LEGO Technic Williams F1 Racer

"Kake Bake" (kakebake)
04/17/2014 at 19:25 • Filed to: legolopnik

I've checked four separate listings for this set (3 on eBay and 1 on Amazon) and all sit comfortably over $1,000. I have one in my dresser drawer gathering whatever amount of dust can build inside a dresser drawer. What to do.

DISCUSSION (19)

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Kake Bake
04/17/2014 at 19:34

Make an extraordinarily compelling (multi-million-views) youtube video of you building and/or destroying it, but get your advertisements all set up in advance. Collect well over $1000 in ad revenues, buy another on ebay.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Kake Bake
04/17/2014 at 19:35

sell it! I'm sure it was only like $80-$100 new. nothing like making profit 10 fold.

sell it and buy car parts or a motorcycle or even a miata.

Kake Bake > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username
04/17/2014 at 19:44

Ugh, but I just made a multi-million-view YouTube video the other day.

Also, and I know this goes against the OppO way, I'm trying to get rid of my totally awesome sweet Alabama liquid snake LEGO sets. I think they'll find a better home that way.

Kake Bake > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
04/17/2014 at 19:51

I bet I could even get enough for a Carpotiatacycle.

D > Kake Bake
04/17/2014 at 22:05

Legos, man. The best investment. No depreciation period. I think I read an article about this guy who was paying for his kid's college by buying and selling bricks—plastic bricks, not coke, haha

D > Kake Bake
04/17/2014 at 22:06

Is yours still in box? or is it built

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Kake Bake
04/17/2014 at 23:08

I've got this set, too. Listed prices are nuts, but I wonder if anyone actually spends that much on one of these. I love it too much to let it go, I'm afraid...

TA4K > Kake Bake
04/17/2014 at 23:29

I have the Ferrari set, missing a few bits though, so wouldn't go for this much.

Kake Bake > D
04/18/2014 at 01:12

Yeah, I learned that earlier today. I have some other flagship Technic sets and none is listed below $200.

Also, Bricking Bad .

D > Kake Bake
04/18/2014 at 01:14

I really want to try buying a couple future-classics and stash them for a decade..

Kake Bake > D
04/18/2014 at 01:15

Built with stickers missing and with the residue still on the plates. That stuff is tenacious.

I guess that'll knock a couple hundred off.

Kake Bake > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
04/18/2014 at 01:18

I wondered that, too. I saw the list prices on eBay, but I didn't bother to look at the bids. One auction had 20 people watching it, so maybe that speaks to the popularity.

Where I am in life, I like the idea of a super large LEGO model of an F1 car, but in practice, I have no storage or display real-estate for it. It can use a better home.

Kake Bake > D
04/18/2014 at 01:22

I think the best indicator of future value is big-name partnership (Mercedes-Unimog, Volvo) or part count (the bulldozer or big construction crane).

D > Kake Bake
04/18/2014 at 01:22

Yeah like anything, it being out of the packaging seriously slashes its value. Now for all we know you could have assembled it with your own bricks (OK, there's probably some kit-specific parts in this car, but you know what I'm saying).

Kake Bake > D
04/18/2014 at 01:24

The Michelin-branded tires, the white double-pin dealies and maybe some other parts are unique.

Also, I still have the BMW V12 sticker on the engine.

D > Kake Bake
04/18/2014 at 01:25

Yeah. Collabs are certainly good (like the Maersk ship from a while back) but you can also tell when TLG releases a 'flagship' kit (like the Emerald Night). Shopping for a good investment should be tons of fun

D > Kake Bake
04/18/2014 at 01:27

I had the minifig-scale Williams F1 car from the same era. The stickers are all cake now but the parts are still there... the most interesting part about that kit was the steering wheel with the white base and the blue wheel. I treasure it, wonder what it's valued at (I should check Peeron)

Kake Bake > TA4K
04/18/2014 at 01:27

That Ferrari set always did look cool, but all the empty space inside it bothered me.

It just looked like it was made from too few pieces.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Kake Bake
04/18/2014 at 05:10

I'm with you. Just like owning a great car that you never actually get to drive - better to let someone else get enjoyment from it (and make some money as well). Mine is sitting in a back room - you've convinced me to put up a shelf or something, at least so I see it and enjoy it more often.