Most valuable LEGO® Minifigure

A gold reproduction of bounty hunter Boba Fett, from the original Star Wars trilogy, is the most valuable LEGO® Minifigure ever made. Only two of these were produced by LEGO®, in 2010. The figures, made of solid 14-carat gold and valued at $11,495.95 (£8,115) apiece, are each part of a boxed set of three, also including silver and plastic versions of Boba Fett. The two sets were given away as competition prizes at San Diego Comic Con and the Celebration V Star Wars festival, both held in 2010.

The LEGO® Minifigure range was launched in 1978, and consists of a range of 4-cm-high figurines modelled on movie characters as well as prominent people from sport, history and culture.

In 2011, a set of Minifigures was launched into space aboard the NASA Juno mission to Jupiter – setting the record for the furthest distance travelled by a LEGO® Minifigure. They won’t return to Earth, but if they did their value at auction would likely be many millions.