Why Are Resellers Talking About Lego Qui-Gon Jin Minifigs?

Just a small change in color can mean big money

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By RC Staff

25 February 2025

Key Points

Early versions of set 75383 came with a misprinted Qui-Gon minifig
These have sold for over $150, double the set’s MSRP
The sets are restocking, but they have a different Qui-Gon minifigure

Last year, Lego debuted a new set based on the Phantom Menace. The Sith Infiltrator Starship Lego set was popular with collectors, featuring four minifigures. One of these was a Qui-Gon Jin minifig. Early versions of this minifig were printed with a subtly different beard color, and later production would correct this error. Lego collectors were eager to get their hands on this rare beard color, and we saw resellers flip the minifig alone for more than double the retail price of the set. With Lego set 75383 on sale again, some are hoping that these “red beard” Qui-Gons might return.

Red Beard Qui-Gon Minifig

Sometimes, it’s the little things in life. The tiny, unimportant, hard-to-notice details that really don’t matter to most people, but matter a whole lot to some.

What the hell are we talking about? Back in 2024, Lego started selling set 75383: Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator Starship. It’s based on the small ship Darth Maul uses to whip around Tatooine while causing mischief, and also includes minifigures based on Maul, Anakin, Qui-Gon, and a bonus Saw Gerrera figure.

Pretty standard fare, and not something we’d usually cover. Lego produces their sets in pretty good numbers and they generally don’t sell out (with some exceptions), so standard sets like this aren’t that interesting to resellers or collectors.

However, there was an unintended feature to the early versions of the 75383 sets. The Qui-Gon Jin minifigures were printed with a very slightly different color of beard; more reddish than the dark brown that later minifigs had.

This slight deviation was enough to make these early Qui-Gon Jin minifigures very valuable to collectors. In fact, they have sold for as much as $150, more than double the MSRP of the set.

It’s not clear why these minifigures had a different colored beard, but Lego took steps to change the color with future production. Only the very earliest sets shipped with these beards.

How to find Red Beard Qui Gon Jin Minifigs

With Lego restocking these sets at stores, there’s been some subtle buzz around them because of the rare Qui-Gon Jin minifigs.

As we said, only early production had these misprints. You can check the batch code on the boxes to tell when they were manufactured: the second and third digits refer to the week the set was produced. Based on what we’ve seen, only sets produced on or before the 12th week of 2024 contain the rare minifig.

Obviously catching one of these at retail isn’t possible, but you might stumble across an unopened set at a Lego store or thrift shop. Check the batch code, and you might be able to score a minifigure worth $150 or more.

And that’s pretty much the whole story. This was more of a PSA than anything; we’ve seen some resellers discussing this set and wanted to make sure no one got burned buying something that wouldn’t be profitable.

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