The 10 most expensive Lego sets See all Editor's Picks Photo via Antonio / Flickr Remix by Max Fleishman You won’t find these at your local elementary school. Lego enthusiasts can shell out serious dough for the privilege of building the coolest, rarest, most extravagant sets. Lego’s priciest advanced models are highly valued collector’s items. The most expensive retired Lego sets can fetch up to five figures. Among the most expensive include sets themed after Star Wars and major world landmarks like the Taj Mahal. What makes certain Lego sets so expensive? It’s not solely because of the number of pieces or a popular franchise tie-in like Star Wars. The value of a Lego set often skyrockets after it retires. “Rarity is the most important factor with any LEGO collectible. If a set is rare, and desirable, and continues to be rare, it will remain valuable,” said founder of Lego pricing guide BrickPicker Ed Maciorowski. Here are the top 10 most valuable Lego sets according to the Lego collector’s website Brickpicker:
Number of Pieces: 1248 Notable features: “Market Street” is Lego’s second entry in its modular building series for adult builders. The set features curved staircases and interchangeable floors. Number of Pieces: 2,056 Notable features: Lego’s “Cafe Corner” features three stories, a mosaic, and a bicycle. Number of Pieces: 3, 428 Notable features: The completed Lego Eiffel Tower is the tallest Lego model to date; standing at 42 inches. It features a French flag made out of Lego bricks. 7) Imperial Star Destroyer Number of Pieces: 1,359 Notable features: Lego’s model of the Imperial Star Destroyer ship from Star Wars includes eight synchronized cannons, an Emperor Palpatine hologram, and a Lego figure of Darth Vader. 6) Death Star II Number of Pieces: 3,447 Notable features: The Lego Death Star II is built to scale with the original and includes a super laser. Number of Pieces: 1 Notable features: Made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Lego’s Minifigures series, only 5,000 Mr. Gold figures were produced in total.
4) Statue of Liberty Number of Pieces: 2,882 Notable features: Lego’s Statue of Liberty model is made entirely of sand-green bricks. Number of Pieces: 3,263 Notable features: Lego’s electricity-powered Grand Carousel spins and plays music. Number of Pieces: 5,922 Notable features: Lego’s Taj Mahal became the company’s largest set when it was released in 2008. Number of Pieces: 5, 174 Notable features: Lego’s “Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon” is the largest Star Wars set and the second-largest Lego set ever made. It features Lego figures of Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Up next after the break:Modular Buildings is a sub-theme of Creator introduced in 2007, which features large, detailed, connectable, buildings, aimed at adult fans of LEGO. To date there have been nine sets ranging from fire houses to town halls. Each set costs around £100/$150 USD except for the more expensive 10224 Town Hall and 10243 Parisian Restaurant, and the cheaper 10182 Café Corner and 10190 Market Street.
The Street Layout is the combination of any of the following: 10182 Café Corner, 10185 Green Grocer, 10190 Market Street, 10197 Fire Brigade, 10218 Pet Shop, 10211 Grand Emporium, 10224 Town Hall, 10232 Palace Cinema and 10243 Parisian Restaurant, 10246 Detective's Office and 10251 Brick Bank. It utilizes TECHNIC pins to connect the buildings together. Café Corner, Grand Emporium, and Palace Cinema are connecting corners by which two sides of the layout can be joined together. The street resembles a 30's style design in all of the buildings although some contain more modern scenes. All the Modular Buildings from 2007-2011 together10211 Grand Emporium, 10218 Pet Shop and 10224 Town Hall10224 Town Hall, 10232 Palace Cinema and 10243 Parisian Restaurant Subscribe by feed (RSS) LTM on Twitter and Facebook Urban Farming in the 1600sFrom the 16th to the 20th century, urban farmers grew Mediterranean fruits and vegetables as far north as England and the Netherlands, using only renewable energy.
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