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Dorling Kindersley
LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure

LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure

Name: LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure
Brand: LEGO
SKU: ISBN024123705X-1
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (18 reviews)

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Set Value (New/Sealed)

This chart represents the current new/sealed value of the set LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure since June 2016. Very high accuracy

LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure is a Dorling Kindersley book released in 2016, containing 92 pieces and 1 minifigure. The set includes a single firefighter minifigure equipped with a white helmet, trans black visor, and breathing neck gear. Inside the book, you will find over 50 building ideas and story prompts organized into five chapters based on different city environments. These sections guide builders through scenarios like aiding a sunken boat in the marina or controlling a forest fire in a nearby park.

All regions

All regions 15
United States 13
Australia 2

For Sale (New/Sealed)

	(AU) City Build Your Own Adventure Catch the Crooks with Minifigure & exclusive	$24.81 -26.3%
	(US) City Build Your Own Adventure w/ Firefighter Minifigure & Book NiP	BrickEconomy Choice $24.99 -25.8%
	(US) City - Build Your Own Adventure With MiniFigure and Fire Truck - New/Sealed	$25.00 -25.8%
	(US) City: Build Your Own Adventure: With a Firefighter Minifigu	$25.75 -23.5%
	(AU) City Build Your Own Adventure Book Catch the Crooks w/ Minifigure Model Car	$26.99 -19.9%
	(US) New Lego City Build Your Own Adventure Set Fire Truck Minifigures Building Book	$27.99 -16.9%
	(US) 60387 LEGO City 4x4 Off-Roader Adventures	$28.97 -14.0%
	(US) CITY Build Your Own Adventure with Firefighter Minifigure & Fire Truck	$29.99 -11.0%
	(US) City Build Your Own Adventure Fire Truck 103pc Set 103 w/ Ideas Book READ	$33.50 -0.5%
	(US) CITY BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE FIRETRUCK book Sealed In Original Plastic New	$33.99 +0.9%
	(US) Disney Lego Star Wars Build Your Own Adventure & Lego City To The Rescue Books	$34.50 +2.4%
	(US) New Lego City Build Your Own Adventure Set Fire Truck Minifigures Building Book	$35.00 +3.9%
	(US) Amazon listing for LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure	$35.36 +5.0%
	(US) CITY: BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE By Dk - Hardcover BRAND NEW	$38.75 +15.1%
	(US) CITY: BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURE By Dk - Hardcover BRAND NEW	$38.75 +15.1%

Sales Distribution (Last 90 Days)

This chart shows the distribution of sales for the past three months of new/sealed LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure.

Sale Trends

This chart shows the sales trends (number sold) of new/sealed LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure.

Minifigs

LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure contains 1 minifig. The minifig is also included in 4 other sets.

Sets in Books / Dorling Kindersley


	LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 92 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon	Retail $19.99 Value ~$19.99 I own this book I want this book

	LEGO Star Wars Build Your Own Adventure Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 69 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $19.99 Value $195.02 Growth +875.6% Annual growth 18.1% I own this book I want this book

	LEGO Star Wars Build Your Own Adventure Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 69 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $24.99 Value $27.00 Growth +8.0% Annual growth 1.7% I own this book I want this book

	LEGO Ninjago Character Encyclopedia Updated and Expanded Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 9 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $18.99 Value $33.53 Growth +76.6% Annual growth 5.5% I own this book I want this book

	LEGO DC Super Heroes Character Encyclopedia Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 7 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $19.99 Value $36.29 Growth +81.5% Annual growth 5.6% I own this book I want this book

	LEGO Nexo Knights The Book of Knights Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 6 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $19.99 Value $16.45 I own this book I want this book

	LEGO Nexo Knights The Book of Knights Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 6 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon	Retail $19.99 Value $62.76 Growth +214.0% Annual growth 10.5% I own this book I want this book

	LEGO Star Wars Chronicles of the Force Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Pieces / Minifigs 3 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $16.99 Value $39.88 Growth +134.7% Annual growth 8.7% I own this book I want this book

	365 Things to Do with LEGO Bricks Publisher Dorling Kindersley Year 2016 Availability Retired Buy this book at Amazon eBay	Retail $24.99 Value $34.50 Growth +38.1% Annual growth 3.1% I own this book I want this book

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Book Details

ISBN

024123705X

Name

LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure

Theme

Books

Publisher

Dorling Kindersley

Year

2016

Released

August 2, 2016

Availability

Retired

Pieces

92 (PPP $0.22)

Minifigs

1 (Value $4.54)

Book Pricing

Retail price

$19.99

New/Sealed

Value

$33.68

Growth

+68.48%

Annual growth

+5.32% Increasing

Rolling growth

+5.06% (Previous 12 months)

Future growth

+9.13% (2 year outlook)

90-day change

2.43%

Used

Value

$27.95

Range

$27.49 - $31.19

Quick Buy

eBay

Buy

Lowest price

$24.81

Highest price

$38.75

Amazon

Buy

Price

$35.36

*Listings are for new/sealed sets.

Book Predictions

New/Sealed

Today's value

$33.68

1 year forecast

$35.47+5.32%

5 year forecast

$42.56+26.36%

$40

$44

LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure is projected to be valued between $40 - $44 within five years.

Insights

A 2016 Dorling Kindersley book set, LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure includes a firefighter minifigure with breathing neck gear. Low ownership rates suggest limited secondary supply, and its value has risen in line with other retired titles from the same subtheme.

Book Facts

The book is organized into five chapters, each based on different environments from the LEGO City world.
Builds include scenarios such as aiding a sunken boat in the city's marina and controlling a forest fire in a nearby park.
The book provides inspirational ideas for different building skill levels.

LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure Reviews

18 ratings

4.3

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Publisher Analysis

Books / Dorling Kindersley

Books

156

Years

1999 - 2026

Annual growth

+3.54% (this set +5.32%)

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

About Dorling Kindersley

Dorling Kindersley, known as DK, publishes the official LEGO reference and idea books, and the run here starts with The Ultimate LEGO Book in 1999. Many come with a minifigure, often one not sold anywhere else, and for some collectors the figure is the reason to buy the book. The Visual Dictionaries and Character Encyclopedias are the best known of these, and the popular ones are updated every few years with a new edition and a new figure.

Summary

Books Dorling Kindersley LEGO City Build Your Own Adventure set ISBN024123705X was released on August 2, 2016, retailing for $20, it has since been retired. New, unopened sets are valued at $34, while used sets sell around $28.

A book with bricks that inspires kids to build, play, and learn, LEGO(R) City: Build Your Own Adventure combines more than 50 inspirational ideas for building with enthralling story starters from the world of LEGO City.

Organized into five chapters structured around different environments from the city world, readers will use their builds to aid a sunken boat in the city's marina and help control a forest fire in a nearby park. Model ideas will inspire readers of various ages and abilities, with an appropriate mix of easy, medium, and harder models.

Set Pricing Models

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

New/Sealed

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$33.68

Value (in a year)

$35.47

Value (in 2 years)

$37.27

Accuracy

0.960700 Very high

Statistical Model

Value (today)

$34.48

Value (in a year)

$36.46

Value (in two years)

$38.45

Accuracy

0.390399 Low

Used

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$27.95

Value (low range)

$27.49

Value (high range)

$31.19

Accuracy

0.905700 High

To learn more about how we calculate pricing and forecasting, check out our article on BrickEconomy’s Approach to LEGO Pricing and Future Value Predictions.

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