The old price for battlepacks

mr_benn

Sifting through some old boxes today, found a heap of old Lego catalogues and bits I'd cut out from boxes (mostly the alternate builds!) - I did find the front of this Space battlepack though - seems quite a bargain now...

StuBoy

That price is enough to make a grown man cry!

Sherlockbones

D: I am so sad, sadder then when Jar Jar binks walked onto the screen D:

cheshirecat

That must be what 25 years ago?

Star wars now are commonly had for £8 (picked up some mandalorians for £5 a month or two ago) I'ld say lego prices probably haven't kept up with inflation.

mountebank

If you convert the price into today's money, it's around £7.50. And once you compare the quality of that set to, say, http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=852921-1 sold recently for about £9, I'd say the better deal tends to be available these days.

Si_UKNZ

£3.29 was a weeks wages in 1988!

Redbullgivesuwind

^was my hourly rate in 2006

legocrazy1234

Still think £11.99 is a bit steep for todays battle packs prob because im in my 30s and can still remember what a tenner could get you 20 rears ago.
I guess its all relative.

rocao

Despite the widespread belief that LEGO set prices are increasing, I am not convinced. LEGO has always been an expensive toy. I don't have my vintage sets accessible at the moment, but I remember adjusting them for inflation when I came across them previously, and they were priced about what I would expect for their piece counts.

Two changes:
1. we are seeing bigger sets, which naturally are more expensive.
2. licensing is more prevalent these days, and those seem to cost more than their non-licensed counterpart.

rocao

I just remembered that the Lugnet set guide has some original prices entered.

6080 King's Castle - $52.75 USD (1984) -> $115.58 (2012)
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6080

6285 Black Seas Barracuda - $126.50 (1993) -> $199.30 (2012)
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6286

Now, there's definitely a case that could be made that modern manufacturing and distribution processes that are more efficient than yesteryear should result in LEGO being able to offer lower consumer prices. But that's not the same as saying that sets are less affordable than in years past.

SpaceCake

Am I a fool for thinking the sheer quality and pleasure of Lego entirely justifies the price?

:)