Top five sets of 2015

[Crustybeaver]

So another year is drawing to a close and I thought it would be cool to get an idea of what are peoples top five sets of 2015? 

Mine in no particular order...

 

 

[HappyHawkeye]

As a seller:

• Jurassic World Indominus Rex
• Raptor Escape
• Series 14 Minifigures (not a set per se, but I sold a ton of these...)
• Gingerbread House
• Ocean HQ

[fossilrock]

As a collector:

1. Ferris Wheel
2. Slave 1
3. Wall-e
4. Detective's Office
5. Mystery Machine

As a quick flippin' low life:

1. Gallimimus Trap
2. Gingerbread House
3. Indominous Rex Breakout
4. Raptor Escape
5. Poe's X-wing Starfighter

Wall-e and Series 14 minifigures are also in here if you were an early bird.

As a long term investor:

1. UCS Slave 1
2. Ferris Wheel
3. Complete sets of JW theme
4. UCS Tie Fighter
5. Wall-e

Edited December 16, 2015 by fossilrock

[matt1147]

I am limiting my list to sets I own and have built (so no Slave 1 or UCS Tie yet).

I totally agree with Ferris Wheel, Wall-E and Detectives Office!!

My other 2 would have to be Shuttle Tydirium and Winter Toy Shop (although I know as an investor, it is practically sacrilegious to include it)

[inversion]

As a collector:

1. Slave I
2. Ferris Wheel
3. Ninjago Temple
4. Helicarrier
5. Tie

Yes, I am nuts for exclusives. What I miss is a decent, large Architecture release. Only these mid sized classic tourist trap landmarks I see. It seems they stopped with modern architecture, no release even in the sizes of Farnsworth House or Villa Savoye. FLW series seems to be dead. The series should be renamed now to 'Landmarks', as I see it was really steered away from showcasing architecture with bricks. 

[TheGallows]

Just as a collector, my top 5 in no order

• Slave 1
• Wall-e
• UCS Tie
• Detective's Office
• Temple of AirJitzu

[diablo2112]

My top 5 investment sets:

1. Birds
2. Ferris Wheel
3. UCS Tie Fighter
4. UCS Slave 1
5. Detective Office - tied w/ Avenger's Helicarrier

Honorable Mentions:  Ferrari F40, Simpson's Kwik E Mart, Wall E, Flower Cart

Edited December 16, 2015 by diablo2112

[justapilgrim]

1. Gallimimus

2. GBH

3. RE

4. Rest of JW line

5. Holiday viginettes (ToT anyone)

For investing of course

[jaisonline]

As an investing AFOL who also builds. 

So hard to narrow the list down to 5. In no particular order...

1. Wall-E
2. Slave 1
3. Ferris Wheel
4. Mystery Machine
5. Death Star Final Duel

 

[Darth_Raichu]

13 minutes ago, justapilgrim said:

 

1. Gallimimus

2. GBH

3. RE

4. Rest of JW line

5. Holiday viginettes (ToT anyone)

For investing of course

Same, but for QFLL

 

[HappyHawkeye]

I just got into selling & building this year, so I've been spending a lot of my earnings on sets for me & my boys. so even though many of these are old here were my favorites that I built:

• Temple of Arijitzu - beautiful set that makes me wish I was a kid again
• Ewok Village - lots of nostalgia with this one as the Hasbro Ewok Village was one of my favorites toys from my youth
• Queen Anne's Revenge - built a used set bought off of Craigslist. Particularly fun for me as I always wanted a lego priate ship as a kid & never got one
• Imperial Hotel - love the way this set displays, I will have it in my office for many years to come
• Winter Village Cottage - bought & built all of the winter village sets this past month & this was my favorite

Thus far I have resisted the urge to build any of my modulars or Star Wars UCS sets...but I'm positive that's going to change in 2016. By far the thing I've liked best about this hobby is the ability to build these fantastic sets.

[Battrax]

For me:

10248 Ferrari F40 (it is a bloody F40 and a good model, naysayers be damned)

70751 Temple of Airjitsu (a huge surprise in features, building techniques and just sheer beauty)

42043 Mercedes-Benz Arocs (worthy successor to the Unimog).

42042 Crawler Crane (deceptively large and lovely gearbox complexity).

31031 Rainforest Animals (an adorable fly, clever little frog and a beautifull parrot that poops!)

 

Honourable mentions:

The whole Speed Champions line (especially the Porsche GT Starting Line)

Blue Power jet

The 1:1 half Lego, half real Porsche 911 GTE that Porsche had outside one of their shop stands at the village at the 24 Heures du Mans (wish that was available as a kit).

 

Edit: found a promo video for it

 

Edited December 16, 2015 by Battrax

[Crustybeaver]

The Crawler Crane is a great set

[Yellowtot]

I know it's not a set but I just love this guy.

 

[ZULU]

For me it's 

Death Star

Dolphin Cruiser

Red Five (is it really?)

Arctic Supply Plane

Tower of Orthanc

...

obviously in the category

MOST HAPPY THESE SETS HAVE RETIRED IN 2015!!

There were no sets I absolutely needed to buy and build this year. (Thanks you Toy Shop GRRRRRRRRRRRRR)

I'm MOC-ing my own house, and that takes up most of my time and resources :-)

The kids liked the furry animals, Mixels and WHTrain/GBH extras

[thecrapweasel]

1 hour ago, fossilrock said:

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1 hour ago, fossilrock said:

As a collector:

1. Ferris Wheel
2. Slave 1
3. Wall-e
4. Detective's Office
5. Mystery Machine

As a quick flippin' low life:

1. Gallimimus Trap
2. Gingerbread House
3. Indominous Rex Breakout
4. Raptor Escape
5. Poe's X-wing Starfighter

Wall-e and Series 14 minifigures are also in here if you were an early bird.

As a long term investor:

1. UCS Slave 1
2. Ferris Wheel
3. Complete sets of JW theme
4. UCS Tie Fighter
5. Wall-e

I like that you broke it down.  Reading some of the responses, I'm not sure if they are saying these are their personal favorites, ones that made them money quick, or hedging long term bets

Edited December 16, 2015 by thecrapweasel

[Crustybeaver]

Is it a full size moc?

[santaends]

Santa's Visit, Elves Treetop Hideaway, Detective's Office, CCBS General Grievous, Ferris Wheel.

Edited December 16, 2015 by santaends

[raindog]

Mostly from a seller standpoint:

1. 30320 - Jurassic World Gallimimus Trap Set Polybag
2. 40139 - Gingerbread House
3. 75920 - Raptor Escape
4. 40158 - Pirate Chess
5. 40138 - Holiday Train

With a special shout-out to Item #851341 - Elves Playmat

[ZULU]

1 hour ago, Crustybeaver said:

Is it a full size moc?

it's a perfect model... large enough I think :-))

This is part 1 of 4. Interior details... I should be perfect when finished!

Didn't make the car. Please guess what set it is from!

To be continued...

 

[Huskers1236]

From a pure fan of Lego standpoint, my top 5 would be

1. UCS Slave I (far and away #1 for me)

2. Ferris Wheel

3. Wall-E

4. Space Shuttle Tyderium

5. Quik E Mart

Honorable Mention to Jokerland and Hulkbuster for great figures.

Dis-honorable Mention goes to Winter Village Toy Store. 

 

[thecrapweasel]

On 12/16/2015 at 2:02 PM, raindog said:

Mostly from a seller standpoint:

1. 30320 - Jurassic World Gallimimus Trap Set Polybag
2. 40139 - Gingerbread House
3. 75920 - Raptor Escape
4. 40158 - Pirate Chess
5. 40138 - Holiday Train

With a special shout-out to Item #851341 - Elves Playmat

How are you selling pirate chess set when its been consistently available and discounted?

[tacsniper]

As a seller in no particular order

1. 30320 - Jurassic World Gallimimus Trap Set Polybag

2. 40139 - Gingerbread House

3. 75920 - Raptor Escape

4. 75919 - Indominus Rex Breakout

5. 40138 - Holiday Train

As a collector in no particular order

1. Ferris Wheel

2. Brick Bounty

3. Temple of Airjitzu

4. Wall-E

5. Spaceport/City square both win for me in the City category

[Enduro]

Good thread! Favorite five 2015 sets for me overall in no particular order:

1.  Ferris Wheel (The Tumbler? No, watch out for this one- timeless universal appeal)

2. Slave I  (a large scale curved model made out of Lego that looks outta site)

3. Temple of Airjitsu (Hands down home run)

4. Deep Sea Exploration Vessel (Clever as hell)

5. The Kwik-E-Mart (Pretty much a full blown Lego Grocery store and Frostillicus- so want the minifig)

Runners up:  The Ferrari, UCS Tie Fighter, Dr. Who, Wall-E, GBH, Holiday Train and Jokerland

And for the heck of it my five disappointments of 2015. Not that these sets/lines were bad per se, it's just that I was expecting more or there were elements that rubbed me the wrong way:  The new Force Awakens Star Wars sets, the Pirate sets (Brick Bounty was OK and the Chess was cool - the rest was lazy), Detectives Office, The rejection of all the Ideas proposals, and the Simpsons mini-figs (enough with the repeats)

 

 

Edited December 18, 2015 by Enduro

[raindog]

1 hour ago, thecrapweasel said:

How are you selling pirate chess set when its been consistently available and discounted?

I purchased most of the ones that I resold for $30 ea from local LEGO store.  It was one of 11 US stores that were allowed to sell at the price in October due to them being shorted on the recall.  I sold 27 on Amazon when the price was $78.80.  Another 5, I parted out in my store.  Part-out is close to $160.  The few that I didn't get at $30 I picked up when they sold for $41 nationally.

Edited December 18, 2015 by raindog
Change "about $80" to exact price set sold at