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Set 79004
Barrel Escape
Retired Jun 2014Retail price$39.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$200.00Typical sealed asking price · 22 listings
Recently sold$168.25Only 2 sales so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+400%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 400% on its $40 retail price since retiring. Pay under $116 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 79004 Barrel Escape worth?
LEGO 79004 Barrel Escape is worth about $200.00 sealed right now, based on 22 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 400% above its $39.99 retail price. It came out in 2012 with 334 pieces and 5 minifigures. It was retired in Jun 2014. We last checked it 2 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$20022 listings
- Lowest
- $200
- Highest
- $200
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +400%
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 12 years ago and now 5.0× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$200
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$31
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$6
Shipping · est. from 334 pieces−$13
Reaches you$150
Pay no more than$115
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$168
2 sold in six months · $166–$170Used
$127
5 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 19% more than buyers actually paid. The $200 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$213vsSealed$200
Roughly the same either way. Sealed is less work.
- Minifigures
- $175
- Loose parts
- 343 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
- 79004
- Theme
- The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings · The Hobbit
- Released
- 2012
- Status
- Retired Jun 2014
- Pieces
- 334
- Minifigures
- 5
- Retail price
- $39.99
- Value per piece
- $0.599
- Price confidence
- high · 22 listings
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay22 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $200. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink2 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $168 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 20.Open the price guide →Catalogue334 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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