Starting in 2008, LEGO Ideas (formerly known as LEGO Cuusoo) allows fans to submit ideas for products to be turned into potential sets available commercially, with the original designer receiving 1% of the royalties. The ideas theme has produced dozens of sets so far, with about half a dozen new sets released each year. To collectors, the theme has proved wildly successful and has seen an average collector growth in the ten to twenty percent range per year, with original sets such as the Shinkai 6500 Submarine, set #001, seeing much greater returns. Here you can find the top most valuable LEGO Ideas/Cuusoo sets today.
Most valuable set
21100 Shinkai 6500 Submarine $1,073.75
Largest set
21356 River Steamboat 4,090 pieces
Set with the most minifigures
21337 Table Football 22 minifigures
Most owned set
21319 Central Perk

21100 Shinkai 6500 Submarine

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Scientific
Year 2010
Pieces 412
Availability Retired
Only 10,000 sets were ever produced by LEGO.
21100 LEGO Ideas Shinkai 6500 Submarine
Retail $49.99
Value $1,073.75
Growth  +2047.9%
Annual growth 7.6%

21344 Orient Express

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2023
Pieces / Minifigs 2,540 / 8
Availability Retired
The set is inspired by the Pacific PLM 231 K 8 locomotive which transported passengers across Europe to Istanbul from 1919 to 2009.
21344 LEGO Ideas Orient Express
Retail $299.99
Value $517.60
Growth  +72.5%

21311 Voltron

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2018
Pieces 2,321
Availability Retired
Based on the fan project Voltron – Defender of the Universe by builder len_d69, this was the 22nd LEGO Ideas set and, at the time, both the largest mech-based and largest LEGO Ideas set ever produced.
21311 LEGO Ideas Voltron
Retail $179.99
Value $499.96
Growth  +177.8%
Annual growth 16.9%

21310 Old Fishing Store

Theme Ideas
Year 2017
Pieces / Minifigs 2,049 / 4
Availability Retired
It features an Old Fishing Store with a detailed shop, connected lookout tower, office, 2 removable roofs, opening back wall, 4 minifigures (captain, fisherman, fisherwoman and a child), a cat, and 3 seagulls.
21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store
Retail $149.99
Value $476.93
Growth  +218.0%
Annual growth 16.4%

21353 The Botanical Garden

Theme Ideas
Year 2024
Pieces / Minifigs 3,792 / 12
Availability Retail
It features a Victorian-style glasshouse with three atriums, removable roofs and walls, a spiral staircase to an observation deck, an arid garden, a café, and exterior gardens. The garden features of 35 plant species both inside and outside the building.
21353 LEGO Ideas The Botanical Garden
Retail $329.99
Available at retail

21363 The Goonies

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2025
Pieces / Minifigs 2,912 / 12
Availability Retail
It recreates key scenes from the 1985 film The Goonies, featuring the pirate ship “Inferno” on a rocky cave base and multiple vignettes.
21363 LEGO Ideas The Goonies
Retail $329.99
Available at retail

21335 Motorized Lighthouse

Theme Ideas
Year 2022
Pieces / Minifigs 2,065 / 2
Availability Retired
It features a motorized lighthouse tower with rotating light and Fresnel lens, a cottage with a fireplace, and a rocky outcrop setting. Includes lighthouse keeper and sailor minifigures, a rowboat, and animal figures.
21335 LEGO Ideas Motorized Lighthouse
Retail $299.99
Value $388.98
Growth  +29.7%

21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay

Theme Ideas
Year 2020
Pieces / Minifigs 2,545 / 10
Availability Retired
Designed as both a nostalgic tribute and a modern reimagining of the classic 1989 Black Seas Barracuda set, it features a highly detailed shipwreck island that can be reconfigured into a fully restored pirate ship.
21322 LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay
Retail $199.99
Value $370.00
Growth  +85.0%
Annual growth 14.2%

21348 Dungeons & Dragons Red Dragon's Tale

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2024
Pieces / Minifigs 3,745 / 11
Availability Retail (Retiring soon)
In 2022, LEGO and Dungeons & Dragons launched a contest on the LEGO Ideas platform where fans could submit their own set designs. The winner, announced early the following year, was "Dragon’s Keep: Journey’s End." The set's minifigures include an Orc rogue, Elf wizard, Dwarf cleric, Halfling fighter, Alax Jadescales the Dragonborn, and Ervan Soulfallen the human.
21348 LEGO Ideas Dungeons & Dragons Red Dragon's Tale
Retail $359.99
Available at retail
Retiring soon

21323 Grand Piano

Theme Ideas
Year 2020
Pieces 3,662
Availability Limited retail (Retiring soon)
It is a brick-built version of a concert grand piano with working keys and can produce real music via a connected app. The set is based on SleepyCow's Playable Lego Piano project at LEGO IDEAS which reached the 10,000 supporter milestone in only 2 months.
21323 LEGO Ideas Grand Piano
Retail $399.99
Available at retail
Retiring soon

21104 NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / NASA
Year 2014
Pieces 295
Availability Retired
It features a 6-wheel rocker-bogie suspension, articulated robotic arm, multiple camera sets, a display plate with LEGO brick Martian rocks, building instructions, and an information booklet on Mars exploration and the Curiosity Rover.
21104 LEGO Ideas NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
Retail $29.99
Value $350.00
Growth  +1067.1%
Annual growth 15.0%

21356 River Steamboat

Theme Ideas
Year 2025
Pieces 4,090
Availability Exclusive
It features a minifigure-scale river steamboat with an operational paddle wheel, movable rudder, adjustable boarding stages, and an anchor. It includes detailed rooms like a pilothouse, crew cabin, and restaurant, plus a steam engine museum with a working piston.
21356 LEGO Ideas River Steamboat
Retail $329.99
Available at retail

21327 Typewriter

Theme Ideas
Year 2021
Pieces 2,079
Availability Retired
It is inspired by the classic typewriter used by the LEGO Group’s founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen and is based on the Ideas project called Typewriter by Steve Guinness.
21327 LEGO Ideas Typewriter
Retail $249.99
Value $315.00
Growth  +26.0%
Annual growth 15.8%

21330 Home Alone

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2021
Pieces / Minifigs 3,955 / 5
Availability Retired
This Ideas set was designed and submitted by fan Alex Storozhuk. LEGO designers Antica Bracanov and Enrique Belmonte Beixe were responsible for transforming Alex’s vision into a physical set.
21330 LEGO Ideas Home Alone
Retail $299.99
Value ~$299.99

21341 Hocus Pocus The Sanderson Sister Cottage

Theme Ideas
Year 2023
Pieces / Minifigs 2,316 / 6
Availability Retired
It includes Winifred Sanderson, Sarah Sanderson, Mary Sanderson, Max Dennison, Dani Dennison and Allison Watts, plus a Thackery Binx cat. The set was created d by LEGO Fan Designer Amber Veyt.
21341 LEGO Ideas Hocus Pocus The Sanderson Sister Cottage
Retail $229.99
Value $299.42
Growth  +30.2%

21332 The Globe

Theme Ideas
Year 2022
Pieces 2,585
Availability Retired
Based on the Earth Globe fan design by Guillaume Roussel (Disneybrick555), the 40th LEGO Ideas release recreates a rotating terrestrial globe on a decorative stand.
21332 LEGO Ideas The Globe
Retail $229.99
Value $294.76
Growth  +28.2%
Annual growth 17.3%

92176 NASA Apollo Saturn V

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / NASA
Year 2020
Pieces 1,969
Availability Retired
It features a 1 meter tall NASA Apollo Saturn V model with 3 removable rocket stages, lunar lander, lunar orbiter, 3 astronaut microfigures, 3 display stands, and a booklet about Apollo missions. It is a re-released version of 21309-1.
92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
Retail $119.99
Value $283.60
Growth  +136.4%
Annual growth 27.4%

21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / NASA
Year 2017
Pieces 1,969
Availability Retired
The set is based on the original LEGO Ideas project for the Saturn V conceived by Felix Stiessen and Valérie Roche in 2014.
21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
Retail $119.99
Value $276.91
Growth  +130.8%
Annual growth 13.7%

21101 Hayabusa

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2012
Pieces / Minifigs 369 / 1
Availability Retired
It consists of a detailed Japanese spacecraft with solar panels, moving equipment, a satellite dish, gold elements, display stand with name labels, and a minifigure. It is the second set to be approved by LEGO CUUSOO.
21101 LEGO Ideas Hayabusa
Retail $49.99
Value $274.22
Growth  +448.5%
Annual growth 6.2%

21303 WALL-E

Theme / Subtheme Ideas / Licensed
Year 2015
Pieces 677
Availability Retired
It features a posable robot with a movable neck, adjustable head, articulated arms with gripping hands, an opening trunk, rolling tracks, and a small plant element. It also includes a booklet about the designer and the animated film. It was submitted to Ideas by fan designer Angus MacLane who was a Pixar Directing Animator.
21303 LEGO Ideas WALL-E
Retail $59.99
Value $274.16
Growth  +357.0%
Annual growth 17.2%
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