Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 8859232)

I listed mine a few days ago (a few months too late, given today's announcement!), 100% complete, adult owned, built once, then disassembled and stored, for $1900. You interested? :p

Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 8859201)

Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8859246)

Given the price tag I'm guessing the majority of people who buy one are going to be keeping it sealed as an "investment", so I'm guessing it wouldn't be an investment you could cash out on quickly in the future. What I'd love to see is for LEGO to bring all their old sets back into production, just to lower the "collector" prices a bit. The values are so high it's hard to justify actually building it, but if it stays sealed then all you're really collecting are cardboard boxes with pictures on them.

Originally Posted by threezero (Post 8859282)

its worth like 5g man. why are so nice to me:ahwow:

Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8859246)

I wish there was a way to "rent" LEGO sets, either at home or at a business or something. They'd have to verify all the pieces are returned which may kill profitability (even with a deposit and lost piece fee) but I'd be willing to pay a decent bit to build one of these huge kits just once.

Originally Posted by gilly (Post 8859253)

An alternative is buying the fake lego sets made in china. Everything is pretty much the same except not having the lego logo on the bricks. So you can still enjoy the process of building the set and it's 90% cheaper than the market price of discontinued sets.

Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 8859314)

This service exists:

https://netbricks.biz

Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8859325)

How's the fitment/quality though? I don't want to be fighting with pieces that don't line up or filing down stuff that won't snap together.

Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 8859313)

The moment this new version was announced, the value of the original version plummeted. There is no way the previous version is worth $5000 now. Why pay that much when a newer, bigger & better one is available for $1000?

I'll probably just keep mine in storage. Maybe in another 10 years it's value will go back up a bit.

Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8859223)

I know you can get the instructions and parts list online, and that you can order individual parts. I'd love to know just how much it would cost to "DIY" the 10179 (or as close as you can get anyways). New it was $500 so I'm guessing it's going to be at least that much in parts (+ inflation).

Originally Posted by Mikoyan (Post 8859505)

A friend of mine did just that. It took him a few years (5?), as he was snagging individual pieces off ebay etc. From what I remember, the cost was around $2000. He finished it around 2014-15, and the full sets were $4k+ back then.

Originally Posted by nah (Post 8860181)

But he's missing the original box and instructions then...

Originally Posted by gilly (Post 8861376)

For sale today!! For Lego VIP members. It is free to sign up for VIP lol.

Originally Posted by Vansterdam (Post 8861480)

Apparently Vancouver Lego only had 23 of these and is sold out till end of Nov. already seen some guy here on the buy and sell try and sell one for 5K :lawl: