Set 5898
Car Building Set
Retired Nov 2010Retail price$9.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$28.54Typical sealed asking price · 5 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail+186%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 186% on its $10 retail price since retiring. Pay under $8 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 5898 Car Building Set worth?
LEGO 5898 Car Building Set is worth about $28.54 sealed right now, based on 5 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 186% above its $9.99 retail price. It came out in 2010 with 139 pieces and 1 minifigure. It was retired in Nov 2010. We last checked it 5 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$295 listings
- Lowest
- $28
- Highest
- $29
- Change
- +2%
- Asking vs retail
- +186%
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 16 years ago and now 2.9× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$29
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$4
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$1
Shipping · est. from 139 pieces−$9
Reaches you$14
Pay no more than$11
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
Set details
- Set number
- 5898
- Theme
- Make & Create · Bricks & More
- Released
- 2010
- Status
- Retired Nov 2010
- Pieces
- 139
- Minifigures
- 1
- Retail price
- $9.99
- Value per piece
- $0.205
- Price confidence
- low · 5 listings
- Last checked
- 5 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay5 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $29. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 25.Open the price guide →Catalogue139 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $10.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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