Set 7079
Drawbridge Defense
Retired Jun 2010Retail price$39.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$468.00Typical sealed asking price · 7 listings
Recently sold$300.00Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+1070%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 1070% on its $40 retail price since retiring. Pay under $285 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 7079 Drawbridge Defense worth?
LEGO 7079 Drawbridge Defense is worth about $468.00 sealed right now, based on 7 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 1070% above its $39.99 retail price. It came out in 2009 with 339 pieces and 7 minifigures. It was retired in Jun 2010. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 24$4687 listings
- Lowest
- $468
- Highest
- $468
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +1070%
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 11.7× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$468
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$71
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$14
Shipping · est. from 339 pieces−$13
Reaches you$369
Pay no more than$284
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$300
1 sold in six monthsUsed
$224
6 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 56% more than buyers actually paid. The $468 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$218vsSealed$468
Sealed is worth 53% more. Not one to break.
- Minifigures
- $184
- Loose parts
- 311 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
- 7079
- Theme
- Castle · Fantasy Era
- Released
- 2009
- Status
- Retired Jun 2010
- Pieces
- 339
- Minifigures
- 7
- Retail price
- $39.99
- Value per piece
- $1.381
- Price confidence
- medium · 7 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay7 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $468. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $300 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 26.Open the price guide →Catalogue339 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $40.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.
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