The tallest LEGO sets of all time – July 2023

LEGO Harry Potter 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors' Edition is a mighty magical model – but where does it rank among the tallest LEGO sets of all time?

While some LEGO sets demand a vast horizontal display space – hello, the entire Modular Buildings Collection and 75978 Diagon Alley – others require a bookshelf sans most of its shelves, and so able to accommodate something truly towering. These are the tall LEGO sets; those that prioritise verticality above all else, and in doing so both dominate and dictate your LEGO display.

Piling a topsy-turvy white building atop a twisting support of underground vaults – and with a snarling dragon at its crest for good measure – 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors' Edition certainly belongs among that cadre of impressively-tall LEGO sets. Yet it still can’t really hold a candle to some of the tallest sets the LEGO Group has put out lately…

=10 – 71741 NINJAGO City Gardens

Theme: NINJAGO Price: £299.99 / $349.99 / €349.99 Pieces: 5,685 Height: 73cm Available: Now

If you own a copy of 71741 NINJAGO City Gardens, it might surprise you to learn that it’s only the 11th-tallest LEGO set of all time (as of July 2023). The antenna of its radio tower reaches a peak of 73cm, which makes it the tallest LEGO NINJAGO City set to date – but it only creeps into the top 10 by tying with another set…

=10 – 10237 Tower of Orthanc

Theme: The Lord of the Rings Price: £169.99 / $199.99 / €199.99 Pieces: 2,359 Height: 73cm Available: Retired

There are plenty of tower-like structures in this list, and it’s no shock to see one of literature’s most iconic spires among them. 10237 Tower of Orthanc hails from the original LEGO The Lord of the Rings run in 2012 to 2013, and stands a cool 73cm tall, tying with 71741 NINJAGO City Gardens.

9 – 71040 The Disney Castle

Theme: Disney Price: £309.99 / $349.99 / €349.99 Pieces: 4,080 Height: 74cm Available: Now

The first of two Disney Castles to make the top 10, 2016’s 71040 The Disney Castle ekes past Orthanc and the Gardens at 74cm tall. That’s again thanks to a single spire rather than the bulk of the model reaching the same peak, but that’s all it needs for the purposes of this list. Just like when you spiked your hair up as a kid to qualify for the big rollercoasters…

8 – 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors’ Edition

Theme: Harry Potter Price: £369.99 / $429.99 / €429.99 Pieces: 4,803 Height: 75cm Available: September 1, 2023

With its bank, underground vaults and dragon all stacked together, the newest LEGO Harry Potter set claims a respectable eighth place in the tallest LEGO sets of all time, standing 75cm high. It’s worth bearing in mind there’s a lot of bulk here, though – even with that negative space around the mine cart track, 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors' Edition does a lot more with its height than, say, 71741 NINJAGO City Gardens.

7 – 43222 Disney Castle

Theme: Disney Price: £344.99 / $399.99 / €399.99 Pieces: 4,837 Height: 80cm Available: Now

This year’s 43222 Disney Castle trumps its predecessor by exactly six centimetres, even if at first glance there’s little to separate the overall silhouette of the two castles. (The differences in design and colour are otherwise fairly stark.) It’s not the only set to feature twice on this list in different guises, but it is one of three new additions for 2023.

6 – Daily Bugle

Theme: Marvel Price: £299.99 / $349.99 / €349.99 Pieces: 3,776 Height: 82cm Available: Now

There’s no getting away from the fact that 76178 Daily Bugle is tall – it’s a skyscraper, after all – but this is yet another set in this list that attributes the peak of its verticality to a handful of elements poking out of the top. Even without its radio mast, it’s still a strong contender – but that rooftop addition takes the Spidey set to a towering 82cm tall.

5 – 10303 Loop Coaster

Theme: Icons Price: £344.99 / $399.99 / €399.99 Pieces: 3,756 Height: 92cm Available: Now

A double-loop coaster requires a huge drop to give the cars the momentum they need to get round the track, and so 10303 Loop Coaster stands a staggering 92cm tall. It’s no wonder the LEGO Icons set makes use of a lift to scale that summit (a sloped incline would have expanded it impossibly wide, too), representing an astonishing achievement of engineering. Just don’t ask whether the minifigures would survive those g-forces…

4 – 42146 Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000

Theme: Technic Price: £579.99 / $699.99 / €679.99 Pieces: 2,883 Height: 99cm Available: August 1, 2023

This summer’s 42146 Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000 is not only the most expensive LEGO Technic set of all time, but also the fourth-tallest model the LEGO Group has ever released. That’s according to its official description, anyway, which touts the machinery as standing a whopping 99cm tall. Whether that height can be increased by manoeuvring the boom arm remains to be seen…

3 – 92176 NASA Apollo Saturn V

Theme: Ideas Price: £104.99 / $119.99 / €119.99 Pieces: 1,969 Height: 100cm Available: Now

Originally released as product number 21309 under the LEGO Ideas banner, 92176 NASA Apollo Saturn V was re-released in 2020 following its initial retirement in 2019. Its proportions didn’t change, though: whether you display it vertically or horizontally, the rocket measures a stunning 100cm from tip to tail.

2 – 10181 Eiffel Tower

Theme: Creator Expert Price: £149.99 / $199.99 Pieces: 3,428 Height: 108cm Available: Retired

10181 Eiffel Tower was the tallest LEGO set of all time for an incredible 14 years, before being toppled from its perch in 2022 by a newer, younger, more fashionable la dame de fer. At 108cm tall, the Creator Expert set was already imposing enough to dominate any space in which you managed to find room for it, and its ambition for the time in which it was released is nothing to sniff at.

1 – 10307 Eiffel Tower

Theme: Icons Price: £554.99 / $679.99 / €629.99 Pieces: 10,001 Height: 149cm Available: Now

If any set was going to give 10181 Eiffel Tower a run for its money, it could only be… another Eiffel Tower. Last year’s 10307 Eiffel Tower blasts past its predecessor by an incredible 41cm, making it far and away the tallest LEGO set of all time – and one that’s unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Could we be looking at another 14-year reign, before the LEGO Group finally delivers a two-metre-tall Eiffel Tower in 2036? Stranger things have happened…

The tallest LEGO sets of all time

76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors' Edition will be available to purchase for VIP members from September 1, and for everyone else from September 4, for £369.99 / $429.99 / €429.99.

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