Relatively new to game... is this a good deal?

By dwaynehicks, in X-Wing

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Hello,

I recently got into the game and love it!

Searching various sites I've been offered these ships for $170 and was wondering if it would be worth it?

Imperial:

  • 4 TIE Fighters (2 core sets)
  • 1 TIE advanced
  • 1 TIE Bomber
  • 1 TIE Defender
  • 1 TIE Phantom
  • 2 TIE Interceptors (Imperial Aces)
  • 1 VT-49 Decimator
  • 1 Lambda Class Shuttle

Rebels:

  • 2 X-wings (2 core sets)
  • 2 A-wings
  • 1 B-wing
  • 1 Y-wing

Appreciate any help!

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MSRP for all that would be $285 so yes, that's a great deal for the price. Clearly it's someone who favored the Empire, but you could make a few Rebel lists with what you got.

Just make sure all the upgrade cards are included as well.

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At an average of less than $10 per ship it is a good deal, especially since the Decimator and shuttle cost a good bit more than that. As VanorDM said, make sure all the upgrade cards are there.

This site can help if you need to know:

http://xwing-miniatures.wikia.com/wiki/Products

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Depends what you mean by "good" deal. Is it pretty fair? Probably if you get all the cards, dials, tokens, rulers, etc. And there isn't a lot of wear and tear.

But it isn't blow-your-socks off cheap, or really all that cheap in general. You can get it all new for $190 on CSI and not have to worry about taking a detailed inventory of everything you should get, and not have to worry about wear and tear.

Personally not a deal I would take, but I'm known to be finicky about the condition of my games. $20 is worth it to me to get brand new and pretty much guaranteed complete sets.

Edited by GiraffeandZebra
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My rough values would put small ships at $10 each and large ships at $20. Using that the ships you have listed could be had for about $200 new so if everything is there you'd be saving $30 which could be used to fill in holes with that collection.

When I look at the selection of ships there are some in there that I don't believe work as well with what is listed and there are some ships that would boost things. Ships that may not be worth it include the TIE Bomber and Advanced, the Shuttle, and the A-Wings. What could boost what you have are a TIE Fighter and X-Wing expansions (to get the pilots), the Rebel Aces expansion which is another A and B Wing but provides boost to the A-Wings, and an TIE Interceptor expansion for the unique pilots in it; these thing I believe would boost the rest of the collection although there are other ships that would be very useful to have as well.