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| | | Author: | stecre  | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2019 12:41 | | Subject: | Minifigure, Utensil Tool Screwdriver - Narrow | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Why is this part so expensive in DBG??
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| | | | | Author: | Killermike | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2019 13:01 | | Subject: | Re: Minifigure, Utensil Tool Screwdriver - Narrow | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Only available in 3 sets, of which one is an exclusive.
Basic Supply and Demand, I should think
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| | | | | Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2019 13:10 | | Subject: | Re: Minifigure, Utensil Tool Screwdriver - Narrow | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, stecre writes:
| | Why is this part so expensive in DBG??
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The long answer:
It only came out in 2005, and for all intents and purposes, the only fully-distributed
set it was in was 7251 Darth Vader Transformation. Until Lego released an updated
version of that in 2017, it was a fairly high-demand set because that scene in
Revenge of the Sith is iconic. But sets released in 2004-2005 typically had short
shelf lives because of Lego's color transformation and changes in the company.
So higher demand + lower supply = a fairly expensive set -- it still averages
$28 for 53 pieces, or $0.53/piece, and I remember seeing it go for $35-$40
a few years back. Since there are very few exclusive parts in the set besides
the figs, the few exclusive/rare parts get priced up extremely high, likely because
of people trying to Bricklink the set.
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