Set 42040
Fire Plane
Retired Oct 2016Retail price$49.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$103.12Based on 3 recent sealed sales
Asking now$142.89Typical price on 15 eBay listings
vs retail+106%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 106% on its $50 retail price since retiring. Pay under $55 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 42040 Fire Plane worth?
LEGO 42040 Fire Plane is worth about $103.12 sealed right now, based on 3 recent sealed sales. That's 106% above its $49.99 retail price. It came out in 2015 with 578 pieces. It was retired in Oct 2016. Over the last 84 days its typical asking price has fallen 11%, from $160.00 to $142.89. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 22$14315 listings
- Lowest
- $142
- Highest
- $160
- Change
- -11%
- Asking vs retail
- +186%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Sellers want $143, but it’s actually been going for $103. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$103
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$16
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$4
Shipping · est. from 578 pieces−$13
Reaches you$71
Pay no more than$54
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$103
3 sold in six months · $74–$135Used
$50
2 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 39% more than buyers actually paid. The $143 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$67vsSealed$103
Sealed is worth 35% more. Not one to break.
- Minifigures
- —
- Loose parts
- 607 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
- 42040
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2015
- Status
- Retired Oct 2016
- Pieces
- 578
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $49.99
- Value per piece
- $0.247
- Price confidence
- high · 15 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay15 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $143. Last checked Oct 22.See the listings →BrickLink3 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $103 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 24.Open the price guide →Catalogue578 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $50.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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