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Well, really... 100% honesty I prefer the older mono-color molds. It's a lot more about the preference of people though. Going to me, I grew up with the more simple figures, and so in my mind these are the "classics". With the new, more detailed figures that LEGO is coming out with, taking your Watto example for instance, the figures seem more "cartoonish" in my mind to fit with the new series of Clone Wars movies.
I think this sort of preference is present in a lot of the older collectors who may be more willing to throw down more money for the figure, even if it is simpler, just because it's a classic, or an item from when they first began collecting. Few years back, when I was just being introduced to the LEGO SW line, I was obsessed with the Jango Fett minifigure, that obsession grew, (and still grows today), to the point where I now have so many of them I would be embarrassed to tell you all.
We may see this same thing happen in new minifigure collectors too, with the more detailed figures becoming the "holy grails" for kids that buy them today, in the future when they get older when they start to collect.
It's a difficult question to answer, but personally I have to say it just comes with when you were introduced to the figures themselves. I was introduced in the beginning, so I see them as the classics, you were introduced yesterday (making this up), and think the "classics" as I call them as boring, one dimensional figures, and the new ones as super detailed and nicer.
Yes, there has.
I have a feeling it may, and I'll probably be one of the few that continues to stick up for the less popular "classics, mono color" figures. However, I think the classics in terms of price will always remain high-standing. While there's us old collectors still around, they'll be a really good market for them.
There's also the possibility that new collectors (such as yourself), come to want to complete their collections, thus they have to go back to trying to attain the already discontinued classics. Meanwhile, collectors that already have the classics, don't have to pay much for the newer figures which are still in production and circulation.
22ct Gold C-3PO!
...What? He doesn't count!? Oh...fine.
And no, you may not see a pic.
I heard Lego forged them in the fires of Mount Doom to control the wealthiest Lego collectors and make them lash out a whopping £349 for the Star Wars Super Star Destroyer set.
*** I do wonder though... If we were to see a 22ct C-3PO go up against a Solid Bronze Boba Fett at auction, who would take the cake? Obviously the value of the gold itself will give 3PO the edge, but the Bronze Boba is genuinely one of a kind (discounting the one that is locked in Legos' dungeon of awesomeness).
I'm really looking forward to which Minifigures i shall get before they (maybe) skyrocket in price!
What ya'll think of all the Soldier-Minifigures from the Indiana-Jones line? They will be probably the last "military"minifigures we're gonna see for a while! I know they will never get even close to the before mentioned minifigs,but...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251049550178#ht_500wt_1182
Another one under completed listings showed 2 MISB went for $1,000. Just amazing... 1 Cafe Corner = 2 minifigs
Funny you should mention the original Watto minifig, its hands alone are worth $60, contributing greatly to the value of the minifig. It probably would have decreased in value as the minifig is such a lesser design than the new one (unlike CC Boba obviously), but lately many people have started collecting monochrome minifigures, and the only way to get a medium blue one is to use the old Watto's hands.
Is there a list? I want that set of white silver and gold boba lol.
1. Bronze Boba Fett (only two worldwide)
2. Solid Gold C-3PO (only five worldwide)
3. Chrome Gold C-3PO (approximately 10,500 worldwide)
4. Cloud City Boba Fett (average price of around £150/$234)
5. Jango Fett (average price of around £50/$78)
6. Cloud City Lando Calrissian (average price of around £45/$70)
7. Original Watto (average price of around £38/$59)
8. Original Jabba the Hutt (average price of around £30/$47)
9. Greedo (average price of around £28/$44)
10. Chrome Darth Vader (average price of around £25/$39)
I might have forgotten one or two, but I would say that is about right.
DaveE
Personally, I find rarity more interesting than resale value. The vintage minifigures from the 80's are many times rarer than expensive licensed figs of the past decade, and thus are more satisfying for me to hunt down and collect than simply needing to open my wallet for the recent ones.
Cloud City Boba Fett is by far the most expensive Lego minifigure issued as part of a set, followed by Lando, and the original Jango Fett. Beyond that, there's a few dozen that trade in the $30-60 range.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Star-Wars-Minifigure-7190-Princess-Leia-/251056393317?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a74208c65
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/SvL/Endor-Layout/0702011021a.jpg
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=57185&st=30
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/38453/#Comment_38453
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