What is your favourite set of 2020?
Posted by CapnRex101,
2020 saw the release of 822 sets, encompassing copious subjects and themes. Brickset members were therefore invited to select their favourite products of 2020.
Following more than 400 nominations, twenty exceptional sets have been chosen for the concluding poll, originating from Creator, Technic, Star Wars, Monkie Kid and various other themes! Vote for your favourite set of 2020 after the break...
Several other sets received multiple nominations but narrowly missed out on the poll. These include 10276 Colosseum, 70437 Mystery Castle and 75277 Boba Fett Helmet.
Which set did you select as your favourite of 2020? Let us know in the comments. The results will be published during the next several days.
Remember also to cast your vote in our other polls:
- What is your favourite minifigure of 2020?
- What is your favourite set costing less than $40 of 2020?
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Pirates of Barracuda Bay!
Diagon Alley!
My favourite from the list is the Chinese New year temple fair because as soon as I saw images of it I immediately wanted it. Runner up for me was the mos eisley cantina since I’ve always wanted LEGO to make one this size
Diagon Alley!!! How come this poll shows the results and the other polls don’t? :)
I voted for the NES. Lego could have released something very basic, just the ‘box’ and controller, and people would have been okay with it. But instead there was so much more, from the ‘playable’ screen display to the hidden representation of level 1-2 hidden in the back of the NES. Those are the parts that put this set over the rest. Well done Lego and Happy 2021 everyone!
Diagon Alley. Loved every moment of the build
I had to go with the NES, but was up against stiff competition! What a fantastic year to be a Lego fan.
Haunted house was just amazing and included a lot of nostalgia...
Tough luck for my Colosseum but I'll go with the Crocodile loc, and an honorable mention for Barracuda Bay which I'm sure will sweep away all other competitors.
1! 2! 3! Sesame!
Win or lose, I want whatever is supposed to be attached to Hooper's store to be a future set. :-)
A set that includes Abby, Zoey, Rosita, the Count and Grover. ;-)
pirateship PirateShip PIRATESHIP!
Affordability + 3-in-1 edges it over Barracuda Bay.
Also, 71721 is a fantastic dragon, even for non-Ninjago fans.
@wwward said:
"Diagon Alley!!! How come this poll shows the results and the other polls don’t? :)"
Apologies, I initially forgot to hide the results. It all builds the suspense! :o)
@CapnRex101, the link to 75277 Boba Fett Helmet leads to 70437 Mystery Castle.
Strangely, I'm not sure any of these really blew me away. All good sets, but no standouts for me really.
123 Sesame Street! :)
Diagon Alley all the way!
Personal set of the year for me is Temple Fair.
But I think Barracuda Bay and NES are the sets most likely to be year-defining in 5 years.
I haven’t built Barracuda Bay but I’ve built two other ships from this year - 3 in 1 pirate ship and Destiny’s Bounty - and both of those excellent.
Now the Bookshop and the Cantina are probably better sets, but I feel like I have to keep supporting my favourite that I've actually built, Attack on the Burrow. My favourite set of my new favourite line, one of my favourite playsets... Ever, maybe, so much detail and colour, and five rare characters in minifigure form. For a big Harry Potter fan like me, this is a no-brainer choice IMO.
Mos Eisley Cantina... you will never find a more beautiful design of parts and minifigs.
Diagon Alley! I didn't actually have it but it was really long because i loved it when i saw and tried to build it myself!
Pirates of Barracuda Bay, no question one of the best LEGO IDEAS sets out there.
Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Pirates of Barracuda Bay.
Haunted House and Ecto-1 shares the second place.
Bookshop for me. I only own three of the others, and the Bookshop is the only one I've actually built yet.
No Super Mario? Bookshop it is for me, then.
Gotta be honest, I've been on the fence about spending $200 (retails for $250 here) with my birthday discount because I still don't think it looks worth $200, I'm still wondering if I should wait for a better deal to come along...
I was going to go for the Lamborghini but then I thought about the colour issues. I have managed to sort that now with a few extra bits kindly sent by Lego but it affects the overall outcome for me.
If not for those issues I’d be happy to vote for it.
Instead I’m going for the Grand Piano. It is impressive and for me, got a lot of ‘Wows’ from people who otherwise know very little about Lego. That spoke volumes.
It’s probably in a similar area to some, interest wise, as the NES. I have the NES too, but it just sits there unlike the Piano which does things and grabs people’s attention.
Grand Piano for me!
And happy new year everyone.
Onwards and upwards......we surely can’t go any lower. Lol!
I limit my scope to Technic, and my winner is this one: At 7€ it outperformed the clunky panel-madness Volvo and the ugly-rim-Lambo:
https://brickset.com/sets/42102-1/Mini-CLAAS-XERION
It is really amazing for its price!
The Piano was amazing, it was nice to see instruments incorporated into full on sets. I mean come on, the keys literally press down on their own!
I have Barracuda Bay (Unbuilt) but I have no nostalgia for the pirates theme since I never grew up with any of those sets, unfortunately. I do see a lot of people showing it some love though, wish I could join in lol.
Easy. It’s 21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay. I felt like a kid again in 1989 when I got my first Pirates sets. Those first sets years ago helped me cope with the passing away of my kid brother and they provided me happiness again. And now fast forward to 2020: I had so much fun and joy building it. And my kids and I have more enjoyment playing with the set together than watching TV and having our faces glued to our screens.
Second thought...... What-the-bleep: there is no 51515 in the list. Forgot about that being 2020 as well.
The 51515 Robot Inventor is the best set of the DECADE! It is in the out-of-this-world class on par with the:
https://brickset.com/sets/8090-1/Universal-Set
https://brickset.com/sets/8880-1/Super-Car
https://brickset.com/sets/8043-1/Motorized-Excavator
The 51515 is such an excellent piece of kit. You can actually build so many things with it, the kit is presented as 50-in-1 model. That is astonishing. Why is the 51515 no option to choose?
I voted for Diagon Alley II as i call it. I don't own it....yet... ,but hope too, but it looks very impressive.
I would have voted for the NES otherwise which I do own and bizarrely started building the TV, which was finished a couple of weeks ago and ive not got to the NES part yet......
My nomination was 75277 , so shame it missed out. I actually don’t own any of the sets on the list so went for the RazorCrest because of reviews, looks and it wouldn’t be right for a mainly Star Wars collector to choose a different theme.
Whilst I actually don’t have it yet, it has to be Pirates of Barracuda Bay for me. It’s everything a Lego set should be. Amazing set design, awesome box artwork. Puts a smile on your face and real nostalgia value for AFOLs. Will defo be picking up this year, but have prioritised the Treehouse.
Diagon Alley was good but Baracuda Bay was the more fun build. It gets my vote and not just because I’d love to see Pirates again.
The gamer in me was saying the NES but the Lego fan in me said Haunted House as it's a blast from my past when I adored The Adventures line of set. Haunted House it was then.
So many great sets in 2020, but had to go with Diagon Alley because the build was a wonderful process.
What a year.
I don't think I've had such a difficult LEGO-related choice!
Barracuda Bay, non licensed and a Classic.
As much as I love the Crocodile, my vote goes to Mike Psiaki. That ECTO-1 is gorgeous!
Had the crocodile been dark green it might have been a different story...
I put razor crest, despite what happened to it. The AT-AT looks awesome but I don’t have it so I don’t think it’s right for me to vote. I really like the IT-S transports though
I can't honestly understand all the voting for the NES. Is it really that great a set? I get the nostalgia and all but honestly is it a good LEGO set? Perhaps the nostalgia makes it a favourite for all these people. I mean in the end you get a grey box to display for the NES. The TV I suppose has a bit more intrigue with the function especially if you bothered to get the starter Mario to go with it.
@tallblocktoo said:
"I can't honestly understand all the voting for the NES. Is it really that great a set? I get the nostalgia and all but honestly is it a good LEGO set? Perhaps the nostalgia makes it a favourite for all these people. I mean in the end you get a grey box to display for the NES. The TV I suppose has a bit more intrigue with the function especially if you bothered to get the starter Mario to go with it. "
Not to mention it even comes with a totally wrong TV. Why is there a 70's RCA model included? With turn-knob-tuning? Seriously? The NES should definitely come with a mid eighties all black SONY Trinitron! We already had remotes for many years in the late eighties.
To me, the best sets were the Temple Fair and the Crocodile, which in the end got my vote.
Pirates of Barracuda Bay was fan service and the packaging evoked really nostalgic feelings, but as a set it just strayed too far from the original submission for my liking.
To my mind, the visually spectacular and “authentically LEGO” Barracuda Bay deserves to win. As much as these IP based adult collectors sets are impressive, nothing to my mind can top the classic LEGO aesthetic which doesn’t require knowledge of a movie or pop culture property to be appreciated.
@Lego34s said:
"I voted for Diagon Alley II as i call it. I don't own it....yet... ,but hope too, but it looks very impressive.
I would have voted for the NES otherwise which I do own and bizarrely started building the TV, which was finished a couple of weeks ago and ive not got to the NES part yet......"
You should buy it. You will not regret it. It is a wonderful build. I bought it for my other half and, as a Harry Potter fan, she loves it.
Diagon alley
I love Pirates of Barracuda Bay
I’m surprised 501st legion clone troopers didn’t make it.
@martiniman said:
" @tallblocktoo said:
"I can't honestly understand all the voting for the NES. Is it really that great a set? I get the nostalgia and all but honestly is it a good LEGO set? Perhaps the nostalgia makes it a favourite for all these people. I mean in the end you get a grey box to display for the NES. The TV I suppose has a bit more intrigue with the function especially if you bothered to get the starter Mario to go with it. "
Not to mention it even comes with a totally wrong TV. Why is there a 70's RCA model included? With turn-knob-tuning? Seriously? The NES should definitely come with a mid eighties all black SONY Trinitron! We already had remotes for many years in the late eighties."
Well, the only reason we got an NES when it came out was because many family members chipped in to buy it for me and my brother. And that TV is nearly identical to the one we played on for years. Technology wasn’t nearly as disposable as it is today. Most families would keep a TV for 15-25 years.
As for the winner... Pirates of Barracuda Bay is the correct answer. Congrats to those who were right.
Pirate life for me! Throw back to ogling the pictures of castle and pirates and never having them , I don't have any of these sets but this is the one I'd love to get
Grand piano.
It would have been Diagon Alley for me, if Pirates of Barracuda Bay had not been released
So many great sets, but it has to be Mos Eisley Cantina for me. A full-size, definitive cantina set isn’t something I thought we would ever actually get, and it blew me away! More MBS sets like this in the Star Wars theme please :-) :-)
Grand Piano!!!
I had to pick wth my summer Lego budget between Barracuda Bay and the NES. I picked the NES, but only after a long deliberation. Same for this poll, I personally voted the NES, but would be okay with Barracuda Bay winning.
@tallblocktoo said:
"I can't honestly understand all the voting for the NES. Is it really that great a set? I get the nostalgia and all but honestly is it a good LEGO set? Perhaps the nostalgia makes it a favourite for all these people. I mean in the end you get a grey box to display for the NES. The TV I suppose has a bit more intrigue with the function especially if you bothered to get the starter Mario to go with it. "
I have zero connection to the real console - I wasn't even alive at the time it came out - yet I still voted it as my favourite set of the year. The building techniques are absolutely fantastic and the scrolling screen must be the most ingenious function I've seen in a LEGO set.
@Be_hapi said:
"I’m surprised 501st legion clone troopers didn’t make it."
It was in the under $40 article yesterday
I voted for the 71721 Skull Sorcerer's Dragon, but the 21322 Barracuda Bay is equally gorgeous, it is so hard to choose between them!
Many of these sets don not appeal to kids. I voted for the AT AT.
71721 all the way. my favorite theme, amazing dragon, board game aspect, and only $80 for over 1000 parts!
I would have picked Mickey and Minnie Mouse but since that didn't get nominated Ecto-1 was a close second.
Pirates of Barracuda Bay took my breath away the first time I saw it, and my love for that set has only grown. Absolutely incredible in terms of building process, play value, and display value.
Like choosing your favorite child. So many great sets, and my favorite isn’t the one with the best looks or techniques, but it’s the one that brings back my childhood: 123 Sesame Street.
Mos Eisley cantina without any doubt for me. I don't have it,many of the listed sets are on my dream list, but Mos Eisley is at the top of it. So many good and big sets this year...that list is impressive in terms of quality behind the names.
I have 2 Diagon alley & The UCS batwing!!
Barracuda bay!
The Mos Eisley Cantina!
All the others are undoubtedly very impressive -if not just as impressive-, especially the NES, but as a SW fan this had so much appeal to me and the set did not disappoint. The build is great and the details and references are tremendous!
The Razor Crest. Would have been the Burrow, but working on the ship’s interior got me my creative flow back.
Pirates of Barracuda Bay, no Ifs, Ands, or Buts about it. Pirate ship was definitely 2 for me. You might think I like Pirate ships or something...
As I don't own any of these sets, it's a level playing field...that said:
Pirates of Barracuda Bay: The amount of thought, attention, and...well, love that went in to the design; it shows the designer's 'heart' and fans feelings of the 'Classic Themes' (Space, Castle, Pirates,...)...wonder if we'll ever get a 'Classic' spaceship out of 'Ideas'...
The 'Honorable Mention' goes to Sesame Street, for different and similar reasons:
It's a 'Theme' the TLG has never touched, the designer did a great job and the fans got totally behind it, and even I said in a previous article: it reminds me not only of 'the show' (which it's suppose to), but it also reminds my of an ooooold Fisher-Price set I had as a kid of 'the Street', which is a bonus. Hope TLG expands it to a full 'Theme'...
Bookshop was the only one I owned, but it sure is a beautiful set! Not to mention it kept me occupied in lockdown!
It was close though; Mos Eisley and the Chinese Temple Fair are outstanding in their own right.
I'm voting for the NES, but I think we're all pretty certain Barracuda is going to, well, blow everyone else out of the water.
Pirates of Barracuda Bay by a wide margin. This would be my desert island Lego set, ironically and unironically. Just incredible.
The Razor Crest. I've spoken.
While I loved Bookshop, the lack of books really let it down. So Pirates of Barracuda Bay!!
Hopefully Lego will see these expected results and learn to do more 'classic' themes but updated.
Lego always whinges that kids arent interested in any of the classic themes, funny that since Im sure there were plenty of kids who wouldve loved to own POBB. It was one of the most popular sets at the Lego store here (as in where they build the set and put it in a glass case).
Also in Lego Masters Season 2 I forgot their names (sorry guys) but one team of finalists built a huge pirate ship with large figurines and the kids loved it.
You'll never find a more retched hive of scum and villainy.
I love the Bookstore, books or no books. I can always add more from my stash, and the grace and beauty of the scene really appeals to me. However, there were so many magnificient sets put out this year that it seems unreasonable to have to settle on one for a favorite!
Arrrr!!! Pirates of Barracuda Bay!
I only own the AT-AT and Razor Crest sets. So I went with my favorite of the two; the AT-AT. Doesn't have a chance in Hoth of winning, but it's my favorite of 2020
The best set of the year was the 501st battle pack. Why is it not one of the options?
Pirates of Barracuda Bay
More Pirate sets please!
Pirates of Barracuda Bay, NES and Haunted House.
Your gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn it to wick.
OH, BARRACUDA!
Picked the AT-AT. It will get steamrolled by Mos Eisley Cantina but it was a huge improvement over the OG version. It’s great to have so many sets to debate over.
@wwward said:
"Diagon Alley!!! How come this poll shows the results and the other polls don’t? :)"
To keep it fairer, If people knew what other people voted they could adjust their vote and commit voter fraud. It is better this way. The results will be published soon enough.
Haunted House ftw, there's SO many references to my favorite childhood adventure sets!
With regard to why any particular sets are missing from the options, they did not receive enough nominations for consideration.
Looking at the list of the top nominated sets, it is hard to pick a favorite. It seems LEGO has created a favorite for many themes Creator, HP, SW, throwback retro nostalgia sets, you name it. It is a win for fans of LEGO, something for everyone.
Now to pick my favorite, (have to get it still, since still out of stock). Unfortunately my wallet does not agree with my choice, may need to live on ramen soup or PBJ sandwiches for a while.
Barracuda and Piano for me. I like the TV in the NES set, but not the grey box unfortunately.
There really are some great sets though !
I can’t seem to find or see the results. Are they posted somewhere? Thanks