Set 42079
Heavy Duty Forklift
Retired Jan 2020Retail price$69.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$145.79Typical sealed asking price · 8 listings
Recently sold$100.00Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+108%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 108% on its $70 retail price since retiring. Pay under $82 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 42079 Heavy Duty Forklift worth?
LEGO 42079 Heavy Duty Forklift is worth about $145.79 sealed right now, based on 8 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 108% above its $69.99 retail price. It came out in 2018 with 592 pieces. It was retired in Jan 2020. Over the last 83 days its typical asking price has fallen 27%, from $199.99 to $145.79. We last checked it 6 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 20$1468 listings
- Lowest
- $146
- Highest
- $210
- Change
- -27%
- Asking vs retail
- +108%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Up 108% on retail since retiring. A proper hold.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$146
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$22
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$5
Shipping · est. from 592 pieces−$13
Reaches you$106
Pay no more than$81
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$100
1 sold in six monthsUsed
$50
1 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 46% more than buyers actually paid. The $146 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$68vsSealed$146
Sealed is worth 53% more. Not one to break.
- Minifigures
- —
- Loose parts
- 617 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
- 42079
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2018
- Status
- Retired Jan 2020
- Pieces
- 592
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $69.99
- Value per piece
- $0.246
- Price confidence
- medium · 8 listings
- Last checked
- 6 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay8 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $146. Last checked Oct 20.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $100 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 24.Open the price guide →Catalogue592 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $70.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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