Set 5885

Triceratops Trapper

Name: LEGO 5885 Triceratops Trapper
SKU: 5885

Dino · 2012 · 269 pieces · 2 minifigs

Retired Nov 2012

Retail price$49.99What LEGO charged

Worth now$140.00Typical sealed asking price · 19 listings

Recently sold$146.69Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail+180%Worth more than it cost

Proven performer

Up 180% on its $50 retail price since retiring. Pay under $78 to still make a margin reselling.

See listings on eBay

How much is LEGO 5885 Triceratops Trapper worth?

LEGO 5885 Triceratops Trapper is worth about $140.00 sealed right now, based on 19 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 180% above its $49.99 retail price. It came out in 2012 with 269 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Nov 2012. We last checked it 3 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 23$14019 listings

Lowest: $140
Highest: $145
Change: -3%
Asking vs retail: +180%

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?

Retired 14 years ago and now 2.8× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$140

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$21

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$5

Shipping · est. from 269 pieces−$9

Reaches you$105

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

$147

1 sold in six months

Used

$55

2 sold in six months

Current listings sit 5% below recent sale prices — unusual, and worth a look.

Completed BrickLink transactions over the last six months. Real sales, not asking prices.

Worth more in pieces?

Parted out$40vsSealed$140

Sealed is worth 72% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: $8
Loose parts: 292 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: 5885
Theme: Dino
Released: 2012
Status: Retired Nov 2012
Pieces: 269
Minifigures: 2
Retail price: $49.99
Value per piece: $0.52
Price confidence: high · 19 listings
Last checked: 3 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay19 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $140. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $147 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 25.Open the price guide →Catalogue269 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $50.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.