A picture (specifically this one) is worth a thousand discussions about the price of LEGO Star Wars 75419 Death Star.
Much and more has been said about the price of 75419 Death Star, the latest LEGO Star Wars UCS model and the most expensive LEGO set ever to hit shelves – but one picture manages to sum up exactly why the price feels so egregious to fans. One redditor shared the haul they've gathered up over the last few weeks, having put aside $1,000 for 75419 Death Star, only to be unconvinced when it was revealed.
Left with $1,000 set aside for LEGO purchases (a good problem to have), reddit user asolitaryspirit managed to get their hands on some admittedly excellent deals. Their post on reddit now works as an excellent visual example of why many simply won't spend $1,000 on a single set.
72046 Game Boy and 43279 WALL-E and EVE were both bought at LEGO.com for $60 and $70 a piece, earning the shopper 40772 Celebration Series: Luminous Ghost at the same time. Amazon's Prime Big Deals saw them pick up 76178 Daily Bugle, 10297 Boutique Hotel, and 21338 A-Frame Cabin for $245, $150, and $125 each.
The next purchase was 75374 The Onyx Cinder for $98 at Target, ending on $180 for 21325 Medieval Blacksmith via Mercari. For a final sweetener, they also organised a trade for 75331 The Razor Crest.
Even if you discount that final set as it wasn't technically a purchase, that's still a mighty impressive haul, coming to a total of $928 – a cool $72 less than 75419 Death Star. Of course, they've had some luck in hunting down a series of good deals, but the prices aren't so rare that anyone reading this couldn't hope to find similar discounts.
"All in all, I'm so excited for this haul," they wrote. "I've never gotten a haul this big, and I'm super lucky to have gotten the chance to get these at pretty good deals!"
75419 Death Star might be a mighty set of over 9,000 pieces, but even those who have been enjoying it likely couldn't argue that it offers the same build experience, enjoyment, and display possibilities as the massive stack that the redditor shared in their photo. LEGO Star Wars sets are often associated with higher prices, but there are also alternative sets you could buy from a galaxy far, far away that feel like you're getting more bang for your buck.
While asolitaryspirit's experience is obviously an outlier in terms of the exact deals they found, it does demonstrate just how much you can feasibly pick up for $1,000 – and drive home the point that a single set is hard to value at that eye-watering price tag.
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