ACCK!! Shedding parts of your collection? Why didn't you just open them all? That's my plan so I can conserve space and still enjoy them. I don't think I'd ever part with these lil ships myself if/when it comes time to thin the herd.
It really was an easy decision once I started thinking about it. I purged just about all the Hasbro product from my collection about two years ago and this was pretty much all I had left. I had no interest in opening everything as I loved the way they displayed in the package. While I loved having a representation of just about all of the vehicles in the SW universe, I decided it was time to part with them. My collection now only consists of high-end stuff. Gentle Giant Mini-Busts, Master Replicas/eFX 1:1 props, SW autographs/prints, Sideshow 1:4 statues and 1:1 busts.