Most Valuable LEGO Sets of the 1970s

The most valuable LEGO sets released in the 1970s, by current market value. This list ranks 50 sets by current BrickPicker value, refreshed from live market data. Right now the top spot belongs to Castle at $11,483. The top 5 alone account for about 46% of the value on this list. Every entry links to its full price history and marketplace listings. Updated 2026-07-21.

#	Name	Value	Growth	/ piece
1	Castle Castle · 1978	$11,483	—	$14.97
2	Chocolate Factory Town · 1978	$9,682	+388728%	$41.02
3	Maersk Line Container Ship LEGOLAND · 1974	$4,200	+27919%	$19.09
4	Space cruiser and moonbase Space · 1979	$1,858	+5531%	$5.50
5	Diplomat Set Samsonite · 1971	$1,818	+72918%	$2.87
6	Factory LEGOLAND · 1976	$1,431	—	$7.38
7	Finnjet Ferry Promotional · 1977	$1,355	—	$2.68
8	Shell Service Station Town · 1978	$1,249	—	$6.98
9	Bulldozer Technic · 1979	$1,167	+3234%	$3.14
10	Village Set LEGOLAND · 1971	$1,165	+4218%	$2.40
11	Forklift and Truck Town · 1978	$1,164	+21101%	$21.16
12	Freight Train Set Trains · 1974	$1,143	—	$2.69
13	Advanced Basic Set, 6+ Basic · 1976	$1,028	+4372%	$3.63
14	Police Headquarters Town · 1979	$1,000	+2799%	$2.69
15	Tractor Technic · 1977	$975	+3151%	$3.07
16	Complete Children's Room Set Homemaker · 1972	$946	—	$3.65
17	Harbour LEGOLAND · 1975	$914	+9053%	$1.77
18	Brick Yard LEGOLAND · 1975	$852	+5991%	$3.95
19	Shell Petrol Tanker Town · 1978	$801	—	$10.40
20	Police Headquarters LEGOLAND · 1976	$767	+3737%	$2.56
21	Windmill LEGOLAND · 1976	$764	+1720%	$3.64
22	Town House Town · 1979	$758	—	$3.43
23	Mini Airport and Vehicle Samsonite · 1970	$736	+5564%	$3.16
24	Police Heliport LEGOLAND · 1973	$725	+3534%	$4.37
25	Space Module with Astronauts LEGOLAND · 1975	$719	—	$1.98
26	Engine Co. No. 9 Town · 1978	$700	+4570%	$2.50
27	Moon Landing LEGOLAND · 1976	$687	+4482%	$1.89
28	Coast Guard Station LEGOLAND · 1976	$648	+4887%	$2.36
29	Police Headquarters Town · 1979	$640	—	$1.72
30	Air Ambulance LEGOLAND · 1976	$610	+6008%	$4.04
31	Diesel Locomotive Trains · 1970	$608	+7055%	$6.40
32	Road Crane Town · 1979	$602	+8555%	$10.94
33	Bulk Assortment Set Samsonite · 1971	$596	—	—
34	Mobile Signals Centre Space · 1979	$591	+7791%	$7.78
35	Rocket Launcher Space · 1978	$573	+7556%	$7.55
36	Mobile rocket launcher Space · 1979	$551	+7787%	$7.25
37	Lego Educational Storage Cloth Dacta · 1979	$528	+5180%	$527.50
38	Forklift Technic · 1979	$526	+1654%	$2.53
39	Ambulance Town · 1978	$522	—	$17.42
40	Silja Line Ferry Promotional · 1977	$520	+6412%	$1.26
41	Sea Plane LEGOLAND · 1977	$518	—	$4.50
42	Taxi Garage LEGOLAND · 1976	$514	+3327%	$3.29
43	Gravel Depot LEGOLAND · 1971	$514	+8474%	$3.02
44	Galaxy Explorer Space · 1979	$503	+1471%	$1.49
45	Building Set, 6+ Universal Building Set · 1977	$494	—	$1.68
46	Space minifigures Space · 1979	$479	+23990%	$39.95
47	Building Set Duplo · 1978	$475	+7830%	$23.75
48	Command Centre Space · 1979	$468	+1773%	$2.71
49	Locomotive Trains · 1977	$457	+5279%	$3.41
50	Garage Town · 1979	$457	—	$5.79