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LEGO 1998 / Model Team Sets

In 1998, LEGO released 2 Model Team sets, all of these sets have been retired. For that year, the total price of all retail sets cost $40, today those sets are valued around $465, a growth of 1162%.
Most valuable 1998 LEGO Model Team set
2556 Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Car $280.51
Highest growth 1998 Model Team set
5542 Black Thunder +360.84%

2556 Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Car

Theme Model Team
Year 1998
Pieces 580
Availability Retired
2556 LEGO Model Team Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Car
promotional
Value $280.51
Annual growth 12.0%

5542 Black Thunder

Theme Model Team
Year 1998
Pieces 483
Availability Retired
5542 LEGO Model Team Black Thunder
Retail $39.99
Value $184.29
Growth  360.8%
Annual growth 6.0%
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Year Details

Year
1998
Theme
Model Team
Subthemes
0
Sets
2   (all retired)

Year Pricing

Retail
$39.99
New/Sealed
Value
$464.80
Growth
+1162.29%
Annual growth
+6.90%
Used
Value
$194.00

Community Stats

The following are the top 2 most owned 1998 Model Team sets by LEGO collectors.
#1Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Car
#2Black Thunder

About LEGO Model Team

The LEGO Model Team theme introduced in 1986 included larger scale vehicle models with more attention to details, such as steering and drive functionality as well as visual realism of the vehicles. Model Team was discontinued after 1999 and replaced by the Creator theme.
1998 LEGO Sets
In 1998, LEGO released several new sets and themes, including the LEGO Star Wars theme, which was based on the Star Wars movies and featured models of characters, vehicles, and locations from the films. This theme was extremely popular and helped to boost LEGO's sales and popularity. 1998 was also the year that LEGO introduced the LEGO Mindstorms theme, which was a line of sets that allowed users to build and program robots using LEGO bricks and a computer.