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Duplo Building Set

1657 LEGO Duplo Building Set

Name: LEGO Duplo Building Set
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 1657-1
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.70 (18 reviews)

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LEGO 1657 Duplo Building Set is a vintage Duplo set from 1990 valued at $24 for new and sealed sets, up 22% from an original retail price of $19.99. Annual appreciation has averaged 0.82% since release. Used copies are valued between $2 and $4 depending on condition.

Set Value (New/Sealed)

This chart represents the current new/sealed value of the set Duplo Building Set since April 2017. Very high accuracy

LEGO 1657-1 Duplo Building Set is a Duplo Building Sets release from 1990 containing 6 pieces. It includes basic DUPLO bricks such as blue 2x2 and 2x4, a red 2x2, and yellow 2x2 elements. The assortment also features a yellow 2x2 brick printed with an eye pattern on two sides, enabling simple character-style builds.

A new and sealed Duplo Building Set is currently valued at around $24. The average used price is $3 for those in good overall condition. Based on current trends, this set could be valued near $25 within the next year. New and sealed listings currently range from $24 to $50.

All regions

All regions 7
United States 7

For Sale (New/Sealed)

	(US) DUPLO Creative Vehicles Set	BrickEconomy Choice $21.00
	(US) - 5416 - Duplo Brick Box Set Building Set - NEW SEALED -	$23.95 -1.8%
	(US) DUPLO Classic Brick Box Building Set - Features Storage Organizer, Toy New	$24.64 +1.0%
	(US) #2390 Preschool Building Set 1994 Lego Duplo NEW SEALED	$36.13 +48.1%
	(US) 5748 Lego Duplo Creative Building Set - 85 Pieces Box Light Wears	$49.50 +102.9%
	(US) BRAND NEW LEGO DUPLO MY FIRST SET (5416) DISCONTINUED RETIRED SET RARE	$49.99 +104.9%
	(US) Vintage LEGO Duplo Sealed Box 12-piece Building Set (2317) COMPLETE	$49.99 +104.9%

Sets in Duplo / Building Sets


	1674 Pre-School Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1990 Pieces / Duplo figures 100 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay Bricklink	Retail $14.99 Value $80.14 Growth +434.6% Annual growth 4.8% I own this set I want this set

	1977-2 Pre-School Building Set Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces / Duplo figures 99 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $30.00 Value $80.23 Growth +167.4% Annual growth 2.9% I own this set I want this set

	2424 Duplo Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1989 Pieces / Duplo figures 82 / 2 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay Bricklink	Retail $9.99 Value $94.34 Growth +844.3% Annual growth 6.3% I own this set I want this set

	2381 Bucket of Bricks Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces / Duplo figures 64 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $9.99 Value $25.90 Growth +159.3% Annual growth 2.8% I own this set I want this set

	2391 Farm in a Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces / Duplo figures 60 / 3 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $14.99 Value $40.09 Growth +167.4% Annual growth 2.9% I own this set I want this set

	1684 DUPLO Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1990 Pieces / Duplo figures 51 / 3 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay Bricklink	Retail $9.99 Value $136.16 Growth +1263.0% Annual growth 7.5% I own this set I want this set

	2386 Circus Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces / Duplo figures 50 / 3 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay Bricklink	Retail $14.99 Value $38.86 Growth +159.2% Annual growth 2.8% I own this set I want this set

	2314 Building Set Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces 38 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $14.50 Value $29.73 Growth +105.0% Annual growth 2.1% I own this set I want this set

	2376 Play Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces 36 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay Bricklink	Retail $14.99 Value $56.21 Growth +275.0% Annual growth 3.9% I own this set I want this set

	1591-2 Duplo Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces / Duplo figures 32 / 2 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $9.99 Value $94.65 Growth +847.4% Annual growth 6.6% I own this set I want this set

	2313 Building Set Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces 29 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $7.99 Value $130.00 Growth +1527.0% Annual growth 8.3% I own this set I want this set

	2361 Matt and Mutt Building Set Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces 23 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay	Retail $9.99 Value $30.92 Growth +209.5% Annual growth 3.3% I own this set I want this set

	1672 Circus Building Set Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1990 Pieces / Duplo figures 18 / 2 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay Bricklink	Retail $19.99 Value $133.59 Growth +568.3% Annual growth 5.4% I own this set I want this set

	2341 Peter's Holiday Building Set Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces / Duplo figures 17 / 1 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay	Retail $12.99 Value $14.77 Growth +13.7% Annual growth 1.6% I own this set I want this set

	2303 Red and Green Building Plates Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces 2 Availability Retired Buy this set at Bricklink	Retail $5.49 Value $10.24 Growth +86.5% Annual growth 1.8% I own this set I want this set

	2306 Large Red Building Plate Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1991 Pieces 1 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay	Retail $11.99 Value $30.03 Growth +150.5% Annual growth 2.7% I own this set I want this set

	1685-2 XL Bucket Theme / Subtheme Duplo / Building Sets Year 1990 Availability Retired Buy this set at eBay	Retail $14.99 Value $190.77 Growth +1172.6% Annual growth 7.3% I own this set I want this set

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Set Details

Set number

1657-1

Name

Duplo Building Set

Theme

Duplo

Subtheme

Building Sets

Year

1990

Availability

Retired

Pieces

6 (PPP $3.33)

Set Pricing

Retail price

$19.99

New/Sealed

Value

$24.40

Growth

+22.06%

Annual growth

+0.82%

90-day change

-1.15%

Used

Value

$3.12

Range

$1.90 - $3.74

Quick Buy

eBay

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Lowest price

$21.00

Highest price

$49.99

*Listings are for new/sealed sets.

Set Predictions

New/Sealed

Today's value

$24.40

1 year forecast

$24.60+0.82%

5 year forecast

$25.41+4.13%

$25

$26

1657 Duplo Building Set is projected to be valued between $25 - $26 within five years.

Insights

Released in the early 1990s and retired, Duplo Building Set 1657 is a small DUPLO assortment with mostly generic bricks and a non-unique printed eye element, and its overlap with later DUPLO basics and lack of exclusive molds has kept collector interest and secondary-market momentum muted.

Set Facts

The set includes standard Duplo 2 x 2 bricks in blue, red, and yellow. It also contains a blue Duplo 2 x 4 brick, and a yellow Duplo 2 x 2 brick with an eye pattern printed on two sides.

Duplo Building Set Reviews

18 ratings

4.7

Collectors

Investors

Subtheme Analysis

Duplo / Building Sets

Sets

182

Years

1972 - 2018

Annual growth

+2.99% (this set +0.82%)

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

Community Stats

Duplo Building Set currently ranks #44 out of the top most owned sets in Duplo Building Sets.

#1Large Building Plate

#2All-in-One-Box-of-Fun

#3Large Playground Brick Box

#4All-in-One-Box-of-Fun Pink

#5Creative Box

#44Duplo Building Set

#45Anniversary Bucket

#46Green Bucket

About Duplo Building Sets

Building Sets are the plain DUPLO brick sets, buckets and boxes of bricks without a story. DUPLO started in 1969, and the name comes from the Latin word for double, because each brick is twice as long, wide and high as a LEGO brick. The studs are made to fit, so DUPLO and LEGO bricks lock together and a builder can move from one to the other. For years the plastic bucket was the usual way to sell them, from the 1980s through the early 2000s, often shaped or printed as an animal, a farm or a circus, and some came as anniversary editions. Later sets switched to cardboard brick boxes with ideas for what to build on the side.

Building Sets consists of 182 sets that ran from 1972 to 2018. As of today, 10555 Creative Bucket is the most valuable Building Sets set with an estimated new/factory sealed value of $358.

Set Pricing Models

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

New/Sealed

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$24.40

Value (in a year)

$24.60

Value (in 2 years)

$24.80

Accuracy

0.960300 Very high

Statistical Model

Value (today)

$17.57

Value (in a year)

$17.79

Value (in two years)

$18.02

Accuracy

0.202624 Very low

Used

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$3.12

Value (low range)

$1.90

Value (high range)

$3.74

Accuracy

0.905300 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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