Sydney Opera House

Architecture

Sydney Opera House

21012 · 2012 · 270 pieces

RETIRED 2014-12-13 · retail $39.99 · 2012-03-03 → 2014-12-13 · ★ 3.6 (3) · owned by 4,744 · wanted by 2,881

Sealed mark is +213% against retail.

sealed: sells ≈ 1.0×/mo · 17 live asks ≈ 17.0 mo of supply opened: sells ≈ 1× per 1 mo · 22 live asks ≈ 26.4 mo of supply

sealed mark$125 ⟨$106.24 — $141.79⟩ n=6 · thin
opened mark$49.88 ⟨$48.67 — $62.61⟩ n=5 · thin
Feb 2026sealed ── · opened ─ ─Aug 2026

Your position

The evidence

2026-08-06sold · sealed · bricklink$85
2026-07-21sold · sealed · bricklink$139.43
2026-07-16sold · sealed · bricklink$142.58
2026-07-05sold · sealed · bricklink$99.99
2026-06-10sold · opened · bricklink$68.28
2026-05-24sold · opened · bricklink$48.67
2026-05-18sold · sealed · bricklink$125
2026-05-04sold · sealed · bricklink$150
2026-04-16sold · opened · bricklink$49.88
2026-03-28sold · opened · bricklink$48
2026-03-09sold · opened · bricklink$62.61
2026-02-08sold · opened · bricklink$36.22

Live asks: opened n=22, median $63.6, from $8 · sealed n=17, median $139.19, from $86.51 · asks are opinions, not value.

Parted out: $22.7 gross · $8.25 net at 80% of pieces priced.

Instructions — 2 official PDFs

BI 3004/80+4-115g*- ART 21012 V29
BI 3004/80+4-115g*- ART 21012 V39

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Reviews — from Brickset owners

One of the worst sets in a great series is still fun.★ 2/5

tomalphin · 2014-03-14 · value 2/5 · build 4/5

About me: I am an AFOL who has been building at least 1 set each year for my whole life. I try to build most sets under 500 pieces as a "puzzle build", without using the instructions. That said, this model didn't make sense to build in this way since it is immediately clear that many of the mechanical details are not visible in the picture on the box. Initial impressions: Between the rather rough appearance of the ph…

Great little set of iconic building★ 5/5

EastFB72 · 2012-09-09 · value 5/5 · build 5/5

After searching for hours through the Lego website I decided I wanted to buy a new set to have fun with after a few years away from Lego... Seeing I visited Sydney a couple of years ago I felt as though I had to build this set seeing the Opera House in one of my favourite buildings in the world. Pros Pro 1: Nice and small building... Perfect as display on a desk etc... Pro 2: Easy instructions to follow and doesnt ta…

Not very accurate set★ 3/5

moop2000 · 2012-07-12 · value 2/5 · build 3/5

A little background, I've been collecting all the architecture sets, and overall I'm a huge fan of the sets. Box/Instructions Like all the other architecture sets, it has a really nicely bound, extra big instructions book. It's a total of 83 pages with plenty of extras related to the opera house in general. The build The architecture series is not like all the other sets out there. It is more about the look of the fi…

Reviews are Brickset members' opinions, not valuation evidence.