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Re: Star Wars sets cost per piece analysis
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Hey Dave,
Thanks for posting that. The statistics are really quite interesting. There
were some that I was definately surprised at, but others not at all.
I have most of the sets except Millenium Falcon, MTT, Watto's Junkyard,
Podrace Bucket, Ewok Attack, Final Duel 1(?), Jango Fett's Slave I, Bounty
Hunter Persuit, & Republic Gunship. That's not including the minifig packs,
UCS, or Technic of which I have none except Battle Droid & DDK. I didn't
realize the good deal I was getting on some especially the ones I got on sale.
It's hard trying to get all the sets when I currently have no job and start
college in the fall and have to worry about those costs :( oh well.
Overall I'm impressed with the new sets. I'm kinda uncertain about some of
the new pieces and colors, although I like the dark red and the sand blue or
whatever it's called. I just hope that they will come in more pieces like
plates & bricks.
Thanks again for this great info Dave.
Ryan Dennett
In lugnet.starwars, David Eaton writes:
> Out of curiosity, I checked out how the price per piece fared over
> 1999-2002, since I kinda had that "gut feeling" that 1999 sets were a better
> value. But try as I might, nothing doing. A few oddities.
>
> After factoring out UCS sets, minifig packs, and Technic sets, I found the
> price per piece ratio was almost exactly $0.114 USD per piece for 1999-2001;
> until 2002 where the price per piece for SW "system" sets jumps to 0.147!
> (Factoring in *ALL* sets, I get avg costs of $0.1177, $0.1470, $0.1075, $0.1295)
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> For "Classic" SW 'system' sets (Episodes 4-6), however, I did notice an
> alarming trend. The price on these has gone up each year: $0.1140, $0.1194,
> $0.1244, $0.1851! Of course, it's not really saying much since the average
> sized set has been decreasing. So all that's really saying is that smaller
> sets are usually worse values. But we knew that anyway. Oh well.
>
> So, for any interested: (sorted by cost per piece)
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> Set Year Pieces Cost Per Piece
> ==========================================================
> Technic Jango Fett 2002 429 30 0.06993007
> Battle Droid Carrier 2001 133 10 0.07518797
> UCS Darth Maul 2001 1860 150 0.080645161
> Technic R2-D2 2002 242 20 0.082644628
> Cloud Car 2002 117 10 0.085470085
> Podracer Bucket 2000 291 25 0.085910653
> B-wing 2000 338 30 0.088757396
> Technic Destroyer Droid 2000 553 50 0.090415913
> Technic Battle Droid 2000 328 30 0.091463415
> Technic Super Battle Droid 2002 381 35 0.091863517
> Technic Pit Droid 2000 217 20 0.092165899
> UCS Yoda 2002 1075 100 0.093023256
> AT-ST 2001 107 10 0.093457944
> Snowspeeder 1999 212 20 0.094339623
> Flash Speeder 2000 105 10 0.095238095
> Droid Fighter 1999 62 6 0.096774194
> Technic Stormtrooper 2001 361 35 0.096952909
> Technic Darth Vader 2002 400 40 0.1
> Mos Espa Podrace 1999 894 90 0.100671141
> Technic C-3PO 2001 339 35 0.103244838
> Watto's Junkyard 2001 466 50 0.107296137
> MTT 2000 466 50 0.107296137
> Ewok Attack 2002 119 13 0.109243697
> Tusken Raider 2002 90 10 0.111111111
> Speeder Bikes 1999 90 10 0.111111111
> Anakin's Pod 1999 134 15 0.111940299
> Desert Skiff 2000 53 6 0.113207547
> X-wing 1999 263 30 0.114068441
> UCS Blockade Runner 2001 1748 200 0.114416476
> Naboo Fighter 1999 174 20 0.114942529
> UCS X-wing 2000 1304 150 0.115030675
> TIE Fighter 2001 169 20 0.118343195
> Bounty Hunter Pursuit 2002 253 30 0.118577075
> Lightsaber Duel 1999 50 6 0.12
> Jedi Defense 1 2002 58 7 0.120689655
> Boba Fett's Slave I 2000 165 20 0.121212121
> A-Wing 2000 123 15 0.12195122
> TIE & Y wing 1999 407 50 0.122850123
> Jedi Duel 2002 81 10 0.12345679
> Naboo Swamp 1999 81 10 0.12345679
> Sith Infiltrator 1999 243 30 0.12345679
> AAT 2000 158 20 0.126582278
> Landspeeder 1999 47 6 0.127659574
> Gungan Patrol 2000 77 10 0.12987013
> Republic Gunship 2002 686 90 0.131195335
> Gungan Sub 1999 375 50 0.133333333
> Jedi Defense 2 2002 52 7 0.134615385
> Droid Escape 2001 44 6 0.136363636
> Jango Fett's Slave I 2002 358 50 0.139664804
> UCS Intercepter 2000 703 100 0.142247511
> Jedi Starfighter 2002 138 20 0.144927536
> Imperial Shuttle 2001 234 35 0.14957265
> Millenium Falcon 2000 659 100 0.151745068
> Droid Developer Kit 1999 652 100 0.153374233
> Fig Pack (battle droids) 2000 31 5 0.161290323
> Dark Side Developer 2000 578 100 0.173010381
> Fig Pack (Scouts & Chewie) 2000 21 5 0.238095238
> Final Duel 1 2002 29 7 0.24137931
> Fig Pack (Assorted Darths) 2000 18 5 0.277777778
> Final Duel 2 2002 23 7 0.304347826
> Fig Pack (Luke, Han, Boba) 2000 12 5 0.416666667
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>
>
> DaveE
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