
Set 4997
Up 417% on its $70 retail price since retiring. Pay under $218 to still make a margin reselling.
LEGO 4997 Transport Ferry is worth about $362.00 sealed right now, based on 6 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 417% above its $69.99 retail price. It came out in 2008 with 1,279 pieces. It was retired in Nov 2009. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Retired 17 years ago and now 5.2× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sellers are asking 215% more than buyers actually paid. The $362 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?
Sealed is worth 60% more. Not one to break.
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.
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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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