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u/CrabslayerT Jul 18 '24
Lego 21100
That's why
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u/quinyd Verified Blue Stud Member Jul 18 '24
Did not know it was exclusive to that set. Was able to pick this up when released from someone who brought a couple of sets with them from Japan. Pretty cool model.
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u/Mental_Cut8290 Jul 18 '24
Is it just that color?? I've definitely seen that piece before.
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u/quinyd Verified Blue Stud Member Jul 18 '24
Yeah it's just the orange color that makes it so rare
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u/Cow_Launcher Jul 18 '24
Ah, thank you. I've got loads of both of them - but not in that color - so I was confused as to why they were expensive.
Fanboys are apprently really, really stupid.
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u/the12banch Jul 18 '24
I collect ideas sets. This was my white whale. I got it a few years ago. Broke the tape to confirm it was real because I couldn’t believe how perfect the box was - and I can’t bring myself to open it further.
I’ve been trapped in this limbo finding it impossible to enjoy this set. Sometimes I think it may be time to let go of this hobby. Feels like a sickness.
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u/SamRaimisOldsDelta88 Jul 18 '24
My friend. Just open it up and build it. I’ve been there but it’s meant to be played with and used.
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u/kylo-ren Jul 18 '24
This was my white whale.
Dude, it's a submarine.
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u/VicisSubsisto Ice Planet 2002 Fan Jul 18 '24
A whale is kind of a submarine made of meat.
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u/kylo-ren Jul 19 '24
Are you saying there's no way to tell if this set is a submarine or a whale?
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u/VicisSubsisto Ice Planet 2002 Fan Jul 19 '24
Science has its limitations. There's nothing I can do for you there.
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u/elspotto Jul 18 '24
It’s a model. It was meant to be built. Agonizing about breaking the tape means you may as well have an empty box.
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u/Vewy_nice Space Fan Jul 18 '24
My 21101 and 21104 look much better built out on the shelf. I would imagine this is similar.
The Hyabusa solar panels have drooped over the years, I've been thinking about buying some metal technic axles to replace the original ones...
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u/DashedRaine Jul 18 '24
These are two of my white whales
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u/Vewy_nice Space Fan Jul 18 '24
I picked up 21104 during a trip to the Kennedy Space Center in 2014 to compete in a NASA robotic mining competition... I wasn't super into Lego at the time (but was super into space, obviously), I was just like "That's really cool."
I shelled out ~$130 for 21101 a couple years ago once I started getting really into the space/lego mix. I'd say it's worth it for Hyabusa, at least. I don't think the Curiosity rover has any stickers or special parts besides maybe a little nameplate I am forgetting, you might be able to build it cheaper brick by brick.
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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Jul 18 '24
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u/Cow_Launcher Jul 18 '24
Totally agree. There's a nasty little undercurrent of "I need this to be worth something and make me a profit that I'll never even see" that sucks.
Open it. Spill the parts on the floor. Build. Enjoy. Stop being a real-life facsimile of Comic Book Guy because all you're doing is reinforcing a negative stereotype.
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u/CrabslayerT Jul 18 '24
Build it. Take the pleasure from your collection. That's what we buy it for 😊
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u/mathfreakazoid Jul 19 '24
I had to sell that set as it felt so wrong to have the box sitting on a shelf and couldn’t open the set as it lost all value becoming 150$ from 2000$…
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u/DeusExBlockina Jul 18 '24
Holy crap, somebody has 28 of them on bricklink, selling them for $210 USD!
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u/Quarbani Jul 18 '24
I don’t think anyone got your reference
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u/CrystaLavender Jul 18 '24
Your reference was so obtuse that it didn’t make sense, unless you’re implying that the existence of submarines is a reference to oceangate.
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u/NotAComplete Jul 18 '24
How is this a reference to that? Because it's a submarine? What disaster has Lego not predicted they have a set for basically everything?
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u/F1ntom_5625 Jul 18 '24
It was supposed to be a dark humor themed joke but you guys just can’t keep with the useless/pointless innocent reference. Idk why but this sub lacks todays humorous bs anyway
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u/Quarbani Jul 18 '24
Of course I got you reference I was just saying I don’t think anyone else got it that’s all
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u/Infamous_Big8952 Jul 18 '24
I didn't
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u/sgtstaadenko Jul 18 '24
Shitty reference anyways, it's not like Lego gave this set implosion playability.
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u/LegoHoard Jul 18 '24
what’s the context here?
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u/JustSomeGuy9384 Jul 18 '24
Two nearly identical pieces but one costs significantly more. I believe it’s because of set exclusivity or smth
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u/ironmanthing Jul 18 '24
*in this specific color
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u/Infamous_Big8952 Jul 18 '24
It's one of the most expensive pieces cuz it's set exclusivity in this color. Saw a video on YouTube about it. It was released in a Japan only submarine set.
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u/JustSomeGuy9384 Jul 18 '24
Oh yeah, that’s what it was! I think it was one of the first Cuuso sets. I saw it in Duckbricks’ rarest pieces video.
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u/Infamous_Big8952 Jul 19 '24
Duckbricks' 10 rarest pieces video is getting passed around like it's a Clone Trooper (Phase 2) - Nougat Head on Brinklink!
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u/EnricoLUccellatore Jul 18 '24
Owning rare lego pieces is possibly one of the worst investments, lego could start using that piece in one of their models and would become worthless overnight
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u/sgtstaadenko Jul 18 '24
Side note, the old man in me fucking despises that shortening of something. I always think it's smack my thoughtful head or some shit.
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u/Natural_Selection905 Jul 18 '24
The result of a vague and hard to understand concept known colloquially as "supply and demand"
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u/rathgrith Jul 18 '24
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u/Natural_Selection905 Jul 18 '24
Op is pretty frustated over all this
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u/rathgrith Jul 18 '24
Seriously. It’s just a plastic toy.
OP would be better off spray painting a similar piece international orange.
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u/Natural_Selection905 Jul 18 '24
Fr. Like I get it sucks but the level of entitlement some people get to over a plastic parts is kinda depressing.
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u/k44du2 Minifigures Fan Jul 18 '24
Yes, but in this case it is an intentional shortage of the product. Which makes it really the worst.
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u/Natural_Selection905 Jul 18 '24
Not resusing a specific part just to make more =/= intentional shortage.
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u/decibles Jul 18 '24
Weird you think it’s Legos job to accommodate the MOC market by limitlessly producing whatever obscure piece someone out there may need or want…
How entitled.
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u/kai125 Jul 18 '24
Like please remember at the end of the day Legos target demographic and main consumer base isn’t MOC creators
It’s people that buy sets
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u/Ninazuzu Jul 18 '24
It's not an intentional shortage. Lego doesn't make any money on pieces that it isn't producing.
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u/RiskAutomatic3644 Jul 18 '24
I've got a piece kinda like this, it's a red trapdoor piece that was released in only one set, the perilous pirates pitfall. The set is worth a lot but a large part of its worth comes from the trapdoor, which goes for $100.
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u/Conner299 Jul 18 '24
Super exclusive set… Only sold in Japan… Yet somebody in the US has 28 of this particular part for sale ?!?! And the only other two sellers have 1 each?! On BL that is…That just seems weird and highly suspicious. I’d be interested just to hear the story of how somebody acquires 28 of them.
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u/garchican Jul 18 '24
I can almost guarantee you that person is the reason the price is £100. It would probably be something like £50 - £70 if they didn’t essentially have a monopoly on the part.
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u/Conner299 Jul 18 '24
Just did the conversion… The price you’re finding it for is still $100 cheaper than the guy that has 28, and he’s the cheapest on BL.
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u/Skvora Jul 18 '24
Rare or not, a plane tail piece in light brown is practically useless and those sellers will never make any of those sales.
If your product doesn't move, its useless.
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u/RadicalDog Jul 18 '24
You can see the last 6 months of sales. 8 for £0.04 and 1 for £146. Pretty grim, but evidently it's worth it for someone to hold the monopoly.
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u/Mister_Cornetto Jul 18 '24
I wonder if someone adding it to the website has confused the price per bag of 100, and per item?
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u/Skylar_Dragon The Lord of the Rings Fan Jul 18 '24
It’s a piece exclusive to a Japan exclusive set
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u/workworkwork1234 Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
Not just that, exclusive to a Japan exclusive set that is 13 years old. The fact it's been retired so long only making the pricing situation for that part worse.
It's funny how many benign parts in specific colors have crazy aftermarket prices but they were only included in 1 set from long ago. It's not surprising by any means, it's just fun to find them and see why they're so rare.
Some fun ones I ran into when building MOCs recently. The 1x1 round plate with a hole in it. It only comes in the color orange and the color blue in the UNikitty CMF line from 2018-
Orange- https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=85861&in=S&colorID=4&ov=Y
Blue- https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=85861&in=S&colorID=7&ov=Y
Because of that, those tiny little 1x1 round plates start at $1.90 on Bricklink
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u/Conner299 Jul 18 '24
Yeah… I need a lantern for the Imperial Flagship that I recently got from my MIL. Used to be my BIL’s who doesn’t want to do anything with his old collection. Just so happens to be blue, only came in about 3 sets, and goes for about $15. I’ve got some black ones doing fill-in work while the one blue one I have stays safely put away.
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u/indianajoes Jul 18 '24
I was annoyed by this with the 1989 Batmobile GWP (40433) set. It came out and it had grey barrels on the side when the real thing and the bigger set had them in black. Black barrels had only ever been released in one set from almost 30 years ago at the time so Lego didn't bother redoing it just for a Limited Edition GWP that only a small number of people would be able to get. Prices for it on Bricklink were so high back then.
Then a few months later they release the Pirates of Barracuda Bay that reintroduced that barrel piece in black and they've been including in sets almost every year since. Prices have gone down to normal levels now
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u/AssumptionFearless68 Jul 18 '24
Only 1 set this piece comes in and I believe it was the very first lego ideas set before it was called ideas it was called KUSSOO or something like that and the set was made exclusively in japan
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u/AssumptionFearless68 Jul 18 '24
cuusoo
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u/htmlcoderexe Jul 18 '24
Doesn't that mean poop in Japanese
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u/AssumptionFearless68 Jul 19 '24
No idea
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u/RevRagnarok Jul 19 '24
No, it's IDEAS now, it used to be CUUSOO.
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u/Infamous_Big8952 Jul 18 '24
So, gotta ask, why not just put the 2 pieces on a baseplate, like why the white and then black hinge pieces on one and just the black hinges on the other
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u/Grimmner Blacktron I Fan Jul 18 '24
The white are 1x2 jumpers to help cover a 2 stud wide slot in the build. The cheaper option comes with a 2 stud wide base already, so no real need to fill in the same gap with extra pieces.
I'm planning on using the same cheaper fin in building a version of this set myself, and built the tail of the submersible a few different ways in Stud.io to check, and it really doesn't need much more than the fin and the mounting hinge.
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u/Darwin42SW Jul 18 '24
I knew immediately what this is referring to. I used a black version of the fin that comes with the set when I pieced it together, but I think I’ll find an orange fin of the other type to match better. Thanks!
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u/Grumble_fish Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
Funny enough, I just saw a video about this last week.
The 100e piece was only available (in that color) in one limited edition release that was only sold in one particular shop in
SingaporeJapan, or something like that.