Set 42242
Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5023 with Crane
On shelves nowRetail price$129.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$159.73Typical sealed asking price · 3 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail+23%Worth more than it cost
Not enough data
Fewer than 5 listings behind this value — too thin to call.
How much is LEGO 42242 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5023 with Crane worth?
LEGO 42242 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5023 with Crane is worth about $159.73 sealed right now, based on 3 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 23% above its $129.99 retail price. It came out in 2026 with 1,189 pieces. It's still sold in shops. Over the last 57 days its typical asking price has fallen 10%, from $177.14 to $159.73. We last checked it 6 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 18$1603 listings
- Lowest
- $160
- Highest
- $180
- Change
- -10%
- Asking vs retail
- +23%
14 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Only 3 listings behind this. I wouldn’t bet money on the number yet.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$160
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$24
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$5
Shipping · est. from 1,189 pieces−$18
Reaches you$112
Pay no more than$86
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
How long has it been on shelves?
Still early — released 2026, and sets like this usually run about 3 years. No hurry.
LEGO never announces retirement dates. This is only how long the set has been available against how long sets of its size usually run — not a prediction, and not inside information.
Set details
- Set number
- 42242
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2026
- Status
- On shelves now
- Pieces
- 1,189
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $129.99
- Value per piece
- $0.134
- Price confidence
- low · 3 listings
- Last checked
- 6 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay3 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $160. Last checked Oct 18.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 24.Open the price guide →Catalogue1,189 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $130.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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