2008 / Racers

In 2008 LEGO released 24 Racers sets across 5 subthemes. The largest Racers set from 2008 was 8154 Brick Street Customs with a piece count of 1021 and a retail price of $69.99. The current estimated value of all these Racers sets from this year is about $2,851.58 which represents a 458.6% growth.

The LEGO Racers theme which was introduced in 2001 was the successor of LEGO Race. Since the theme started, most race cars in LEGO System and TECHNIC universe have been released under the LEGO Racers theme. Racers was discontinued in 2012 and it was succeeded by Speed Champions, introduced in 2015.

2008 LEGO Sets

In 2008, LEGO celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Minifigure. It was also the 50th Anniversary of the LEGO Brick. This year also marked the release of LEGO Cuusoo which eventually paved the way for the highly collectable LEGO Ideas theme. In 2008, LEGO and LucasFilm released the Indiana Jones theme, making it the second LucasFilm theme to be released along with Star Wars. Notable set's in 2008 LEGO released the now infamous Green Grocer (10185-1) which started the investments of other collectable modular building for decades to come.