So, this one is retired soon but not at all hard to find and not jumping like the hancock center or Sears tower. However, pretty much every Arch set that has retired has been a winner. What do we think? Under the radar?

I just got $325 this morning.  I'm happy.

Not doing as well in EU (RRP

I have 7 with the boxes ranging from poor to very good.

Keep holding on to this set, it will be a nice investment in another year or two!

I wish I would have picked up at least one or two more with potential savings from B&******, but such is life...

Help please:

I need a bag count for Robie House 21010. Checked brickset et al but only find piece counts in descriptions, reviews.

They are not numbered bags and there are smaller bags inside of the larger as usual. Try looking at eBay completed listings to see if you can find one that was new but opened with a pic of all the bags. I know this won't help unless you see a specific bag you think is missing:

Edited January 16, 201510 yr by Pseudoty

Right. I'm verifying an eBay listing. Says the "new" set I bought is actually open box and has "all 18 bags." Decent feedback but this is my source for Lego truth.

Right. I'm verifying an eBay listing. Says the "new" set I bought is actually open box and has "all 18 bags." Decent feedback but this is my source for Lego truth.

Perhaps you can check it by weight. Ask them how much it weighs. It should weigh about 81.8 ounces.

Lol. Good idea... Said they don't have a scale. Clearly they are fit, skinny Internet store owners.

Edited January 16, 201510 yr by beatpoppa

Lol. Good idea... Said they don't have a scale. Clearly they are fit, skinny Internet store owners.

Sounds a little weird to me. Unless they are just occasional ebay sellers they should have a digital scale.

Ebay interactions are always an adventure.  Advertise the item new, but mean its open box.  Box is larger component of value with Architecture sets.

 

I am surprised there is not an online source of the accurate bag count in the Robie House set.  It is the first time the internet has failed me when seeking Lego data.

What do you think could be the price of Robie House by the end of 2015?

What do you think could be the price of Robie House by the end of 2015?

 

 

You can look in the Brick database and extrapolate the line to get some idea of value at the end of this year.  It is a great resource to research the performance of sets.

 

In the US I optimistically hope it will get to $400 this year.  It's hard to say since there is no comparable set to judge by.  It is the largest of the line, yet the real house is relatively unknown compared to some of the other sets.

I wish I had more than 7. My average buy in is about $143. Some of the boxes are beat up though.

Most of my boxes are beat up to. I still got plenty left.  Im holding until this goes pass the $400. 

Barnes and Noble needs to stop demolishing these things.  All 3 of mine are very beat up.  Those security devices can wreck a box in one day.

I'm so sad I am out of stock on these! My best sellers, since entering the business...

Wonder if we'll ever see another Arch type set that performed so well as this one?

I have one left except for mine in my personal collection. I agree that it's been a superstar investment. I think Fallingwater will do well eventually and Imperial Hotel is also a Frank Lloyd Wright design and is also the biggest Architecture set currently available. I think it will be a winner as well but who knows how much longer it will be available. Potentially years. 

how much is RH selling nowadays?

how much is RH selling nowadays?

​You are at the source already.... http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=21010-1

​You are at the source already.... http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=21010-1

Should have rephrased my question. =)

Was curious to know if they were getting anywhere near the BP price. Sold ones in eBay seem to be lower.

Should have rephrased my question. =)

Was curious to know if they were getting anywhere near the BP price. Sold ones in eBay seem to be lower.

​I have sold three, for the exception of one for $379. I sold my first for $350 just to get my feet wet. The trending price on eBay (according to their analytics) is about $350, so I'm very happy with what I made!

What are possible explanations for Robie House's performance? As long as it was available no one seemed to care about it, so it was on sale an some Amazons like forever. Then is suddenly went through the roof, while other Architecture sets you would have imagined to do better than RH are just a disappointment. I've run out of ideas for reasons for what RH did after EOL.

What are possible explanations for Robie House's performance? As long as it was available no one seemed to care about it, so it was on sale an some Amazons like forever. Then is suddenly went through the roof, while other Architecture sets you would have imagined to do better than RH are just a disappointment. I've run out of ideas for reasons for what RH did after EOL.

​The following are all retired sets from at least 2014 (or earlier) and I would like to know which of these are disappointments?

21000 - Sears Tower - 27%
21001 - John Hancock - 28%
21004 - Guggenheim - 17%
21007 - Rockefeller - 15%
21008 - Burj Khalifa - 26%
21010 - Robie House - 15%
21016 - Sungnyemun - 60% (I don't believe the spike)

For more recently retired sets, I think that Farnsworth and Villa Savoie will struggle, Sydney Opera House and Brandenburg Gate will perform ok, and Empire State building and Fallingwater will perform well.

 

​The following are all retired sets from at least 2014 (or earlier) and I would like to know which of these are disappointments?

21000 - Sears Tower - 27%
21001 - John Hancock - 28%
21004 - Guggenheim - 17%
21007 - Rockefeller - 15%
21008 - Burj Khalifa - 26%
21010 - Robie House - 15%
21016 - Sungnyemun - 60% (I don't believe the spike)

For more recently retired sets, I think that Farnsworth and Villa Savoie will struggle, Sydney Opera House and Brandenburg Gate will perform ok, and Empire State building and Fallingwater will perform well.
 

​Thanks for the list! So, except Sungnyemun the rest grew about 25% on average... well, I do call this disappointing when compared to the other investment opportunities you maybe let pass for these sets. I mean, right after EOL one would expect a first bump and then constant growth from there. But nothing of a bump to be seen here. Btw I was talking more from a EU perspective. And form what I have seen Robie House has a significantly bigger growth there compared to most other sets listed, hence my question. I guess Architecture will remain explicitely under the label "buy low, way to go!". Personally I'll stay away from those.