In 1998 LEGO released 11 Aquazone sets across 3 subthemes. The largest Aquazone set from 1998 was
6199 Hydro Crystallisation Station with a piece count of 482 and a retail price of $89.99. The current estimated value of all these Aquazone sets from this year is about $2,118.94 which represents a 675.1% growth.
Aquazone was an underwater theme introduced in 1995 that lasted until 1999 and contained five subthemes all of which took place in the ocean and typically involved two sides fighting each other for valuables such as Hydrolator Crystals. Aquazone was the second new theme after Pirates that was introduced after the initial three classic major themes Town, Castle, and Space from 1978.
1998 LEGO Sets
In 1998, LEGO released several new sets and themes, including the LEGO Star Wars theme, which was based on the Star Wars movies and featured models of characters, vehicles, and locations from the films. This theme was extremely popular and helped to boost LEGO's sales and popularity. 1998 was also the year that LEGO introduced the LEGO Mindstorms theme, which was a line of sets that allowed users to build and program robots using LEGO bricks and a computer.