I absolutely love this list, you didn’t just choose 500$ collector pieces but instead creatively different sets that are each unique, i was never able to guess what would be next on the list but the opinions you brought where always valid
i must admit i was surprised the micro hogwarts didn’t make it given your HP background. While we certainly don’t share all the same opinions about display vs play i always enjoy seeing what others think of what has been, by all accounts, a great year for lego
That was definitely on my shortlist, no doubt about it! I ended up putting Viking Village in its spot instead simply for the sake of variety. But yeah, I love that set, and it's 100% one of my all time favorite HP kits!
The engineering on that rolling boulder still blows my mind. I hope they continue to work in play features like that on all the 18+ sets. Even just a couple of moving parts staves off the dust that much more.
Viking Village for the win! I've been wanting LEGO Skyrim for years, and this is close enough. Plus I have the option of using it in official animations without dealing with IP partner approval (a bonus that applies to hardly anyone, but important to me)😁
I was getting worried toward the end of the list when I hadn’t seen the Temple of the Golden Idol… then… BOOM. It’s such an amazing set, I can’t think of another set that balances everything that LEGO is about so perfectly, like you said. I hope more people can see this, get the set, and appreciate its awesomeness firsthand!
My favorite set of this year and of all time has to be Rivendell. I just finished building it and it’s just about flawless. It’s incredibly beautiful and detailed, expensive but fairly priced, includes a phenomenal collection of minifigures (getting the whole fellowship of the ring in one set is just plain amazing) and has a super fun building experience. It’s everything I want from Lego and more and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to get it, even though I’d never bought a set even close to those expensive before:
My favorite sets from 2023 are: 1. the Lego Ninjago Dragons Rising Elemental Dragon vs The Empress Mech set with Jay b/c we finally got a show accurate lighting dragon for my favorite character Jay. 2. The Lego Minecraft Axolotl house is my 2nd favorite because even though it’s pink, you can recolor it to any of the other 4 axolotl colors and it’s a cool underwater build which looks really nice next to my ocean monument.
My favorites from this year are the Upscaled minifigure, the Ravenclaw house banner (I’m a Ravenclaw), and the museum modular, I got it for Xmas and it may just be my all time favorite set
to me Rivendell is the definitive #1, almost singlehandedly rekindled my love for Lego this year. and as you said maybe the most beutiful Lego set ever made? sad it is only #10 on your list, but i think your love for the smaller and mid tier sets makes it make sense.
@@CheeseyStudiosi do hope there will be some bad guy sets in the future, i think having the whole good guy cast pretty much in one set is great. but some proper orcs or nazgûl would be perfect. also maybe some smaller sets, i dont regret paying $500 but i rather not do it again soon lol.
Great overview, and SUPERhappy about your #1!!! The original trilogy represents three movies brought to perfection, and so is this set! They are wrapping up the Indy theme likely once and forever, but on the high note!
@@CheeseyStudios the house that young Indy runs into at the beginning of the Last Crusade is an Indy-themed bed and breakfast in Colorado, and you can also ride the very train from the train chase, which departs from the same town! That, combined with Arches NP (featured in the opening sequence of the same movie) completes the Indy experience - if you ever venture west and are interested, Caleb, let me know!
With so many over the top incredible but expensive sets these days, it's almost worth doing a top 10 over $100 and a top 10 under $100! Love these videos 😊
2023 was such a strong year for Lego and I don’t think I’d have been able to narrow the range down to 10 definitively best sets, but I’m really surprised that 21342: Insect Collection didn’t make this list! I’ve been a little fatigued by the ideas sets as of late, but this year feels like a bit of a renaissance for them in my opinion, with both Tales of the Space Age and Insect Collection being great value, affordable and having some fantastic building techniques and parts usage! I’m a biologist so maybe that’s why I connected so strongly with Insect Collection, but I’ve had so many of my friends and colleagues say how much they love it, and I even ended up gifting two away at Christmas to people who also really connected with it! It’s one of these sets where the pictures online really don’t do it justice, and if you haven’t had the opportunity to build it for yourself yet I highly recommend it!
My top 10 sets from the year in no particular order are, Zane’s Ice Dragon Creature, Zane’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Race Car, Jay’s Elemental Dragon vs The Empress Mech, Sora’s Transforming Mech Bike Racer, Blacktron Cruiser, Spider-Man No Way Home Final Battle, Mei’s Guardian Dragon, Indiana Jones Temple of the Golden Idol, Ilu Discovery, & Mr. Oz’s Spacebus. My top 10 minifigures of the year is gonna be a lot more difficult to decide on though since my short list is like 25 right now but I only got 23 sets this year.
Overall this year was absolutely fantastic in relation to LEGO, although I agree with some of the sets you featured, here's my top 10! #10: 40591: Death Star II (a fantastic microscale display, only so low due to it being a GWP) #9: 40650: Land Rover Classic Defender (a gimmick-free $15 vehicle, would be neat to get a delorean in this line or with speed champions) #8: 21342: The Insect Collection (amazing techniques, plus original project by the goat Hachiroku24) #7: 75354: Coruscant Guard Gunship (yes really, red clone bois go brrrrrrrrrrrr) #6: 76269: Avengers Tower (amazing display piece.) #5: 40649: Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure (so much opportunity!! classic space man or Spider-Man please LEGO!!) #4: 21343: Viking Village (like you said, a fantastic display piece with no stickers) #3: 10320: Eldorado Fortress (gotta love some modernized classic LEGO!) #2: 60380: Downtown (HOUSES/CITY STUFF GRAHHHHHHH) #1: 31139: Cozy House (like the set's name, just a cozy house, plus an R. R. Slugger reference!) I'm actually asking for the Cozy House for Christmas and, if I get it, I'll be modifying the interior with my partner for our sigfigs which I'm really excited about :)
thank you for making your list reasonable from a pricepoint stand. I've seen a lot of these lists where they seem like they go to legos website and sort from high to low and pick the first ten sets they see.
Such lists kind of drive me nuts! Obviously a set with 6000 pieces will be cooler than one with 200, but I think it's all about how well those dollars are used. Rivendell is incredible, but did it really need to be $499.99? I feel you could have had all the same stuff in a significantly less expensive set.
My favorite set this year, hell my favorite lego set ever has to be the insect collection. ill be completely honest and say i am very biased as a biology major that plans to specialize in coleopterology (beetles) but even if your not a bug lover like me its undeniably stunning and beautiful. with colours that are eye catching and bright while maintaining a very natural feel, bugs that are fully articulated perfect for play and bases that show off the same beauty that the botanical lines have. its just stunning and something i never expected from lego
@@CheeseyStudios thats fair it isnt for everyone and i dont think a static image dose it justice, but it has some amazing part usage, good price to piece ratio, all while being very atomically accurate and most importantly for me panders directly to my interests and got me back into lego, so at least for me its a great set
I think one of my favorite sets of the year has got to be that Gringotts Bank, even though it is a smidge over priced, it is a really detailed and accurate build.
I love most of the sets on your list but the absolute highlight was the Venator for me this was my dream set and I've never purchased a UCS set before now and so I loved this set so much the box the build experience the sheer presence this thing has is just perfect I love it so much
I do wish I had had the chance to see it in person. I might have been swayed! Regardless, I am happy that such a model exists, and it's great to see more prequel UCS sets. Now, can we get an ARC-170? :o
@@CheeseyStudios yeah I really hope we get an Arc 170 soon aswell maybe with a vulture droid the sets with two ships are always amazing like this year with the Tie interceptor and mandalorian fang fighter so a set with an Arc 170 and a vulture droid would be perfect
What a lovely video. Your list doesn’t Surprise me in the slightest Because I totally stand by it and it’s probably pretty similar to my opinion. Can’t wait for the minifigure / parts of 23 videos and I think this a such a cool idea that maybe we’ll not being the most original, you really do well. 2024 is looking to be a pretty interesting year to say the least and it sounds like we’re expecting some pretty neat sets. Great content as always and a great way to end off 2023 🎉🎉
What a lovely video. Hope you keep doing this top 10 videos. for me my top 10 2023 sets are: 10. Downtown 9. Land Rover Classic Defender 90 8. Eldorado Fortress 7. Lunar New Year Display 6. Botanical Garden 5. The Battle of Hogwarts 4. Dried Flower Centrepiece 3. Rivendell 2. Viking Village 1. The Insect Collection
Even tho its way out of my price range the rivendell set is by far my favorite set of year. Im still very much hoping that they are making a reboot in play set form. (Like with HP) So that there would be a easier way to get the figures and other characters as they’ve gotten quite pricey over the years
My personal favourite set is Payakan the Tunlkun & Crabsuit. The possible poses is so much. It’s good for display and playing. Also, no stickers so WATER FOR A WATER ANIMAL.
I was gifted the Pegasus Flying Horse set for Christmas, which marked the first time since the Scooby Doo sets that I got and assembled a System set (I'm usually ordering used Bionicle sets from Bricklink). I gotta say, it's a really cool build! Will probably be picking up the Owl Cat set when it comes out next year
I'm always glad to see how much you enjoy these. It's so easy to just make this a top 10 list of the biggest sets released in the year, but the designers are doing great work all across the board, at every price point!
I definitely slept on the Indiana Jones set, I had no idea it had that many functions. Stoked that Monkie Kid got a mention; I'm hoping the more reasonable pricing of the 2024 wave means more people will check it out.
I only bought three sets in 2023, Rivendell, the Viking Village, and the Alpine Lodge. So those are my top 3 😉I prefer MOC building over sets, so I spend most of my budget on PAB and BrickLink orders 😂
I will add the 76420: Triwizard Tournament: The Black Lake. Great set, wonderful remake. No stickers, great figures, fun to build. Amazing display set, looks stuning
Literrally just got number 4 after randomly walking into a store, it had been close to 5 years since I last bought a set. It just really catched the eye
It would take me too long to comment apl my favourites, but here are some of them: DreamZzZ Nightmare shark ship- that thing is just so cool Spider-man final battle- I wanted that set to exist for so long and then they finally made it
I can't disagree with your Top 10, even though I am not a Potterhead, a Tolkien fanatic, or in any way nostalgic towards Indiana Jones. They were all fantastic sets.
Glad my favorite set of the year (and the largest by piece count I have) got at top 1! Indiana Jones was the reason why I started to wear hats, to the point my friends get weirded if I am not wearing one XD XD I play almost everyday with it. The boulder mechanism is visually surprising, but by complexity, the idol room mechanism is what amazes me the most because with a single dial you can turn on the light, got down the pedestal and collapse the rock head. My other personal favorite was 60396, "Modified Race Cars". I like original built vehicles than those modeled after real ones, and those 2 quite color-striking cars look so futuristic and fast!
I built four sets this year: Tales from the Space Age, the Tallneck (from 2022), the Piranha Plant, and Chewbacca. Tales is my favourite. But I was not expecting to enjoy building Chewbacca as much as I did. If it wasn’t a gift, I wouldn’t have bought it myself. But it was a delight. I’ve got my eyes on the Viking Village next.
My top 5 would be- 1. Mrs. Castillo’s Turtle Van 2. Ninjago City Markets 3. Friends Botanical Garden 4. Temple of the Golden Idol 5. Azure Lion Mech or Tiny Potted Plants
Great choice for the no.1, unfortunately I think this theme doesn’t sell very well so my local Lego store had it on more than 40% off last month. I happily got it for USD90 and I have to say this is one of the best set with a great balance of display and play feature altogether. Tails of space age is great but I will put it further down the list because it’s good, but not that special.
Even though it didn’t release in 2023 I got hooked to the modular series in 2022 with the Sanctum Sanctorum and in 2023 I bought Ninjago City Gardens and now for Christmas I’m gonna buy Boutique Hotel but out of those 3 sets Ninjago City Gardens is definitely the best Modular of all time because of how many stand alone buildings the set managed to fit within the piece range of 5,865 pieces with 12 buildings 1 rooftop 2 1/2 bases 1 temple and 22.2 minifigures Ninjago City Gardens truly is The Modular of all time
The only issue with Gardens and other Ninjago City Modulars is that a good bit of my pieces eventually got cracked because of how massive the build is it’s hard to properly take care of each individual piece
Any sets with clone troopers except the coruscant gunship because it's really expensive. I actually have the 501st and ahsoka clone trooper battle, plus the AT-TE which is in one of my videos
I got the Super Mario Lego piranha plant set for Christmas. 18+ it said but I’m 15 and I built it in under an hour. Very cool set and as a Mario enjoyer went right onto my dresser for display
My top 10 sets from 2023 would be: 1. 10320: Eldorado Fortress 2. 30652: Doctor Strange's Interdimensional Portal 3. 40581: BIONICLE Tahu and Takua 4. 41732: Downtown Flower and Design Stores 5. 41741: Dog Rescue Van 6. 41748: Heartlake City Community Centre + 41747: Heartlake City Community Kitchen 7. 41759: Heartlake City Bus 8. Marvel CMF series 2 9.76269: Avengers Tower 10. 80049: Dragon of the East Palace In no particular order
Very solid lineup! Downtown Flower and Design Stores was on my list for quite awhile, probably would have finished 11 or 12 overall. Dragon of the East Palace too - beautiful set.
I saw a meme somewhere of an "among us" set where it was just a bunch of 26047 pieces in a bunch of colors, with one 60475 thrown in. No context or background. Not even a baseplate. Hilarious, but I haven't been able to find it since
Surprised by the explorer diving boat making the top 10, the main build is definitely the weakest of the wave. The Explorers line was really great, and convinced me to buy my first city sets in years, but the icebreaker ship, snowmobile and especially the submarine all had much builds whilst still including wildlife. Can't argue about the amount and variety of creatures with the diving boat though.
I have to agree with the Indiana Jones set being the best release this year. I don’t even own it lol, my top set that I actually bought this year would have to be the micro scale hogwarts
Yes finaly a male list WITH Botanical garden. This IS one of the the best set. THE LOOKS, THE PRICE, THE PIECES! IMO lists like these always favor too many big sets On my list i put Set 60377 for example. Asit is a TREASURE. You can get 3 figs, 7 animals, a swimming boat and all of that can be get as cheap as 20$-25$????
Unfortunately I just haven't had a chance to play with it in person. I feel it could have easily won me over! It's on so many top 10 lists already though anyway, so hopefully it makes this one more interesting :)
Obviously these list are personal opinion and you’re is great. The only one I disagree with strongly is tales of space age, really not a fan of that set and surprised to see how much praise it’s gotten on a few different best of lists.
No worries, no worries haha. To me it just makes for an uninteresting set - a massive pile of windows. There's no doubt it looks like what it's supposed to, but just doesn't look fun to build.
@@CheeseyStudios it’s probably a fan thing, I really loved the set and all the references and never found the build to be that boring but that could also be because I’m a big marvel fan. But I see where you’re coming from
I absolutely love this list, you didn’t just choose 500$ collector pieces but instead creatively different sets that are each unique, i was never able to guess what would be next on the list but the opinions you brought where always valid
i must admit i was surprised the micro hogwarts didn’t make it given your HP background. While we certainly don’t share all the same opinions about display vs play i always enjoy seeing what others think of what has been, by all accounts, a great year for lego
That was definitely on my shortlist, no doubt about it! I ended up putting Viking Village in its spot instead simply for the sake of variety. But yeah, I love that set, and it's 100% one of my all time favorite HP kits!
@@CheeseyStudios Agree with your decision (Vikings over mini HP).
I think for me, even though I am a big HP fan, that the build for the micro Hogwarts is just not one of the best in the year.
@@CheeseyStudios I do think it was better for the vikings to be in that spot and not the hogwarts.
The engineering on that rolling boulder still blows my mind. I hope they continue to work in play features like that on all the 18+ sets. Even just a couple of moving parts staves off the dust that much more.
Viking Village for the win! I've been wanting LEGO Skyrim for years, and this is close enough. Plus I have the option of using it in official animations without dealing with IP partner approval (a bonus that applies to hardly anyone, but important to me)😁
Huge W
I was getting worried toward the end of the list when I hadn’t seen the Temple of the Golden Idol… then… BOOM. It’s such an amazing set, I can’t think of another set that balances everything that LEGO is about so perfectly, like you said. I hope more people can see this, get the set, and appreciate its awesomeness firsthand!
My favorite set of this year and of all time has to be Rivendell. I just finished building it and it’s just about flawless. It’s incredibly beautiful and detailed, expensive but fairly priced, includes a phenomenal collection of minifigures (getting the whole fellowship of the ring in one set is just plain amazing) and has a super fun building experience. It’s everything I want from Lego and more and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to get it, even though I’d never bought a set even close to those expensive before:
I was pretty glad to see the Viking village on this list. I got it for Christmas and I cant stop admiring it.
Same here
"I can stop admiring."
What does this mean?
My favorite sets from 2023 are: 1. the Lego Ninjago Dragons Rising Elemental Dragon vs The Empress Mech set with Jay b/c we finally got a show accurate lighting dragon for my favorite character Jay.
2. The Lego Minecraft Axolotl house is my 2nd favorite because even though it’s pink, you can recolor it to any of the other 4 axolotl colors and it’s a cool underwater build which looks really nice next to my ocean monument.
My favorites from this year are the Upscaled minifigure, the Ravenclaw house banner (I’m a Ravenclaw), and the museum modular, I got it for Xmas and it may just be my all time favorite set
That's so awesome! What a great gift
@4:06, "I think this is the year people stopped sleeping on friends"....interesting quote when deprived of context.
lolol yeah, there was definitely a better way to word that
to me Rivendell is the definitive #1, almost singlehandedly rekindled my love for Lego this year. and as you said maybe the most beutiful Lego set ever made? sad it is only #10 on your list, but i think your love for the smaller and mid tier sets makes it make sense.
I do hope we get to see more Lord of the Rings sets. Talk about limitless potential!
@@CheeseyStudiosi do hope there will be some bad guy sets in the future, i think having the whole good guy cast pretty much in one set is great. but some proper orcs or nazgûl would be perfect.
also maybe some smaller sets, i dont regret paying $500 but i rather not do it again soon lol.
Great overview, and SUPERhappy about your #1!!! The original trilogy represents three movies brought to perfection, and so is this set! They are wrapping up the Indy theme likely once and forever, but on the high note!
Rewatching the trilogy this summer was one of the highlights of my film year. Perfection is the only word for it!
@@CheeseyStudios the house that young Indy runs into at the beginning of the Last Crusade is an Indy-themed bed and breakfast in Colorado, and you can also ride the very train from the train chase, which departs from the same town! That, combined with Arches NP (featured in the opening sequence of the same movie) completes the Indy experience - if you ever venture west and are interested, Caleb, let me know!
Well 1 & 3 are perfection anyway
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I live in Colorado and yet I've never visited this, I must go there immediately
@@AniMariBro Absolutely worth it, both the young Indy home AND the train ride, Cumbres & Toltec!!
With so many over the top incredible but expensive sets these days, it's almost worth doing a top 10 over $100 and a top 10 under $100! Love these videos 😊
Honestly, yeah! That's a good idea
2023 was such a strong year for Lego and I don’t think I’d have been able to narrow the range down to 10 definitively best sets, but I’m really surprised that 21342: Insect Collection didn’t make this list! I’ve been a little fatigued by the ideas sets as of late, but this year feels like a bit of a renaissance for them in my opinion, with both Tales of the Space Age and Insect Collection being great value, affordable and having some fantastic building techniques and parts usage!
I’m a biologist so maybe that’s why I connected so strongly with Insect Collection, but I’ve had so many of my friends and colleagues say how much they love it, and I even ended up gifting two away at Christmas to people who also really connected with it! It’s one of these sets where the pictures online really don’t do it justice, and if you haven’t had the opportunity to build it for yourself yet I highly recommend it!
Perhaps I'll have to give it a chance! I felt underwhelmed by the official images myself, so maybe I just need to see it in person.
My top 10 sets from the year in no particular order are, Zane’s Ice Dragon Creature, Zane’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Race Car, Jay’s Elemental Dragon vs The Empress Mech, Sora’s Transforming Mech Bike Racer, Blacktron Cruiser, Spider-Man No Way Home Final Battle, Mei’s Guardian Dragon, Indiana Jones Temple of the Golden Idol, Ilu Discovery, & Mr. Oz’s Spacebus. My top 10 minifigures of the year is gonna be a lot more difficult to decide on though since my short list is like 25 right now but I only got 23 sets this year.
I wonder what bros favorite theme is 💀
2023 was a great year for LEGO. I always look forward to these videos from you - thanks for a great year on your channel too!
Overall this year was absolutely fantastic in relation to LEGO, although I agree with some of the sets you featured, here's my top 10!
#10: 40591: Death Star II (a fantastic microscale display, only so low due to it being a GWP)
#9: 40650: Land Rover Classic Defender (a gimmick-free $15 vehicle, would be neat to get a delorean in this line or with speed champions)
#8: 21342: The Insect Collection (amazing techniques, plus original project by the goat Hachiroku24)
#7: 75354: Coruscant Guard Gunship (yes really, red clone bois go brrrrrrrrrrrr)
#6: 76269: Avengers Tower (amazing display piece.)
#5: 40649: Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure (so much opportunity!! classic space man or Spider-Man please LEGO!!)
#4: 21343: Viking Village (like you said, a fantastic display piece with no stickers)
#3: 10320: Eldorado Fortress (gotta love some modernized classic LEGO!)
#2: 60380: Downtown (HOUSES/CITY STUFF GRAHHHHHHH)
#1: 31139: Cozy House (like the set's name, just a cozy house, plus an R. R. Slugger reference!)
I'm actually asking for the Cozy House for Christmas and, if I get it, I'll be modifying the interior with my partner for our sigfigs which I'm really excited about :)
Very epic list! Land Rover Classic Defender nearly made my list too. I still need to pick that up. I'm not a car guy, but I love me a Land Rover!
Love your #3!
thank you for making your list reasonable from a pricepoint stand. I've seen a lot of these lists where they seem like they go to legos website and sort from high to low and pick the first ten sets they see.
Such lists kind of drive me nuts! Obviously a set with 6000 pieces will be cooler than one with 200, but I think it's all about how well those dollars are used. Rivendell is incredible, but did it really need to be $499.99? I feel you could have had all the same stuff in a significantly less expensive set.
My favorite set this year, hell my favorite lego set ever has to be the insect collection. ill be completely honest and say i am very biased as a biology major that plans to specialize in coleopterology (beetles) but even if your not a bug lover like me its undeniably stunning and beautiful. with colours that are eye catching and bright while maintaining a very natural feel, bugs that are fully articulated perfect for play and bases that show off the same beauty that the botanical lines have. its just stunning and something i never expected from lego
I've gotta see that one in person I think. For some reason, the promo images have left me underwhelmed.
@@CheeseyStudios thats fair it isnt for everyone and i dont think a static image dose it justice, but it has some amazing part usage, good price to piece ratio, all while being very atomically accurate and most importantly for me panders directly to my interests and got me back into lego, so at least for me its a great set
I think one of my favorite sets of the year has got to be that Gringotts Bank, even though it is a smidge over priced, it is a really detailed and accurate build.
I do love the set a lot too. It's so creative and wacky, and I love that about it!
I love most of the sets on your list but the absolute highlight was the Venator for me this was my dream set and I've never purchased a UCS set before now and so I loved this set so much the box the build experience the sheer presence this thing has is just perfect I love it so much
I do wish I had had the chance to see it in person. I might have been swayed! Regardless, I am happy that such a model exists, and it's great to see more prequel UCS sets. Now, can we get an ARC-170? :o
@@CheeseyStudios yeah I really hope we get an Arc 170 soon aswell maybe with a vulture droid the sets with two ships are always amazing like this year with the Tie interceptor and mandalorian fang fighter so a set with an Arc 170 and a vulture droid would be perfect
What a lovely video. Your list doesn’t Surprise me in the slightest Because I totally stand by it and it’s probably pretty similar to my opinion. Can’t wait for the minifigure / parts of 23 videos and I think this a such a cool idea that maybe we’ll not being the most original, you really do well. 2024 is looking to be a pretty interesting year to say the least and it sounds like we’re expecting some pretty neat sets. Great content as always and a great way to end off 2023 🎉🎉
Appreciate it! I'm sure 2024 will be just as crazy. There's some strong contenders for top 10 already!
What a lovely video. Hope you keep doing this top 10 videos. for me my top 10 2023 sets are:
10. Downtown
9. Land Rover Classic Defender 90
8. Eldorado Fortress
7. Lunar New Year Display
6. Botanical Garden
5. The Battle of Hogwarts
4. Dried Flower Centrepiece
3. Rivendell
2. Viking Village
1. The Insect Collection
Tales of the Space Age and the Concorde are my two favorite sets this year.
Happy holidays!
My LUG had a build competition with the scaled up figure, and someone made a classis space guy. All the builds were awesome!
That's so fun! I love how the set inspires creativity.
Even tho its way out of my price range the rivendell set is by far my favorite set of year. Im still very much hoping that they are making a reboot in play set form. (Like with HP) So that there would be a easier way to get the figures and other characters as they’ve gotten quite pricey over the years
It makes me so happy seeing lists with variety like this.
My personal favourite set is Payakan the Tunlkun & Crabsuit. The possible poses is so much. It’s good for display and playing. Also, no stickers so WATER FOR A WATER ANIMAL.
The Avatar line had some really cool sets for sure 👌
I was gifted the Pegasus Flying Horse set for Christmas, which marked the first time since the Scooby Doo sets that I got and assembled a System set (I'm usually ordering used Bionicle sets from Bricklink). I gotta say, it's a really cool build! Will probably be picking up the Owl Cat set when it comes out next year
I've been really impressed with a lot of the Dreamzzz sets too! Excited to see what 2024 brings later down the line.
I absolutely love your top sets each year because of the focus on sets that normally don’t get highlighted!
I'm always glad to see how much you enjoy these. It's so easy to just make this a top 10 list of the biggest sets released in the year, but the designers are doing great work all across the board, at every price point!
I'm building the Indiana Jones Temple right now and I'm absolutely loving
building it!
Love your minecraft and other videos so much! keep it up!
Thank you!
I definitely slept on the Indiana Jones set, I had no idea it had that many functions.
Stoked that Monkie Kid got a mention; I'm hoping the more reasonable pricing of the 2024 wave means more people will check it out.
Wish it was easier to find Monkie Kid sets. People just forget it exists 😭
If you like Indiana Jones buy two smaller sets or all three. NOW. You will not be disapointed
I only bought three sets in 2023, Rivendell, the Viking Village, and the Alpine Lodge. So those are my top 3 😉I prefer MOC building over sets, so I spend most of my budget on PAB and BrickLink orders 😂
I 100% respect that! Bricklink is where all my funds seem to go these days too 😂
I will add the 76420: Triwizard Tournament: The Black Lake. Great set, wonderful remake. No stickers, great figures, fun to build. Amazing display set, looks stuning
I really enjoyed that one too. Wish it was a bit cheaper, but it had a lot going for it. Who would have thought we'd ever get a LEGO grindylow?
It better be the frog house
Concorde it’s definitely my favorite of 2023
I hear a lot of good things about it. I hope I can get it at some point!
W take
Thank you, ha! Looks like we won't have to battle it out here in the comments after all
I personally love the Viking village, and the Insect collection!
LEGO Ideas is always dropping awesome sets 👌
I'm surprised the UCS Venator wasn't on that list 👀 amaizing video btw! Keep up the hard work
Appreciate it!
Literrally just got number 4 after randomly walking into a store, it had been close to 5 years since I last bought a set. It just really catched the eye
That certainly speaks highly of the set! It really is unique, and probably my favorite of the Botanical line too.
Listen. I respect your opinion. (Even though it'swrong) but, giant minifigure?!?!?!.
And where is Gringotts?!?!?!
It would take me too long to comment apl my favourites, but here are some of them:
DreamZzZ Nightmare shark ship- that thing is just so cool
Spider-man final battle- I wanted that set to exist for so long and then they finally made it
The Nightmare Ship is a great one. Definitely my favorite Dreamzzz set so far.
I just got the temple of the golden idol for Christmas and I definitely agree that it should be #1
My favorite sets this year were the Concorde and Pac-Man
Everyone definitely has been hyping up the Concorde. I hope I can get my hands on it at some point, as it really is a beautiful model!
I can't disagree with your Top 10, even though I am not a Potterhead, a Tolkien fanatic, or in any way nostalgic towards Indiana Jones. They were all fantastic sets.
I personally really loved the Blacktron GWP, but I really wish it was just a standard set that could be purchased normally.
That was a good one too! Really enjoyed building that set
I’m so glad I got the Viking Village and the Temple of the Golden Idol for Christmas. They are some of the best sets I’ve gotten in a while
Such good sets! Glad you were able to get them too
Glad my favorite set of the year (and the largest by piece count I have) got at top 1!
Indiana Jones was the reason why I started to wear hats, to the point my friends get weirded if I am not wearing one XD XD I play almost everyday with it. The boulder mechanism is visually surprising, but by complexity, the idol room mechanism is what amazes me the most because with a single dial you can turn on the light, got down the pedestal and collapse the rock head.
My other personal favorite was 60396, "Modified Race Cars". I like original built vehicles than those modeled after real ones, and those 2 quite color-striking cars look so futuristic and fast!
That is a really fun looking set. LEGO sure makes amazing cars these days!
Very interesting. are you going to do the best top 10 pieces of 2023 again?
Definitely! It's already available for members, and will go public before the end of the year :)
I built four sets this year: Tales from the Space Age, the Tallneck (from 2022), the Piranha Plant, and Chewbacca.
Tales is my favourite. But I was not expecting to enjoy building Chewbacca as much as I did. If it wasn’t a gift, I wouldn’t have bought it myself. But it was a delight.
I’ve got my eyes on the Viking Village next.
I'm glad to hear Chewie was a fun build! A lot of people have been roasting that set, but I'm sure they've never built it 😭
My top 5 would be-
1. Mrs. Castillo’s Turtle Van
2. Ninjago City Markets
3. Friends Botanical Garden
4. Temple of the Golden Idol
5. Azure Lion Mech or Tiny Potted Plants
All great picks!
Great choice for the no.1, unfortunately I think this theme doesn’t sell very well so my local Lego store had it on more than 40% off last month. I happily got it for USD90 and I have to say this is one of the best set with a great balance of display and play feature altogether. Tails of space age is great but I will put it further down the list because it’s good, but not that special.
That's totally fair. Really glad you got such a great deal on the Temple!
Should I get Rivendell I did not pick it up last years
It is a fun build, but it's a pain to put anywhere because it takes up so much room. If you have the space and the cash, I think you'll enjoy it
Insect collection is definitely up there for me
I think I need to see that one in person! The promo images left me feeling a bit underwhelmed.
I like the seal battlepack.
That one is pretty great xD
Even though it didn’t release in 2023 I got hooked to the modular series in 2022 with the Sanctum Sanctorum and in 2023 I bought Ninjago City Gardens and now for Christmas I’m gonna buy Boutique Hotel but out of those 3 sets Ninjago City Gardens is definitely the best Modular of all time because of how many stand alone buildings the set managed to fit within the piece range of 5,865 pieces with 12 buildings 1 rooftop 2 1/2 bases 1 temple and 22.2 minifigures Ninjago City Gardens truly is The Modular of all time
Gardens is probably my favorite too. It was so much fun to build!
The only issue with Gardens and other Ninjago City Modulars is that a good bit of my pieces eventually got cracked because of how massive the build is it’s hard to properly take care of each individual piece
Interesting top 10, I would only leave 3 sets in my top ;) Maybe new TOP Minecraft sets video? Last one was long time ago :)
Yeah, I suppose it might be time for an updated Minecraft list!
Any sets with clone troopers except the coruscant gunship because it's really expensive. I actually have the 501st and ahsoka clone trooper battle, plus the AT-TE which is in one of my videos
Battle packs are always a fun time. Had done good memories of them as a kid!
I got the Super Mario Lego piranha plant set for Christmas. 18+ it said but I’m 15 and I built it in under an hour. Very cool set and as a Mario enjoyer went right onto my dresser for display
That's a really fun one. I think the designers did a great job capturing those organic shapes!
Loved the Indiana Jones set, but my #1 of possibly all time is the Rivendell set. Yes, it is expensive, but you get your money’s worth.
It sure is gorgeous, no doubt about it!
Avengers tower deserved to be on this list. Its the ultimate lego marvel set for any marvel fan
I'm glad Marvel fans finally got a worthwhile D2C set!
Truley I agree with your opinion
Glad you like these sets too!
Honestly I'm surprised you don't own the Upscaled Minifig, it's def up there as my favorites of the year
One of these days I'll have to pick it up for sure. I'd love to have that on my desk!
How is the battle for hogwarts above rivendell?
The price plays a big role! $499.99 is pretty insane 😬
My top 10 sets from 2023 would be:
1. 10320: Eldorado Fortress
2. 30652: Doctor Strange's Interdimensional Portal
3. 40581: BIONICLE Tahu and Takua
4. 41732: Downtown Flower and Design Stores
5. 41741: Dog Rescue Van
6. 41748: Heartlake City Community Centre + 41747: Heartlake City Community Kitchen
7. 41759: Heartlake City Bus
8. Marvel CMF series 2
9.76269: Avengers Tower
10. 80049: Dragon of the East Palace
In no particular order
Very solid lineup! Downtown Flower and Design Stores was on my list for quite awhile, probably would have finished 11 or 12 overall. Dragon of the East Palace too - beautiful set.
Number one set for me is tales of the space age, I mean look at it, it’s absolutely stunning!
Love that set so much! The perfect display set for sure
That friends garden is beautiful and I want to build it in Minecraft.
That would actually make for a great Minecraft build! You should make it happen
what do you mean with your boss? (is it that you work with an entire team of people?)
My boss from my day job! TH-cam isn't my main source of income, just a side gig :)
Oh that makes a lot more sense now!
Great list btw
Personally I think that rivendell would be number 1, it’s literally my dream set!
It is a beauty!
So glad Indy was in the top spot. That and the original version are my favorite sets of all time.
It's so so good. I hope we get more sets like it in the future. It's everything a big LEGO set should be!
Just saw there's gonna be a Lego Icons Eldorado Fortress - 10320
I like micro hogwarts . and eldarado fortress . upscaled minifigure . and lastly the nice build of the minecraft world you built this year ❤
Great choices
I saw a meme somewhere of an "among us" set where it was just a bunch of 26047 pieces in a bunch of colors, with one 60475 thrown in.
No context or background. Not even a baseplate.
Hilarious, but I haven't been able to find it since
Now that sounds like a top 10 set xD
I personally think the Batcave shadowbox deserves to be on the list!
That's a solid set! Love the play features
Surprised by the explorer diving boat making the top 10, the main build is definitely the weakest of the wave. The Explorers line was really great, and convinced me to buy my first city sets in years, but the icebreaker ship, snowmobile and especially the submarine all had much builds whilst still including wildlife. Can't argue about the amount and variety of creatures with the diving boat though.
Yeah, it's definitely up there mostly because of those animals and figures! Can't beat that kind of variety
I’m surprised ninjago city markets wasn’t on here!
There were just so many awesome sets! I can say it was very close to making the list, though
900 sets in absolutely insane.
ikr - I'm very curious to see when we'll top 1k
First polish set and its a top 2, lets go!
"Polska Gurom"
Woot woot!
I have to agree with the Indiana Jones set being the best release this year. I don’t even own it lol, my top set that I actually bought this year would have to be the micro scale hogwarts
Shouldve put that one pack man arcade machine set
That was another really fun one. Love that mechanism!
I wouldn’t put the Friends garden up so high on the list because it’s only like half of a building
It is a playset after all! Having only part of the building allows easy access to the interior, and keeps the price reasonable :)
Yes finaly a male list WITH Botanical garden. This IS one of the the best set. THE LOOKS, THE PRICE, THE PIECES!
IMO lists like these always favor too many big sets
On my list i put Set 60377 for example. Asit is a TREASURE. You can get 3 figs, 7 animals, a swimming boat and all of that can be get as cheap as 20$-25$????
Very surprised Concorde isn't here
Unfortunately I just haven't had a chance to play with it in person. I feel it could have easily won me over! It's on so many top 10 lists already though anyway, so hopefully it makes this one more interesting :)
stark tower is def a top 3
I'm really glad Marvel fans are enjoying that set so much!
Obviously these list are personal opinion and you’re is great. The only one I disagree with strongly is tales of space age, really not a fan of that set and surprised to see how much praise it’s gotten on a few different best of lists.
I can totally see where people wouldn't like that one - it is about as boring as it gets, just being a display model. 🤣
I'm surprised eldorado fortress didn't make it
Unfortunately I really disliked that one :c
And ninjago city markets where is it that is the best set of 2023
It is pretty awesome! Definitely worthy of an honorable mention
I bet the 11th spot was a Star Wars set 😂😂. Because I am surprised there are not on the list
I feel it wasn't really a stand out year for SW to be honest. 2024 is looking promising already with the midi-scale stuff though 👀
I mostly agree, but where’s the lion knights castle?
That's from last year!
Fantastic list
Bes5 ser was city market
That one was pretty cool too!
Why no avenges tower?
cuz I don't like it lol
@@CheeseyStudios Damn. What do you not like about it? Just curious, not tryna argue
No worries, no worries haha. To me it just makes for an uninteresting set - a massive pile of windows. There's no doubt it looks like what it's supposed to, but just doesn't look fun to build.
@@CheeseyStudios it’s probably a fan thing, I really loved the set and all the references and never found the build to be that boring but that could also be because I’m a big marvel fan. But I see where you’re coming from
No Minecraft... wow , your the Minecraft King.. lol great list and video..
Crazy, right??? I looked, but until a set matches the magic of the Skeleton Dungeon, I don't think I'll let it on the list xD
@CheeseyStudios but what about your Minecraft world moc... that counts in my book. So it'll be the bonus winner.
You have a boss?!?… 🤯
Yep!
Do you work for LEGO?
I don't, but maybe one day!
how is tales of the space age at 2 and rivendell at 10
Price definitely plays a huge role! Rivendell is just so inaccessible to most people.
WHERES THE PIRANHA PLANT????
I really loved that set, but there were just too many awesome ones to choose from!
You are the coolest nerd.
I appreciate that, ha! 😂
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