The slow journey to a BARC speeder
Finally, after months of daily ebay alerts, I finally managed to purchase a copy of the BARC speeder with sidecar ( 75012 ) at a price I didn't consider to be too outrageous. For the record, I paid £65... though I think I got it a bit cheap as it was missing one of the droids. I knew I had a spare one of those lying around so I wasn't too bothered by this. So, why is this set so expensive? I have no real idea as there seem to be plenty of copies for sale. The reason appears to be this bad boy: This Captain Rex is exclusive to the set and seems to command a price tag of £40 or so all to himself. In fact, any Captain Rex seems to be ridiculously expensive - I recently got the correct head for one of the other versions and that set me back quite a bit. The Obi Wan minifig is also unique but seemingly less desirable. Otherwise, this set comes with lots of stickers (all intact on this version) and I like the sidecar but otherwise, I recko...