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1978 LEGO Santa Claus

Name: LEGO Santa Claus
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 1978-1
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

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Set Value (New/Sealed)

This chart represents the current new/sealed value of the set Santa Claus since August 2016. Medium/low

LEGO 1978 Santa Claus was a 39 piece Basic set released in 1991. This set was only released in the US. The current value for a new, factory sealed Santa Claus is estimated around $8. On the secondary markets, the typical price range for the set MISB/NISB is between $7 and $9. On the open market, a used set will fetch in the range of between $5 and $6 depending on the condition.

All regions

All regions 17
United States 16
Canada 1

For Sale (New/Sealed)

	(US) * Best US listing for Santa Claus *	BrickEconomy Choice $8.95
	(US) Sealed! Polybag has light wrinkles, but still good!	$7.18 -9.9%
	(US) Set Box #1	$7.20 -9.7%
	(US) BrickLink store Folsom CA Bricks	$7.81 -2.0%
	(US) Sealed in polybag.	$7.97
	(US) BrickLink store Toy Crazy	$7.99 +0.3%
	(US) BrickLink store Toy Crazy	$7.99 +0.3%
	(US) Set 1978 Build A Santa From 1991, New And Sealed	$8.95 +12.3%
	(US) 1991 LEGO Build-A-Santa 1978	$9.99 +25.3%
	(US) Seasonal (Set # 1978) Build-A-Santa Polybag	$9.99 +25.3%
	(US) 1978 Build-A-Santa Claus Set 1991 NEW SEALED BAG	$10.00 +25.5%
	(US) Basic: Santa Claus (1978)	$10.00 +25.5%
	(US) #1978. Build-A-Santa 1991. Brand New, Never Been Opened	$10.00 +25.5%
	(US) Vintage LEGO Build-A-Santa 1991 #1978 Christmas SEALED NEW	$10.00 +25.5%
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	(US) BrickLink store Texas Bricks	$10.00 +25.5%
	(CA) 1978-1 - Build-A-Santa - Brand New! Retired Seasonal 1991!	$10.90 +36.8%
	(US) NIB Vintage 1991 LEGO Basic Build A Santa - Santa Claus #1978	$11.99 +50.4%

Sales Distribution (Last 90 Days)

This chart shows the distribution of sales for the last 3 months of new/sealed 1978 Santa Claus.

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Set Details

Set number

1978-1

Name

Santa Claus

Theme

Basic

Subtheme

Seasonal

Year

1991

Availability

Retired

Packaging

Polybag

Pieces

Set Pricing

New/Sealed

Value

$7.97

Used

Value

$5.00

Range

$4.90 - $6.00

Quick Buy

eBay

Buy

Lowest price

$8.95

Highest price

$11.99

Bricklink

Buy

Lowest price

$7.18

Highest price

$10.00

*Listings are for new/sealed sets.

Set Predictions

1 year forecast

$8.49

5 year forecast

$10.09

$10

1978 Santa Claus is estimated to be worth between $10 - $10 in 5 years (new/sealed).

Santa Claus Reviews

4 ratings

4.2

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Subtheme Analysis

Basic / Seasonal

Sets

Years

1977 - 2000

Annual growth

+5.80%

This set's annual growth (CAGR) vs. subtheme

Community Stats

Santa Claus currently ranks #5 out of the top most owned sets in Basic Seasonal.

#1Santa Claus

#2Santa with Reindeer and Sleigh

#3Santa

#4Santa and Chimney

#5Santa Claus

#6Snowman

#7Snowman

#8Rabbit

About Basic Seasonal

LEGO has produced various seasonal and holiday-themed sets over the years. These sets often coincide with holidays like Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Valentine's Day, among others. The LEGO Basic theme, which began in the 1970s, was designed to be a more general, non-thematic series of sets. Unlike the themed sets that revolve around concepts, the Basic theme provided a collection of standard LEGO bricks and pieces.

Seasonal consists of 18 sets that ran from 1977 to 2000. As of today, 246-2 Santa and Sleigh is the most valuable Seasonal set with an estimated new/factory sealed value of $148.

Set Pricing Models

BrickEconomy uses a number of methods to determine the value of a set.

New/Sealed

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$7.97

Value (in a year)

$8.49

Value (in 2 years)

$8.95

Accuracy

0.960800 Very high

Statistical Model

Value (today)

$8.20

Value (in a year)

(Possible plateau)

Value (in two years)

(Possible plateau)

Accuracy

0.277606 Very low

Used

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$5.00

Value (low range)

$4.90

Value (high range)

$6.00

Accuracy

0.905800 High

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