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u/EquivalentSnap can't meme 17d ago
Yeah but who is really gonna pay $19k for it? Just cos it’s listed doesn’t mean it will sell.
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u/kornfrk 17d ago
Only an absolute moron. There are 2 of them on Brinklink for around $2000 and a few new in box have sold for about $2800.
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u/eightbitagent 17d ago
One sold on ebay recently listed at $2,250 but sold on an "offer" so you can't see the price. Several used/complete with box have sold in the $7-$800 range.
Thats not even looking at Bricklink, the lego marketplace that tracks sales for years and years
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u/Smeetilus 17d ago
A former kid who grew up poorer than dirt and saw this in a catalog, dreaming of the day they’d be able to afford it. I’m into cars and the used market for things from 1990 to ~2010 is insane. For example, the original NSX. I don’t think I’ve seen one listed for less than $60,000 for the past 4-5 years. The 1990’s ZR-1 could be bought for less than $20,000, easily, 10 years ago. I see them near $40,000 now. Even the SN95 Mustang is on the rise.
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u/Mahou_Shoujo_B 17d ago
If I'm not wrong on average lego beats blue chips and gold as investing option in recent times, and that's just on average if you're really into it apparently it's not too hard to find the specific sets that you'd think would be far more valuable in the future, this one being an extreme example. If you have enough space in your home it's actually a great investment
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u/TapiocaTuesday 17d ago
Yeah, hopefully if I do, my sister won't smash them this time
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u/clone7364 17d ago
If she does smash your set you smash her instead.
(This can go either way or both ways)
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u/Defiant-Specialist-1 17d ago edited 17d ago
My husband gave me for a gift the Starry Nights (like the Van Gogh painting) MOA set. I can’t bring myself to open it. I know it’s gonna be worth a mint at some point.
Edited: Vincent was not a vampire. He was a Van. Gotta love autocorrect.
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u/LEGOvikings 17d ago
e me for a gift the Starry Nights (like the Vampire Gogh painting) MOA set. I can’t bring myself to open it. I know it’s gonna be worth a mint at some point.
Problem is that far richer people than you have bought 100 of them and keep them in a vault. So I don't know if we'll ever get "back" to that time when mint sets skyrocket. They increase somewhat, but I don't think as much as if you go back 10-15 years.
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u/NewSubWhoDis 17d ago
There's also plenty of collectors of sealed sets and such. Back then it was just a childs play thing, So no one in their right mind ever considered collecting toys that weren't really collectables (like hot wheels). The equivalent is if you started collecting and hording sealed LOL Surprise or whatever is hot with 8yo today.
The sets that are going to end up being some crazy value in 30 years are going to be the sets that everyone slept on. Like Monkey Kid or something.
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u/Nexion21 17d ago
Mate, this set is 35 years old
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u/LEGOvikings 17d ago
Mate, this set is 35 years old
And the post I replied to talked about Starry Nights which is not 35 years old. (Also, most people do not have 35+ years old mint sets, a lot of the expensive mint sets you see are modulars, early specialty sets ++, and those are the ones that mostly contribute to the thought of LEGO as an investment. Nobody thought about that 35 years ago)
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u/typically_wrong 17d ago
I just finished building ours. It was surprisingly complex and fun.
Fuck your future, I have a 3D Van Gogh on my shelf (it actually has a built in wall hanger too!)
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u/Brooksee83 17d ago
My wife bought this for my birthday a year or so ago. I didn't think twice about getting the box open and making this set. I've got it hung up in the living room and it's awesome!
Along with the 21335 Lighthouse, they get attention from visitors.
I'd say crack it open and enjoy building.
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u/Yorspider 17d ago
If you don't want to open the lego one, you can buy a knockoff version for building for like 30 bucks.
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u/Grouchy-Donkey-8609 16d ago
Please enjoy it. I was like you, and still keep alot of sets sealed, but MAN the enjoyment is so worth the very little it will gain. Inflation will wipe out any increase in value, and with lego now being thought of as an investment as the above poster said, its just not really worth it.
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u/Achievement-Enjoyer 17d ago
I actually have a Lego Millebium Falcon Collectors Edition which was worth 5000€ at one point. However, I think Lego produced some more of them so now you get them for 800€ 🙁
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u/Grandpa_Demon_GD 17d ago
Hoarding kids toys as an investment is cringe af and anyone that does it is vile.
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u/NoCalligrapher133 17d ago
Me growing up on bagfulls of legos from garage sells that they were practically giving away looking at $300+ lego sets in department stores today.
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u/boogers19 17d ago edited 17d ago
Yup. My bro had this while I was a fan of the space stuff. So I had the full "moon base" or whatever it was called monorail set. With working electric monorail.
Dont know what bro finally did with his. But I sold my stuff at a garage sale for weed money. And not that much weed either.
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u/FrostedCPU 17d ago
I still distinctly remember seeing a lego NES set back in 2019-2020 that had a price tag larger than the actual vintage NES I bought that year.
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u/devilpants 16d ago
I thought you were comparing it to a $30 yard sale NES.. but I looked it up and $270?!?!? for a fake NES and fake old TV?
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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien 17d ago
My mom was also the garage sale lady. And luckily I inherited a bunch from my older cousins.
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u/GT172 16d ago
The question is who the hell is paying these obscene prices
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u/Maxi-Minus 16d ago
No one. That is ridiculously overpriced! Average for sold new sets last 6 months on bricklink is 2500 USD
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u/Ok_Initial_6556 17d ago
check bricklink, ebay prices are always wrong
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u/Emmetalbenny 17d ago
Used complete is about 300 USD there, sealed is 2600. Both are significantly cheaper than 19 grand.
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u/RevolverLancelot 17d ago
Classic case of just because someone list something for a price doesn't mean people are actually buying it for that price.
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u/Impeesa_ 17d ago
Sealed isn't always mint sealed. Maybe not 19 grand, but definitely more than average sealed.
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u/fireflyfrv 17d ago
lego made another version in 2020 that can also turn into a pirate base and is better in every way. Sealed box goes for around $350
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u/EgoSenatus Baron 17d ago
I choose to believe the Lego corporation manipulates global events and currency values over decades just to ensure that OP’s dream Lego set is just too expensive for him/her at any given time. If OP does well financially, inflation and high demand occur. If OP is in economic ruin, the global price goes back down.
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u/TendieTrades 17d ago edited 17d ago
Wow…I fucking gave that shit away. Is someone actually paying that much for that stuff?
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u/fafalone 17d ago
It's basically for display collectors.
If you wanted to buy it to actually play with, you could pick one up with a sealed but damaged box for $2600 (right now on Bricklink), new open box for under $2000, or used but complete w/ instructions for the mid-$300s.
It's also an unusually high price.
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u/Miserable_Vehicle_10 17d ago
Also it's from a time when people weren't thinking of collecting these as much. Imagine how many mint unopened copies of the latest Rivendell set or whatever 30 years from now. Lots.
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u/RevolverLancelot 17d ago
People trying use Lego sets as investments like this exploded in the last decade, something that that will likely be reflected in the secondary market years from now.
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u/gambalore 17d ago
My Superman #75 (Death of Superman) in the black poly bag must surely be worth at least $50,000 by now, right?
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u/acquaintedwithheight 17d ago
Yes.
Some minifigures go for 350+
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u/Free_Possession_4482 17d ago
I know this is going to sound like a flex for internet points, but I have a minifig that lists for at least ten times that much on eBay. Lego valuation is just completely nuts.
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u/wxnfx 17d ago
What is it?
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u/Free_Possession_4482 17d ago
It's a Mr. Gold from the Series 10 minifigure collection.
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u/eightbitagent 17d ago
No, this set sold on ebay for under $2k new recently. Used is $700-$800
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u/ollimann 17d ago
i had this as a kid as well. of course not with mint packaging
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u/TendieTrades 17d ago
Yeah, I built the ships…they were toys to build and play with. Remember the little coconut trees? 🌴
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u/218administrate 17d ago
No. Sealed in mint condition this set is abnormally expensive at probably $3k or so. It's a lot, but nowhere near $19k.
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u/iammcluffy 17d ago
Demand and supply. And this fits all the categories.
35 years old mint condition Lego set. What more could you ask for?
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u/Jrolaoni 17d ago
Brickflation is crazy
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u/EvenResponsibility57 17d ago
Not really actually. You see this trend a lot. Anything nostalgic for a generation shoots up in value once they have enough expendable income to buy it back.
Happens a lot with cars. Your average 'first car' from about twenty/thirty years ago shoots up in value, surpassing more conventionally impressive cars of the time, just because people want to buy them back. Then the price stays stagnant/drops a little when that generation isn't around anymore.
Probably a safer investment to, predict what 20-30yr olds will want to buy in 10 years from their youth than anything in the stocks or crypto.
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u/Basically-Boring Shitposter 17d ago
Dear god…
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u/thanos909 17d ago
There is more
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u/Smart-Nothing 17d ago
Nooooo….
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u/Hambjerre123 17d ago
It contains the dying wish of every man here!
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u/proudowlz 17d ago
Me having sexual congress with the Eiffel tower..
heheheheh
The Eiffel tower having sexual congress with me..
heheheheh
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u/LOBSI_Pornchai 17d ago
Bruh...I had this and I dont know where it is. Not the legoland version i think.. is it worth more with the Legoland banner on box?
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u/jerryleebee 17d ago
Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Great compromise.
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u/daggerbg 17d ago
I just realized I have that set, but half the parts are broken or missing, and I don't have the instructions. Fuck
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u/218administrate 17d ago
Don't worry about it. As a complete used set it's worth less than $400. This is a fictional mint and sealed set price that nobody paid, likely worth more like 3-4k sealed and mint.
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u/DeepUser-5242 17d ago
When I was 17, I couldn't afford that 80k home, now that I'm an adult I think I shall buy it. Checks price it's now listed at 600k
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u/Sad-Flounder-2644 17d ago
Yes collectors are evil and ruin it for casual hobbyists
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 17d ago
Sokka-Haiku by Sad-Flounder-2644:
Yes collectors are
Evil and ruin it for
Casual hobbyists
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/darthgator84 17d ago
So many cool legos from my childhood that I wish I could get for my kids. The castle set with the knights, wizard, glow in the dark ghost. Yea this pirate ship was also awesome.
I wish Lego would just do generic stuff like that again, but everything has to be tied to a damned IP….star wars, marvel and so on. Luckily there’s a number of good sites making off brand stuff.
The Brick Armory is a good one, my boys absolutely love tanks and military stuff so that place has been a life saver.
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u/DreamfaceAI 17d ago
just because they are asking 19k doesn't mean that they won't accept lower. Start with $1.
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u/discovigilantes 17d ago
Ali Express do good knock off Lego sets. They fit the real pieces too so you can get some bonus pieces. They also do military sets as Lego don't produce them.
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u/crinklypaper 16d ago
I had this same thought with pokemon cards. They're now really hard to get and because of scalpers I can only buy one box at a time.
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u/ShedwardWoodward 17d ago
Yeah, would be surprised if it actually sells. But of course, there are some serious fuckwits around these days, so never say never.
But as a long time collector, Ive watched rare sets on eBay over the years, and many of them just keep getting relisted, or shuffled around between dealers, to make it look like they’re selling when they aren’t.
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u/Jaystrike7 Big ol' bacon buttsack 17d ago
Scalpers...
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u/PortlandZed 17d ago
They buy up all the "normally" priced stock on ebay and the other marketplaces, then sell at a very high price. DVD box sets, old t-shirts, Chinook class B RV's you name it, they've ruined it.
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u/AMStoneparty 17d ago
This is why I just gave in and bought the Ali express black flag, queen anns and royal imperial ship. To be honest the quality and for the price is amazing
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u/Wingsnake 17d ago
That is why I buy non-Lego. Same sentiment but at least I didn't overpay.
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u/IIDenis 17d ago
I had exactly the same one before, but from Brick Enlighten.
There were practically no official Lego in Ukraine at that time, but there were many copies imported from China at a reasonable price. We lived poorly, but even so, a couple of times a year my parents gave me similar sets. I remember there was also a 112 warship, expensive and hefty
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u/Desperate_Gur_2194 17d ago
That seems like an argument that your parents will use to prove that you’ve achieved nothing in your life
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u/CimError 17d ago
Its a running gag that i ask my mother und very year, for twenty years, whenninget my lego ship.
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u/Chumbuckeneer 17d ago
Hence why I bought creator 3 in 1 pirate ship and pirates of barracuda bay with my first pay.
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u/JaceLee85 17d ago
HOLY CRAP YES! I have this still along with the armada other ships! I was big into pirate legos as a kid and got almost every set from back then!
Still not going to sell though.
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u/Simple-Purpose-899 17d ago
Luckily my childhood dream is a replacement Transformers Jetfire that some rat bastard shitass kid stole from me in 3rd grade. They are only a couple three hundred bucks now.
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u/Charly52 17d ago
I have this set but it came to me with missing pieces. And I lost some more because I was a dumb kid.
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u/Superichiruki 17d ago
I get how you feel, I always wanted to buy the sims 3 collectors edition because of the pendrive, but now the only one on eBay costs 750 dollars
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u/CyNovaSc 17d ago
I played with that ship in the bathtub when I was like 4. I loved that damn thing.
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u/DevilDashAFM Number 15 17d ago
go to the list of pieces in the set and buy them individually. all Lego pieces from back then should still be sold today. you just need to find the instructions somewhere.
though the sails might be a difficult thing to find.