Set 2521

Lightning Dragon Battle

Name: LEGO 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle
SKU: 2521

Ninjago · 2011 · 645 pieces · 4 minifigs

Retired Nov 2011

Retail price$79.99What LEGO charged

Worth now$2,621.11Typical sealed asking price · 7 listings

Recently sold$1,499.99Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail+3177%Worth more than it cost

Proven performer

Up 3177% on its $80 retail price since retiring. Pay under $1,641 to still make a margin reselling.

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How much is LEGO 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle worth?

LEGO 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle is worth about $2,621.11 sealed right now, based on 7 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 3177% above its $79.99 retail price. It came out in 2011 with 645 pieces and 4 minifigures. It was retired in Nov 2011. We last checked it 5 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 23$2,6217 listings

Lowest: $2,621
Highest: $3,036
Change: -14%
Asking vs retail: +3177%

2 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily · early days — a line drawn through 2 readings shows what we measured, not a trend

Should you buy it?

Retired 15 years ago and now 32.8× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$2,621

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$400

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$77

Shipping · est. from 645 pieces−$13

Reaches you$2,132

Pay no more than$1,640

For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$1,500

1 sold in six months

Used

$825

2 sold in six months

Sellers are asking 75% more than buyers actually paid. The $2,621 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.

Worth more in pieces?

Parted out$332vsSealed$2,621

Sealed is worth 87% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: $258
Loose parts: 666 pieces

Minifigure prices are real completed BrickLink sales. The parts figure is an estimate — the set’s own inventory at the catalogue average, not each piece priced individually. Treat it as a guide, and remember parting out is hours of work and many small sales.

Set details

Set number: 2521
Theme: Ninjago
Released: 2011
Status: Retired Nov 2011
Pieces: 645
Minifigures: 4
Retail price: $79.99
Value per piece: $4.064
Price confidence: medium · 7 listings
Last checked: 5 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay7 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $2,621. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $1,500 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue645 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $80.See the catalogue entry →

eBay links are affiliate links — if you buy after clicking, we earn a small commission at no cost to you, and that is what pays for the site. BrickLink has no such programme, so those are plain links. Neither changes what we show or what we say about it.

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.