Set 7648

MT-21 Mobile Mining Unit

Name: LEGO 7648 MT-21 Mobile Mining Unit
SKU: 7648

Space · 2008 · 130 pieces · 2 minifigs

Retired Feb 2009

Retail price$9.99What LEGO charged

Worth now$170.00Typical sealed asking price · 5 listings

Recently sold$127.50Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail+1602%Worth more than it cost

Proven performer

Up 1602% on its $10 retail price since retiring. Pay under $97 to still make a margin reselling.

See listings on eBay

How much is LEGO 7648 MT-21 Mobile Mining Unit worth?

LEGO 7648 MT-21 Mobile Mining Unit is worth about $170.00 sealed right now, based on 5 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 1602% above its $9.99 retail price. It came out in 2008 with 130 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Feb 2009. We last checked it 4 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 24$1705 listings

Lowest: $170
Highest: $176
Change: -3%
Asking vs retail: +1602%

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 18 years ago and now 17.0× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$170

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$26

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$5

Shipping · est. from 130 pieces−$9

Reaches you$130

Pay no more than$100

For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$128

1 sold in six months

Used

$27

3 sold in six months

Sellers are asking 33% more than buyers actually paid. The $170 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$24vsSealed$170

Sealed is worth 86% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: $8
Loose parts: 141 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: 7648
Theme: Space · Mars Mission
Released: 2008
Status: Retired Feb 2009
Pieces: 130
Minifigures: 2
Retail price: $9.99
Value per piece: $1.308
Price confidence: low · 5 listings
Last checked: 4 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay5 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $170. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $128 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 26.Open the price guide →Catalogue130 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $10.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.