Residing in Rhode Island, Peter Bria is a systems engineer who is active with the Naval Submarine League. A longtime sports memorabilia and coin collector, Peter Bria also has a strong interest in Lego offerings over the decades, many of which hold high values among collectors.
Among the most sought after sets are those that are Star Wars themed, including the first edition Millennium Falcon, which originally sold for $450 and has reached prices in the $3,000 to $5,000 range. With a 2017 re-release version, the original Millennium Falcon has since dropped to a more accessible $1,700 value. Similarly, the first edition Taj Mahal reached prices in the $3,000 range, before plummeting to the $450 range following its re-release.
Other sought-after Lego sets include the 1984 600-piece King’s Castle, which represented one of the largest sets of the era and is worth as much as 10 times more when in the original still-sealed box. Produced in the early 1990s, the LEGO Airport Shuttle is a 730-piece monorail set that had limited production, due to a track outsourcing agreement with a manufacturer that later went bankrupt. With the tracks’ tooling components lost, monorail sets were abandoned for good.
Another group of collectible Legos is rare Minifigures, which are blind-boxed within sets and can dramatically increase in value. One unique piece from 2013 is Mr. Gold, which was initially sold individually for $2.99 and has since increased to a value of around $1,500.
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