LEGO sets are bona fide collectors items, with many sets fetching thousands on the re-sale market. Below you can find the current most valuable LEGO sets on the market today and this includes both retail sets and special collector sets such as one given to LEGO Insider Tour Participant and Comic-Con attendees.
Theme / Subtheme Marvel Super Heroes / Comic-Con
Year 2013
Pieces / Minifigs 3 / 1
Availability Retired
Spider-Man was released as part of the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con and given to attendees who won the daily raffle. Only 350 in total were available.
LEGO San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Spider-Man
promotional
Value $16,829.63
Annual growth 19.4%
Theme / Subtheme Bionicle / Exclusive Masks
Year 2014
Pieces 1
Availability Retired
Tahu Mask New York Comic Con 2014 VIP Event Exclusive was a Bionicle promotional set released in 2014. It was a very limited edition of only 100 distributed at VIP Bionicle relaunch event at New York Comic Con October 9-14, 2014.
LEGO Bionicle Exclusive Masks Tahu Mask New York Comic Con 2014 VIP Event Exclusive
promotional
Value $14,818.10
Annual growth 19.0%
Theme / Subtheme Castle / Classic
Year 1978
Pieces / Minifigs 767 / 14
Availability Retired
LEGO 375-2 Castle was a 767 piece Castle set with 14 minifigs released in 1978. This version was only released in European, the UK, Australia and Canada. It was also known as "Yellow Castle".
375-2 LEGO Castle
Retail $49.99
Value $11,039.41
Growth  21983.2%
Annual growth 12.5%
Theme / Subtheme Minifigure Series / Series 10
Year 2013
Pieces / Minifigs 8 / 1
Availability Retired
Only 5,000 Mr. Gold minifigs were produced for the Series 10 Minifigures collection.
LEGO Minifigure Series 10 Mr. Gold
Retail $2.99
Value $10,392.50
Growth  347475.3%
Annual growth 6.8%
Theme / Subtheme Town / Promotional
Year 1985
Pieces / Minifigs 54 / 1
Availability Retired
This was a promotional set together with UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) and available via LEGO Club in Canada. It consists of a blue UNICEF truck and a UNICEF man minifigure.
106 LEGO UNICEF Van
promotional
Value $9,599.81
Annual growth 22.3%
Year 2012
Pieces / Minifigs 7 / 2
Availability Retired
This set was available at the New York Toy Fair in 2012.
LEGO Exclusive Minifigure Iron Man & Captain America 2012 Collectors Preview
promotional
Value $9,417.42
Annual growth 35.4%
Year 2013
Pieces / Minifigs 5 / 1
Availability Retired
The Comic-Con Exclusive Black Suit Superman Giveaway is a promotional Super Heroes set that was released on July 20 2013. 200 of these were given away to raffle winners at the San Diego Comic-Con 2013.
LEGO San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Black Suit Superman
promotional
Value $8,795.21
Annual growth 15.3%
Theme / Subtheme Jurassic World / Fallen Kingdom
Year 2018
Pieces 70
Availability Retired
LEGO 4000031 Exclusive T-Rex is a 70-piece set contains a T-Rex on a pedestal. This was a very limited edition Exclusive T-Rex promotional prize given away at various shops. Only 500 sets where produced worldwide with 100 given away in Belgium.
4000031 LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Exclusive T-Rex
Value $8,494.29
Annual growth 7.2%
Theme Exclusive
Year 2008
Pieces / Minifigs 56 / 2
Availability Retired
This was an exclusive promotional set given out to guests 2008 New York Toy Fair at the collectors party. It was limited to 100 sets. The set was also known as "Toy Fair Collector's Party Giveaway, Han Solo / Indiana Jones Transformation Chamber". It included LEGO minifigures of both characters on a rotating platform, creating an illusion of one transforming into the other.
LEGO Han Solo Indiana Jones Transformation  Chamber
promotional
Value $8,467.00
Annual growth 7.5%
Theme / Subtheme Marvel Super Heroes / Comic-Con
Year 2013
Pieces / Minifigs 4 / 1
Availability Retired
This was the first-ever, and only ever, LEGO Spider-Woman figure released and was given away to raffle winners at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013. The were approximately 350 Spider-Woman minifigures raffled off.
LEGO San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Spider-Woman Minifigure
promotional
Value $8,163.49
Annual growth 15.8%
Theme / Subtheme Star Wars / Episode V
Year 2003
Pieces / Minifigs 698 / 7
Availability Retired
It is based on the film Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The model consists of the Cloud City platform and minifigures of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, a Stormtrooper, Boba Fett (Markings), Han Solo, Han (Carbonite), Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian.
10123 LEGO Star Wars Cloud City
Retail $99.99
Value $8,091.39
Growth  7992.2%
Annual growth 16.7%
Year 2009
Pieces 910
Availability Retired
This set was given to attendees of the 2009 LEGO Inside Tour. Only 32 hand-numbered copies of this custom model of LEGO founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen's house were created. This set should not be confused with the similar set 4000007.
Ole Kirk's House
Value $7,340.67
Annual growth 34.3%
Year 2011
Pieces / Minifigs 6 / 1
Availability Retired
This exclusive set was available for limited purchase to attendees of the New York Comic-Con that won the daily raffle.
LEGO NY Comic-Con 2011 Superman
promotional
Value $7,236.71
Annual growth 16.7%
Theme / Subtheme The Hobbit / Comic-Con
Year 2013
Minifigs 1
Availability Retired
The Azog minifigure was released in December 2013 in a giveaway at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con and were given away to random visitors.
LEGO The Hobbit San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Azog Minifigure
promotional
Value $7,220.27
Annual growth 19.5%
Year 2011
Pieces 795
Availability Retired
This set was given to attendees of the LEGO Inside Tour during May 2011. Only 68 copies of this set were made. The set includes 2 models, a manually operated molding machine from the 1940s/1950s, and molding machine from the 2000s (ARBURG: Injection molding machine).
4000001 Moulding Machines
Value $7,200.00
Annual growth 38.4%
Theme / Subtheme Trains / 4.5V / 12V
Year 1980
Pieces / Minifigs 263 / 2
Availability Retired
It was included in the LEGO catalogs from 1980 until 1982. The train is equipped with lights at the front of the engine and at the end of the tender. It is the only set to have red train wheels.
7750 LEGO Trains Steam Engine with Tender
Retail $75.00
Value $6,645.78
Growth  8761.0%
Annual growth 10.7%
Theme Pirates
Year 1993
Pieces / Minifigs 912 / 9
Availability Retired
It includes a large three-masted pirate ship, nine pirates, a rowboat, and a shark.
6286 LEGO Pirates Skull's Eye Schooner
Retail $126.50
Value $6,487.46
Growth  5028.4%
Annual growth 8.9%
Theme / Subtheme Castle / Lion Knights
Year 1988
Pieces / Minifigs 132 / 8
Availability Retired
It includes both minifigures of the Crusaders and the Black Knights.
1584 LEGO Lion Knights Knight's Challenge
Retail $19.99
Value $6,443.13
Growth  32131.8%
Annual growth 17.4%
Year 2012
Pieces 795
Availability Retired
4000012 Piper Airplane was an Inside Tour Exclusive set given to attendees of the 2012 LEGO Inside Tour. Only 53 copies of the Piper Airplane set were made. It is based on the first airplane that the LEGO Group acquired in 1962.
4000012 Piper Airplane
Value $6,253.16
Annual growth 35.4%
Year 2023
Pieces 1,056
Availability Retired
4000040 LEGO Fire Engine is a Exclusive LEGO Inside Tour set from 2023. The set is s a brick-built replica of a 1940s wooden fire truck and designed by LEGO Design Master Henrik Andersen.
4000040 LEGO Fire Engine
Value $6,150.58
Annual growth 15.2%
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