Set 21253
The Animal Sanctuary
Retired Dec 2024Retail price$19.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$17.97Based on 19 recent sealed sales
Asking now$23.84Typical price on 34 eBay listings
vs retail−10%Worth less than shop price
Below retail
Trading 10% under its $20 retail price even after retiring — the market has had its say.
How much is LEGO 21253 The Animal Sanctuary worth?
LEGO 21253 The Animal Sanctuary is worth about $17.97 sealed right now, based on 19 recent sealed sales. That's 10% below its $19.99 retail price. It came out in 2023 with 206 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Dec 2024. Over the last 82 days its typical asking price has risen 8%, from $22.00 to $23.84. We last checked it 7 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 18$2434 listings
- Lowest
- $22
- Highest
- $25
- Change
- +8%
- Asking vs retail
- +19%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Sellers want $24, but it’s actually been going for $18. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$18
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$3
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$1
Shipping · est. from 206 pieces−$9
Reaches you$5
Pay no more than$4
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$18
19 sold in six months · $17–$20Sellers are asking 33% more than buyers actually paid. The $24 figure above is a ceiling; this is the floor to negotiate toward.
Completed BrickLink transactions over the last six months. Real sales, not asking prices.
Set details
- Set number
- 21253
- Theme
- Minecraft
- Released
- 2023
- Status
- Retired Dec 2024
- Pieces
- 206
- Minifigures
- 2
- Retail price
- $19.99
- Value per piece
- $0.116
- Price confidence
- high · 34 listings
- Last checked
- 7 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay34 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $24. Last checked Oct 18.See the listings →BrickLink19 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $18 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 24.Open the price guide →Catalogue206 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $20.See the catalogue entry →
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How to read this. The value is the median of live sealed listings, after removing instructions, empty boxes, used sets, multi-set lots and implausible outliers. Real sale prices usually land below asking, so the buy-below figure is deliberately the conservative end of the range.
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