2002 / Alpha Team

In 2002 LEGO released 17 Alpha Team sets across 2 subthemes. The largest Alpha Team set from 2002 was 4795 Ogel Underwater Base and AT Sub with a piece count of 468 and a retail price of $49.99. The current estimated value of all these Alpha Team sets from this year is about $1,152.59 which represents a 536.4% growth.

LEGO released the Alpha Team in 2001 which was initially based on the video game LEGO Alpha Team and discontinued the theme in 2005. The theme centers around a team of secret agents known as the Alpha Team, and their efforts to stop the nefarious villain Ogel from taking over the world which initially ran from 2001 to 2002.

2002 LEGO Sets

2002 was an interesting year for LEGO. While there were a couple of highly collectable sets such as the Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer (10030-1) and the Pirates Black Seas Barracuda (10040-1) most sets did not see the kind of growth that previous years had experienced. However, the Star Wars theme carried a lot of the collection's weight, it was the year Star Wars celebrated its 25th Anniversary. The Western theme which included the iconic Fort LEGOredo (6762-1) help the overall investiability of 2002. During 2002 LEGO released a number of new themes including the original Spider-man and Island Xtreme Stunts as well as some prominent subthemes including Episode II: Attack of the Clones for Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Mission Deep Sea under Alpha Team.