market value

[stephen_rockefeller]

Pardon my ignorance as I am fairly new to LEGO investing, but how is that some sets that are still in production 10225 for example, have a higher market value that its retail price?

[Jeff Mack]

Basically, new sets start out high because people get them early, put them on eBay at a higher price. Once they get released the price starts to come down. You will see this in all new sets, especially a UCS set like this one. People really wanted it.

[Ed Mack]

Pardon my ignorance as I am fairly new to LEGO investing, but how is that some sets that are still in production 10225 for example, have a higher market value that its retail price?

Some people pay more than retail on EBAY because they are in areas of the world that might not be able to get a set from LEGO or Amazon at the MSRP(or LEGO/Amazon doesn't ship there)...and EBAY is actually cheaper than the other alternatives and the EBAY seller will ship to weird locations. Sometimes, people are just silly and pay more.

[Apps]

There is one on ebay for $2499 if you are really keen LOL!!!