Random set of the day: The Precious Crystal Mine
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 41177 The Precious Crystal Mine, released during 2016. It's one of 13 Elves sets produced that year. It contains 273 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$29.99/£24.99.
It's owned by 1,890 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $85.20, or eBay.
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The Precious. The Precious!
Wait, wrong elves.
I own this one. I don't think I've had it assembled since 2016 though.
Is the crystal precious or is the mine precious?
Fancy
@Kalhiki said:
"Is the crystal precious or is the mine precious?"
Yes
Elves was a gem though, wasn't it? I didn't buy enough of them. Particularly these second-year sets that introduced the dragons.
That egg is epic. But so are the aftermarket prices for them!
Brickset says this set was only available for 6 months, so maybe short shelf lives aren’t such a recent thing?
I got couple of launch sets for my daughter but seeing that she didn't show much interest to Lego, I didn't follow the line. They still look nice to me.
It's kind of ironic how I'll never be able to read "precious" anywhere without thinking of Gollum...
Someone sneak a Gollum minifig in that scene, stat!
Doctor Octopus would also be acceptable but only if what they’re mining is tritium
The children yearn for the precious crystal mines
@stefwaffles said:
"That egg is epic. But so are the aftermarket prices for them!
Brickset says this set was only available for 6 months, so maybe short shelf lives aren’t such a recent thing?"
The one that stands out to me is 40511. Brickset claims 18 months, but this didn’t actually show up until the middle of the month, and was listed as sold out on LEGO.com by the time I actually found out it existed. I eventually had to make a trip to the local LL Discovery Center to get my hands on two of them (wish I’d bought three).
Then there are the Cuusoo sets. 21104 claims one full year, but again I missed the launch day, and those early sets rarely got a second production run. I’ve never once seen this set at retail because it sold out so fast. 21109 (8 months) and 21110 (5 months) released on the same day, and both sold out almost instantly, but only the former had a second run announced. I did happen to be in the local LEGO Store a few months later on the only day they restocked the latter, but I had previously heard that there were no plans to do a second run, and never heard that they’d changed their mind, so I don’t know where that second shipment came from.
Elves was such a wonderful theme!
Prices are very high now, particularly for the beautiful dragons!