Set 42097
Compact Crawler Crane
Retired Oct 2020Retail price$99.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$179.00Typical sealed asking price · 12 listings
Recently sold$146.19Only 2 sales so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+79%Worth more than it cost
Holding value
79% above its $100 retail price. Steady rather than spectacular.
How much is LEGO 42097 Compact Crawler Crane worth?
LEGO 42097 Compact Crawler Crane is worth about $179.00 sealed right now, based on 12 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 79% above its $99.99 retail price. It came out in 2019 with 920 pieces. It was retired in Oct 2020. Over the last 83 days its typical asking price has fallen 7%, from $193.50 to $179.00. We last checked it 7 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 20$17912 listings
- Lowest
- $179
- Highest
- $195
- Change
- -7%
- Asking vs retail
- +79%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Up 79% on retail since retiring. A proper hold.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$179
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$27
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$6
Shipping · est. from 920 pieces−$18
Reaches you$128
Pay no more than$98
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$146
2 sold in six months · $125–$167Sellers are asking 22% more than buyers actually paid. The $179 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$106vsSealed$179
Sealed is worth 41% more. Not one to break.
- Minifigures
- —
- Loose parts
- 960 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
- 42097
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2019
- Status
- Retired Oct 2020
- Pieces
- 920
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $99.99
- Value per piece
- $0.195
- Price confidence
- high · 12 listings
- Last checked
- 7 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay12 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $179. Last checked Oct 20.See the listings →BrickLink2 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $146 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 23.Open the price guide →Catalogue920 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $100.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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