21128 LEGO Minecraft The Village | One of the best LEGO Minecraft investments
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21128 LEGO Minecraft The Village. After being fully released in 2011, Minecraft became one of the best-selling video games of all time, played by users across the globe on a range of different platforms. It did not take LEGO long to join forces with Minecraft® and the first set; 21102 LEGO Minecraft Micro World, was released in 2012 at the Ideas stage.
3 more models were then released before LEGO announced it would become a theme complete with Minifigures. The latest set 662105 Minecraft Miner and Creeper was released in 2022. Many Minecraft sets are now retired, with larger models harder to now acquire.
Set Details
One of the larger sets released was 21128 Minecraft The Village, consisting of 1600 pieces and aimed at builders aged 8+. 11 Minifigures are also included, Steve, Alex, zombie and a zombie villager, plus a Creeper™, Enderman, Pig, Baby Pig, Iron Golem and 2 Villagers.
Released in 2016, The Village consists of a range of different buildings, including Library, Guard Tower, Blacksmiths and Farm which can be built separately and joined. To give access to the interiors, some buildings fold out whilst others have a liftable roof. The end result resembles villages seen throughout the Minecraft game play.
The build is not complicated and will probably appeal to a younger audience or die hard Minecraft fans.
Set Details
| Model Name | The Village |
| Model Number | 21128 |
| Theme | Minecraft |
| Sub Themes | Minifig-scale |
| Pieces | 1600 |
| Minifigures | 9, 3 unique to this set |
| Launch Date | 01/06/2016 |
| Availability | Retired |
| Retirement Date | 31/12/2017 |
| RRP | $200 |
Investment Potential
This set was only available for retail for 18 months and retired almost 5 years ago. In that time the price of the set has risen by 150%, equivalent to an annualised growth of 21%.
The value of the set is partially underpinned by the value of the 11 minifigures included which on their own have a current value of just over £100. The three unique minifigures included provide the majority of this value due to their rarity.
| Launch RRP | 200 |
| 5th Year Value | $1,344 |
| Theme Growth | 10% |
| Sub Theme Growth | 0% |
Theme Analysis
The Minecraft theme has 93 sets of which 66 are retired. Within this there are 8 sub themes including the Minifig-scale sub-theme that this set is part of, which is by far the biggest sub-theme consisting of over half the sets produced in the wider Minecraft theme.
Over the past 5 years, Minecraft sets in general have seen average annual growth of 12% whilst within the Mini-fig scale sub theme this increases to 14%
Some examples from within the wider Minecraft theme are as follows:
| Set Number | Set Name | Retired Date | RRP | Current Value | Total Growth | Annualised Growth |
| 21105 | Micro World - The Village | 31/12/2014 | $35 | $88 | 151% | 10% |
| 21124 | The End Portal | 31/12/2017 | $60 | $204 | 240% | 20% |
| 21147 | The Bedrock Adventures | 31/12/2019 | $90 | $140 | 56% | 10% |
| 853609 | Skin Pack | 07/03/2020 | $15 | $31 | 107% | 17% |
Comparable Set Analysis
When looking at retired Minecraft sets of similar size within this sub-theme we can see that the majority of sets have had an annualised growth of between 15 and 20% per year for the last 5 years.
The clear outlier to this is 21137 The Mountain Cave which has had annualised growth of 50% since it retired in December 2018! Congratulations if you own one of those.
| Set Number | Set Name | Retired Date | RRP | Current Value | Total Growth | Annualised Growth |
| 21105 | Micro World - The Village | 31/12/2014 | $35 | $88 | 151% | 10% |
| 21124 | The End Portal | 31/12/2017 | $60 | $204 | 240% | 20% |
| 21147 | The Bedrock Adventures | 31/12/2019 | $90 | $140 | 56% | 10% |
| 853609 | Skin Pack | 07/03/2020 | $15 | $31 | 107% | 17% |
Conclusion
This set has already more than doubled in value in the 5 years since it was retired from retail sale, and there is no reason not to expect it to do close to the same again in the next 5 years, making it a decent set for investment. Going forward, we expect this sub-theme, and this set specifically, to continue with their strong price growth.
We are currently projecting an average annualised growth of 12% for the next 5 year, giving the set a projected value of £749 in 5 years time, £324 (76%) more than its current value.
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