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7 hours ago, Sozial said:

I got some GG, what bothers me, is that it is still available at many retailers in Germany after quite a while after EOL. Does not seem to have enough demand, or just overproduced. I hope easter sales will get rid of the Stock.

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Super Heroes constraction figures? 

I thought not. It's not something you would hear from a reseller.

The only ones I've grabbed were about 10 Vader's at £10 each. Will hopefully start to look at the possibility of making a bit of profit on them in a year or two.

1 hour ago, BarryZola said:

The only ones I've grabbed were about 10 Vader's at £10 each. Will hopefully start to look at the possibility of making a bit of profit on them in a year or two.

Let me guess, Tesco? Several branches are knocking figures out for less than £5.

17 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Let me guess, Tesco? Several branches are knocking figures out for less than £5.

Yeah, but before Xmas in the 3 for 2's and whatever. Not seen any Vader's around for a tenner lately but not been keeping an eye out really. Seen loads of the crappy characters on sale but not worth buying in my opinion, unless you can grab them for a fiver, then I suppose there may be at least a chance of making a couple of quid.

I have Vader for 10, GG for 14, been flipping Rey's for rrp, still finding them at 4 or 5 quid. I think Vader, GG and Phasma will be winners. Missed the cheap Phasma's though

Two of the new models (Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus) are already half price at Smyths. Also Stormtrooper on Back Order at SAH. 

I've nearly got a complete collection (all at half-price or better), although finding the models I need at a good discount is proving a little trickier. 

I don't care about the re-sale, as I enjoy collecting and keeping these. Sadly a complete Architecture collection is out of my price range. 

Thoughts on the retirement of these? I can't see LEGO maintaining 15 of these at once... I would anticipate Jango/Luke/Obi done this month with Vader sticking around because Vader. No idea about FOST/Phasma/Kylo/Poe/Finn with TLJ coming out.

Cody, Jango, Poe and Rey to go any day when 50% sale stock runs out.

FOST on back order. Then any TFA figures, but who knows which first? 

Edited March 7, 20178 yr by Villager Chris

8 minutes ago, Villager Chris said:

Cody, Jango, Poe and Rey to go any day when 50% sale stock runs out.

FOST on back order. Then any TFA figures, but who knows which first? 

I'd like DV and GG to go first as I went all in on those two during Tesco's last 3-for-2 sale. I think these are also the best of the theme so far? K2SO should also do well as he's such an endearing character. I now have them all in my personal collection any as I ordered the last one today from Amazon, Baze Malbus. I'm looking forward to building them all in order once she allows me to erect a long shelf up in the back bedroom.

47 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

I'd like DV and GG to go first as I went all in on those two during Tesco's last 3-for-2 sale. I think these are also the best of the theme so far? K2SO should also do well as he's such an endearing character. I now have them all in my personal collection any as I ordered the last one today from Amazon, Baze Malbus. I'm looking forward to building them all in order once she allows me to erect a long shelf up in the back bedroom.

GG is already retired. They're OK. I enjoy LEGO builds more as these are basically TECHNIC. I'm still collecting them all though  I don't resell, but I was curious of the community's thoughts on how they're going to maintain these since they're unique as a "subtheme" and we haven't been able to trend their retirement schedule.

I like these and DV, GG should do well and hopefully Phasma. The new set of the speeder bike and rider is awesome (only my opinion as its one of my favorite troopers) so fingers crossed, that might get a few more people in to buying and building these to bump the investment side of them  

On ‎3‎/‎7‎/‎2017 at 0:58 PM, amrandazz said:

GG is already retired. They're OK. I enjoy LEGO builds more as these are basically TECHNIC. I'm still collecting them all though  I don't resell, but I was curious of the community's thoughts on how they're going to maintain these since they're unique as a "subtheme" and we haven't been able to trend their retirement schedule.

They're technically Bionicle/Hero Factory.

Personally, I think the scout trooper and speeder bike and the clone commander are the best of this wave

4 minutes ago, CrabslayerT said:

Personally, I think the scout trooper and speeder bike and the clone commander are the best of this wave

I've never been a fan of the buildables.  To each their own though. 

6 hours ago, fossilrock said:

I've never been a fan of the buildables.  To each their own though. 

Not a big fan of these either, but by a mile this looks like the best set of the new releases when you see it on the shelf. Decent size, great box art and just overall cool looking set.

Only drawback, at €54.99 here, it's badly overpriced.

Edited May 14, 20178 yr by Sprocket77

2 hours ago, Sprocket77 said:

Not a big fan of these either, but by a mile this looks like the best set of the new releases when you see it on the shelf. Decent size, great box art and just overall cool looking set.

Only drawback, at €54.99 here, it's badly overpriced.

I agree 100%. I generally don't like the buildables, but it works for some characters. General Grievous was a good one.

The speeder bike looks pretty nice. I must say, the scout trooper by itself wouldn't look nearly as good. It's the speeder bike that makes the set. Plus the box art for this one is exceptionally well done.

About the price: if it's anything like the current buildable figures it'll be -50% in no time. The most recent wave is already at -60 to -70%. Crazy that they keep making this stuff now that I think of it.

That being said, I would probably never invest in these things.

old school trooper

15 hours ago, fossilrock said:

I've never been a fan of the buildables.  To each their own though. 

Try building some, they'll grow on you....

6 hours ago, Deadfraggle said:

Try building some, they'll grown on you....

We built Grievous... but I have to admit, i'm still not into them.   If i'm going to collect the figures, i'm sticking with the black series stuff from hasbro.  As time goes on, i'm mostly just becoming a modular buildings and Star Wars UCS kind of guy... If a regular set looks great we will buy that too.  But, if the set isn't up to snuff, i'll just bricklink the minis my son wants for his collection.  Our collection has grown so big over the years that i'm now at the point where we are selectively downsizing some of it.

31 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

We built Grievous... but I have to admit, i'm still not into them.   If i'm going to collect the figures, i'm sticking with the black series stuff from hasbro.  As time goes on, i'm mostly just becoming a modular buildings and Star Wars UCS kind of guy... If a regular set looks great we will buy that too.  But, if the set isn't up to snuff, i'll just bricklink the minis my son wants for his collection.  Our collection has grown so big over the years that i'm now at the point where we are selectively downsizing some of it.

Agreed. In my house, we have significantly reduced and rationalized all of our Lego themes, particularly SW. We have limited SW collecting to:

-UCS: only the ones we want
-Microfighters: only the ones we want
-Advent calendar: because fun
-Select normal sets on a case by case basis such as Droid Escape Pod and Luke's Landspeeder to go with the UCS Sandcrawler, some of the Rebels sets (Ghost, Phantom, Phantom II), Jedi Starfighters, etc

We went from "gotta have them all" to only a handful of purchases so far this year.

2 hours ago, Deadfraggle said:

they'll grow on you....

Sounds like a fungus, you might want to see a doctor to get the constractions removed.

I think the problem with the constraction series has been faces. Any figure with a mask and armour works well but human characters like obi  wan , luke, rey etc  have looked comically bad. That said they are getting better. Baze Malbus is a big improvement and chirrut imwe is spot on facially. Jyn is still a disaster though.

5 hours ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

I think the problem with the constraction series has been faces. Any figure with a mask and armour works well but human characters like obi  wan , luke, rey etc  have looked comically bad. That said they are getting better. Baze Malbus is a big improvement and chirrut imwe is spot on facially. Jyn is still a disaster though.

You really have to lean in and decide to be ok with the aesthetic. Not just the faces but the angular body parts and exposed armature. The skinniness of the limbs and the action features too.

Is the May the 4th R2 polybag 30611 to scale with the Buildable Figures?  Has anyone put the R2 next to a buildable figure (Luke?) to see if it's in scale?

On ‎5‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 1:53 PM, Deadfraggle said:

Try building some, they'll grow on you....

I agree, I like them, well half of them.  I will only buy and build non-human ones because non-humans are fake, thus our imagination finds it easier to be adjusted and like how it looks, where the human ones don't work as well due to us trying to see an actual Human in it and it looks too fake.

Just my opinion.  I have built Phasma, Vader, GG, Stormtrooper, and K-2SO and find each one pretty damn neat.  I enjoy putting them behind other Lego builds to fill the entire space and not just what sits on the shelf.  Imagine this picture with a MF, X-wing, custom tie in front with a few buildables behind it without overcrowding.  It's a great presentation.

Also, my kids love the buildables a ton because they can move all the parts and more parts more freely, grab two in their hands and crash them together, etc...