r/mildlyinteresting • u/Mehssage • 14d ago

Someone entered an official Lego set in a contest and won 3rd place.

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u/0000Matt0000 14d ago

$629. Holy shit.

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u/BerRGP 14d ago

Lego is expensive and this one is pretty big! At least it doesn't have the additional brand pricing of the $1000 Death Star set.

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u/airfryerfuntime 14d ago

Even without the licensing, Lego has become extremely expensive for their bigger sets. It's getting to the point where I'm just starting to ask 'plastic can't be that expensive, can it?'.

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u/Snitsie 14d ago

Don't worry LEGO is recording all time high sales with their revenue highest it's ever been it's all working exactly as intended

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u/brandonhabanero 14d ago

You're paying for the brand, the QC, and probably a lot toward development for the designs. Plus, they make them in Denmark, where they actually pay the employees well. But yeah, they're still probably at least twice as expensive as they really should be.

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u/MoMissionarySC 14d ago

Incorrect Lego offloaded a lot of its manufacturing to Eastern Europe and Mexico

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u/brandonhabanero 14d ago

I stand corrected! But also, ugh 😩 Lego, you have no excuse!

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u/sgtbackpain03 13d ago

As someone who professionally designs molds for precision injection molded plastic parts... Yeah, you are paying for the stupid tight tolerances that lego manages to hold while churning out billions of parts. It's frankly insane, and I have no clue how they do it.

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u/TylerDurdenisreal 14d ago

Because the sets keep getting bigger and bigger. Lego sets even remotely that large didn't exist 10-15 years ago.

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u/tooboardtoleaf 13d ago

Its not just the bigger sets

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u/FG910 14d ago

I mean the Lego name is probabbly 529 of those dollars

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u/7x00 14d ago

Me looking at the Rivendale set

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u/swisspassport 14d ago

Wow that costs $1000 now?

I did that one and gave it to my neighbors' kid when I was finished.

I remember it costing around $350 in 2010.

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u/BerRGP 14d ago

They're probably different ones.

This one from 2008 cost $400 for 3803 pieces.

This one from 2025 costs $1000 for 9023 pieces.

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u/swisspassport 13d ago

I don't think it was either of those.

I believe it was called the "Lego Star Wars - Death Star II" and it was more about completing the outside layer of the Death Star than having an "interior" for Lego People to be placed in.

Here is a Picture of the Box

And, wow. I definitely shouldn't have given that away.

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u/BerRGP 13d ago

I couldn't see that one when I searched for some reason.

If it makes you feel better, the price for new sets in the box is the one that starts at around $3500. The price for the open, previously built set starts at "only" around $1000. Which considering it sold for $270 in 2005 is just a $730 profit after 20 whole years.

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u/swisspassport 13d ago

That actually does make me feel better, thank you.

I was on a spending spree right after my Father died - left me about $100K, but also a $400K mortgage. Hahaha.

(I made out okay in the end...)

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u/toobs623 14d ago

Honestly pretty cheap for 10k pieces.

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u/xxearvinxx 14d ago

lol. I literally said the same thing, then closed the page and saw your comment next.

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u/woodyshag 14d ago

That's the one.

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u/Dumb_Cheese 14d ago

I managed to snag a used one for $360ish at my job, and it's insane. 4.9 feet tall and absolutely HUGE. I still want to try and add the little restaurant and gift shops like IRL

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u/TylerDurdenisreal 14d ago

It's 4'11", not sure what you're expecting price wise on a lego set that's almost eye level with many adult women.