In 2004 LEGO released 6 Alpha Team sets. The largest Alpha Team set from 2004 was
4748 Ogel's Mountain Fortress with a piece count of 436 and a retail price of $69.99. The current estimated value of all these Alpha Team sets from this year is about $573.78 which represents a 311.9% growth.
LEGO released the Alpha Team in 2001 which was initially based on the video game LEGO Alpha Team and discontinued the theme in 2005. The theme centers around a team of secret agents known as the Alpha Team, and their efforts to stop the nefarious villain Ogel from taking over the world which initially ran from 2001 to 2002.
2004 LEGO Sets
2004 was a shakeup year at LEGO, coming off of 2003 with record losses. Some significant events include the release of the QUATRO System for very young children, and most notably the replacement of many long-standing LEGO colors including gray, dark gray, brown and violet and the introduction of some new colors like light nougat which ultimately became the skin tone for many minifigures. In 2004, The LEGO Group created a partnership with Ferrari and a number of LEGO Ferrari sets were released that year based on Ferrari’s Formula 1 racing cars. New themes released in 2004 included Maersk, Knight's Kingdom II and Ferrari under the Racers theme. LEGO discontinued the Adventurers Orient Expedition, the original Spider-Man theme, LEGO World City and Gravity Games.