Set 21018
United Nations Headquarters
Retired Dec 2015Retail price$49.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$130.00Typical sealed asking price · 38 listings
Recently sold$120.25Only 2 sales so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+160%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 160% on its $50 retail price since retiring. Pay under $72 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 21018 United Nations Headquarters worth?
LEGO 21018 United Nations Headquarters is worth about $130.00 sealed right now, based on 38 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 160% above its $49.99 retail price. It came out in 2013 with 597 pieces. It was retired in Dec 2015. We last checked it 2 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 22$13038 listings
- Lowest
- $130
- Highest
- $130
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +160%
2 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily · early days — a line drawn through 2 readings shows what we measured, not a trend
Should you buy it?
Retired 11 years ago and now 2.6× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$130
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$20
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$4
Shipping · est. from 597 pieces−$13
Reaches you$93
Pay no more than$71
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$120
2 sold in six months · $85–$156Used
$55
2 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 8% more than buyers actually paid. The $130 figure above is a ceiling; this is the floor to negotiate toward.
Completed BrickLink transactions over the last six months. Real sales, not asking prices.
Worth more in pieces?
Parted out$69vsSealed$130
Sealed is worth 47% more. Not one to break.
- Minifigures
- —
- Loose parts
- 630 pieces
Minifigure prices are real completed BrickLink sales. The parts figure is an estimate — the set’s own inventory at the catalogue average, not each piece priced individually. Treat it as a guide, and remember parting out is hours of work and many small sales.
Set details
- Set number
- 21018
- Theme
- Architecture
- Released
- 2013
- Status
- Retired Dec 2015
- Pieces
- 597
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $49.99
- Value per piece
- $0.218
- Price confidence
- high · 38 listings
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay38 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $130. Last checked Oct 22.See the listings →BrickLink2 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $120 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 19.Open the price guide →Catalogue597 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $50.See the catalogue entry →
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How to read this. The value is the median of live sealed listings, after removing instructions, empty boxes, used sets, multi-set lots and implausible outliers. Real sale prices usually land below asking, so the buy-below figure is deliberately the conservative end of the range.
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