This year's Inside Tour set revealed

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Vintage LEGO Logo

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Jay's Brick Blog has revealed that the set given to attendees of this year's LEGO Inside Tours in Billund is 4000049 Vintage LEGO Logo.

The 1,614-piece set builds a 3D version of the logo used by the LEGO company in 1946 that, in addition to a plethora of drum lacquered gold pieces that make up the letters, also includes some surprises in a 'secret' drawer housed in the base.

It looks to be one of the better Inside Tour sets, so is likely to command a hefty price on the secondary market, especially as so few are made and most participants do not part with them. Those that do can recoup most of the cost of the tour.

Head on over to Jay's Brick Blog to see back of the box photos, the inside details and close-up pictures of the built model.

61 comments on this article

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By in United States,

Now I'm happy I got denied for this year's tour. Neat, but below average for inside tour sets. Almost zero playability! One upside is it will look good in the center of a Lego display like the Star Wars logo set.

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By in United States,

A member of my LUG is there right now.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Ottozone said:
"Now I'm happy I got denied for this year's tour. Neat, but below average for inside tour sets. Almost zero playability! One upside is it will look good in the center of a Lego display like the Star Wars logo set."

Are you actually planning on opening and building your insider tour set if you get one?

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By in Germany,

@Lodestone said:
" @Ottozone said:
"Now I'm happy I got denied for this year's tour. Neat, but below average for inside tour sets. Almost zero playability! One upside is it will look good in the center of a Lego display like the Star Wars logo set."

Are you actually planning on opening and building your insider tour set if you get one?"

Why wouldn't you? Isn't that the point?
Or do people just go on these tours to get these sets to flip them in order to cover for the costs? Are many of them rather meh for exactly that reason - because no one keeps them anyway?

If I had the chance to go on one of these tours (mind you, I am not interested in that at all) and I got one of those sets as an exclusive "gift" (which has been paid for extremely dearly to begin with) I wouldn't dream of parting with it. After all, what use would it be to someone else? They would have the set but know that they didn't even go on the tour. Makes zero sense to me.

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By in New Zealand,

Wow, another buildable logo! Even the insiders tour sets are getting the buildable displayable only treatment.

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By in United Kingdom,

As someone who is going on the tour later this year, I could not wait to see the set (Forget all this trying to hide from it!). I have had a busy day and happened to check for the set and was amazed to see it, as I thought it was not due until midnight. Frist glance, I am not going to lie, I was a bit disappointed. But having just watched a video of someone who has built the set I am more impressed. The thing about LIT sets is, you never know what you are going to get - I hated the grey tractor, but loved the vault set because I love minifigures. So I would have liked something closer to the latter, but it is already growing on me. I don't plan to build mine, not because I plan to sell, just because I just don't think I will want to at the start.
Give the set a chance, I think the shiny gold is going to win people over who like me, maybe were not that impressed.

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By in United Kingdom,

@easter_house , I think it looks great and preferable to most the minifig scale ones. All those lovely printed parts!

I received 4000008 when my wife and I went in 2013. They are still both MISB and rarely come up for sale so I have no idea how much they are worth nowadays!

Have fun on the tour, and if you fancy writing a short article about your experience, I'd be delighted to publish it.

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By in United States,

That's actually a good looking set. I won't be getting one but I suspect most people here won't either.

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By in Netherlands,

It's a nice logo, sure - but it's still a logo. That you're asking me to build. You're asking me to spend a lot of money and energy just for the privilege of building some advertising-material, and I simultaneously become so enraged and so bored that it all cancels out, leaving me aggressively indifferent. Buildable logos are fabulously fornicating stupid, and this one is no exception. Looks fine, is inherently stupid. I'm not into it.

That said, people are still going to scalp the hell out of this, other people will still pay through the nose for it out of FOMO, and meanwhile I just want to see what's in the secret crypt of unreleased sets.

I guess I'll just add "buildable logos" to the Grand List of Things Bricksetters Have An Opinion On, shall I?

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By in United States,

Gorgeous set! I love brick-built lettering like this. The lacquered gold looks striking (as much as I like pearl gold, this works great for a display model like this).

@Maxbricks14 said:
"Wow, another buildable logo! Even the insiders tour sets are getting the buildable displayable only treatment."

I mean, that's nothing new—around half of the Inside Tour sets from over the years (almost two decades now) have been display models without minifigures. Which is probably a fair choice for a set that's this rare and exclusive, since a set you can't easily replace in part or full isn't one you'd be likely to casually play or MOC with.

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By in United States,

I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it. Is it in Denmark?

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By in United Kingdom,

Not a very appealing logo to me. It has to be Lego System with the broken 'O' from the sixties!

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By in United States,


I want this so much, hopefully there are instructions available at some point and I can try to build my own.

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By in Canada,

I quite like this set, I think it's one of the better Inside Tour sets in recent years! Looks fantastic and a wonderful display piece to commemorate your experience.

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By in Belgium,

I’d hope that Lego will make 80’s Lego Legoland logo, like it was on sets from that era. This is the core of my collection, and the only logo set I’d be willing to buy :-)

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By in Germany,

@BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort.

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By in Switzerland,

@AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD.

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By in United States,

I actually love this, the shaping, the colors, the accuracy, and the prints. This is a LIT set that I would like to be the one that I go one. It won’t be as I won’t be doing that for a while, but that is how much I this one. It definitely helps that this is one of my favorite logos in TLG’s history, yet even without that there are so many things that are done well. I think this one slots into the top three for me in terms of LIT-exclusive sets. Love it!

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By in Germany,

@MrBedhead said:
"For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours."
There are even more, other, less desirable tours?

"Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way."
There are so many in-depth books, videos and websites on the entire history of LEGO, its designers, production facilities and so on, and even several about "the vault", so it's hard to imagine what more the tour could entail that hasn't been covered in detail already.

"And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."
Insane then.
And people short on cash imho should probably think of better ways to spend their hard earned money than to splurge it on such an absolutely superfluous luxury item.
If someone is a super fan and has money galore, sure, by all means, spend it on such an event.
If someone is short on cash - not so much.

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By in United States,

It looks quite nice! I'm not sure it's nice enough for me to try to go after, but love all the gold pieces.

I received two copies of 4000020 when I attended the Inside tour in 2015 (okay, okay, my husband went too, that's why I have two....). I still have them both, but I built one of them! I know Clumsy Hans is considered one of the least desirable Inside Tour sets. That's unfortunate, because the build experience for that set is quite good, and makes for a terrific display piece.

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By in Czechia,

@MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail.

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By in Netherlands,

I would consider myself just a casual Lego fan, but that tour does sound cool. This set though....pretty meh. And honestly, can't help but feel the same about most of the sets that came before.

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By in Brazil,

@AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway. "


I did go last year and it was one of the best experiences I've ever had in my life. This is of course a personal preference. But access to the vault (with all these NISB sets from my childhood), the LEGO Employee store experience (!!!!), and spending time with so many designers was special and valuable to me. I've applied for 4 years before I got selected.

My wife did go with me - did she like it? Yes. Did she love it as much as I did? No. But there are cool experiences even for her, like the LEGO House restaurant and their animated servers.

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By in Brazil,

Thanks for sharing Huw - was nice meeting you at Paredes de Coura this past weekend.

My thoughts: I think this set is bit underwhelming and I am glad I went in the past year. But my holy grail of LIT sets is still the Vault from 2024 - what a beautiful design with all the stickers. Something we had the experience to see in person!

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By in Canada,

Well, I would be incredibly disappointed if I received this as a gift for parting with a big chunk of money for getting myself told that Lego is great. Considering a number of sets that were great in the past (beauty is in the eye of the beholder), this is a rather nice logo but still seems quite a bit uninspired. That said, it helps a lot to open the drawer and see the four small models and the previous Lego logos through the ages. Considering this, it is OK but somewhat underwhelming (IMO).

Back in the days of younger me, Legoland was exciting because it had/has huge exhibits built entirely of Lego. Nowadays, any/most Lego conventions will do a much better job at showcasing what can be done with Lego. And despite the different level of skills (or style) of the builders, they all strive to better themselves the next year as they learn new tricks/techniques by observing what the others have done.

According to Brick Ranker:
@easter_house The Ferguson Tractor 4000025-1 tops the list at $9930.

@Huw The Villy Thomsen Truck 4000008-1 ranks 19th at $3700. Interestingly, there are only two rare parts necessary to complete this model from PaB (the grey doors). They will both be mass produced by Lego this year in the right colour (60509-1). The red wheel hubs might be hard to get by nowadays but were common 2 years ago. The sticker sheet is available from a well known company in the Netherlands.

@everyone_else The Airport Shuttle 6399-1 sits at number 12 with a price tag of $4400.

* The prices might be a little off from what you can find in the wild but the ranking is most likely legit - I just only recently discovered that site - ymmv.

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By in United States,

@HOBBES said:
"Well, I would be incredibly disappointed if I received this as a gift for parting with a big chunk of money for getting myself told that Lego is great."

Would it help if your picture was on the box? Because they take a group photo of each tour group and print it on the box.

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By in Canada,

@PurpleDave said:
" @HOBBES said:
"Well, I would be incredibly disappointed if I received this as a gift for parting with a big chunk of money for getting myself told that Lego is great."

Would it help if your picture was on the box? Because they take a group photo of each tour group and print it on the box."


Nah. as I use to say: don't risk breaking your camera taking a picture of me ;-)

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By in United States,

As the proud owner of 5007504, I always did think that this was one of the coolest logos that they've had. If I could have any one LIT set, it'd be this one, 4000012, or 4000025.

@JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


Excuse you! 6990.

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By in United States,

I actually like this set more than some of the previous ones.

These are so rare, though, I couldn’t fathom building it. That being said, if I were flush enough to go, then maybe it wouldn’t be as difficult a decision to crack it open.

I’m confident I would love the opportunity and will add it to the bucket list right next to the WSOP main event.

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By in United States,

@yellowcastle said:
"These are so rare, though, I couldn’t fathom building it. That being said, if I were flush enough to go, then maybe it wouldn’t be as difficult a decision to crack it open."

That's sort of the dilemma I would face if I found myself in possession of, say, an unopened 497.

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By in United States,

I went in 2019 after like 12 years of trying. I would go again in a heartbeat if I was allowed to. As a modular building fan, I think the set I got that year, 4000034, is one of the best LIT sets.

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By in United States,

@HOBBES said:
"Well, I would be incredibly disappointed if I received this as a gift for parting with a big chunk of money for getting myself told that Lego is great. Considering a number of sets that were great in the past (beauty is in the eye of the beholder), this is a rather nice logo but still seems quite a bit uninspired. That said, it helps a lot to open the drawer and see the four small models and the previous Lego logos through the ages. Considering this, it is OK but somewhat underwhelming (IMO).

Back in the days of younger me, Legoland was exciting because it had/has huge exhibits built entirely of Lego. Nowadays, any/most Lego conventions will do a much better job at showcasing what can be done with Lego. And despite the different level of skills (or style) of the builders, they all strive to better themselves the next year as they learn new tricks/techniques by observing what the others have done.

According to Brick Ranker:
@easter_house The Ferguson Tractor 4000025-1 tops the list at $9930.

@Huw The Villy Thomsen Truck 4000008-1 ranks 19th at $3700. Interestingly, there are only two rare parts necessary to complete this model from PaB (the grey doors). They will both be mass produced by Lego this year in the right colour (60509-1). The red wheel hubs might be hard to get by nowadays but were common 2 years ago. The sticker sheet is available from a well known company in the Netherlands.

@everyone_else The Airport Shuttle 6399-1 sits at number 12 with a price tag of $4400.

* The prices might be a little off from what you can find in the wild but the ranking is most likely legit - I just only recently discovered that site - ymmv."


Those LBG doors won't be rare for long. The new city train 60509 set has one each left and right on it.

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By in Netherlands,

@PurpleDave said:
" @HOBBES said:
"Well, I would be incredibly disappointed if I received this as a gift for parting with a big chunk of money for getting myself told that Lego is great."

Would it help if your picture was on the box? Because they take a group photo of each tour group and print it on the box."


I wouldn't care about the box either.....if only they would print that picture onto a big tile and incorporate that in the build....now that would make the set truly unique!

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By in Germany,

Oh, the narcissm.

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By in Germany,

@AustinPowers said:
" @MrBedhead said:
"For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours."
There are even more, other, less desirable tours?

"Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way."
There are so many in-depth books, videos and websites on the entire history of LEGO, its designers, production facilities and so on, and even several about "the vault", so it's hard to imagine what more the tour could entail that hasn't been covered in detail already.

"And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."
Insane then.
And people short on cash imho should probably think of better ways to spend their hard earned money than to splurge it on such an absolutely superfluous luxury item.
If someone is a super fan and has money galore, sure, by all means, spend it on such an event.
If someone is short on cash - not so much. "


If you're short on cash you better spend as little as possible and try to make more of that little money you have. Spending it is by far the stupidest thing you can do in such a situation.
Even taking a loan could make more sense to give you an opportunity to invest that money for more than you got it for, but it's a risky gamble you have to win.

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By in France,

@JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed....

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By in Netherlands,

@jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Open it! Build it! Play with it!

Isn't that feeling worth more than the monetary value of the set?
(hence why I could never be a proper collector)

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By in Latvia,

@Crux said:
"It's a nice logo, sure - but it's still a logo. That you're asking me to build. You're asking me to spend a lot of money and energy just for the privilege of building some advertising-material, and I simultaneously become so enraged and so bored that it all cancels out, leaving me aggressively indifferent. Buildable logos are fabulously fornicating stupid, and this one is no exception. Looks fine, is inherently stupid. I'm not into it.

That said, people are still going to scalp the hell out of this, other people will still pay through the nose for it out of FOMO, and meanwhile I just want to see what's in the secret crypt of unreleased sets.

I guess I'll just add "buildable logos" to the Grand List of Things Bricksetters Have An Opinion On, shall I?"


Make it a Bricklist. :p

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By in Czechia,

And?

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By in Netherlands,

@Dannygast said:
"And?"

Ted.

Bill und Ted.

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By in United States,

@Jack_Sassy said:
" @Crux said:
"It's a nice logo, sure - but it's still a logo. That you're asking me to build. You're asking me to spend a lot of money and energy just for the privilege of building some advertising-material, and I simultaneously become so enraged and so bored that it all cancels out, leaving me aggressively indifferent. Buildable logos are fabulously fornicating stupid, and this one is no exception. Looks fine, is inherently stupid. I'm not into it.

That said, people are still going to scalp the hell out of this, other people will still pay through the nose for it out of FOMO, and meanwhile I just want to see what's in the secret crypt of unreleased sets.

I guess I'll just add "buildable logos" to the Grand List of Things Bricksetters Have An Opinion On, shall I?"


Make it a Bricklist. :p"


No need: https://brickset.com/sets/tag-Brick-Built-Logo

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By in France,

@WizardOfOss said:
" @jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Open it! Build it! Play with it!

Isn't that feeling worth more than the monetary value of the set?
(hence why I could never be a proper collector)"


^ Yes you are totally right. I opened it after all this time and when you break the seals it's an incredible feeling. I take my time to build it, to enjoy this moment. I am a collector and I build all the sets I own including my LIT set : the fire truck from 2023.

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By in United States,

@jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Why? What's the point of having a LEGO set but never building it?

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By in Netherlands,

@jumalichi said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Open it! Build it! Play with it!

Isn't that feeling worth more than the monetary value of the set?
(hence why I could never be a proper collector)"


^ Yes you are totally right. I opened it after all this time and when you break the seals it's an incredible feeling. I take my time to build it, to enjoy this moment. I am a collector and I build all the sets I own including my LIT set : the fire truck from 2023."


Cool....that one might actually be my favorite of the bunch!

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@jumalichi said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Open it! Build it! Play with it!

Isn't that feeling worth more than the monetary value of the set?
(hence why I could never be a proper collector)"


^ Yes you are totally right. I opened it after all this time and when you break the seals it's an incredible feeling. I take my time to build it, to enjoy this moment. I am a collector and I build all the sets I own including my LIT set : the fire truck from 2023."

THAT is the spirit!

By the way, I only have a used version (without box) of 6990 I managed to obtain via ebay a couple of years ago, but the parts and instructions are in almost as new condition, and building and playing with it has been pure joy.

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By in United States,

@Lodestone said:
" @Ottozone said:
"Now I'm happy I got denied for this year's tour. Neat, but below average for inside tour sets. Almost zero playability! One upside is it will look good in the center of a Lego display like the Star Wars logo set."

Are you actually planning on opening and building your insider tour set if you get one?"


Yes. I build every set I have regardless of sealed resale value.

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By in United Kingdom,

I was a bit “uh, okay” at first glance but after looking through all the photo’s Jay posted it seems like the sort of thing that makes perfect sense for people invested enough in Lego history to enter the Insider Tour lottery. While also, conveniently, not necessarily having enormous wide appeal, which is an excellent sweet spot. Great for who it’s for, and not too disappointing for everyone who either doesn’t want to or can’t go.

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By in United States,

1000% agree. They only let you go once for life, and it's an amazing experience. What's $3k-8k for an extremely memorable set I'll cherish for my entire life? That money would just cover the cost of the trip maybe a little bit of profit if it sells on the higher end. The set would be more valuable for the experience and coolness behind it to me than it's market value, and it's not like it's even crazy money. It's the price of a regular vacation that millions of people do every year. Hoping I get selected for 2027! It's random chance and from what I've heard about 10% odds.

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@Russell844 said:
"I went in 2019 after like 12 years of trying. I would go again in a heartbeat if I was allowed to. As a modular building fan, I think the set I got that year, 4000034, is one of the best LIT sets."

That and the 2024 one are the coolest Inside Tour sets. I also have all the modulars, so the 2019 one being a complete building on baseplates probably tops the list for me. Jealous of your set!

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By in United States,

@560heliport said:
" Why? What's the point of having a LEGO set but never building it?"

There’s something magical about holding onto some NISB sets and making your own childhood toy store that you and your kids can browse or shop at on a rainy day. And with the value of some of these NISB sets nowadays, it can also serve as a potential piggy bank for your family in the future, God willing it never come to that.

Seeing the LEGO Vault works similarly for me.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Lodestone said:
"Are you actually planning on opening and building your insider tour set if you get one?"

I was on the tour in 2019 - I opened and built my set. As a Modular Building fan it was a no brainer, but also, my picture is literally on the box. I'd never think of selling it anyway. :)

https://i.postimg.cc/s2FnRnXz/005.jpg

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By in United States,

@Hiratha said:
"I was a bit “uh, okay” at first glance but after looking through all the photo’s Jay posted it seems like the sort of thing that makes perfect sense for people invested enough in Lego history to enter the Insider Tour lottery. While also, conveniently, not necessarily having enormous wide appeal, which is an excellent sweet spot. Great for who it’s for, and not too disappointing for everyone who either doesn’t want to or can’t go."

"People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." — Abraham Lincoln

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By in United Kingdom,

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Hiratha said:
"I was a bit “uh, okay” at first glance but after looking through all the photo’s Jay posted it seems like the sort of thing that makes perfect sense for people invested enough in Lego history to enter the Insider Tour lottery. While also, conveniently, not necessarily having enormous wide appeal, which is an excellent sweet spot. Great for who it’s for, and not too disappointing for everyone who either doesn’t want to or can’t go."

"People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." — Abraham Lincoln"


It’s funny because it’s true. Apart from the credit.

I’m guessing most people here aren’t extremely excited about the V&A Schiaparelli exhibition book but it is very much For Me, y’know? Because I love the V&A, I love fashion history in general and find Elsa Schiaparelli’s approach to combining fashion and surrealism really interesting in specific (also, unlike certain other mid 20th century female fashion designers, no collaboration with Nazis, so that’s a bonus). And Insider Tours are for people who really care about Lego and Lego company history, which this set celebrates, so it’s perfect if you’re the sort of person who’d go on the tour.

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By in United States,

@yellowcastle said:
" @560heliport said:
" Why? What's the point of having a LEGO set but never building it?"

There’s something magical about holding onto some NISB sets and making your own childhood toy store that you and your kids can browse or shop at on a rainy day. And with the value of some of these NISB sets nowadays, it can also serve as a potential piggy bank for your family in the future, God willing it never come to that.

Seeing the LEGO Vault works similarly for me."


Which is why we always buy at least 2 of each set. One to open and another to keep sealed. You're also right that some sets will appreciate greatly in value and can be sold later on to buy more Lego sets, two of each at a time. I recently found out a set I have three copies of has a sealed value of about $150 ( 853687 ) so I'll be selling them to fund more Lego purchases in the future.

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By in United States,

@560heliport said:
" @jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Why? What's the point of having a LEGO set but never building it?"


Selling the new set for a huge profit, then buying a nice used copy of the set and pocketing the rest. Possibly to buy more Lego that would be practically free. In this case a new sealed 6399 is worth around $4,000. Sell it and buy a nice used one for $1,000 and buy $3,000 more lego. That's what a smart person would do. A foolish person would open the new one and lose $3,000 all for the meaningless pleasure of opening the new one.

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By in United States,

@oldtodd33 said:
" @560heliport said:
" @jumalichi said:
" @JANGUTPRAG said:
" @MrBedhead said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @BrewNomad said:
"I never even heard of Lego insiders tour. I'm going to have to Google it."
Don't.
It'll just make you shake your head in disbelief several times over. From the pricing, to what you get for it, to that some people treat it like some holy grail.

It's paying thousands of dollars for basically an extended marketing tour of a brand you are already spending way too much money on anyway.
It's only worth it for LEGO superfans - the kind of people who, on the whole, are the ones responsible for what has become of the company these days. A company that wants everyone to believe that they are the be all and end all when it comes to brick building when in reality they are, while definitely the largest, just one of many now - and certainly not the best anymore, not by a long shot.
Some select few sets show that if they want they can put in the effort and produce something amazing, but like 9 out of 10 times they just go for what makes them the most money for the least amount of effort. "


For any legitimate LEGO fan this is the holy grail of LEGO tours.

Yes it is expensive, but it gives you an insight of the LEGO brand and the manufacturing an design process that you could not get in any other way.

And, yes, for the people short on cash, the insider set you receive guarantees you will get back your investment. Average sales prices of those are around 5k USD."


No. 6399 is the holy grail. "


I still have mine sealed...."


Why? What's the point of having a LEGO set but never building it?"


Selling the new set for a huge profit, then buying a nice used copy of the set and pocketing the rest. Possibly to buy more Lego that would be practically free. In this case a new sealed 6399 is worth around $4,000. Sell it and buy a nice used one for $1,000 and buy $3,000 more lego. That's what a smart person would do. A foolish person would open the new one and lose $3,000 all for the meaningless pleasure of opening the new one. "


A smart person would build the set immediately, not store it for years with the hope that it will appreciate. I would sell this one because to me, it's just a boring logo.

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By in United States,

Normally the Insider Tours sets are to meh to me. This is one I wouldn't mind owning. I won't be trying to get one as the cost the secondary market is going to be way higher than I would be willing to pay for something like this. Might build my own version if the instructions become available.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Huw said:
" @easter_house , I think it looks great and preferable to most the minifig scale ones. All those lovely printed parts!

I received 4000008 when my wife and I went in 2013. They are still both MISB and rarely come up for sale so I have no idea how much they are worth nowadays!

Have fun on the tour, and if you fancy writing a short article about your experience, I'd be delighted to publish it.

"


Thanks Huw, I will be back in touch. Not until the back end of the year, but I would love to share my experience!

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By in Belgium,

Isn't the Lego Inside Tour not simply an absurdly overpriced, pretentious niche product that’s completely out of touch with reality - even by Lego standards.

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By in United States,
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