Rarest set, polybag, piece or minifigure that you own

[ZlatanXVIGustaf]

It’s funny how these types of threads always turn into genital measuring contests. Though, I have to admit, it’s very entertaining to read.

The rarest thing I own is probably 51163cx1.

[Peppermint_M]

Just now, ZlatanXVIGustaf said:

these types of threads [ARE] genital measuring contests

Fixed it for you 

I have a few business cards, a Figure for the Ideas House like Fangy (I think I got mine at the same time) and some bricks printed for the LEGO Production Factory. I guess the Dark Knight Batman minifig I have is also a rare/desirable figure.

[Tariq j]

The rarest I can think of is the Percival Graves/Gellert Grindelwald figure from the Harry Potter CMF line.  

Plus there's some of the May 4th Figures as well. (Though they've definitely been re released during various Force Friday's).

 

[jimmynick]

It seems that the non-LUL Mace Windu from 2006 is the rarest minifigure I own.

[Gorilla94]

My old Nestle Bunny i guess.

[ukbajadave]

This is my rarest piece as I only have one in this colour... Have I misunderstood the thread?

[Peppermint_M]

That is a pleasingly sorted box.  Ooo, it is just lovely to look at.

[Johnny1360]

3 hours ago, ukbajadave said:

 

This is my rarest piece as I only have one in this colour... Have I misunderstood the thread?

And yet it gets the largest bin. Don't think you misunderstood at all. Curious, what color is that? I wonder how many I have, if any. 

[ukbajadave]

22 hours ago, Johnny1360 said:

...what color is that? I wonder how many I have, if any. 

It appears to be your standard technic Dark Bluish Grey. The odd thing is all my sets are in rebrickable which says I have 231 of these in Black, Red, White, Yellow and Light Grey but 0 in DBG?

[Johnny1360]

Well that seems odd, if it is DBG, I have 35 loose, probably many more in assembled sets and gobs of them in red. 

[HawkLord]

My minifigure sets from the Lego store grand openings at the Alderwood Mall in 2012 and Southcenter Mall in 2015, both in WA. The Alderwood Mall set has a cool skyline of Seattle on the background, while the Southcenter one is fairly generic. 

I also really like the chrome red VIP keychain Lego mailed out to VIP members back in 2013. 

Then lastly, polybag Hulk from 2012. 

[caiman0637]

I got this: Number 867, I think, out of 1200.

[astyanax]

[Alexandrina]

I'm not sure I have much that's especially rare. I've got the classic Yellow Castle with four grey visors rather than one of each colour, but I picked it up second-hand in a bulk lot so I don't know if it was a mispackage that came that way or if the original owner traded the coloured visors with friends who owned the same set back in the day. Other than that, the rarest figure I have is probably Queen Amidala from the Gungan Sub, based on her resale price. I also have set 2064 Air Ambulance, which only 180 people have according to Rebrickable and the similarly rare 7696 Commuter Jet. I always used to get the promotional set on the plane when I went on my summer holidays around that time, which has done more for the rarity of my collection than anything I've bought at retail/hunted down elsewhere.

[Lira_Bricks]

I have this ugly thing:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=53532&idColor=80#T=C&C=80

I also have a big brick from Lego Factory 2006. Dunno about other parts that might be rare that I own...

[Lego David]

I own a white recolor of the part 32567 Bionicle Mask Ruru. Where exactly this recolor came from is unknown, but it is believed to be a rare factory misprint of sorts. Its current resell value according to Bricklink is around 20$, which surely is something for just a single piece. 

[Lira_Bricks]

3 minutes ago, Lego David said:

I own a white recolor of the part 32567 Bionicle Mask Ruru. Where exactly this recolor came from is unknown, but it is believed to be a rare factory misprint of sorts. Its current resell value according to Bricklink is around 20$, which surely is something for just a single piece. 

According to https://store.bricklink.com/327Bricks?itemID=237319683#/shop?o={"invID":"237319683"} it can also come from a mask pack

Edit: Don't mind his prices, he seems to ask a looooot of money, even for basic masks from common sets.

Edited March 18, 2021 by Lira_Bricks
Note about seller

[Lego David]

1 minute ago, Lira_Bricks said:

According to https://store.bricklink.com/327Bricks?itemID=237319683#/shop?o={"invID":"237319683"} it can also come from a mask pack

Oh, good to know. Its still a pretty rare piece though. I was so lucky to have found it in a random bulk of Bionicle parts. 

[Stuartn]

My rarest figure is an aquarist version of the max character from the magazine. It was given out at a lego exhibition at the Sydney aquarium and wildlife centre at Darling harbour. Unfortunately I got it when I was about six or seven so while the torso print is still quite good I cannot  specifically locate or vouch for the quality of the head. I am not sure if it was an official figure or something custom printed for the event

[AmperZand]

Despite the fact that I have been an AFOL since 1993, I don't have many LEGO or LEGO-related rarities and the ones I do have are not that uncommon. @Peppermint_M, you can put your tape measure away! 

Of course, if I grabbed a handful of random pieces and assembled them in some weird way, the odds of someone having done exactly the same - even with the huge numbers of people who own LEGO - is vanishingly small. So in that sense, it's not hard to have something made of LEGO that is rare. I have some MOCs and mods that no-one has seen but me. Chances are, at least some of those are unique. The difficulty is that as soon as you attempted to test the rarity of what you had made, someone would copy you out of spite.  

In terms of rare LEGO products as sold...

• I have a couple of the wizard's hats in red (one is pictured on the left in my photo below). Although they are LEGO, they were never officially included in any set and were probably test pieces for LEGO's moulds.
• I also have 6599 Shark Attack (stock picture below that) mint in its sealed box which I bought by accident.
• I have a couple of System goats that were only available in one set for about six months: one in my display collection and one in reserve.
• I have a few unopened Series 1, 2 and later CMFs that I got for spares.
• I have one of the 2011 Ninjago blister packs that I never opened.
• I think I have some Fantasy Era and/or Kingdoms impulse (small format) sets mint in sealed boxes - but I'm not sure!
• I have a mis-moulded hair/beard part that somehow slipped through LEGO's quality control. At first glance, it doesn't appear mis-cast. It's only when you look closely that you realise there are bits missing. I got it directly from LEGO so know it wasn't damaged by someone else.
• I think I have a LEGO catalogue in Japanese from a few years ago but I'm not sure where I put it.
• I have a System mountain lion that isn't rare at all but I got it in error a few months before it appeared in any set or indeed in any picture. So it was pretty rare at the time.

  

 

 

Edited March 19, 2021 by AmperZand

[Collector245]

The rarest set I own would be the 1237 1/2 esso service station set from 1956. Sold only in Norway and Sweden. Only 2 examples of this set known (mine included). Lego themselves do not even have this set in their archives!

[Lira_Bricks]

2 hours ago, Collector245 said:

The rarest set I own would be the 1237 1/2 esso service station set from 1956. Sold only in Norway and Sweden. Only 2 examples of this set known (mine included). Lego themselves do not even have this set in their archives!

Nice, you might have the rarest Lego item of people in this topic!

How do you know Lego does not have the set in their archives?

[hagridshut]

Looking around my collection, I don't think I own anything that is particularly rare.  All the sets I bought were easily available at numerous box stores during the late 1980's through the mid-1990's.

 

[AmperZand]

7 hours ago, Collector245 said:

The rarest set I own would be the 1237 1/2 esso service station set from 1956. Sold only in Norway and Sweden. Only 2 examples of this set known (mine included). Lego themselves do not even have this set in their archives!

Wow! Only one of two known has to be up there among the rarest possible LEGO. I was in that situation with another hobby (tabletop gaming, not LEGO). I had one of only two of an item known to exist and mine is by far in the better condition. Pictures of mine were featured in a book.

4 hours ago, hagridshut said:

Looking around my collection, I don't think I own anything that is particularly rare.  All the sets I bought were easily available at numerous box stores during the late 1980's through the mid-1990's.

 

If they are still mint in factory sealed boxes, then they would be pretty rare. 

[hagridshut]

18 hours ago, AmperZand said:

If they are still mint in factory sealed boxes, then they would be pretty rare. 

No LEGO set I bought or received as a child went unopened.  I don't think any of my old sets are anywhere close to mint, although aside from some discoloration, the pieces are all still as usable as they were 30 years ago!