Rare Lego Sets You'll Probably Never Play With

The Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon debuted in 2007. It costs $499.99, making it the most expensive Lego set ever made. It has 5195 pieces, making complete used sets hard to find. Lego ceased production in 2009 and sold the last ones in July 2010.You will have to pay about $4,000 for a collector to get a copy.A collector needs about $4,000 for a copy.This set is MISB.It is Mint in Sealed Box. See also: the 2008 Death Star.The 2008 Death Star.This set was the second most expensive Lego set ever offered, costing $399.99.

Newer expensive sets include the Disney Castle and the Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters, both priced at $349.00.The Disney Castle.The Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters.Firehouse Headquarters.Both the Disney Castle and the Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters cost $349.00.

Only 10,000 lucky collectors found this.This is the shiny C-3PO.Lego released this shiny C-3PO in specially marked Star Wars-themed sets in 2007. Rarer are the 14 karat, solid-gold C-3PO minifigs Lego gave away to five fans in a contest that year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars.Star Wars.Gold Chrome Plated C-3PO.

Only 5,000 copies of this smug plutocrat were ever made.These copies were made.Willy Wonka gave away these in 2013 as a surprise in the tenth version of Lego's Minifigures blind bags. Unlike regular minifigs made with Lego's standard acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic, Mr. Gold thinks he is better than everyone else and has a chrome gold finish.Mr. Gold has a chrome gold finish on his minifigure.Mr. Gold has a chrome gold finish on his minifigure.

Minifig rarity depends on a particular Lego set. This happens with the elusive and now absurdly expensive 2003 Star Wars set.The elusive.Cloud City and now.absurdly expensive.2003 Star Wars.Cloud City.Cloud City features four minifigs found only in this set, including a unique printing of fan favorite Bob Fett. Fans first got a tiny Lando Calrissian, one of the early examples of Lego making a black minifig.early examples.Lego made a black minifig.

Like the Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon, this gorgeous Taj Mahal model is hard to find because it is so expensive. Lego released it in 2008 for $299.99. It is large, with 5922 pieces (five cents per piece). Lego stopped making it in 2011; a mint set costs at least $2,000.Taj Mahal.The Taj Mahal model is hard to find. It costs a lot now. Lego sold it in 2008 for $299.99. That was okay. It featured 5922 pieces; that means only five cents per piece. Lego stopped making it in 2011. A mint set now costs at least $2,000.

Only 20,000 copies of this remote-controlled 2013 Lego Technic 4x4 were made. Lego gave all 20,000 copies a unique numbered license plate.All 20,000 copies got a unique numbered license plate.Even if you and friends get one, your friend might have a better plate, like "1 of 20,000."

This started with the first ever Lego set.The first ever Lego set.Lego manufactured this set in 1949 in Copenhagen and sold it only in Denmark.Only.Automatic Binding Bricks sold in Denmark.According to Lego.Automatic Binding Bricks, was "a tribute to the Allied forces who liberate Europe and end World War II in 1945.". The earliest Lego bricks did not look like the ones we know and love today; they hadEarly Lego bricks had slots on the sides.Bricks could act as picture frames. Lego gave little "postcards" to slide into the slots, encouraging this use. Weird!

This is the kind of hard-to-find "milestone" set that drives Lego fans crazy.Lego fans go crazy.Lego produced only 10,000 copies of this 2010 gem.and They sold the Shinkai 6500 Submarine only in Japan. The Lego Group also considers this an historic set: it was the first fan design accepted via the Cuusoo project, which later became the popularLego Ideas line.

Getting this 2015 super-limited-edition sweepstakes item required you to win a sweepstakes.This was a doozy.: You needed to be a registered Lego VIP member. That is simple. You also had to buy a DC Super Heroes set from June 1-30 at a Lego Brand Retail store or Lego.com to register for a chance to win. You could not just go to your local Target.

VIP members in Australia and New Zealand could not enter for unspecified operational reasons. Everyone got only one entry per day, limiting the potential winners. Only 750 people won in the end.

This tiny Star Wars setfrom 2002 is strange and oddly charming for a couple of reasons. Luke and the Imperial Officer have yellow faces, which seems odd in 2016. However, the entire Lego Star Wars universe was yellow until Lego realized something.that they would have to make a black Lando Calrissian one day.Around 2003, they would have to make a black Lando Calrissian set someday. The choice to give the Imperial Officer the classic Lego grin is also strange, but it matches Lego's early licensed work.

This rare Lego set demands you buy another one for the full experience. Many kids probably cried over this on Christmas morning. It is called "Final Duel II" because you need "Final Duel I" to get Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine, making the duel possible. On its own, it is not worth playing with. It is just four feet of Death Star hallway, but you get an exclusive Luke minifig (check the black glove).

Lego-loving kids today do not know how lucky they are. Their minifigs have faces, arms, and movable legs. This is unlike the police fromthisstrange 1976 set. It was notuntil 1978that Lego minifigs started looking and moving like they do now. They gained facial expressions, movable arms, and bendable legs. In '76, these little figures could not fit through their own HQ door and would have been decapitated if they tried to pilot that helicopter.

If you find these odd little guys charming, the best value is probably the 1976Bus Stationset, which includes seven of these "streamlined" early minifigs. These look like torsos waiting for a ride to a home they cannot enter.

Lego probably mixed their medieval "Castle" theme with their modern "City" theme here to sell leftover parts. That explains the reasoning for thisodd setfrom 1980 that shows axe-wielding knights parading down a 20th-century street. The castle posters say it is the "Legoland Carnival," suggesting it might be a Renaissance Faire.

This explains the American stop sign. Still, the set looks like fun. Feeding your knights fish and chips after defending the bookstore from top hat thugs sounds awesome.

The 1996 Time Cruisers series seems like Lego trying to sell off leftover pieces under a time travel story. Who cares? Check out the bizarreHypno Cruiser.: you get a cool time machine, a monkey for some reason, six history hats, and a cross-eyed minifig namedDr. Cyber..

The "Police Unit" name misses this set. Released in Europe for the 1998 World Football Cup, thissetshows police arresting a rioting fan who lookstotally angry. The empty van in the back suggests more action. GOAL!

The inventor deserves applause. He found a smart way to store his flippers when not using them. This 1998setraises many questions. Why a fluorescent green hook for a hand? Does he steer this with his mind? Did he lose his hand in that propeller?

This 2001oddityNesquik drinkers in Germany, Australia, and New Zealand got free barcodes to mail in (this was 2001). The director and cameraman minifigs look nice. Why is the Nesquik rabbit driving a go-kart missing its steering wheel? What is this film about? If you want to create your own scenes, an unopened polybag of this set cost about $85 in 2016.

The devil is in the details. A detail often missed is that the astronaut in this 1999 set cannot breathe on the moon. Unless this shows a future where baseball caps stop the lung-crushing vacuum of space?

If your valentine loves Lego, they are probably great. But do not get them this 2014monster. Look at the tiny hands on this mouth-breather. That is creepy. Why are they all shrunken? It is clearly notholdingthat heart; it looks splayed open for dissection. The Lego community calls this a "Parts Pack"meaning it is only good for the extra parts.

This "set"" promoted "Pick-A-Brick" walls at Lego stores in the US and UK in 2012. Besides making the crime-fighting duo look like Mr. Incredible in his fat phase inThe Incredibles, Batman lacks eyes; he only has a chin. The strange pose also makes them look like little kids needing to peereallybad.

The 2003Mr. Bunny"Set" is a rare Lego set. It looks like it jumped from the 1970s. What kid plays this nightmare? This ugly glitch was a limited release. Lego.com sold it. You can buy it new from collectors for about $4.It looks even worse.It looks worse in person.