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6 hours ago, H454 said:

Lego Atari 2600 Item # 10306

"Coming Soon on August 1, 2022"

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/atari-2600-10306

$239.99 seems pretty high for a set like this.

Looking at some of the other $100-and-up sets, the price is about in line for a set with over 2500 pieces in it.

 

It's nifty, but as much of a Lego whore as I am, I'd rather put the money into actual Atari stuff.

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That is a damn cool set, and they obviously put a lot of time into it.  Lots of interesting design details, such as how they altered the game labels to add LEGO elements.  Yes, it is expensive, but all LEGO sets are.  They have sets costing $800. 

3 minutes ago, Leonard Smith said:

So what do you do with this after it's all assembled?
Just leave it on your shelf for display?

That's what many people do, if you have space.  For me the fun is in building the set, not as much displaying it, but I probably will display this Atari VCS LEGO set somewhere once assembled.

3 minutes ago, Leonard Smith said:

I wasn't a huge Lego fan back in the day, so I'd build random things and then take them apart.

Same, the parts were more..generic back in the late 70s / early 80s, and not nearly as many different parts.  The sets were also much simpler compared to the crazy stuff we get today from LEGO, so you'd quickly build the set, then take it apart and combine your new LEGO pieces with all the others you already have so you could build something new.  :)

 

 ..Al

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3 minutes ago, Albert said:

That is a damn cool set, and they obviously put a lot of time into it.  Lots of interesting design details, such as how they altered the game labels to add LEGO elements.  Yes, it is expensive, but all LEGO sets are.  They have sets costing $800. 

True, but it is on the high side for the number of pieces in it.    Other sets >$200 have 3000-4000 pieces

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18 minutes ago, zzip said:

True, but it is on the high side for the number of pieces in it.    Other sets >$200 have 3000-4000 pieces

Most sets with 3,000-4,000 pieces are probably all considerably more than $240, and there are sets with over 6,000 pieces that sell for $800.  Roughly, the per-piece cost for a set is about 11 cents.  The 2600 set, with its 2,532 piece count, fits that nicely.  Not all sets fit into that formula, but a large number do.  So, LEGO sets are expensive, but fairly consistently so.  :)

 

 ..Al

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2 minutes ago, Albert said:

Most sets with 3,000-4,000 pieces are probably all considerably more than $240, and there are sets with over 6,000 pieces that sell for $800.  Roughly, the per-piece cost for a set is about 11 cents.  The 2600 set, with its 2,532 piece count, fits that nicely.  Not all sets fit into that formula, but a large number do.  So, LEGO sets are expensive, but fairly consistently so.  :)

 

 ..Al

I'm seeing the opposite.   I set out to show that it wasn't overpriced, but I see other sets in the same price range have way more pieces, and sets in the 2500 piece range can be found for under $200.     The last set I bought was Assembly Square with 4002 pieces, retailing for $279

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Just now, zzip said:

I'm seeing the opposite.   I set out to show that it wasn't overpriced, but I see other sets in the same price range have way more pieces, and sets in the 2500 piece range can be found for under $200.     The last set I bought was Assembly Square with 4002 pieces, retailing for $279

Yeah, I'm sure you can find sets on both sides of the 2600 set in terms of piece count and price.  And I don't doubt they price systems with licensing (like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Avengers, etc.) higher than more generic sets like the Assembly Square building.  And I do love all the buildings they've done, but I don't collect those, I have to draw the line somewhere. :D 

 

 ..Al

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3 minutes ago, Albert said:

And I don't doubt they price systems with licensing (like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Avengers, etc.) higher than more generic sets like the Assembly Square building.

Yeah I'm thinking that may account for the difference

 

3 minutes ago, Albert said:

And I do love all the buildings they've done, but I don't collect those, I have to draw the line somewhere. :D 

Yeah, the only thing I collect now are the "modular" city buildings like Assembly Square, but I've just about run out of room to display those, so I have to use lots of restraint on the Lego site :)

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Just now, Rick Dangerous said:

The 80's living room scene kills me...so cool!  Yeah....can't see myself dropping a few hundred buck on this...not in this economy lol. 

Heh, well look at it this way.   Discontinued Lego sets sell for many times their retail price.   So buying and holding unopened Lego sets may outperform other investments, like stocks :D

 

* Disclaimer:  I'm not a financial advisor  :P

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4 minutes ago, glazball said:

C'mon folks - LEGO sets are meant to be opened and played with, not kept sealed as an investment!

Why not both?  :D

 

It's not something I do, but I have a friend who buys new LEGO sets (in quantity, but not a ton) and holds them until they are no longer available.  If you have a lot of storage, you can make some serious money doing this, as most sets (especially the more expensive and sought-after sets) will jump quite a bit in value over time.  Especially unopened sets.

 

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1 minute ago, Albert said:

Why not both?  :D

 

It's not something I do, but I have a friend who buys new LEGO sets (in quantity, but not a ton) and holds them until they are no longer available.  If you have a lot of storage, you can make some serious money doing this, as most sets (especially the more expensive and sought-after sets) will jump quite a bit in value over time.  Especially unopened sets.

 

 ..Al

I don't do it as investment either, but when I see the prices of discontinued sets...   it sure is tempting!  

 

For instance, I bought the Black Pearl ship 10 years ago on clearance at Target for $60.    I see it's now listed as high as $1500!  Too bad we opened it :P

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Pirates-Caribbean-Black-Pearl/dp/B004OT6NJU

 

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Anything that is licensed always has a higher price over a comparable set with the same piece count. Also LEGO just increased their prices between 5% and 25% across almost their entire line. As someone who has purchased many LEGO sets in the last 5 years this is about what I expected when I heard rumors of the set a few months ago. 

 

Not sure if I am going to pick this up though, I am strictly an 8bit Atari computer guy. However Atari and LEGO are my two main hobbies. 

 

 

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1 minute ago, sramirez2008 said:

I actually came across this NES Lego set last year in the Mall of America.  I guess this is the going rate for Classic consoles according to Lego.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/nintendo-entertainment-system-71374

That's a really cool set, and interestingly it has about the same number of pieces (a bit more) than the 2600 set. But the NES set includes a TV with a scrolling screen!  
 

It's interesting to see where the piece count goes. A lot more detail on the 2600, the sliding top revealing the diorama, the three carts and the cart holder, the CX-40 joystick, plus the 3D scenes from each game. I like that they didn't just copy what they did for the NES set. 
 

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2 minutes ago, Albert said:

I like that they didn't just copy what they did for the NES set.

Me too.  When I saw this I asked one of the Brick Specialists, if Lego had any plans for an Atari set. They didn't know (or didn't want to confirm), but here we are.  It's certainly a cool set.  I don't collect or have any Lego sets.  Like others have said, this is tempting, but I'll put the money towards homebrews at PRGE.

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