Set 4478

Geonosian Fighter (Black Box)

Name: LEGO 4478 Geonosian Fighter (Black Box)
SKU: 4478

Star Wars · 2003 · 170 pieces · 4 minifigs

Retired

Retail price—Not on file

Worth now$350.00Typical sealed asking price · 9 listings

Recently sold$269.99Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail—Needs both prices

No retail price on file

Worth $350 today, but without a retail price there's nothing to judge that against.

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How much is LEGO 4478 Geonosian Fighter (Black Box) worth?

LEGO 4478 Geonosian Fighter (Black Box) is worth about $350.00 sealed right now, based on 9 live sealed listings on eBay. It came out in 2003 with 170 pieces and 4 minifigures. It's retired. We last checked it 3 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 25$3509 listings

Lowest: $350
Highest: $375
Change: -7%
Asking vs retail: —

2 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily · early days — a line drawn through 2 readings shows what we measured, not a trend

Should you buy it?

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$350

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$53

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$11

Shipping · est. from 170 pieces−$9

Reaches you$277

Pay no more than$213

For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$270

1 sold in six months

Used

$165

1 sold in six months

Sellers are asking 30% more than buyers actually paid. The $350 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$174vsSealed$350

Sealed is worth 50% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: $157
Loose parts: 156 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: 4478
Theme: Star Wars
Released: 2003
Status: Retired
Pieces: 170
Minifigures: 4
Retail price: —
Value per piece: $2.059
Price confidence: medium · 9 listings
Last checked: 3 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay9 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $350. Last checked Oct 25.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $270 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 25.Open the price guide →Catalogue170 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset.See the catalogue entry →

eBay links are affiliate links — if you buy after clicking, we earn a small commission at no cost to you, and that is what pays for the site. BrickLink has no such programme, so those are plain links. Neither changes what we show or what we say about it.

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.