I've tried to draw together a good summary of where the important ships/pilot/upgrades are for new Rebel players. I run down each expansion and list what other upgrades will commonly be played with it, then finally I demonstrate a couple of potential routes for building up a nice little Rebel collection from scratch!

http://stayontheleader.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/x-wing-miniatures-buying-guide-part-i.html

Hopefully people will find it a helpful and clear approach for a guide of this kind...

I loved reading this, and as someone that plays only the Empire (for now) found it very informative. Looking forward to the other posts!

This is the kind of thing that makes me really love the XWMG playerbase.

Good read. I'm just starting out myself, and slowly growing my collection. This was very helpful, and I'm looking forward to digging through some of your previous content.