2000 / Star Wars

In 2000 LEGO released 19 Star Wars sets across 7 subthemes. The largest Star Wars set from 2000 was 7191 X-wing Fighter with a piece count of 1300 and a retail price of $149.99. The current estimated value of all these Star Wars sets from this year is about $5,640.14 which represents a 860% growth.

The LEGO Star Wars theme which was licensed and released in 1999 is based on concepts from the Star Wars franchise of films, comic books, video games, cartoon series, and other sources. The theme currently covers all main films, the anthology films, animated movie and TV series as well as the extended universe.

2000 LEGO Sets

The turn of the millennium was an important year for LEGO. Not only did LEGO produce some investible sets for 2000, we saw some transition in the company. First, set designer and the inventor of the minifigure, Jens Nygaard Knudsen, retired from The LEGO Group. Second, The British Association of Toy Retailers name the LEGO brick "Toy of the Century". With 2000 LEGO released just a couple of new themes including TECHNIC Roboriders and Race. The Rock Raiders, Nijna and the Slizer/Throwbots themes were discontinued.