In 2010 LEGO released 6 Harry Potter sets across 2 subthemes. The largest Harry Potter set from 2010 was
4842 Hogwarts Castle with a piece count of 1290 and a retail price of $129.99. The current estimated value of all these Harry Potter sets from this year is about $945.85 which represents a 277.4% growth.
LEGO Harry Potter is a LEGO theme licensed from Warner Bros. and based on the book series by J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter was initially introduced in 2001 and released sets with each of the 8 movies. Each theme contained a subtheme that directly related to each of the films in the franchise.
2010 LEGO Sets
2010 sets the stage for a massive investment opportunity for future collectors with the release of the Series 1 of the Collectable Minifigures. In addition, LEGO introduced the Cars theme and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 was also released. However, a number of themes and subthemes were retired including Agents, Bob The Builder, Indiana Jones and Thomas and Friends. For the Star Wars collectors, LEGO celebrated the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back with a number of special sets. Additionally, LEGO and Disney released a bunch of different Disney subthemes.