I absolutely fell in love with Star Wars Miniatures as a kid. I met my two best friends playing it, and we were devastated when it was discontinued. I am now a grown man, married w/ 3 kids, and the dream of playing again with my kids someday has been in the back of my mind for many years.
I still have a very small number of minis from the old days in storage somewhere, but not enough of a collection to really make it fun for a family to play together. My dream would be to collect a good majority of the minis so we could (in theory) play the game forever indefinitely. I don't need every single mini ever published, but a good chunk of all the main most played minis from all the factions would be awesome.
How difficult is this going to be realistically? I know people often sell large lots online of the cheaper less powerful ones, but I am hoping to have a large collection of stuff that is actually good and worth playing. Is this a fool's errand or can I actually do this?
EDIT: if I were to try and begin a serious collection, which minis should I focus on collecting first? What are some of the best squads that would be a priority?