Set 40498
Christmas Penguin
Retired Nov 2022Retail price$14.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$14.66Based on 9 recent sealed sales
Asking now$18.32Typical price on 36 eBay listings
vs retail−2%Worth less than shop price
Too expensive
Selling costs more than this set returns.
How much is LEGO 40498 Christmas Penguin worth?
LEGO 40498 Christmas Penguin is worth about $14.66 sealed right now, based on 9 recent sealed sales. That's 2% below its $14.99 retail price. It came out in 2021 with 244 pieces. It was retired in Nov 2022. Over the last 83 days its typical asking price has fallen 8%, from $19.99 to $18.32. We last checked it 6 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 19$1836 listings
- Lowest
- $18
- Highest
- $23
- Change
- -8%
- Asking vs retail
- +22%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Sellers want $18, but it’s actually been going for $15. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$15
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$2
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$1
Shipping · est. from 244 pieces−$9
Reaches you$2
Pay no more than$2
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$15
9 sold in six months · $9–$20Used
$12
4 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 25% more than buyers actually paid. The $18 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
- 40498
- Theme
- Seasonal · Christmas
- Released
- 2021
- Status
- Retired Nov 2022
- Pieces
- 244
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $14.99
- Value per piece
- $0.075
- Price confidence
- high · 36 listings
- Last checked
- 6 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay36 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $18. Last checked Oct 19.See the listings →BrickLink9 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $15 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 21.Open the price guide →Catalogue244 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $15.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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