS.

A UCS BB-8 would be fine as a display model (I guess.  I would never buy it.) but due to the inherent square nature of Lego bricks it will never roll.  And that is the charm of BB-8.

Seeing the popularity of the Sphero BB-8 and just how adorable it is, I think TLG will have a winner if they decide to make a BB-8 UCS.

do not worry first they will make one

then lots of people on here will diss it saying it is not good enough not accurate enough not big enough does not have rainbow flashing lights

then they will say he is pivotal and cannot retire before the next movie

then it will retire early and lots of people will say oh he can not be of much value

then you will try to decide when to sell it

then people will say it has not appreciated well

then people will say sell it before the remake

oh wait was I talking about r2 d2 or bb 8 ?

then you will ask about the next droid that comes out SW-9 or something like that

irregardless r2 has been a great short term and long term investment for me and if they make a bb 8 some day it will be too.

I'm betting more people here were on board with UCS R2 than those who dissed it.  You can't argue with the star power of this little droid.

I'm betting more people here were on board with UCS R2 than those who dissed it.  You can't argue with the star power of this little droid.

go back through this thread and read the posts from pre-EOL. There were many droid doubters.

I can't wait to see how high the price will go on this set after Dec 18

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go back through this thread and read the posts from pre-EOL. There were many droid doubters.

True, a bit like with Ewok Village now.

go back through this thread and read the posts from pre-EOL. There were many droid doubters.

Yeah... that helped me decide to go all-in on this one.  

Till the remake......

You guys are all way toooo sensitive about this re-make thing. There are only 2 UCS sets that probably/eventually/maybe will have a re-make. The first one which is very unlikely is the 10179 MF (i don't think LEGO will make such a flagship model again, they prefer pumping out more of the cheaper and easier to sell mid-size MF, they make more money through them) and the second one is the 10240 R5...which every now and then gets re-freshed. That's it...ok, maybe the TIE fighters from time to time too.

If there is BB-8...well, if you have the BB-8 in UCS ..of course you'll want to pair it with the UCS version of the R2D2...a bit like the modulars or the R5/Tie thing. 

Hey guys, this is my first post so hello to everyone!  Love the forum, reading about collecting LEGO constantly for a month now. I use to play with LEGO as a kid, and not long ago received one set as a present. That took me back to my old days, so I purchased few sets and now I'm officially back in the LEGO world... I spent a lot of time reading about investing story and would love to participate in it, just to help funding my future collection and the things I missed, not as a professional.

So, I recently got a chance to purchase one LEGO 10225 R2D2 set for about 230€ (which is $260). Do you think it's worth it as an investment? One can read here that there may be a remake of this set, but then again, new Star Wars movie is coming soon...

Any thoughts would be appreciated and helpful. Thanks again, and best regards to this great forum community!! 

As an investment, you're buying in at a pretty high price, but there will still be money made. If you think it's going to keep climbing, you probably won't find many cheaper than that right now.

You guys are all way toooo sensitive about this re-make thing. There are only 2 UCS sets that probably/eventually/maybe will have a re-make. The first one which is very unlikely is the 10179 MF (i don't think LEGO will make such a flagship model again, they prefer pumping out more of the cheaper and easier to sell mid-size MF, they make more money through them) and the second one is the 10240 R5...which every now and then gets re-freshed. That's it...ok, maybe the TIE fighters from time to time too.

If there is BB-8...well, if you have the BB-8 in UCS ..of course you'll want to pair it with the UCS version of the R2D2...a bit like the modulars or the R5/Tie thing. 

10240 is a remake already, of 7191.  Unless you're saying that it could be remade again, which I somewhat doubt unless it's 15-20 years from now.  Lego has already shown they will revisit a UCS that they have already produced.  I fully expect at some point to see 10179 and 10030 re-made at some point.  Not necessarily next year, but eventually they will be done, imho. 

go back through this thread and read the posts from pre-EOL. There were many droid doubters.

And many silent supporters who didn't want to draw more attention to this set.

I still need to build one of these, and breaking the seals on one of mine is going to be near impossible now.

A UCS BB-8 would be fine as a display model (I guess.  I would never buy it.) but due to the inherent square nature of Lego bricks it will never roll.  And that is the charm of BB-8.

lego can make round things too. Death star rings a bell?

Hey guys, this is my first post so hello to everyone!  Love the forum, reading about collecting LEGO constantly for a month now. I use to play with LEGO as a kid, and not long ago received one set as a present. That took me back to my old days, so I purchased few sets and now I'm officially back in the LEGO world... I spent a lot of time reading about investing story and would love to participate in it, just to help funding my future collection and the things I missed, not as a professional.

So, I recently got a chance to purchase one LEGO 10225 R2D2 set for about 230€ (which is $260). Do you think it's worth it as an investment? One can read here that there may be a remake of this set, but then again, new Star Wars movie is coming soon...

Any thoughts would be appreciated and helpful. Thanks again, and best regards to this great forum community!! 

Depends where you live and where you expect to sell it, Europe is not America for this set (and so many others) and within Europe some countries have better residuals than others for this one.