Set 40179

Personalised Mosaic Portrait

Name: LEGO 40179 Personalised Mosaic Portrait
SKU: 40179

Sculptures · 2016 · 4,502 pieces

Retired

Retail price$79.99What LEGO charged

Worth now$80.50Typical sealed asking price · 20 listings

Recently sold$49.99Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail+1%Worth more than it cost

Flat since retirement

Still trading near its $80 retail price. Retirement alone hasn't moved it.

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How much is LEGO 40179 Personalised Mosaic Portrait worth?

LEGO 40179 Personalised Mosaic Portrait is worth about $80.50 sealed right now, based on 20 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 1% above its $79.99 retail price. It came out in 2016 with 4,502 pieces. It's retired. Over the last 84 days its typical asking price has fallen 12%, from $91.06 to $80.50. We last checked it 7 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 21$8120 listings

Lowest: $80
Highest: $91
Change: -12%
Asking vs retail: +1%

26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily

Should you buy it?

20 listings. Solid number.

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$81

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$12

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$4

Shipping · est. from 4,502 pieces−$34

Reaches you$31

Pay no more than$24

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

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$50

1 sold in six months

Sellers are asking 61% more than buyers actually paid. The $81 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$501vsSealed$81

Parting it out is worth about 522% more than selling it sealed — that gap is why this set gets broken.

Minifigures: —
Loose parts: 4,552 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: 40179
Theme: Sculptures · Mosaic
Released: 2016
Status: Retired
Pieces: 4,502
Minifigures: —
Retail price: $79.99
Value per piece: $0.018
Price confidence: high · 20 listings
Last checked: 7 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay20 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $81. Last checked Oct 21.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $50 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 22.Open the price guide →Catalogue4,502 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $80.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.