Set 72161
Drone Search for Mythical Mew
On shelves nowRetail price$49.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$46.00Typical sealed asking price · 23 listings
Recently sold$74.99Only 2 sales so far — too few to lean on
vs retail−8%Worth less than shop price
Not at retail
At $50 retail there's no margin left — pay under $19.
How much is LEGO 72161 Drone Search for Mythical Mew worth?
LEGO 72161 Drone Search for Mythical Mew is worth about $46.00 sealed right now, based on 23 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 8% below its $49.99 retail price. It came out in 2026 with 429 pieces. It's still sold in shops. Over the last 79 days its typical asking price has fallen 23%, from $60.00 to $46.00. We last checked it 6 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 22$4623 listings
- Lowest
- $46
- Highest
- $63
- Change
- -23%
- Asking vs retail
- -8%
25 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
23 listings. Solid number.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$46
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$7
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 429 pieces−$13
Reaches you$24
Pay no more than$18
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
How long has it been on shelves?
Still early — released 2026, and sets like this usually run about 3 years. No hurry.
LEGO never announces retirement dates. This is only how long the set has been available against how long sets of its size usually run — not a prediction, and not inside information.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$75
2 sold in six monthsCurrent listings sit 39% 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$49vsSealed$46
Roughly the same either way. Sealed is less work.
- Minifigures
- —
- Loose parts
- 444 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
- 72161
- Theme
- Pokémon
- Released
- 2026
- Status
- On shelves now
- Pieces
- 429
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $49.99
- Value per piece
- $0.107
- Price confidence
- high · 23 listings
- Last checked
- 6 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay23 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $46. Last checked Oct 22.See the listings →BrickLink2 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $75 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 28.Open the price guide →Catalogue429 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $50.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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