Set 60281
Fire Rescue Helicopter
Retired Dec 2022Retail price$39.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$32.95Typical sealed asking price · 28 listings
Recently sold$23.00Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on
vs retail−18%Worth less than shop price
Below retail
Trading 18% under its $40 retail price even after retiring — the market has had its say.
How much is LEGO 60281 Fire Rescue Helicopter worth?
LEGO 60281 Fire Rescue Helicopter is worth about $32.95 sealed right now, based on 28 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 18% below its $39.99 retail price. It came out in 2021 with 212 pieces and 3 minifigures. It was retired in Dec 2022. Over the last 83 days its typical asking price has risen 3%, from $31.92 to $32.95. We last checked it 8 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 19$3328 listings
- Lowest
- $30
- Highest
- $33
- Change
- +3%
- Asking vs retail
- -18%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Retired 4 years ago and still under retail. The market has had its say on this one.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$33
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$5
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 212 pieces−$9
Reaches you$17
Pay no more than$13
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$23
1 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 43% more than buyers actually paid. The $33 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.
Set details
- Set number
- 60281
- Theme
- City · Fire
- Released
- 2021
- Status
- Retired Dec 2022
- Pieces
- 212
- Minifigures
- 3
- Retail price
- $39.99
- Value per piece
- $0.155
- Price confidence
- high · 28 listings
- Last checked
- 8 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay28 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $33. Last checked Oct 19.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $23 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 24.Open the price guide →Catalogue212 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $40.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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