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otherwise by colour things like dark blue, dark green are not necessarily "rare" but sometimes harder to get hold of in quantity. Sand green, sand red, etc obviously are rarer but useful.
I never seem to have enough 1x1 Bricks with studs on two sides / four sides (other than black), and there are a few particular slopes or bows that are not rare but just harder to find than you think they should be when I've needed them in the past (or even noting how quick they sell if I have one or two spare) - although I can't remember the specific parts which isn't that helpful (white and tan again come to mind)
The one that comes most to mind was the 7740 Intercity Train of 1980.....
This was the only known source of the 1x2x2 classic windows in gray (10 of them in the engine), and also the only known source of the 3x3 double convex low slopes in yellow (4 on the roof of the engine).
The yellow 3x3 double convex slopes are not quite that rare, because model shop excess inventory gets into Bricklink from time to time....
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=3675&colorID=3
But those light gray 1x2x2 windows have all been discontinued since 2003, so no model shop inventory for gray ones to refill Bricklink...
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=7026&colorID=9
And even rarer are the black 1x2x2 windows... as well as black 1x1x2 and blue 1x3x2 (only found in the 7760 Diesel Shunter Locomotive)....
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=7026&colorID=11
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=29&colorID=11
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=31&colorID=7
I could go on and on in train parts alone.... :|
I will add my own entry:
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=30562&colorID=11&in=A
Only available in 2 sets. 4 in the Darth Maul Sculpture and only 1 in Ogel's Control Center.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=3063&colorID=48
The bright green Exo-Force hair was in several Exo-Force sets but runs about USD $4.50. I'm sure this is mostly because it's in Market Street, but it's also in demand for use as trees in microscale MOCs.
Because the continuous bow was found in the 10189 Taj Mahal Set (8 of them), and because the newer "irregular bow" version appeared to be replacing it... the older version jumped up in price to several dollars per 1/2 arch piece.
But suddenly in 2014 the continuous bow half arch in white made a re-appearance in 2 sets, the quantity available jumped quite a bit, and the value dropped. This may have been due to the quantity still in inventory... but with TLG one never knows.
So as of right now... TLG has 2 almost identical pieces in sets...
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2339
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=76768
If the older continuous bow version does disappear from sets in the future, then we'll know that they did retire that mold, and the fact that 8 of these are found in the Taj Mahal... that will increase their value, like they did about 8 months ago when they were going for $2.50+ each.
This is one I'm keeping an eye out on... since I have about 100 of the mint white continuous bow arches.
Also, another item I am watching are the Maersk blue parts. With Medium Azure replacing Maersk blue on all future Maersk ships and other product... it seems likely that the Maersk blue LEGO parts supply will eventually dry up, or become quite pricey.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=57099&colorID=1
By the way if anybody has the gold soccer ball or the sticker sheet for this set I've been searching for quite a while. XD
and then there is the widely known radar dish for the UCS MF which goes into the hundreds on its own!
EDIT: and I just saw the line about "for MOCs" oh well leaving it here, as there may be printed parts mocers love to have (none come to my mind at the moment though)
For example...
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=2339&colorID=3
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=3853&colorID=3
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=41539
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&catString=79&catType=P&v=1
They were produced as prototypes, and used in this 1955 image in the yard behind Ole Kirk Christiansen's house in Billund, with 3 of his grandchildren (LEGO owner Kjeld on the left) posing with the Billund traffic policeman. The Town Plan scene shown here was used for 3 years (1955-58) on LEGO spare parts pack boxes.
Those 2 gray garage doors on that very early design Esso Service Garage were never seen again, none are known in private hands, and none have ever been found in the Billund Archives/Collection in any color except red white, yellow or clear....
For my Danish LEGO friends.... perhaps they're hiding in an attic near you!! :)
All my collector friends would be green with envy.... and probably offer well over $1000 for one! :smiley:
From my LEGO collectors guide chapter on LEGO specialty parts.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=x103
Hehehe I agree @legogal ...... I remember when the Maersk Train came out and those Maersk blue helmets took a giant nosedive from hundreds of dollars downwards! Although you can tell which is the old versus the new....
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=3833&colorID=72
I was putting arms on a pile of bare torsos, and lo and behold, TWO medium blue hands jumped out of the baggie. Wooooohooooo!
The good old yellow legs follow a similar pattern. New is 10x the cost of used.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=970c00&colorID=3
And also hoarded by perverts for other nude scenes. :-)
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=6930-1