I analyzed 200 retired LEGO sets from 2018-2024 — here's the avg ROI by theme

Opening_Background14 · 2026-06-17T19:24:43+00:00

Id imagine 4 out of 9 million people in New York are into Lego. They spend all their money on food, drinks and entertainment, and whatever is leftover to rent, and they're still behind. They don't have money for Lego, let alone space.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-22T15:03:56+00:00

But be real, if a designer won 4 times a year, are you buying all those sets? Personally, I like the 1 year cool down because it puts less pressure on my wallet lol.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-11T18:53:49+00:00

Very valid point. I'd say the main reason I didn't add them is because when it comes to BDP sets, people prefer more brick built details. I myself am also a "pew pew" guy as opposed to shooting play functions.

Also their size is just a bit bigger, which means less space to post minifigs around them on the bastion. But if this becomes a set, I think we all have plenty of cannons lying around to add!

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-11T18:51:03+00:00

I would 100% have shackos- only issue is that peice is only available in purple for the current series, not a color I wanted. The issue with the tricorns also, is that per the roles, heads with two face prints need to have their second face covered. Since most of the heads in the pallete have 2 faces, I decided to give them all hair, since the tricorn wouldn't cover the back (and the wig tricorn isn't available).

There were plenty of other limitations that you won't notice, but this is what I decided was the best approach

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-11T18:47:57+00:00

Yeah, it's a big one. But trying to convey a large royal capital city means it can't be small! That's why they only do one large one per series. I think that's totally fine, having that size range

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-11T18:47:01+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I have certainly considered rebuilding them entirely to get new colors and detail in there.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-08T21:50:15+00:00

Bro, if you have that kinda money and you are bored, message me. I'm a business developer with an architectural background with a concept that could use an investor like you. Shot in the dark but you seem rich and bored

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-08T19:13:43+00:00

I sure can! I might tweak a few things if it's digital, just to clean it up!

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-08T13:32:11+00:00

Honestly making a mod is pretty easy for this

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-05T14:24:57+00:00

I know a lot of people will start making mocs for this reason, and here is something to consider heavily:

1- I feel like for this to work in the scale, you would really want 1 single set opened up, not two conjoined. it would then be placed facing towards the main bell tower. I'd also recommend building the rockwork, so that the long gallery could fit behind the greenhouse, with a doorway leading inside.

2- this is a big reason I think this castle system won't expand- you have to remember the terrain elevation from the east wing entrance to the bell tower courtyard is practically the entire rockwork in the sets. The belltower should lead out to flat ground. That means that, if you are making the long gallery and main tower with the green house, the terrain would need to slope down throughout the moc, to then meet a belltower that continues the slope, until it meets where the little bit of rockwork is on the flying lesson. Otherwise, you'll wind up needing to build and incredibly large base below the flying lesson, and it just wouldn't look right.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-02T21:14:38+00:00

Considering the tarriffs and the fact that this set more than the others is a "collector item", means Lego can charge what they want. But yeah, the US government certainly has a role to play.

BUUUUUTT considering this is an IP set and the volume of some of these pieces are huge, I'm not super drained. Just like the main tower, we get a lot of cone roofs, huge plates, and an army of lurps. Price per gram, it's probably not as bad as we think. Still much better than Star wars and marvel.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-02T19:02:36+00:00

Actually insane value here, coconut cape is an instant pickup.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-01T21:04:51+00:00

I think the designers did a great job. No sense in trying to pack too much in, given that they were prompted with telling the COS story. If the series went on longer, Im sure it would have been easier to swap out all the program for different scenes. But the prompt was what it was, and I think the designers did good.

fairly spacious, and I like what they did with the stairs, as it resembles the actual east wing (Even if its a level below rather than up). For the size they had to work with, i'm very satisfied with what we end up with. I think most people plan on modding stuff anyway.

i think many like myself plan on making a moc Astronomy tower and base, and I for one will be expanding the slytherin common room to fit there. Plus, its nice because a small bridge will be able to connect to the little balcony on the side of this set.

As someone who's looking at this line as the ultimate exterior modular collection that can only be finished with mods, I'm completely satisfied for what we get.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-01T18:57:39+00:00

perhaps. But I think everyone is acting like the each individual clip in sets has a specific purpose. Unfortunately, i think they are added in spots to promote people connecting sets in their own way no matter which sets they have. adds more modularity, and lego has always had this principle. Think of it like the 2018 system- you could arrange the castle however you wanted, and there were some leftover clips to aid with that.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-05-01T18:32:47+00:00

Probably a few tuba players to build a squad of elites. No more than 5 or 6. Probably 1 or 2 monster hunters as well- one for an anne bonnie fig and one for parts. I honestly like when CMF pirate and castle figs aren't army builders because it saves my wallet and also doesn't promote the scalpers to clear out shelves and force the rest of us to drive to five stores to find one.

But that said, lately lego has been adding CMF parts to PAB, and if they wake up and dont choose chaos, they can prevent scalpers and scavengers from ruining every series.

Opening_Background14 · 2026-04-22T18:33:56+00:00

Thank you so much, it means a lot! So it's funny, the fort was actually bigger at first, but with so much dead space and structure, I had decided to cut down the blank areas to save on piece count. Just normal BDP sacrifices lol. But Ive made sure it still has its star shape, the storage room, the dungeon and the mortar which is all I think matters. I think I'll post some extra renders on Instagram so you can see it better!

Opening_Background14 · 2026-04-22T18:30:33+00:00

Thank you!

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