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One of the first things that I did when I got my hands on Lego bricks as a child was to build a house. Generally I liked to renovate quite a bit and keep my minifigures in quality digs. Also, I had quite a few minifigures and they all needed a place to go in my city. Where do the ubiquitous police officers and fire fighters go after a long shift? Back in the late 80’s, there was no easy solution to this problem. In the last few years, I think The Lego Group has done an exceptional job of providing some really nifty Creator series houses that offer great playability and renovation possibilities to house the previously homeless.
In this segment, I would like to highlight the past growth of a few Creator houses to determine the investment potential of recently released and still available sets. Let's take a look at some of the Creator Houses that have been retired for several years:
#4954: Model Town Home
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Model Town Home | 4954 | 1147 (0) | 2007 | 69.99 | 244.03 | 0 | 1.44 | 248.66 | 23.14 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION: This detailed set includes instructions for 3 different models, plus all the pieces you'll need to create your own original model! Features a garage that opens and closes to store a sporty car, plus lots of roof pieces, windows and doors. Includes extra elements for light fixtures, chimney, flowers and tons more to create the house of your dreams! Lift off the roof to see inside! Garage door opens and closes! Model Town House stands 9" (23 cm) high! Includes instructions to build 3 different models!
#4956: House
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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House | 4956 | 731 (0) | 2007 | 49.99 | 84.1 | 0.9 | 3.93 | 145.59 | 16.15 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION: Build the house of your dreams with LEGO Creator! This spectacular set includes instructions for 3 different house models, plus all the parts you'll need to design your own original creations. Add a garage, driveway and fence in the yard - the possibilities are endless! Features plenty of pieces for roofs, walls, doors, windows, even trees and gardens! Lift off the roof to see inside! Add a mailbox, porch lights and other realistic details! Includes building instructions for 3 models and inspiration for more!
#4996: Beach House
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Beach House | 4996 | 522 (0) | 2008 | 29.99 | 79.16 | 2.33 | 3.37 | 163.95 | 21.42 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION: Need to get away? Relax in your very own beach house! This colorful building is packed with fun and realistic details, from the big sunlit windows to the barbecue and umbrella. Includes instructions for rebuilding into a cozy café or towering apartment building! Second floor lifts off to see stairs and fireplace on the first floor! Second floor has a balcony and a skylight that opens! Outside there is a patio with table, umbrella and chairs, and even a barbeque grill with chicken! Realistic details include mailbox, doorbell, flowers, walkway, light fixtures, chimney, tree and lots of windows! Beach House stands over 6.5" (17cm) high and includes a 5" (13cm) x 10" (25cm) baseplate Award Winner: iParenting Media's Excellent Products of 2008 2008 Parent's Choice Recommended San Diego Family's Holiday List Option Consummator's 5 Star Rating Oppenheim Toy Portfolio's Gold Seal NAPPA Honors Award iParenting Media's 2008 Excellent Products CTTC's 3 Stars Creative Child Magazine's Preferred Choice Award
#6754: Family Home
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Family Home | 6754 | 976 (0) | 2009 | 59.99 | 104.51 | 5.6 | -5.91 | 74.21 | 14.89 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION:3 houses in 1! Build a classic family home filled from wall to wall with great details, including an awning, window shutters, a terrace area and picnic bench, and even a bird bath and duck pond with a buildable duck. When you're done, take it all apart and rebuild it as a charming bungalow or a lovely Mediterranean-style villa -- instructions included for all 3! A cool 3-in-1 building experience! Features great details such as awning, shutters, bird bath, terrace area and picnic bench! Rebuilds into a bungalow or a Mediterranean villa! Family Home measures 10" (26cm) long and 9" (23cm) tall Award Winner: 2009 Parents' Choice Recommended National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval
#5891: Apple Tree House
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Apple Tree House | 5891 | 539 (0) | 2010 | 44.99 | 51.1 | -4.4 | 4.43 | 13.58 | 4.34 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION:Build a 3-in-1 classic family house! This modern country home with an apple tree outside is full of fun and realistic details, including a working mailbox with letters inside, a satellite dish on the roof, a basketball net and lawnmower, opening front and garage doors, a ladder up to the attic and more! Includes 3-in-1 instructions for rebuilding into a tall townhouse or a relaxing summer home.
- Mailbox, lawnmower, outdoor light, water tap in the garden and much more!
- Lift the roof and play inside!
- 3 models in 1! Rebuild into a tall townhouse or summer home!
#5766: Log Cabin
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Log Cabin | 5766 | 355 (1) | 2011 | 29.99 | 32.26 | -4.33 | 18.04 | 7.57 | 3.72 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION:Escape to the LEGO® countryside in this 3-in-1 Log Cabin! Packed with great details, including an open fire with rotisserie, wooden logs, tree and opening doors and windows, this log cabin is an ideal wilderness getaway. Minifigure included and ready for backwoods adventure, with backpack, paddle and canoe. Rebuild into a country retreat or a river hut.
- Includes one minifigure with backpack
- Features open fire with chicken on rotisserie, wooden logs, tree, opening doors and windows, canoe with paddle, and horn ornament
- Unique dark red roof
- Remove the roof and hinging wall section to play inside!
- The first LEGO® Creator set to include a minifigure!
- 3 models in 1: Rebuilds into a country retreat and a river hut
- River Hut features a brook, bridge, outdoor stove and furniture
- Country Retreat features a garden, street lamp and porch light
- Cabin measures over 5” (12cm) wide and 5” (12cm) tall.
#5770: Lighthouse Island
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Lighthouse Island | 5770 | 442 (1) | 2011 | 39.99 | 59.05 | 4.48 | 53.18 | 47.66 | 21.52 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION:Keep the harbor safe with the 3-in-1 lighthouse! Everything you need for a safe ocean cove is right here! This 3-in-1 lighthouse rebuilds into a sturdy boathouse with a warning light and a cozy seafood restaurant! Use the binoculars as you peer out of the lighthouse for incoming ships! Press the roof to activate the LEGO® light brick and turn the handle to rotate the mirror to warn ships lost in the fog! Open the back of the lighthouse to access the stove and ladder. Once the ships are safe, rebuild into a boathouse to dock your motorboat or change into a seafood restaurant with a light-up oven to offer the sailors a warm meal.
- Includes minifigure
- Features jetty with motorboat, LEGO® light brick, binoculars, stove, ladder, grill, 2 buildable seagulls and 2 fish
- 3 models in 1: lighthouse rebuilds into a boathouse with lifeboat or seafood restaurant with fishing boat
- Features LEGO® light brick, rotating mirror and removable back for easy access
- Spin the boat’s propellors!
- Shine the light to guide passing ships!
- Launch the boat from the Lifeboat House with the handle!
- Light the fire in the fish grill of the Seafood Restaurant!
- Lighthouse measures 10” (25cm) tall and 8” (20cm) wide
- Boat measures over 4” (10cm) long and 2” (5cm) wide
- Lifeboat House measures over 8” (21cm) long, 7” (16cm) wide and 5” (12cm) tall
- Seafood Restaurant measures over 9” (23cm) long, 4” (12cm) wide and 5” (13cm) tall
#5771: Hillside House
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Hillside House | 5771 | 714 (1) | 2011 | 69.99 | 74.34 | -0.23 | -0.76 | 6.22 | 3.06 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION:Build your dream home with 3-in-1 style! No matter what sort of home you dream of, this 3-in-1 hillside house is packed with details to please every style. Ring the sound brick doorbell, hear the dog bark, open the roof to access top floor and walk up the stairs in this two story dwelling. Park the car in the garage or pull up a folding chair as you grill your lunch on the patio! For a change of scenery, rebuild into a smaller home with a greenhouse or create a more contemporary home, sure to impress the whole neighborhood.
- Includes minifigure, dog and blue car
- Features a 2 story interior with hinged roof, sound brick, stairs, fireplace, garage, patio with grill, opening windows and balcony
- Packed with accessories including grilling charcoal, hotdogs, translucent elements, water spout and realistic lights
- Ring the door bell or hear the dog bark with the LEGO® sound brick!
- Open the roof to play inside or remove the second floor to play downstairs!
- 3 models in 1: hillside house rebuilds into smaller house with greenhouse or a modern home
- Hear the doorbells of the Modern House and the House with Greenhouse!
- Lift the roof or open the doors to play inside the Modern House and the House with Greenhouse!
- Measures over 10” (25cm) long, 10” (25cm) wide and 7” (17cm) tall
- Blue car measures over 3” (7cm) long and 1” (2cm) tall
- Modern House measures over 10” (25cm) wide, 10” (25cm) long and 7” (19cm) tall
- House with Greenhouse measures over 10” (25cm) wide, 5” (13cm) long and 5” (14cm) tall
#7346: Seaside House
Set Name | Set # | Pieces (Mini-Figs) | Launch Year | MSRP(US$) | Current Price(US$) | ROI One Month(%) | ROI Six Month(%) | ROI Total(%) | CAGR(%) |
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Seaside House | 7346 | 415 (1) | 2012 | 49.99 | 46.03 | -13.23 | -13.33 | -7.92 | -7.92 |
LEGO S@H DESCRIPTION:Build your 3-in-1 dream seaside home! Enjoy life by the sea in your very own 3-in-1 Seaside House – made to minifigure scale! Go surfing on the surfboard, use the outdoor shower and then grill a feast on the beach. Just watch out for the pesky seagull sitting in the palm tree – he's hungry too! This detailed Seaside House also includes an opening roof and removable top floor for easy access. When you're ready for a different seaside building, use the supplied alternative building steps to rebuild it into a house with a beach hut or cute vacation apartment. Includes surfer minifigure.
- Features 2-story interior with opening roof, removable top floor, double doors, veranda and shower
- Includes surfer minifigure, seagull, crab and fish
- Packed with accessories including life ring, surfboard, grill, sand castle and even a wave in the sea!
- A great 3-in-1 building experience – rebuild into a house with beach hut or vacation apartment!
- Go surfing!
- Grill a feast on the beach!
- Watch out for the hungry seagull!
- House with beach hut features a stream with bridge, palm tree and drink machine in the hut
- Vacation apartment features sea jetty, terrace and patio furniture
- Seaside House measures over 7" (17cm) high, 5" (13cm) wide and 9" (24cm) long
- House with beach hut measures over 5" (14cm) high, 5" (12cm) wide and 9" (24cm) long
- Vacation apartment measures over 8" (20cm) high, 5" (13cm) wide and 7" (18cm) long
“ED”itor's Notes: These “house” Creator sets have “under the radar” written all over them. To be quite honest, I never paid them any mind...to my detriment. There are some solid performers among these sets. Maybe it was the lack of multiple minifigures or just the simple designs, whatever the reason, I should have paid more attention to them. I usually like investing in LEGO sets I can see myself building and have bought many other Creator sets in the past. Jet planes, dinosaurs and various polybags have come to mind, but I always blew off these very quaint and practical LEGO sets. I won't anymore. These sets are perfect for diversifying your Brickfolio. Mix in a couple of Ninjago and Monster Fighter sets, with a sprinkle of Friends and STAR WARS and you have a nicely balanced collection...
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