The earliest LEGO Star Wars helmets are now incredibly expensive

Two new LEGO Star Wars helmets are about to hit shelves – but if you want a complete collection, you’re going to need to cough up serious dough for two of its earliest sets.

The LEGO Star Wars Helmet Collection kicked off in 2020 with 75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet, 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet and 75277 Boba Fett Helmet. Five more helmets joined its ranks across 2021 and 2022, and another trio will follow on March 1 in 75349 Captain Rex Helmet, 75350 Clone Commander Cody Helmet and 75351 Princess Leia (Boushh) Helmet.

Not all of those sets will be available on shelves simultaneously, though: all three of the first wave of sets has now retired, following the recent departure of 75277 Boba Fett Helmet at the end of 2022. Given that set hung around for a fair while, it hasn’t really shot up in price on the aftermarket yet – so you can still grab a sealed copy on BrickLink for under £50.

The same is unfortunately not true for 75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet or 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet, though. If you’re missing either of those sets and hoping to retroactively complete your LEGO Star Wars Helmet Collection, you’re going to need deep pockets. Sealed copies of 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet on BrickLink start at around £80, while 75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet starts at just under £130.

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Those are high prices for sets that originally retailed for £55 each, and especially for the TIE Fighter Pilot, which isn’t what you’d call the most iconic Star Wars character (especially next to Boba Fett). So what gives?

Well, one reason for the set’s high aftermarket value could easily be that lack of popularity while on shelves. With the more recognisable Stormtrooper and Boba Fett vying for your LEGO Star Wars helmet budget in 2020, how many people were going to pick up an Imperial pilot? The result is that there are far fewer copies available on BrickLink at the time of writing – and no used sets – suggesting a greater degree of general scarcity.

LEGO setOriginal RRPAftermarket price (new)Aftermarket price (used)
75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet£54.99 / $59.99 / €59.99From £129.61N/A
75276 Stormtrooper Helmet£54.99 / $59.99 / €59.99From £77.95From £67.39

A more obvious catalyst for the high entry fees for both 75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet and 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet is that they were originally available for less than two years, launching in April 2020 and retiring by December 2021. But it’s also worth considering that these were the start of a collection that – at the time – wasn’t guaranteed to continue.

Now that the LEGO Star Wars Helmet Collection is moving into its fourth year, and consequently finding new fans all the time, there’s surely more interest in attaining a complete line-up – and, therefore, the earliest sets. It’s basic supply and demand, which you can see exacerbated by 75274 TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet’s more limited supply.

It’s a familiar tale for anyone who jumped on board the modular building train long after the likes of 10182 Café Corner, 10285 Green Grocer and 10190 Market Street retired, as all three of those early entries in the series now command astronomical prices. Our advice? Don’t miss out on the first wave of LEGO Star Wars Diorama Collection sets – you never know when history will repeat itself…

75349 Captain Rex Helmet, 75350 Clone Commander Cody Helmet and 75351 Princess Leia (Boushh) Helmet will be available to purchase from March 1 for £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 each. Take a closer look at both new Clone Wars helmets here, and the Return of the Jedi set here.

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Chris Wharfe
I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.

Chris Wharfe

I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.