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Lego Insects

Fail

Shoppers spend only $15K a year here, so Lego Insects is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 1,216 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −6 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£15K/yr28K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 123 sellers

Flapen Score

Lego Insects against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Lego Insects is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lego Insects market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lego Insects 28K times last year and spent an estimated £15K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 28K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £15K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
28K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.3%
Market size, estimated
£15Ka year
Peak month
December6.1× the quietest month
Top search term
lego insects15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £23.45.

Listings sell for £23.45 on average, from £7.27 to £75.68. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £23.45 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£23.45inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.27–£75.68
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,769 within Building & Construction Toys. It carries 1,062 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
11.7%
Average rank
#1,769in Building & Construction Toys
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,062per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 21 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
21 months

Products

Top Lego Insects products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

123

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • LEGO36%
  • Rongmeiz31%
  • Tirff11%
  • GXJTYYBS8%
  • JVAVNE4%
  • TRavesty4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Demand

Lego Insects search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.1×

Search terms

Top Lego Insects search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • lego insects15K/yr
  • lego bugs7K/yr
  • lego insect collection7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lego Insects

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Assembly/Installation44%−0.03

although parts of it were frustratingly difficult to put together

This build is not worth the effort

bricks are a lot harder to assemble compared to real LEGO

Functionality-Overall11%−0.02

Make the wings better! Wings fell off allot

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.02

this is misleading

Durability8%−0.01

Body falls apart

The legs kept falling off

Size-Overall6%+0.23

Have bought a few of these 3 in 1 sets now and this one although smaller than some of the others didnt disappoint, the frog and fish are smaller

Love

Value For Money22%+1.65

Definitely worth it

Excellent value

Good value

Gifting Purpose14%+0.96

Great for a gift

Great gift

Perfect for a birthday present

Quality-Overall13%+0.36

Lego always excellent quality

Excellent product

The quality is fine

Fun/Entertainment Experience13%+0.31

Fun set

a fun build

Fun and looks good

Design-Overall9%+0.61

the build was enjoyable

Brilliant designs

They actually look quite elegant

Return

0.5% Return rate 30% Fixable by listing

Gifting Purpose44%▁█▅▆▅▃
Size-Overall20%▁▃▄▃█▆

Have bought a few of these 3 in 1 sets now and this one although smaller than some of the others didnt disappoint, the frog and fish are smaller

Defective Material/Parts15%▁▁▅█▁▇

Parts keep springing apart

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▁▁█▁▅▇

this is misleading

Quality-Overall5%▁▁█▁▅▁

FAQ

Common Lego Insects questions

Answered from the same tracked data.