How To Survive Collecting LEGO Star Wars

Of all the LEGO themes on offer, Star Wars is by far the most intimidating and daunting. Here are some of the things I've learnt since I started collecting it, and what I'd recommend to fans new and old

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[tabletopstudios]

Collecting Lego Star Wars is like knowing you're going into a trap, but still going because you think you'll be prepared. (You never will be)

[Brickzie]

Tips on how I survived collecting Lego Star Wars:
1. Sacrificing other themes
2. Reduce my savings dramatically
3. Take on family/friend loans
4. Maximizing pay-later schemes aka debt
5. Skipping meals
6. Continue driving a failing car
7. Delay my loan repayments
8. Working 2 jobs to buy retired sets
9. Abandoning dreams & life goals
10. Just trying to stay alive

You're welcome...

Oh ..and stay single to die alone.

[thestud]

One can survive Lego Star Wars collecting about as well as those younglings could survive Order 66, which is to say not at all. Believe me, I’m eight years deep into the hobby. 😂

[arielpingol]

I started with the Cantina as my first Lego Star Wars set back in December 2022. Since then, I have collected ALL the Star Wars USC sets ❤

[kleinemonnik]

I make units of 6 men. In the case of the Republic, it's most often 1 Jedi, 1 clone commander and 4 other clones. I put these six on a plate, and then that unit is complete. I got multiple units from different time periods, along with multiple ships and other transports. This is for me the way to not explode into massive armies for which I don't have the space: by focussing on these units, it satisfies my hobby, and I still get armies. And by putting them on these plates, I can easily move them as one unit. And pit them against each other :D.

[justastaronblox]

I agree 100% on the consitancy, I have a lot of clones from 2019 and now the helmets are slightly different, the printing is slightly different, and it makes some of my older figures look outdated when they really arent

[ClickWithBricks]

Love your Vids Holly! Great work and insights. Just bought the Scythe and Mos Eisley...I am such a HUGE Star Wars Fan and agree that the minifigures are accurate as well as very detailed and fun. 🙂

[michaelyoung]

To think that I got started in lego around 2000, and my first straw wars sets were the two best rebel and imperial battle packs (7667 and 7668) from 2008 when I was 13, and I finally had a chance to build up my collection on my own whim in 2017-2021 thanks to reduced classes at collage giving me the time and money to collect, that was a dream come true. And then inflation hit and I gotta curb my wild spending hurt

[majorbuginator]

I've found myself seriously getting back into collecting since 2016, with Vader's TIE Advanced and A-Wing. Just seeing how Vader was updated was cool, and I haven't stopped since. The year after, I sprang for the UCS Slave I since Boba Fett is (was) a beast. Fast forward to about 2022, and I got the UCS Millenium Falcon as well. It sits proudly in... my closet. You're spot on with these things being a space commitment, though I really wanted it for the build experience and the fact it is minifig scale. And yeah, I was petty enough to part out the sequel trilogy stuff it came with. No bypassing compressors in my Falcon, dammit.

[ComicBoy]

Honestly I’ve never been into army building with any Lego theme I’m interested in. I just need 1 of every character I like. This applies to Star Wars as well. 1 Jek 14, 1 Captain Phasma, 1 Enfys Nest, 1 Geonosis Airborne Trooper, 1 BB-8, 1 Aayla Secura, 1 Gar Saxon, etc. I want to appreciate each minifigure individually, not just have a massive blob of hundreds of the same minifigure.

[_Eternal-Darkness_]

Fun fact, we can't survive LEGO Star Wars collecting. We are always tempted to buy a super expensive dope minifigure that only came out in 1 set 10 years ago, or an expensive polybag, or 50 of the same set to make an army we crave having. But I don't mind, I like spending my money anyways, love the vids, keep up the good work Holly

[DiamondAviator]

1:47 my army currently consists of 16 clones. I’m planning on growing it a bit more.
Also, love seeing woman into Star Wars. Gives me hope (personal stuff, don’t ask)

[darthgbc]

AT-AT has been my favorite since it was 1st revealed on screen. 1980. I was 8. I now find myself hording Snow Trooper sets to build a Hoth scene.

[DramaBricks]

"So you're gonna suffer, but you're gonna be happy about it. "
-Ron Weasley

[ErenikGillgrenov]

10:41 my fully built cantina with everything extra taken off JUST fit into my glass cabinet. Even then the doors pushed it in a tad tiny bit, still love the set tho

[BrickMeisterZ]

I recently started collecting LEGO Star Wars sets. And I could survive that LEGO theme for not buying those expensive UCS vehicles like the AT-AT Walker or X-Wing Starfigher.

[BlackHawkBricks]

Dang, I this was really needed! Thx. Congrats on (soon to be) 80k!

[caitlynskiff]

I had gotten Lego Star Wars Sets as a kid, and loved playing with them, but I didn't start collecting for display sake until 2015 when Force Awakens came out. Poe's Orange and Black X-Wing is still my favorite Star Wars set in my collection.

[josephbolcome]

I collect the minifgs moreso (sets? more recent ones; this applies to mostly older figures). Also, Lego armies aren't the only armies I have; plastic soldiers from things like CTS and AIP are decent, with most AIP being World War One.

Edit: IDK about other people here, but I've been collecting Lego SW since about 2011 (though 2017-20, 21 was a dark age).

[legomaster]

I never bought into clone army building. I prefer one of each minifig. I've been collecting Lego Star Wars since 2005 and prefer just buying sets I like! I do like having different legions of clones! Good insights though there's a lot of truth to your points.