Selling now Black Pearl & Queen Anne or wait?

[ChrisXY]

Hi,

I am owning those two sets in a mint condition. I am debating to sell both. Now as LEGO will announce a new Black Pearl, I am wondering if my set will decrease in value? What do you think? Everybody probably wants the new set with 3000 pieces.

Thanks :)

Edited March 8 by ChrisXY

[FestersQuest1989]

I think you should probably keep those and sell later.

personally I have no interest in re-releases.

I'd always seek out the original, the new sets are just for people who missed them the first time.

if anything I'd say the price of the original will NOT go down,

just look at 6285 and 6278 and compare those with their re-releases,
I have seen pretty much 0% interest in those anywhere,
despite their possible rarity (complete with box at least)
meanwhile i see a very big interest about the originals being classic sets that everybody had and or wanted as a kid.

Edited March 9 by FestersQuest1989

[Black Falcon]

3 hours ago, FestersQuest1989 said:

I'd always seek out the original, the new sets are just for people who missed them the first time.

if anything I'd say the price of the original will NOT go down,

just look at 6285 and 6278 and compare those with their re-releases,
I have seen pretty much 0% interest in those anywhere,
despite their possible rarity (complete with box at least)
meanwhile i see a very big interest about the originals being classic sets that everybody had and or wanted as a kid.

First of all, I don´t think that there is such a big difference for most people on whether they would buy the original or the rerelease - that will probably mostly be of interest for collectors that want to have the whole old wave complete, and especially for those that want to have them sealed - as for those the older version is rarer than the rerelease.

Secondly the new Black Pearl won´t be a rerelease but a new Set, unlike the Sets you mentioned above. That will probably not change much for the price of the old Set, though.

[eldiano]

There’s a market for each Lego set, considering yours has the only Davy Jones minifigure, it will for sure still hold its own value.

 

i personally regret selling my QaR and Black Pearl. I got them for retail and seeing the values triple on the min figures makes it difficult to re purchase them at a reasonable price.

Lego remakes never hold a candle to the original ones, but you can still sell yours and still make a decent profit. 

 

 

[MAB]

On 3/9/2025 at 2:29 PM, FestersQuest1989 said:

I think you should probably keep those and sell later.

personally I have no interest in re-releases.

I'd always seek out the original, the new sets are just for people who missed them the first time.

if anything I'd say the price of the original will NOT go down,

just look at 6285 and 6278 and compare those with their re-releases,
I have seen pretty much 0% interest in those anywhere,
despite their possible rarity (complete with box at least)
meanwhile i see a very big interest about the originals being classic sets that everybody had and or wanted as a kid.

There is loads of interest in the remakes of 6285 and 6278, and that is why the secondary market prices are similar for the reissue sets compared to the originals. But those are genuine reissues done just a few years afterwards. The POTC will not be a reissue.

 

On 3/11/2025 at 6:55 PM, eldiano said:

Lego remakes never hold a candle to the original ones, but you can still sell yours and still make a decent profit. 
 

That depends what you are comparing. Some of the modern releases of licensed sets are way better than the originals. In Star Wars, the Death Star was pretty much the same, various X-wings have been produced that are way better than the original ones from 25+ years ago. In Harry Potter, modern sets are way better than those of the early 2000s. In Lord of the Rings, Rivendell completely outshines the original theme and especially the original Rivendell sett - the Council of Elrond.

It wasn't strictly a re-release, but the same name 10210 Imperial Flagship was way better than 6271 Imperial Flagship.

Will the original Black Pearl go down in price? Probably not, but that will mainly be sellers not wanting to drop prices below what they once were. However, the volume of sales of the original is likely to drop. On BL, 20 (new) and 46 (used) have sold in the past six months. If there is a new, larger, more detailed set available at a lower price, the volume of sales of the original will drop. We've seen it with new issues of the UCS Millenium Falcon, Taj Mahal, Death Star, and so on.

[eldiano]

On 3/14/2025 at 6:43 AM, MAB said:

That depends what you are comparing. Some of the modern releases of licensed sets are way better than the originals. In Star Wars, the Death Star was pretty much the same, various X-wings have been produced that are way better than the original ones from 25+ years ago. In Harry Potter, modern sets are way better than those of the early 2000s. In Lord of the Rings, Rivendell completely outshines the original theme and especially the original Rivendell sett - the Council of Elrond.

It wasn't strictly a re-release, but the same name 10210 Imperial Flagship was way better than 6271 Imperial Flagship.

Will the original Black Pearl go down in price? Probably not, but that will mainly be sellers not wanting to drop prices below what they once were. However, the volume of sales of the original is likely to drop. On BL, 20 (new) and 46 (used) have sold in the past six months. If there is a new, larger, more detailed set available at a lower price, the volume of sales of the original will drop. We've seen it with new issues of the UCS Millenium Falcon, Taj Mahal, Death Star, and so on.

I meant to emphasize that remakes of licensed sets are the exemption. When it comes to Pirates, Castle and Space, they have done the bare minimum when it comes to figures and other prints, for example majisto workshop, el dorado fortress and the lack of printing on figures. 

I for one wish they used printed bases again and build off from there, I dislike it when they add brick count for bases versus starting off fresh. However the black pearl in it’s original lego form wasn’t that accurate to the actual ship, they left out a lot details especially around the cabin/wheel mast area. 

For 89.99 bucks it retailed for when it came out, it was golden, I just hope they use the similar hulls and build method used in the Black seas barracuda bay remake, we shall see, we were expecting another one when dead men tell no tales, but between this and the new Death Star, I’m holding out hope for lego, I’m low key tired of dealing with brick issues like breaking pieces and discolored bricks lol. 

I cannot miss this set for the GWP for sure! 

 

[MAB]

I think it is highly unlikely that we will ever see the printed bases again. Not just the raised (and printed) baseplates, but even just the flat printed ones. I  think the modern style is now to build the base rather than use a single large piece. That has become almost a standard not just for adult sets but for kid sets too. Plus LEGO knows people used the PPP metric and large baseplates are expensive and obviously just a single piece and so push that metric too far in the wrong direction.

 

As to the remake of the Black Pearl, I reckon it will look stunning with nicely detailed minifigures, and probably look better than the original but also come with a hefty price tag.

[kuzyabricks]

On 3/8/2025 at 3:09 PM, ChrisXY said:

Hi,

I am owning those two sets in a mint condition. I am debating to sell both. Now as LEGO will announce a new Black Pearl, I am wondering if my set will decrease in value? What do you think? Everybody probably wants the new set with 3000 pieces.

Thanks :)

How much are you looking to get for the QAR...

[ChrisXY]

On 3/30/2025 at 9:40 PM, kuzyabricks said:

How much are you looking to get for the QAR...

I dont know yet. It is complete and in a mint condition, especially the sails and the minifigures, it wasn´t played with, but no gear and no box. Was thinking around 500 Euro

@all

Thanks for all the input from you guys. Have decided to sell them.