Whether you are a collector or an investor, most every fan of LEGO Star Wars at some point wonders how much his or her collection is worth, and this is where BrickEconomy comes in!
For years the only reliable way to determine the value of your sets or minifigures was to check BrickLink’s or eBay’s sold histories. However, each of these has their flaws. BrickLink’s history doesn’t list caveats such as missing parts, damage, or lack of box/instructions which affects the value that a set holds. Minifigures can be equally as variable with sun damage, cracks, scratches, etc. all factoring into the final value.
eBay on the other hand can be used to find similar condition sets or minifigures by looking through the photos provided. However, even nearly identical listings can vary in price depending on when the auction ends, if there are two bidders fighting for it, and what other items the seller has. All of these are difficult to interpret after the auction ends.
With BrickEconomy there is now another option that combines the above resources as well as others to create a more accurate way of predicting the actual value.
The biggest issue for LEGO collectors and investors is trying to accurately track the current value of a given set or minifigures. There are a number of disparate markets that sell and resell retired LEGO making it difficult to get an accurate understanding of the potential growth. This is where BrickEconomy comes in. BrickEconomy is a comprehensive site dedicated to analyzing the secondary LEGO markets and determining the current and expected values of both sets and minifigures. BrickEconomy, digs into the data and helps investors truly understand the value of your investments. BrickEconomy (‘Brick’ + ‘Economy’) is the economics of LEGO (brick) investing.
In order to continue to provide you with the most complete resource for everything LEGO Star Wars related, THBA has partnered with BrickEconomy to become the first site to bring you price guides for each set in the database. Take a look at the Set Details page to find yet another piece of great information!
The Holo-Brick Archives would like to thank Andrew Newman for all of his help to take this from concept to reality!
Founder and owner of The Holo-Brick Archives, Kevin Downard maintains and curates the Database Catalog as a collecting resource for all fans and covers new product releases.
Getting in at the ground floor when the LEGO Star Wars theme first launched, Kevin has been collecting ever since. He is a self-proclaimed minifigure guru and has a passion for tracking down and cataloging every minifig variation – no matter how obscure. He has assisted Rebrickable and Bricklink in maintaining their set inventories, helped overhaul the rebelscum.com LEGO forum, and created the LSW Collector mobile app.
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