The 15 Most Expensive Lego Sets You Can Buy Now
Playing with LEGOs is an expensive hobby.
Maybe you won your office pool. Maybe a bank erred in your favor. Maybe you got a refund on your tax return. What are you going to do with that money?
You could put it all in your savings account. Or, you could purchase a next-level, multi-thousand piece LEGO set, build it, and display it in your home. It's important to have priorities. And all kidding aside, it's also important to have fun, even as an adult.
LEGO was never cheap, per se. But particularly on the high end, it's never been more expensive. The company explains this by way of its quality pledge: that its bricks are tested rigorously against gravity, pressure, and anything else an adult or small child might subject them to – even human saliva. Combine this quality control with the 3rd party licensing agreements for LEGO's collaborative partnerships, and the costs quickly add up.
The cheapest LEGO set available is about $10. The most expensive LEGO set available is more than 80 times that amount. Here, for your morbid fascination and possible purchase, are the 15 most expensive LEGO sets currently for sale, as of March 2025. Hopefully, we won't have to establish an even higher ceiling in the months and years ahead. But we probably will.
TL;DR: The 15 Most Expensive LEGO Sets
15. Ferrari Daytona SP3
This set is 1:8 scale to the actual car that inspired it, and its butterfly doors flip up to allow passengers inside. The LEGO Ferrari also includes working steering and a facsimile of the car's V12 engine.
See our list of the best LEGO car sets for more like this.
14. Lamborghini Sián FKP 37
Another 1:8 scale model car, the LEGO Lamborghini has scissor doors, swooping curves, front and rear suspension, a V12 engine with moving pistons, and a unique, lime-green coloring that catches the eye.
13. McLaren P1
A 1:8 racecar build, the McLaren P1 has an adjustable rear wing and a V8 piston engine, as well as a 7-speed gearbox and suspension. It's a car lover's dream build.
12. Diagon Alley
If you like LEGO's Expert line of modular buildings, how about four distinct magical buildings, packaged together in a single set? Inspired by the Harry Potter books and movies, Diagon Alley is a details-rich tribute to the magical Wizarding World and the enchanted shops in London.
See our list of the best Harry Potter LEGO sets for more like this.
11. The Lord of the Rings: Barad-dûr
We built and photographed this set for its launch. Barad-dûr is as expensive as it looks, with multiple levels that slide out to reveal a library, a throne room, a dining area, a dungeon, an armory, and more. The glowing Eye of Sauron on top of the model is backlit with a LEGO light brick, and simple mechanisms allow you to open the front doors, reveal a hidden room, and raise the dungeon's gibbet. It's some of the finest design work that LEGO has done.in recent memory.
See our list of the best Lord of the Rings LEGO sets.
10. Hogwarts Castle
One of the most enduring sets in the LEGO collection, the Hogwarts Castle has been around for years, and its retirement keeps getting postponed due to high demand; the current, tentative plan is to retire it by the end of 2024. The set is microscaled, but it contains four full-sized Minifigures of the Hogwarts Founders.
9. Jabba's Sail Barge
The slimiest, most decadent gangster in the Outer Rim has a ride to match his excess. You'll recognize Jabba's Sail Barge from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, where Leia, Luke, Chewbacca, Lando, and R2-D2 engineer a daring rescue of Han Solo, moments before they're to be fed to the Sarlacc Pit Monster. This set contains fully decorated interiors and 11 Star Wars characters, including Salacious Crumb, Max Rebo, Princess Leia in her slave costume, and of course, Jabba the Hutt himself.
8. Avengers Tower
We built this set at the time of its launch, and we were impressed by its magnitude: six floors (not including the roof), of beautiful scenery and movie Easter Eggs, and 271 blue-tinted windows which form the building's signature facade. The LEGO Avengers Tower also comes with 31 Minifigures encompassing everyone that ought to be in a set of this scope in size – everyone from Iron Man to Hulk to Pepper Potts to Erik Selvig.
See our list of the best LEGO Marvel sets for more like this.
7. The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell
This is one of LEGO's most impressive and visually stunning – an example of what the company's designers are capable of when they abandon all pretense of a "playable" experience and focus almost exclusively on aesthetics and visual presentation. Rivendell comes with a complete Fellowship of the Ring, with Minifigures of every member from Merry to Gandalf to Legolas. Check out our feature in which we build LEGO Rivendell, as well as our interview with the LEGO Rivendell lead designer.
See our list of the best Lord of the Rings LEGO sets.
6. The Razor Crest
The Mandalorian TV show is one of the only things that the Star Wars fandom universally loves. And correspondingly, the Razor Crest – Mando's signature ship – has become instantly recognizable. It has none of the prequel trilogy's sleek design; the Razor Crest seems almost stubbornly anti-flight. This Ultimate Collector Series set captures the Razor Crest's unwieldy shape, and it includes a carbonite freezing chamber, an escape pod, and removable engine blocks that show off the ship's guts.
See our list of the best Star Wars LEGO sets for more like this.
5. Eiffel Tower
At 10,001 pieces, the Eiffel Tower is the biggest set that LEGO has ever released, with the Colosseum now coming in second with 9036 pieces. It is a repetitive build, of course – its use of arches, support beams, and cross-beams mirrors that of the actual building. But like The Colosseum, you're buying and building this for the end result – a beautiful model of a real-life attraction that's nearly five feet tall.
See our list of the best LEGO Architecture sets for more like this.
4. Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser
LEGO typically has one massive Star Wars vessel available for purchase; the company retires the old one around the time it debuts the new one. This year, it's a model of the Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser. Built by the Galactic Republic in the late stages of the Clone Wars, the Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser was designed for intense combat scenarios. This model is over three-and-a-half feet long, and it's more than a cool exterior; it also has a hangar that stores a Republic Gunship.
3. Titanic
We built the LEGO Titanic when it came out, and the designers treated it with the seriousness and reverence it deserved. The model has no minifigures – just the Titanic itself, with all its riggings, on a stand that's designed to look like classical wood. Separating the "unsinkable" ship into three segments gives you a good look at its cross-section; you can see the dining room, the crew quarters, and the boiler room. And you can also see the piston engines, which pump up and down when you turn the boat's propellers.
2. Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000
LEGO recently retired its massive bulldozer set, but replaced it with a similarly priced, massive crane from the LEGO Technic line. The Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000 drives on treads and stands over three feet high. It has numerous motorized functions, and you use an app to steer it, rotate it, and lift up to two pounds of material at a time.
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1. Millennium Falcon
It's difficult to imagine that a LEGO set would ever cost more than this Ultimate Collector Series edition of the Millennium Falcon. But then again, this set is something special, and its longevity speaks for itself. This particular model launched in 2017 – nearly six years ago, which makes it way past the age when LEGO retires its old sets to make space on the shelves for new ones.
It shows how far ahead of its time this set was at the time of its release. It shows how popular it continues to be; this is the definitive Star Wars ship. And it carries an impressive implication: that no LEGO designer has bothered to design a new one, on this scale, because the current model is so good. If you can only buy one massive set this year, this legendary "hunk of junk" is an excellent choice.
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LEGO FAQs
Are LEGO Sets More for Adults or Kids?
Although many modern LEGO sets are still targeted toward kids, the adult market has exploded in the past five years. Many of the more expensive sets are marked as 18+ due to their difficulty and overall number of pieces.
When Is the Best Time to Buy LEGO Sets at a discount?
LEGO sets can be really expensive, but sales can make the prices a lot more reasonable. The overall best time to buy LEGO sets is during event sale days like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. You can also usually find some great discounts on Star Wars day for Star Wars sets specifically.
Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He's also been published in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and more. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.
