21028 LEGO Architecture Skylines New York City

The New York City Architecture Skyline designed by Adam Reed Tucker set includes five iconic structures in New York City; the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Flatiron Building, and One World Trade Center “Freedom Tower”. The buildings are arranged on a narrow base four studs deep. At just under 600 pieces and MSRP $59.99, this is a mid-size set for the LEGO Architecture range with various complex building techniques especially for the Freedom Tower model. There are some great parts in the set but the lack of variety is compensated by quantity of some parts.

While the MSRP is $59.99, the current average price on the secondary markets is around $50. The set is estimated to retire sometime within mid 2021. Once retired, the initial annual growth for the first year will be around 22% but will level off closer to 17% after the second year, which will value the set bewteen $116 and $160 shortly after retirement. Based on the annual growth expectations New York City is expected to become a valuable collector set.

Retirement risk. New York City should be retiring in most LEGO retail markets and regional LEGO.com online shops very soon. A number of regions have already retired this set.