Set 7978
Angler Attack
Retired Nov 2011Retail price$19.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$51.66Based on 3 recent sealed sales
Asking now$125.99Typical price on 11 eBay listings
vs retail+158%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 158% on its $20 retail price since retiring. Pay under $23 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 7978 Angler Attack worth?
LEGO 7978 Angler Attack is worth about $51.66 sealed right now, based on 3 recent sealed sales. That's 158% above its $19.99 retail price. It came out in 2011 with 201 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Nov 2011. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$12611 listings
- Lowest
- $126
- Highest
- $142
- Change
- -11%
- Asking vs retail
- +530%
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?
Sellers want $126, but it’s actually been going for $52. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$52
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$8
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 201 pieces−$9
Reaches you$33
Pay no more than$25
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$52
3 sold in six months · $45–$65Used
$38
4 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 144% more than buyers actually paid. The $126 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
- 7978
- Theme
- Atlantis
- Released
- 2011
- Status
- Retired Nov 2011
- Pieces
- 201
- Minifigures
- 2
- Retail price
- $19.99
- Value per piece
- $0.627
- Price confidence
- medium · 11 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay11 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $126. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink3 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $52 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 25.Open the price guide →Catalogue201 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $20.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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