After recently visiting my local Toys r Us I noticed that they have the Lego Marvel shield Hellicarrier for sale for 239.99 in store there was quite a few on a few different shelves. It's also on the website at 239.99 but out of stock but they had plenty there so may be worth checking out other toys r us just in case
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Gooner_Getcha
24 Feb 16#1
Decent price.... Avoid for investment though!!
DistortedVision to Gooner_Getcha
24 Feb 16#3
Interesting. Why do you say that? I've reserved whilst I think about it.
LurkingLawyer
24 Feb 16#2
Why do you say that, Gooner Getcha? UCS sets tend to do well after they get retired - it's not Star Wars, admittedly, but why would this be any different?
aceplay
24 Feb 16#4
Want!
turbobuddah
24 Feb 16#5
I would have thought it'd be a good investment, hasn't seemed a popular set so imagine there won't be many around after retirement, will become genuinely hard to find similar to the UCS Falcon
LEGO_Employee to turbobuddah
25 Feb 16#22
It has no appeal whatsoever compared to the UCS Millennium Falcon. Anybody who buys this as an investment will be disappointed. Superheroes is a dead duck apart from the older larger Batman sets.
Crustybeaver to turbobuddah
28 Feb 16#29
LOL it will be NOTHING like the scarcity of the UCS Falcon. Hilarious!!
malm
24 Feb 16#6
I think this will retire soon but 50/50 whether it will become popular after retirement ok if you like a gamble.
Gooner_Getcha
24 Feb 16#7
Personal opinion. its not a wise a investment in my eyes if you want my advice Star Wars is the way to go.Before you start investing you should determine what type of investor you want to be . Do you want to flip these for a little profit or keep them for 3years+ and sell them for a bigger profit.
Although the Helicarrier is a UCS i would rather have more Star Wars sets in my inventory. I am also sceptical about The Tumbler, in 3/4 Years it would easily of doubled in value, BUT because slot were found in stoke Smyths warehouse they were put on sale again and there are around 70 or so listings on theBay and i now think the market with be saturated, people will try to undercut other sellers to get rid of them in a few years.
My tip for anyone investing is to do your research and always look out for "Sleepers" .Look up The DeLorean retailed at £35 now sells for £100+ imagine if you bought a few of these!!
DistortedVision to Gooner_Getcha
24 Feb 16#8
Not sure about the Hellicraft as I normal invest in Star Wars UCS sets as well. However, I disagree about The Tumbler. Yes Smyths did get some stock but it was very limited. Also the set had a short production run and so I think its a great long term investment.
Longandstrong
24 Feb 16#9
I bought this for investment. Worst case I'll build it in a few years. I think star wars is done. Sure there are some amazing sets, but we might have seen peak star wars lego. My reason is every man and his dog is on to the trend of lego investment and they will go on to buy what has worked before. Like buying the stock market high.
You are right and the obscure sets. They will go up up and away cos no one will look to buy them.
This one even at 240 is a high price per block and it's a big f off box as well which doesn't make it the best investment and it will probably be on par with the return the death star has shown. I believe unopened this will achieve 500 in a few years.
The real money will be in the old sets. Buy then second hand if you can cos they will undoubtedly be more expensive as time goes on and people open them (which is the idea, right!)
Gooner_Getcha
24 Feb 16#10
No doubt its great iv got a few and i hope its a good investment but you just got to take one look on the bay... It seems like everyones jumped on it .. American market will do alot better than ours
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Although the Helicarrier is a UCS i would rather have more Star Wars sets in my inventory. I am also sceptical about The Tumbler, in 3/4 Years it would easily of doubled in value, BUT because slot were found in stoke Smyths warehouse they were put on sale again and there are around 70 or so listings on theBay and i now think the market with be saturated, people will try to undercut other sellers to get rid of them in a few years.
My tip for anyone investing is to do your research and always look out for "Sleepers" .Look up The DeLorean retailed at £35 now sells for £100+ imagine if you bought a few of these!!
You are right and the obscure sets. They will go up up and away cos no one will look to buy them.
This one even at 240 is a high price per block and it's a big f off box as well which doesn't make it the best investment and it will probably be on par with the return the death star has shown. I believe unopened this will achieve 500 in a few years.
The real money will be in the old sets. Buy then second hand if you can cos they will undoubtedly be more expensive as time goes on and people open them (which is the idea, right!)