Sets - Most and least popular

[Paul B Technic]

Something I have been thinking about (and I don't know if LEGO have ever released any stats) is the most and least popular sets by sales numbers? Are the larger sets the best sellers or are more likely to be the smaller and cheaper sets?

What would number 1 be?

[Theo van Vroenhoven]

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1000+ pieces sets:

8110 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 400 Technic 2011 2048 US$199.99 4.5 eBay | Amazon

8421 Mobile Crane Technic 2005 1884 US$150.00 4.8 eBay | Amazon

8258 Crane Truck Technic 2009 1877 US$149.99 4.8 eBay | Amazon

8285 Tow Truck Technic 2006 1877 US$119.99 4.5 eBay | Amazon

8448 Super Street Sensation Technic 1999 1437 US$130.00 4.5 eBay | Amazon

8458 Silver Champion Technic 2000 1431 US$170.00 4.8 eBay | Amazon

8275 Motorized Bulldozer Technic 2007 1384 US$149.99 4.8 eBay | Amazon

8480 Space Shuttle Technic 1996 1368 US$158.00 4.7 eBay | Amazon

8880 Super Car Technic 1994 1343 US$130.00 4.7 eBay | Amazon

9398 4x4 Crawler Technic 2012 1327 US$199.99 3.7 eBay | Amazon

9397 Logging Truck Technic 2012 1308 US$139.99 3.4 eBay | Amazon

8053 Mobile Crane Technic 2010 1289 US$99.99 4.3 eBay | Amazon

8070 Super Car Technic 2011 1281 US$119.99 4.5 eBay | Amazon

8479 Barcode Multi-Set Technic 1997 1280 US$164.00 4.3 eBay | Amazon

66397 Technic Super Pack 4 in 1 Technic / Product Collection 2011 1272 eBay | Amazon

8295 Telescopic Handler Technic 2008 1182 US$89.99 3.2 eBay | Amazon

66433 Super Pack 3-in-1 Technic / Product collection 2012 1163 eBay | Amazon

42000 Grand Prix Racer Technic 2013 1141 US$129.99 3.6 eBay | Amazon

8043 Motorized Excavator Technic 2010 1123 US$199.99 4.8 eBay | Amazon

8109 Flatbed Truck Technic 2011 1115 US$99.99 3.9 eBay | Amazon

8466 4X4 Off-Roader Technic 2001 1102 US$120.00 4.8 eBay | Amazon

8063 Tractor with Trailer Technic 2009 1100 US$99.99 3.5 eBay | Amazon

8297 Off-Roader Technic 2008 1097 US$119.99 3.7 eBay | Amazon

8485 Control Centre II Technic 1995 1079 US$219.00 4.4 eBay | Amazon

8265 Front Loader Technic 2009 1061 US$79.99 4.5 eBay | Amazon

9396 Helicopter Technic 2012 1056 US$119.99 4.5 eBay | Amazon

8289 Fire Truck Technic 2006 1036 US$74.99 4.1 eBay | Amazon

8436 Truck Technic 2004 1027 US$90.00 3.9 eBay | Amazon

8274 Combine Harvester Technic 2007 1025 US$69.99 4.1

[The_Skirrid]

Rebrickable has 8043 first, 8110 2nd and 8070 3rd currently. Rebrickable is for a different kind of Lego fan though, but I expect sales numbers must be pretty much as Brickset/Rebrickable lists.

[Someonenamedjon]

Rebrickable has 8043 first, 8110 2nd and 8070 3rd currently. Rebrickable is for a different kind of Lego fan though, but I expect sales numbers must be pretty much as Brickset/Rebrickable lists.

I would guess the same.

[Rijkvv]

What about older, discontinued sets? At the moment it's logical that 8110 is more popular than 8421.

Maybe interesting: Lugnet top 100.

[Hopey]

In terms of total units sold, I'd be very surprised if big flagship sets like 8110 would top the list. I was browsing somewhere recently (I can't for the life of me remember where, so no link sorry) which had a kind of leaderboard of sets with the little 7741 police helicopter at the top, which kind of makes sense, as it is a small set which was released in 2008 as far as I know is still available.

I imagine the all-time best seller would probably be a collectible minifigure of one series or another.

Bricklink tracks actual sales (through bricklink only, of course) and records how many wanted lists each set is on. Brickset also has stats of how many people own and want each set. These of course are also probably skewed in a similar direction as Rebrickable. For every 'serious' collector who voluntarily self-reports their inventory on one of these sites, how many kids are there out there with just a handful of smaller sets, who doesn't? And how many of these kids have unimogs?

I don't know if TLG would release their own sales figures, so we may never know.