A quick search of successful eBay auctions completed Tuesday shows a $53.99 median price for a single, unopened "Luke Skywalker with Blue Milk" minifigure. Sales for the minifigure on on Lego-trading site Bricklink have averaged nearly $70 this month, and currently available listings on that site start at $55.
Those are some substantial prices, considering that the figure is offered for free with the $69.99 physical Deluxe Edition of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The Deluxe Edition sells for just $10 more than the $59.99 standard edition and includes exclusive digital characters as well.
But the inflated price makes some sense given that the Deluxe Edition is consistently sold out at major retailers (including Lego's own online store). There are currently no other official ways to get the "exclusive" figure, either, although completely unsourced rumors suggest the situation may change in the future.
Many lucky Deluxe Edition owners have been more than willing to cash in by unloading their freebie figure to collectors, with nearly 300 successful eBay auctions for the minifigure closed since the game's April 5 launch (including one that went for a staggering $140). The inflated secondhand prices are extending to the Deluxe Edition of the game as well; new copies of the Switch version from Amazon resellers are being listed for nearly $150 or more, and Deluxe Edition games on eBay (complete with the rare minifigure) have recently sold for almost $225.
While we've seen ridiculous secondhand markups for video game collectibles in the past, they are often associated with preorder bonuses and/or retailer exclusives. Neither of those applies to The Skywalker Saga's Deluxe Edition, so fans who don't want to pay those inflated prices could still luck into finding a copy at retail.That said, inventory-tracker NowInStock.net shows recent Amazon Deluxe Edition restocks for the game selling out in less than 30 minutes for the PS5 version and in a matter of hours for the Xbox version. That suggests the demand for this hot Lego collectible will continue to exceed its supply in the near future at the very least.
Hopefully, Lego and game publisher Warner Bros. will take note of the situation and expand their production numbers. And hopefully, they'll do so faster than Nintendo, which took months to relaunch the NES Classic Edition after initial supplies proved woefully insufficient.Hurrah Times may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.
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