In 2013 LEGO released 9 The Hobbit sets across 3 subthemes. The largest The Hobbit set from 2013 was
79014 Dol Guldur Battle with a piece count of 797 and a retail price of $69.99. The current estimated value of all these The Hobbit sets from this year is about $9,501.29 which represents a 4420.4% growth.
The LEGO Hobbit is a theme that was introduced in 2012 based off of Peter Jackson's films which is in turn based off the book by J.R.R Tolkien. The theme included a number of subthemes based on the films including The An Unexpected Journey released in 2012, The Desolation of Smaug released in 2013 and The Battle of the Five Armies released in 2014.
2013 LEGO Sets
2013 included a number of notable theme releases including the Legends of Chima, The Lone Ranger, Galaxy Squad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Mickey Mouse & Friends. The flagship release was Legends of Chima with the coincided premier of The Legends of Chima TV Show on Cartoon Network. However, LEGO unfortunately did retire a number of well-loved themes such as Monster Fighters, SpongeBob SquarePants, Cars and Dino. One interesting note is that in 2013, LEGO started changing from 4-digit set numbers to 5-digit set numbers. 2013 was also the year that LEGO release the exclusive Mr. Gold in its collectable minifigures blind bags. This event single handled created one of the greatest investment opportunities for collections LEGO has seen.