In 2000 LEGO released 1 Studios sets. The largest Studios set from 2000 was
1349 Steven Spielberg Moviemaker Set with a piece count of 442 and a retail price of $179.99. The current estimated value of all these Studios sets from this year is about $320.73 which represents a 178.2% growth.
LEGO Studios was a theme introduced in 2000 that focused on movie-making and included sub themes such as the original Spider-Man and Jurassic Park III movies. The theme sets featured stop-motion animation to make real movies using LEGO bricks. The LEGO Director minifugure in a number of sets is based on Steven Spielberg.
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.