One of my Wal-Marts restocked a bunch of Series 1 Falcons, X-Wings, Tie Interceptors, and Turbo Tanks. 10 or so of each.

 

Very odd because including Target, I have seen most Walmart's that had series 1 put them on clearance. Not the first time I've seen these retailers clearance something then get it back in stock immediately after.

I wish my area had a clearance on Series 1 as a couple sets featured some good parts cheap. Ah well, Series 2 is here and looking good.

Any predictions on how well series 1 will do longer term?

easily double in a year

The first series of these builds were good in a classic sense but I think the current second one is even better altogether. The parts in particular on the baddies side catch my attention in terms of potential like the Homing Spider Droid and Vulture Droid. I had a stray thought with mixing all three (the two just mentioned and the AT-AT) into something for the heck of it. I don't know what but I do know something. Heh.

On the side note of parts, I think the 75078 Imperial Troop Transport is a fantastic battle pack for soldiers and parts both. I see alternative potential there too.

Stop motion build, Slow motion killed! Micro Snow Speeder 75074 

 

Sooo.... looks like Series 1 is EOL'ing?  I see the 75030 MF is "Sold Out" ... others are "retired" and others are "call to check".

Interesting

I bought some sets of these for 50% off after Christmas.  I'm not sure how they will perform since they were available for a full 12 months.  I was hoping for a shorter run and if the series isn't continued people will forget about them.  Has there been any news of a wave 3?

At 50% off you should do well. I've sold quite a few MF I bought at 75% off and made a tidy profit already. I have a few complete sets I'm saving for Christmas.

I bought a few sets of these using a 20% off 100.00 coupon at BAM.   I think they'll do OK.  Complete sets of the planet series were profitable for those that had them, so I could see these doing better than the planet series.  Although, there's still quite a few left out there in the retail stores.

I'm assuming MF and Xwing will probably do the best EOL...thus I've bought mostly these two sets. That said, I'm wondering if it will be better to have the entire series 1 vs multiples of the most iconic ships. I don't really want to buy all the vehicles from series 1, but is it foolish to overlook the potential on a complete set?

I'm assuming MF and Xwing will probably do the best EOL...thus I've bought mostly these two sets. That said, I'm wondering if it will be better to have the entire series 1 vs multiples of the most iconic ships. I don't really want to buy all the vehicles from series 1, but is it foolish to overlook the potential on a complete set?

​I purchased complete sets. But, my reason was I don't care for the small transactions. If it is not > $100 I don't want to wast time. I will be selling lots of complete Series 1.

I've been stocking up on the MF, SD and X Wing.

So far the SD has been the most popular seller for me.

Anybody notice that the box for 75032 is different than the other 5 in Series 1?  Is that across the board, or is there a variation in box design? Image of mine attached. 

 

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Huh... just had to go look at mine. I see the same thing.

Edited July 21, 201510 yr by Kenxxx

Huh... just had to go look at mine. I see the same thing.

Darn, I was hoping I had a super rare one.  Or maybe both of us have super rare ones!

 So my friendly neighborhood Walgreen's has three of the 75030 MF sitting on the shelves at an inflated retail price of $12.99.  There used to be four, but one of them came home with me.  I'm thinking I should go back and get the rest, seems like the worse I can do is break even.

Edited August 22, 201510 yr by jaxman

Any predictions on how well series 1 will do longer term?

Not even near "peak buying" season, and these are already over 100 for a complete set on amazon.  They have risen quite a bit over the last month.  Started around 70, then up to 80, then mid 90s, now it's at 108.. Starting to look good for those sitting on complete sets.  Series 1 should be 3x in no time.  Not as sold on series 2 since it has so many prequel sets, but we shall see.

My local KMart has some of these left. Not enough to make a complete set, but debating on picking up what they have. $9.99 a piece.

75030 Millennium Falcon is available on TRU.com - price sucks at 10.99 but then again I haven't seen this available online for a while now. Might be lats chance to get it somewhere other than the secondary market (or randomly in stores).

From the Toys R Us descriptions for next year's Star Wars sets which have been springing up, one for The Ghost Microfighter popped up stating the minifigure will be Hera Syndulla then continues with matching it up to the TIE Advanced Prototype (Microfighter) but no mention as to who will be included there. I can only think of the Inquisitor who flew it originally and unless Hera has a second outfit she should be the same as in the larger scale Ghost set.

From the Toys R Us descriptions for next year's Star Wars sets which have been springing up, one for The Ghost Microfighter popped up stating the minifigure will be Hera Syndulla then continues with matching it up to the TIE Advanced Prototype (Microfighter) but no mention as to who will be included there. I can only think of the Inquisitor who flew it originally and unless Hera has a second outfit she should be the same as in the larger scale Ghost set.

hope she's got another outfit though... already got the ghost ^^

 

looks like he is going to be in a bit of trouble. I wonder if his insurance covers it.