The LEGO 'Up' House (43217) was overpriced at $59.99 and it was worth about $47 as of August 2026. Brickset lists 598 pieces at 10 cents each, retired on 30 September 2024, and Brick Ranker has sealed copies at $47.40, or 21.0 percent below retail. Time has made this one cheaper, not dearer.
What $59.99 bought
Brickset lists 43217 with 598 pieces at $59.99 in the US and £49.99 in the UK, released on 1 April 2023 for the Disney 100 celebration, designed by Morten Rauff and Ollie Gregory, with a 9+ age rating. The model is 27 by 15 by 11 cm including the balloon cluster. It holds 4.1 out of 5 from 311 Brickset ratings, which is a low score by the standards of this theme.
Ten cents per piece is a poor rate for an unlicensed-scale build of this size, and the licence is doing a lot of the work. There are two minifigures, Carl Fredricksen and Russell, both unique to the set, plus Dug as a moulded figure. Jay's Brick Blog called all three "absolute treats," and they are genuinely the best thing in the box.
The Kevin problem
The set's most quoted flaw is an omission. Jay's Brick Blog argued that at this price LEGO should have included Kevin, the bird from Paradise Falls, either as a moulded element or as a brick-built compromise, and wrote that the set "just feels so awkwardly incomplete without Kevin," particularly given what LEGO was asking for it.
That review's conclusion was blunt: "This is a tough set to recommend, because the value isn't here for US$59.99," with the caveat that committed Disney and Up fans had probably already decided. The same review flagged the underlying problem as size against price, describing a really expensive set at 598 pieces for what amounts to a medium-sized display with only two minifigures.
It sold out, then it sank
The odd part of this story is that demand looked strong at the start. The set sold out at launch, which is usually the setup for a strong aftermarket.
It did not happen. Brickset gives the availability window as 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2024, only 18 months, which is short for a Disney release and normally another bullish signal. Brick Ranker still has sealed copies at $47.40, a six-month average to August 2026 built on 197 recorded sales since June 2023.
The trackers do not agree that it has retired
The two sources this review leans on disagree about the set's basic status, which is worth knowing before trusting any valuation of it.
Brickset gives the availability window as 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2024 and treats the set as gone. As of August 2026, Brick Ranker listed its status as Active, gave the release date as 2 March 2023, and estimated retirement at 31 December 2026. The launch dates differ by a month and the retirement dates by more than two years.
That gap matters for one reason in particular. Brick Ranker projects a 29.09 percent gain two years after retirement, within a range of 2.06 to 45.04 percent, and it measures that from its own estimated retirement date. On its timeline the projection does not come due until the end of 2028, so as of August 2026 it had not been tested yet. Anyone reading that number as a forecast the set has already failed to hit would be reading it wrong.
What both sources agree on is the figure that decides today's purchase. As of August 2026, sealed copies were changing hands at $47.40, or 21.0 percent below the $59.99 retail price, across 197 recorded sales since June 2023. Whichever retirement date is correct, this set has spent a long time getting cheaper. The guide to whether LEGO sets are worth it walks through the signals that actually predict which sets do the opposite.
Against a set of the same size
The Orchid (10311) is almost the same physical scale, 608 pieces against 598, and it costs $10 less at $49.99, which is 8.2 cents per piece. Brick Ranker has it 24.9 percent below retail, but the Orchid was unambiguously still in production as of August 2026, so retailer discounting was actively pushing that figure down.
The 'Up' House is the murkier case, and neither reading flatters it. On Brickset's dates it had been off shelves for nearly two years by August 2026 and still could not clear $50. On Brick Ranker's, it was still a set you could buy new, which explains the discount without making it a better purchase. Stud Vault will tell you which of those two stories your own copy is actually following.
Where that leaves a buyer
Buy it if you love the film, you want Carl, Russell and Dug on a shelf, and you can find a complete copy near the August 2026 market price of about $47. At that number the set is fine. The figures are good, the balloon cluster reads well, and the interior has enough furniture to hold up.
Skip it at $59.99 or above, and do not buy it as a store of value. The 5 here is not about the design being bad. It is a set that was priced above what it delivers, reviewed accordingly, and has spent the two years since its September 2024 retirement proving the reviewers right.
