Our community, 585 want it Our community, 571 want it Our community, 594 want it Our community, 515 want it Our community, 517 want it Our community, 525 want it Our community, 532 want it Our community, 548 want it Our community, 591 want it Our community, 530 want it Our community, 478 want it Our community, 484 want it Our community, 921 want it Our community, 577 want it Our community, 594 want itYou must be 16 or over to participate in the Brickset Forum. Please read the announcements and rules before you join. Price per LEGO brick, function of the set's theme and license /r/dataisbeautiful/comments/5oh3p5/price_per_lego_brick_function_of_the_sets_theme/Haven't had chance to look at it myself, but the main takeaway is that Star Wars doesn't have the IP tax we all think it does, apparently. Might be because it's US-centric though. I just thought that City is skewed this year due to the outlandish prices of #60052 and #60097.
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Our community, 307 want it Our community, 438 want it Dawn of Iron Doom Our community, 465 want it Our community, 280 want it Our community, 31 want itOver the last ten years or so, LEGO has been producing sets that contain hundreds or even thousands of pieces more – and cost a lot more – than what we can find in their normal product ranges. The company refers to these sets as LEGO Exclusives. This year LEGO released an unusually large number of LEGO Exclusive-size sets, so I thought to take some time and research the largest LEGO sets of all time, compare them, and share the results with you. So what exactly qualifies as a LEGO Exclusive set? There are actually a number of potential factors, such as large piece-count, high price, limited production, special licensing, etc. For this article, I chose to focus on the piece-count and the price. U, I was able to narrow down my search to sets that contain more than 3,000 pieces, or have an original retail price of $300 or more. I
t turns out that as of now, LEGO produced 15 sets with more than 3,000 pieces. The top ten of these are listed below: While this list is very straightforward, it does not take into consideration how the sets compare in prices. Looking at the Brickset database again, we find that LEGO released twelve sets with an original retail price of $300 or more. So to get a combined list, I added the positions of each set from both lists together. To complicate things however, some of the $300+ sets did not contain more than 3,000 pieces, and some of the sets I listed above did not retail for over $300 (both of which are due to LEGO’s inconsistent pricing). This of course greatly alters the results. Taking everything into consideration I ended up with the following list of what can be called the eleven largest LEGO sets of all time. The list shows the set’s name and number, the piece count, the original retail price, and the year it was released. As you can see, the order of the sets in the second list changed greatly from the first. T
his is mostly because of the extra-high prices of the licensed sets. Looking at the year of release, it is interesting to note that five out of the eleven sets are from this year! Fortunately all five are good sets, and in a wide variety of themes, so there is something for everyone. Our wallets may not be so happy however. There is one slight issue with my final list however. There are three LEGO sets that should be on the list, but are not. These are the #200430 LEGO Serious Play Identity and Landscape Kit, the #2000431 LEGO Serious Play Connections Kit, and the LEGO Serious Play #2000409 Window Exploration Bag. These three sets retail for $790, $755, and $485 respectively, making the first two the most expensive LEGO products in history. Why are they not on the list? I chose not to include them because they are not standard retail sets. According to LEGO’s own description, they are designed to enhance business performance through building with LEGO bricks in timed workshops. T
hat’s not quite the same as what the #10188 Death Star was designed for, but if you are interested to check them out, you can find them at the LEGO Serious Play section of the Online LEGO Shop. While the #10179 LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon continues to occupy the first place as the largest standard retail set, keep in mind that these lists can and probably will change in a few years, as LEGO releases more massive sets. You can find the current selection under the LEGO Exclusives section of the Online LEGO Shop. So what do you think? Do you agree with my criteria for making the final list? How many of the largest LEGO sets of all time do you have? Fee free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉 And you may also like to check out the following related posts:Ninjago: Build your own Adventure parts Our community, 156 want it Our community, 366 want it Our community, 493 want it Our community, 291 want it Our community, 384 want it