Set 8043
Motorized Excavator
Retired Nov 2012Retail price$199.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$709.99Typical sealed asking price · 18 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail+255%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 255% on its $200 retail price since retiring. Pay under $437 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 8043 Motorized Excavator worth?
LEGO 8043 Motorized Excavator is worth about $709.99 sealed right now, based on 18 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 255% above its $199.99 retail price. It came out in 2010 with 1,127 pieces. It was retired in Nov 2012. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$71018 listings
- Lowest
- $710
- Highest
- $710
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +255%
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 14 years ago and now 3.6× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$710
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$108
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$21
Shipping · est. from 1,127 pieces−$18
Reaches you$562
Pay no more than$433
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Used
$278
3 sold in six monthsCompleted BrickLink transactions over the last six months. Real sales, not asking prices.
Set details
- Set number
- 8043
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2010
- Status
- Retired Nov 2012
- Pieces
- 1,127
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $199.99
- Value per piece
- $0.63
- Price confidence
- high · 18 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay18 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $710. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue1,127 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $200.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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