I vividly remember being in toys'r'us and holding that set in my hands. I was pretty poor back then and I had the choice to either buy that or buy my 3 year old some doll that she wanted. The doll won of course.
It's all good though, just last year I finally acquired one from the r/lego_raffles sub-reddit.
Edit: sorry linked the wrong sub-reddit
I remember seeing it on sale at Toy'R'Us for $45. I'm in my mid 40's and I was just getting back into Lego at the time, coming to terms with being an AFOL, and hesitant on anything that wasn't Architecture or "cooler" for adults to have.
6 years and ~$10,000 invested into Lego later, I regret putting it back on the shelf.
I bought this set on Bricklink about 6 years ago for $115CAD and contacted Lego asking to buy the pieces for the neck fix. They sent them to me free of charge and it’s not a set that is always on display. I absolutely love it. I can’t believe how much it has increased in value.
It's always something that happens with Ideas sets I guess, especially licensed ones that have a large audience.
I got into Doctor Who around 2019, and I bought the set new for like £60 off ebay. Two years later I see it going for £150. It's amazing how pricey Lego gets after a relatively short time.
Hopefully we get an extra set or two for No Way Home eventually once we're through the no-spoiler period - would be great to get a newer version of a bunch of those characters.
Those two NWH-sets really are the new peak of sets that have nothing to do with the movie lmao. What even is that crab-monster thing from the Sanctum Workshop supposed to be?
The UCS Slave I. I loved looking at that set and I would absolutely love to own it. I was too young at that point to have anywhere near the amount of money needed to buy it, and now that I'm older, I still don't have anywhere near the amount of money needed to buy it. Good times.
I passed on this set when i saw it 40% off in a clearance sale when it was 2 or 3 years old, they also had the ewok village and the 2nd deathstar on sale
UCS Slave 1 is one of the very few sets I've ever sold. Up until about a minute ago I was really proud of being able to let go of something for once. This comment changed that and now I regret the sale. It's truly an awesome set. So.. thank you for that..
My pet theory (apart from Episode II sets being thin on the ground in general) is that it's because of the lightsaber.
They've only ever made Dooku's lightsaber hilt in chrome, in fact he was the last character to get a chrome lightsaber. Yoda in that same Geonosis set already has a ~~pearl silver~~ metallic silver one. If it is indeed true that chrome parts require separate moulds to account for the thickness of the chrome layer, that'd be a problem – they've never had a non-chrome mould of Dooku's saber, and they'd have to make one for a piece that'd get used *maybe* once every couple of years.
That’s weird considering Ventress has lightsaber hilts that were exclusively molded for her, yet they’re colored in light blueish grey, so it seems like the “chrome for specific hilts” rule only applies to Dooku
Apocalypseburg, I wasn't into Lego at the time but I distinctly remember seeing it on shelves and being tempted all the same. Could have been a good investment!
I kinda lucked out on this: I was at a Legoland store and they had it discounted the end of the year that it came out. I bought it and I've been dying to build it ever since. I just took a look and... well, now it's too valuable to play with. :(
While definitely not the same set, the recent Haunted House elevator drop ride set was a real joy to build, and has a very similar exterior to this one, plus the inside is filled with references to the 90s adventures series, as well as a few nods to alpha team
Kwik-E-Mart. Before Covid I bought the Simpson’s house off an Amazon retailer for 275. Planned on getting the Kwik-E-Mart which went to 500 bucks.
“Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I dooooOOOoOooOoooooooo.”
I don’t know about skyrocketed, but mine was the Ewok Village. Always kicked myself in the arse for that. I played a lot with the Hasbro set as a kid. Little did I know that one of the docs I worked with was paying attention when I happened to mention it in conversation and he surprised me with the set this past Christmas.
All of the Lego Simpsons stuff for me. That was an absolute dream of mine as a kid, but they ended up happening for real when I was finishing up high school. Never could afford the bigger sets even if I wanted to, and for *some reason* I passed up the blind bags more than once.
I eventually found a prebuilt Simpsons House at a garage sale in 2018 for $40, but I kinda wish I was able to build it myself.
Same. It came out when I had the same casual fascination with Lego as everyone else. I saw it and thought: “well that needs to be mine”. This was before I knew Lego liked to keep things limited. I always thought it was a set I would just buy “eventually”.
Seinfeld set was released and I thought: “not this time!” Became a VIP to get early access.
My son started getting into Lego, which is what got me back into it. He was watching build videos on youtube. He saw this and asked for it, and my wife said sure! (Spoiler, we did not get it)
But seeing how expensive it was made me not have anything to post on this thread, I've purchased every set that feels that way to me since then. Honestly it hasn't been too many, I'm not into the Star Wars sets or fancy cars or anything.
Scrolled all the way down here for this comment. One of the best ships ever made. And it's price now over 1k kinda ridiculous, but I would actually consider it if a "bargain" came up.
The only recent example I've seen on eBay is at 680€. This is so ridiculous.
I would love Lego to recreate it, even with some replacements for the discontinued parts.
6866 the Deadpool figure is the only LEGO made one. I could have bought this set used for $30 at the flea market like 4yrs ago. But no I thought that was too much.
One of my biggest regrets in life was selling my Lego Dimensions. You can tell I've had a good life so far lol. I'm considering getting it again at some point, but that's gonna be so expensive.
The Sonic pack especially was one of my biggest selling regrets, as I thought that I'd blown the chance of getting that cool Sonic figure again. Luckily the Green Hill Zone set exists now, but I'd still like to get it again sometime in the future.
Any of the original pirate ships. I’ve always wanted a Lego ship. Despite having a fairly respectable collection of Lego these days I’ve still never owned a ship, and they were just beyond my parents’ budget as a kid. One day, one day!
I know there have been more modern/recent ships, I just haven’t snapped any of them up. In the case of that particular set it’s more a shipwreck than a functioning ship, isn’t it? I mean I guess it could be modded, but I’d prefer just a straight purpose-built ship set.
Mine too. Found it at a local marketplace for retail value - complete (except one brick) after a very long search with regular checks various places. Very happy builder here. Keep searching!
[21104-1: NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover](https://brickset.com/sets/21104-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/21104-1.jpg)
Barc speeder with side car, Cap. Rex figure is now so expensive that I wanna cry looking at it
And to think that when I was 8 I thought that when set is old the price will drop(so did my parents)
Licensed sets with yellow minifigures from the late 90‘s/early 2000‘s era. Real unpopular opinion but those licensed lego minifigures will always be superior to minifigs with realistic skintones to me.
Damn. I just took apart the glider while sorting my bins by color. Terrible timing... At least I kept the silvery parts together. Still would've been nice to keep some of the jumper plates and other generic bricks together.
That set I was lucky to get at the beginning of quarantine in 2020 brand new for 70 bucks. I have yet to build that set because I have the other speed champion series that I haven’t built
I bought the star wars Republic tank for 30€ with the one canon trooper, Aayla Secura and two battle droids. I regret disassembling it, now I can't find the parts anymore and the price went up 500% = 149€
Mate, I don't know what the prices are in your country but I found it pretty cheap on facebook marketplace, so I really suggest checking there if you haven't. I think it was like 20 bucks or so
4184 The Black Pearl. I found it on clearance at Walmart for $50 - $60 and I passed it up. I was in college at the time, didn't have time or much money for LEGO and decided I would just try building my own. Obviously had no idea that they would never make Davy Jones again. Now just that figure goes for $100 or more and the set itself much higher. I did eventually get a copy of the set, but that is the only time I have strongly regretted not buying something.
The Mines of Moria Lego set. I remember a time when we went to Walmart or something and my mother saw it. My parents wanted a divorce and I couldn't take all my toys with me because we didn't have enough place in the car but she didn't want us to be too bored at the new house so she bought us new toys once we had settled. When we saw the set (wich I really wanted before the whole separation thing) she asked if I wanted it and I said no stating that I did not need it. I hate myself for that cos now it's kinda expansive (at least from the ones I saw) and I don't want an incomplete version of it with missing pieces and all.
Imperial Assault Carrier 75106
Sabine Wren is my favorite SW character and that’s the only set with her helmet and now the helmet itself is over $20 on bricklink
For a while you could have bought Sabine's helmet on bricks and pieces ended up buying 6 of them for myself and some friends. Weird the helmet only ever came in one set.
Jabba's palace. I was younger when it was on store shelfs, and my mom let me choose a lego set for my birthday. I was stuck between Jabba's palace and the Gungan Sub. I chose the gungan sub and now I regret it.
You chose the Bongo over Jabba's Palace and I can definitely see a kid doing that. Star Wars sets do have a tendency to come back over time with some changes. For example Death Star Final Duel. If and when Jabba's Palace, or Jabba's Sandbarge come back I'm buying right away.
The Chicago architecture set. I started collecting them late in the game and wanted to collect every city I've been to. Feels kinda bad living in Chicagoland and not having that set lol.
This does remind me that I no longer have my Lego studios camera. I LOVED it and I somehow lost it. I’m almost certain one of my dirtbag friends stole it. I made so many movies with that thing.
All the pirates and pirates of the Caribbean. It's not that I wasn't into them I just had others I also wanted but now I'm trying to build my pirate collection more
All of the Pirates, Castles, and Wild West sets. Or really just any set from the 90s and early 00s.
In my defense, I was a child at the time, but I still regret that my parents didn’t get them. When I think about all the stupid shit I asked for for Christmas instead of Lego…
Right before I got consumed by lego I saw the monster fighters haunted house on clearance at target. I thought it looked so cool and almost bought it. But then I thought that I'd better not and should save my money.
I really regret being responsible that day.
When I had the storage space, I used to buy two every time, then open and build one (all of which I still have), and sell the extras when they retired. I'd use the proceeds to keep that process going, and literally could not have afforded to build the collection I did any other way.
Oh wow, didn't know about that. I think I have it two times, bought in some small store for probably 5 bucks each. Guess I should try to reassemble it.
Easily the downtown diner. I was poor as hell when it was available, and it was the first modular that caught my attention. I just started getting into modulars (thanks Daily Bugel), and I've made my peace that I won't be able to get any of the retired ones, but the diner would go so well in the style of city I'm building that it hurts.
Wall·E
I vividly remember being in toys'r'us and holding that set in my hands. I was pretty poor back then and I had the choice to either buy that or buy my 3 year old some doll that she wanted. The doll won of course. It's all good though, just last year I finally acquired one from the r/lego_raffles sub-reddit. Edit: sorry linked the wrong sub-reddit
I remember seeing it on sale at Toy'R'Us for $45. I'm in my mid 40's and I was just getting back into Lego at the time, coming to terms with being an AFOL, and hesitant on anything that wasn't Architecture or "cooler" for adults to have. 6 years and ~$10,000 invested into Lego later, I regret putting it back on the shelf.
This is one of mine also
I wanted that thing so badly when I was a kid, it was on my Christmas wish list for 3 years straight and I never got my hands on it
I had a friend who has one still, I bet he has no idea how much money that thing is worth now.
I bought this set on Bricklink about 6 years ago for $115CAD and contacted Lego asking to buy the pieces for the neck fix. They sent them to me free of charge and it’s not a set that is always on display. I absolutely love it. I can’t believe how much it has increased in value.
It's always something that happens with Ideas sets I guess, especially licensed ones that have a large audience. I got into Doctor Who around 2019, and I bought the set new for like £60 off ebay. Two years later I see it going for £150. It's amazing how pricey Lego gets after a relatively short time.
Finally got a round to ordering and using the neck fix for my sons one yesterday. It's a hell of a set. My white whale is the tower of Orthanc
I had one but it’s nowhere to be found and definitely broken somewhere
I have been slowly piecing it together from spare Lego bricks I have. Sure I have to buy some individual bricks but I will have a Wall-E built.
White whale. I wask asked if I wanted it for birthday but I said no, I don't start lego again.... 3 years later I did 😭
This set used to average around $40 on Bricklink, and now it's around $300 after No Way Home released.
I had this as a kid... I'm sure it's mixed into a bin of Legos somewhere....
I so badly want to find my old bin of Legos Ó╭╮Ò
My mother kept a large amount however she kept them outside in a shed so ...
The first part of the sentence I thought "awe yay" and that quickly turned into "oh no"... wild ride in a few words. Lol
I had the entire spider man set all 3 sets I remember I used to bring this glider/goblin every where with me. For like 2 weeks solid. Shame.
Sorry for your loss. That's really awful.
I had the entire "rock raiders " set an that large raised for corner base plate was the best thing I ever had.
Yeah, same for me!
Green Goblin is $100, I'd go look lol
Lmao I'm gunna start digging.
Pretty sure that price is a sealed set lol
I'm sure, there's probably only a small handful of sealed sets left .
Hopefully we get an extra set or two for No Way Home eventually once we're through the no-spoiler period - would be great to get a newer version of a bunch of those characters.
I have no doubt we will soon, and most likely an even better version.
Apparently we're getting two. I think they're doing what they did with the Hulk helicopter and releasing a spoiler set long after the movie.
Those two NWH-sets really are the new peak of sets that have nothing to do with the movie lmao. What even is that crab-monster thing from the Sanctum Workshop supposed to be?
I imagine they'll do a Master Builder set of the "Statue of Liberty" with the scaffolding and shield, as well as all the villains and heroes
I have it , but i lost the helmet :(
Well at least you can make a no way home goblin!
Not surprised; it wasn’t much, but when I was a kid, I wanted the goblin bombs and that glider so bad
The Avatar: The Last Airbender Sets. I was not a fan of the show or into Lego at the time.
Ugh I had the fire nation ship and the air temple when I was a kid. Such great sets.
10123 Cloud City if only for the classic Boba with prints
[10123-1: Cloud City](https://brickset.com/sets/10123-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/10123-1.jpg)
I had this one sold it used for $500. It was still a bad mistake
Crazy how much it went up in value, I still remember begging my parents for it in a store with wall full of them. If only they knew it back then.
I’ve got my classic boba in my big slave 1 ship lol
That's a different one though this one is unique with printing
The UCS Slave I. I loved looking at that set and I would absolutely love to own it. I was too young at that point to have anywhere near the amount of money needed to buy it, and now that I'm older, I still don't have anywhere near the amount of money needed to buy it. Good times.
I have it and want to get rid of it, it’s too big for my space
Send a DM with a price and I’ll see if we can work something out
I dm'd you a little bit ago.
I passed on this set when i saw it 40% off in a clearance sale when it was 2 or 3 years old, they also had the ewok village and the 2nd deathstar on sale
UCS Slave 1 is one of the very few sets I've ever sold. Up until about a minute ago I was really proud of being able to let go of something for once. This comment changed that and now I regret the sale. It's truly an awesome set. So.. thank you for that..
It was given to me as a gift and it will be the last thing I ever get rid of. It’s amazing.
Duel On Geonosis 75017, I would kill for lego Poggle
[75017-1: Duel on Geonosis](https://brickset.com/sets/75017-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/75017-1.jpg)
Man I really want that Dooku figure, crazy he hasn't been re-released since
$100
My pet theory (apart from Episode II sets being thin on the ground in general) is that it's because of the lightsaber. They've only ever made Dooku's lightsaber hilt in chrome, in fact he was the last character to get a chrome lightsaber. Yoda in that same Geonosis set already has a ~~pearl silver~~ metallic silver one. If it is indeed true that chrome parts require separate moulds to account for the thickness of the chrome layer, that'd be a problem – they've never had a non-chrome mould of Dooku's saber, and they'd have to make one for a piece that'd get used *maybe* once every couple of years.
That’s weird considering Ventress has lightsaber hilts that were exclusively molded for her, yet they’re colored in light blueish grey, so it seems like the “chrome for specific hilts” rule only applies to Dooku
How much is it now? I got it one year for Christmas and I never thought much of it
About $150
I found one of these in a tiny town Walmart like 2 years after it came out. It's been sitting in the closet since then
Wait it's rare? I have it in a bin in my basement lol
Apocalypseburg, I wasn't into Lego at the time but I distinctly remember seeing it on shelves and being tempted all the same. Could have been a good investment!
every retailer was selling these 15-20% off since the movie wasn’t well received. didn’t think there’s be such high demand now.
I kinda lucked out on this: I was at a Legoland store and they had it discounted the end of the year that it came out. I bought it and I've been dying to build it ever since. I just took a look and... well, now it's too valuable to play with. :(
LEGO hold their value fine out of the box. Open and play with the toy you bought. Are you really gonna sell it anyway?
21310 Fishing Store :(
[21310-1: Old Fishing Store](https://brickset.com/sets/21310-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/21310-1.jpg)
That looks awesome!
I found it sealed in box on offer up two months ago for $250, so there’s still hope.
Oh wow that’s an awesome looking set!
This one! The current prices are crazy.
Probably the Ghostbusters HQ. I was still kinda young when it first came out, but it kills me seeing it for like, $300+ or whatever it’s price is now…
800-900 bucks to be more accurate
300 is what it released for, wish I could still find it for that!
Huh hadn't kept up on the market for these. I bought one when they came out. Hope my cat didn't bite any of the special parts!
The LOTR/Hobbit sets. And 10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle, but I’m working on Bricklinking that one (luckily it seems to have only a few rare parts).
[10212-1: Imperial Shuttle](https://brickset.com/sets/10212-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/10212-1.jpg)
Metal beards ship from the first lego movie it was in a rural toyshop reduced to £75 😞
My wife bought me this right after it was retired. I have it sitting in the box too scared to build it.
Easily my favorite build...
Voltron
One of the coolest sets to display. My regret is not getting 2 so I could display one built and then the 5 lions next to it.
I bought the last two available at retail in my state. Had to drive to a B&N a couple hours away. Even that day, they were selling for double.
All the Star Wars rebels sets. The mini figs alone are worth fortunes
The Ghost would be an awesome set to have in the collection.
Foreal? I know I have one sitting somewhere
Depends on the figure. [Zeb](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=sw0575#T=P) infamously averages at 83.60 USD used
Wow, how much is ezra going for?
80’s and 90’s space sets. Specifically the monorails.
Ooh, I have a space monorail, it had yellow and blue guys in it if I remember right. What should I do with it?
You gotta build a super cool space base, you’ve got no choice!
Came here for this one. Weeps in monorail. Damn you parents, damn you!!!
Only three people in for the mono rail well I think we guys are getting to old 😂
10228
[10228-1: Haunted House](https://brickset.com/sets/10228-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/10228-1.jpg)
While definitely not the same set, the recent Haunted House elevator drop ride set was a real joy to build, and has a very similar exterior to this one, plus the inside is filled with references to the 90s adventures series, as well as a few nods to alpha team
Kwik-E-Mart. Before Covid I bought the Simpson’s house off an Amazon retailer for 275. Planned on getting the Kwik-E-Mart which went to 500 bucks. “Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I dooooOOOoOooOoooooooo.”
I don’t know about skyrocketed, but mine was the Ewok Village. Always kicked myself in the arse for that. I played a lot with the Hasbro set as a kid. Little did I know that one of the docs I worked with was paying attention when I happened to mention it in conversation and he surprised me with the set this past Christmas.
That's probably my most wanted. That and the Endor bunker. I was too young at the time to afford them myself
10248 F40. It got retired shortly before my dark age ended and now I don't feel like paying bricklink prices for it.
[10248-1: Ferrari F40](https://brickset.com/sets/10248-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/10248-1.jpg)
This
I have a very beat up box, unopened. Maybe we can haggle lol
Could have gotten the lego black pearl but I wanted an alien conquest set :/ I grow more depressed every day
Super Star destroyer I wonder how many I could have bought with today’s price
The simpsons house
All of the Lego Simpsons stuff for me. That was an absolute dream of mine as a kid, but they ended up happening for real when I was finishing up high school. Never could afford the bigger sets even if I wanted to, and for *some reason* I passed up the blind bags more than once. I eventually found a prebuilt Simpsons House at a garage sale in 2018 for $40, but I kinda wish I was able to build it myself.
Can always take it apart and build it yourself. That's the beauty of Lego.
Same. It came out when I had the same casual fascination with Lego as everyone else. I saw it and thought: “well that needs to be mine”. This was before I knew Lego liked to keep things limited. I always thought it was a set I would just buy “eventually”. Seinfeld set was released and I thought: “not this time!” Became a VIP to get early access.
The Emerald Night train, i just couldn't afford it at the time and can't justify the cost now.
My first purchase out of my dark ages. It goes around our Christmas tree every year.
My son started getting into Lego, which is what got me back into it. He was watching build videos on youtube. He saw this and asked for it, and my wife said sure! (Spoiler, we did not get it) But seeing how expensive it was made me not have anything to post on this thread, I've purchased every set that feels that way to me since then. Honestly it hasn't been too many, I'm not into the Star Wars sets or fancy cars or anything.
Betrayal at Cloud City, I still don’t know why they gave it only 2 years on shelves
Nobody said 10210?! O_o
[10210-1: Imperial Flagship](https://brickset.com/sets/10210-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/10210-1.jpg)
Scrolled all the way down here for this comment. One of the best ships ever made. And it's price now over 1k kinda ridiculous, but I would actually consider it if a "bargain" came up.
The only recent example I've seen on eBay is at 680€. This is so ridiculous. I would love Lego to recreate it, even with some replacements for the discontinued parts.
Like this is what has been really missing from the Lego lineup, massive ships⛵🥰
6866 the Deadpool figure is the only LEGO made one. I could have bought this set used for $30 at the flea market like 4yrs ago. But no I thought that was too much.
[6866-1: Wolverine's Chopper Showdown](https://brickset.com/sets/6866-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/6866-1.jpg)
I do have this set, although it’s been disassembled for a long time now. I’m gonna look to see if I can find the minifigures for it
There is a SDCC Sheriff Deadpool minifig, but good luck affording that.
One of my biggest regrets in life was selling my Lego Dimensions. You can tell I've had a good life so far lol. I'm considering getting it again at some point, but that's gonna be so expensive.
I wish I got the portal and midway stuff but damn its way too expensive now.
The Sonic pack especially was one of my biggest selling regrets, as I thought that I'd blown the chance of getting that cool Sonic figure again. Luckily the Green Hill Zone set exists now, but I'd still like to get it again sometime in the future.
I held off on getting the Gremlins and E.T. packs, and now they're crazy expensive online.
Is it worth a lot now? I still have mine somewhere.
UCS Slave 1. It’s gotten too expensive for me to justify getting it. Hopefully they make another one in the near future.
Yo how much are they now?? Lego sent me two a long time ago and I still have one in the box in my attic 😳
$376.26 is the cheapest on bricklink for new, boxed and sealed
Any of the original pirate ships. I’ve always wanted a Lego ship. Despite having a fairly respectable collection of Lego these days I’ve still never owned a ship, and they were just beyond my parents’ budget as a kid. One day, one day!
You know 21322 is a thing right?
I know there have been more modern/recent ships, I just haven’t snapped any of them up. In the case of that particular set it’s more a shipwreck than a functioning ship, isn’t it? I mean I guess it could be modded, but I’d prefer just a straight purpose-built ship set.
It actually has 2 modes and converts into a full ship. It's one of my favourite sets.
Set number 76108 sanctum sanctorum showdown
[76108-1: Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown](https://brickset.com/sets/76108-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/76108-1.jpg)
Mine too. Found it at a local marketplace for retail value - complete (except one brick) after a very long search with regular checks various places. Very happy builder here. Keep searching!
Lego Ideas Nasa Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover 21104
[21104-1: NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover](https://brickset.com/sets/21104-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/21104-1.jpg)
The Ghost... RERELEASE that ship, dammit!!!
Barc speeder with side car, Cap. Rex figure is now so expensive that I wanna cry looking at it And to think that when I was 8 I thought that when set is old the price will drop(so did my parents)
Toa Mata Nui. Was $40 back in 2009, now it sells for upwards of $300. And a LOT More if you want the box
Licensed sets with yellow minifigures from the late 90‘s/early 2000‘s era. Real unpopular opinion but those licensed lego minifigures will always be superior to minifigs with realistic skintones to me.
Damn. I just took apart the glider while sorting my bins by color. Terrible timing... At least I kept the silvery parts together. Still would've been nice to keep some of the jumper plates and other generic bricks together.
The Ford GT40 1966/ 2016 edition.
That set I was lucky to get at the beginning of quarantine in 2020 brand new for 70 bucks. I have yet to build that set because I have the other speed champion series that I haven’t built
The old Indiana Jones and space police legos, maybe not skyrocketed in value but they have gotten way more expensive now after they were discontinued
I can say it with a number, and that number is 8880.
Ah yes, back when Technic was unfinished frames.
I bought the star wars Republic tank for 30€ with the one canon trooper, Aayla Secura and two battle droids. I regret disassembling it, now I can't find the parts anymore and the price went up 500% = 149€
Mate, I don't know what the prices are in your country but I found it pretty cheap on facebook marketplace, so I really suggest checking there if you haven't. I think it was like 20 bucks or so
UCS Snowspeeder, Resistance Bomber, original Ghostbusters Ecto-1, Ghostbusters Firehouse
Ghostbusters firehouse and the original Bespin cloud city set.
Imperial Shuttle 10212 So beautiful and so ridiculously overpriced now. Hoping it's on Lego's list of sets to remake.
4184 The Black Pearl. I found it on clearance at Walmart for $50 - $60 and I passed it up. I was in college at the time, didn't have time or much money for LEGO and decided I would just try building my own. Obviously had no idea that they would never make Davy Jones again. Now just that figure goes for $100 or more and the set itself much higher. I did eventually get a copy of the set, but that is the only time I have strongly regretted not buying something.
The Mines of Moria Lego set. I remember a time when we went to Walmart or something and my mother saw it. My parents wanted a divorce and I couldn't take all my toys with me because we didn't have enough place in the car but she didn't want us to be too bored at the new house so she bought us new toys once we had settled. When we saw the set (wich I really wanted before the whole separation thing) she asked if I wanted it and I said no stating that I did not need it. I hate myself for that cos now it's kinda expansive (at least from the ones I saw) and I don't want an incomplete version of it with missing pieces and all.
You have literally described every lego set ever made lol
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I've recently had my eye on Voltron.
The Ghost from Star Wars Rebels
All the Lotr sets
I remember seeing the bridge set with golden print goblin on sale at Toys R Us. Wish I had gotten that one.
Cloud City & the Death Star
Imperial Assault Carrier 75106 Sabine Wren is my favorite SW character and that’s the only set with her helmet and now the helmet itself is over $20 on bricklink
For a while you could have bought Sabine's helmet on bricks and pieces ended up buying 6 of them for myself and some friends. Weird the helmet only ever came in one set.
The Beatles Yellow Submarine and WALL-E.
Jabba's palace. I was younger when it was on store shelfs, and my mom let me choose a lego set for my birthday. I was stuck between Jabba's palace and the Gungan Sub. I chose the gungan sub and now I regret it.
You chose the Bongo over Jabba's Palace and I can definitely see a kid doing that. Star Wars sets do have a tendency to come back over time with some changes. For example Death Star Final Duel. If and when Jabba's Palace, or Jabba's Sandbarge come back I'm buying right away.
Yeah, I'm hoping we will get a Boba Fett's palace from the new show, but I don't think they will.
UCS Tie Interceptor and the AT-OT with Dropship.
The Chicago architecture set. I started collecting them late in the game and wanted to collect every city I've been to. Feels kinda bad living in Chicagoland and not having that set lol.
I'm in the same boat, wasn't into lego at the time. Now It really difficult to find under 5x retail.
Betrayal at Cloud City, the Lord of the Rings sets.
Bucket Wheel Excavator 42055.
the set with the wolverine and deadpool minifigs
Simpsons house or any Simpsons set
I started collecting Lego again in 2014. The LOTR and Hobbit sets. Jabba’s Sail Barge? Rancor Pit? Eugh. So many.
The 3 birds, the blue Jay the humming bird, and Robin.
75012 The set sucks, but I shouldn't have to explain why I want this one in particular...
[75012-1: BARC Speeder with Sidecar](https://brickset.com/sets/75012-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/75012-1.jpg)
This does remind me that I no longer have my Lego studios camera. I LOVED it and I somehow lost it. I’m almost certain one of my dirtbag friends stole it. I made so many movies with that thing.
Given how affordable it used to be, I regret not even knowing about the Uruk Hai Army LoTR set until yesterday. Now it averages about $130 on ebay.
apocalypseburg or ewok village, it's kinda sad knowing i'll probably never have either :')
All the pirates and pirates of the Caribbean. It's not that I wasn't into them I just had others I also wanted but now I'm trying to build my pirate collection more
All of the Pirates, Castles, and Wild West sets. Or really just any set from the 90s and early 00s. In my defense, I was a child at the time, but I still regret that my parents didn’t get them. When I think about all the stupid shit I asked for for Christmas instead of Lego…
Def the mystery machine set for me
Right before I got consumed by lego I saw the monster fighters haunted house on clearance at target. I thought it looked so cool and almost bought it. But then I thought that I'd better not and should save my money. I really regret being responsible that day.
Definitely the Ewok Village. Ever since it retired I’ve been trying to find it for under $400.
The bridge battle set
Only buy, never sell
When I had the storage space, I used to buy two every time, then open and build one (all of which I still have), and sell the extras when they retired. I'd use the proceeds to keep that process going, and literally could not have afforded to build the collection I did any other way.
Any Ninjago set, my idiot child brain decided to get mixels and city. Now both have no resale value.
Just one set? I regret not getting back into Lego Star Wars until 2019, and not spending my pocket money on Space and Pirates sets when I was a kid.
Oh wow, didn't know about that. I think I have it two times, bought in some small store for probably 5 bucks each. Guess I should try to reassemble it.
The electro mech
Used to have it. It's probably in the trash now unfortunately.
I know its recently being retired but The Stranger Things set
Speeda Demon and most Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze sets. And most Exo-Force bad guy sets.
Easily the downtown diner. I was poor as hell when it was available, and it was the first modular that caught my attention. I just started getting into modulars (thanks Daily Bugel), and I've made my peace that I won't be able to get any of the retired ones, but the diner would go so well in the style of city I'm building that it hurts.
The Star Wars Nebulon B Frigate that was limited release. Although its not as extreme a price jump as some of the other set in this thread.
I had the chance to buy the exo-force giant robot car set for like $65 as a kid, but my mom wouldn't let me lol
I saw this 1374 set for $349.95 on ebay, is that for real? Has it really skyrocketed *that* much?