Insights
What the market is doing.
Which themes hold value, what's moving, and where the money is — measured across every set we track.
Finding 01
Limited runs beat modulars.
BrickLink Designer Program holds a $368 median, higher than Modular Buildings at $363 — the theme collectors assume is the safest hold. Produced once, never reissued.
Finding 02
Star Wars doesn’t reach the top fifteen.
Not because the sets are worthless, but because the theme contains hundreds of $15 polybags dragging the median down — it sits at #33 of 68. Theme-level medians mislead on broad themes.
Finding 03
“Valuable” means two different things.
Architecture: $158 median at $0.267 per piece — big boxes, ordinary density. LEGO Exclusive: $260 median at $0.628 per piece, nearly triple. Same label, opposite investment thesis.
Every theme
What this page is for
Every LEGO theme, ranked by what its sets are actually worth today. Use it to decide where to look — then judge the individual set. Tap any theme to open every set in it.
BrickLink Designer Program62$368Highest$1,200Per piece$0.23
Modular Buildings12$363Highest$646Per piece$0.13
Forma4$304Highest$313Per piece$7.32
Scooby-Doo5$290Highest$500Per piece$0.87
LEGO Exclusive26$260Highest$8,000Per piece$0.63
LEGO Art25$177Highest$799Per piece$0.08
Icons85$170Highest$1,500Per piece$0.16
LEGO Ideas and CUUSOO87$160Highest$550Per piece$0.17
Architecture38$158Highest$354Per piece$0.27
Bionicle33$120Highest$350Per piece$1.47
Nike4$117Highest$139Per piece$0.12
Angry Birds6$110Highest$200Per piece$0.35
Pirates7$105Highest$399Per piece$0.58
Chinese Traditional Festivals24$102Highest$260Per piece$0.12
Monkie Kid57$98Highest$338Per piece$0.17
Avatar9$90Highest$220Per piece$0.20
Elves35$83Highest$380Per piece$0.32
Technic209$80Highest$1,950Per piece$0.17
Fortnite12$78Highest$250Per piece$0.10
One Piece12$76Highest$330Per piece$0.11
FIRST LEGO League9$75Highest$123Per piece$0.14
Overwatch9$73Highest$195Per piece$0.31
Super Heroes DC141$70Highest$1,999Per piece$0.43
Wednesday5$70Highest$103Per piece$0.08
Pokémon23$70Highest$619Per piece$0.18
Agents8$69Highest$197Per piece$0.32
Editions22$67Highest$170Per piece$0.10
Ninjago348$62Highest$1,094Per piece$0.49
Harry Potter131$60Highest$700Per piece$0.17
Despicable Me 45$60Highest$129Per piece$0.20
Indiana Jones3$59Highest$220Per piece$0.12
Wicked11$58Highest$190Per piece$0.11
Star Wars511$54Highest$2,000Per piece$0.33
Educational and Dacta34$52Highest$974Per piece$0.52
Legends of Chima16$51Highest$425Per piece$0.39
The LEGO Movie38$49Highest$1,200Per piece$0.30
Minions7$45Highest$120Per piece$0.47
Super Heroes Marvel277$45Highest$749Per piece$0.24
Sonic The Hedgehog25$43Highest$125Per piece$0.14
Disney217$41Highest$617Per piece$0.21
Jurassic World99$40Highest$780Per piece$0.28
Hidden Side23$40Highest$250Per piece$0.15
Legoland Parks12$40Highest$140Per piece$0.16
Minecraft156$40Highest$1,899Per piece$0.24
Nexo Knights73$40Highest$320Per piece$0.38
City495$40Highest$398Per piece$0.25
Botanicals43$40Highest$240Per piece$0.11
Other57$39Highest$850Per piece$0.29
Dreamzzz46$39Highest$214Per piece$0.13
Gabby's Dollhouse12$38Highest$79Per piece$0.27
Trolls: World Tour9$36Highest$90Per piece$0.16
Dimensions66$36Highest$155Per piece$0.59
Juniors55$36Highest$155Per piece$0.41
Classic64$35Highest$211Per piece$0.09
Brickheadz189$35Highest$1,000Per piece$0.38
DC Super Hero Girls11$35Highest$109Per piece$0.14
Speed Champions100$34Highest$320Per piece$0.19
Mixels53$32Highest$80Per piece$0.66
Creator252$30Highest$774Per piece$0.23
Seasonal232$28Highest$325Per piece$0.19
Brick Sketches8$27Highest$35Per piece$0.18
Friends449$26Highest$399Per piece$0.20
Animal Crossing17$25Highest$97Per piece$0.15
Super Mario140$25Highest$425Per piece$0.24
Bluey9$24Highest$85Per piece$0.29
Unikitty!10$20Highest$157Per piece$0.20
VIDIYO13$15Highest$64Per piece$0.20
Collectible Minifigures21$10Highest$379Per piece$2.20Reading the per-piece column. LEGO sells at roughly $0.08–0.15 a piece. A theme well above that is holding value beyond its size — usually licensed sets, small exclusives, or anything with sought-after minifigures. Duplo sits high by construction, since its bricks are several times larger.