I hate adult toy collectors!Well, not really, I just wanted to rant.😩
I'm totally fine with adults buying them and building them (as per this thread) but keeping them sealed to increase in value is just speculation and in general causes a lot of trouble (e.g my kids being unlikely to ever own their own home, until we pop off) but hey, as long as it makes more money for people with money that's totally fine...
And to the point. Autistic son who is Star Wars and Lego mad gave us his Christmas list and there are two sets on there. Both it seems are discontinued and prices for new sealed ones are silly.
75171 Battle of Scarif and 75190 First Order Stardestroyer. The battle set looks like a generic 30 quid play set to me, not really a model for display. But must have been rare as it seems to be going for around 100 quid used!
The Stardestroyer looks like a great model for him but again, "retired" and north of 100 quid for used built models without box. Sealed ones seem to be 300 or so.
We've bought him the 75356 Executor, which is a "collectible display model" but the only Stardestroyer lego model at a reasonable price. I end up building the more complex sets anyway so that's no issue. He's fine with smaller sets, and his dexterity is good, it's just the attention span to build a bigger kit. I'm slightly concerned that once I build it for him I'll want one for myself to put on the shelf.
How do I explain to 11yo with autism that the reason Santa didn't bring what he asked for is commodity speculation? I know, first world problems etc, there are kids in this country without a bed.
It was son's birthday a couple of weeks ago, so a few weeks prior I started looking round online and managed to find an eBay seller with one or more sealed 75190 Star destroyer kits. £180 but I thought unlikely to be available anywhere lower this so I bought it. Worth it for the look on his face! 😍
It was an enjoyable build too!
