Set 8079
Shadow Snapper
Retired Jan 2011Retail price$29.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$54.70Based on 5 recent sealed sales
Asking now$94.97Typical price on 8 eBay listings
vs retail+82%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 82% on its $30 retail price since retiring. Pay under $25 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 8079 Shadow Snapper worth?
LEGO 8079 Shadow Snapper is worth about $54.70 sealed right now, based on 5 recent sealed sales. That's 82% above its $29.99 retail price. It came out in 2010 with 245 pieces and 1 minifigure. It was retired in Jan 2011. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$958 listings
- Lowest
- $95
- Highest
- $95
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +217%
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 $95, but it’s actually been going for $55. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$55
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$8
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 245 pieces−$9
Reaches you$35
Pay no more than$27
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$55
5 sold in six months · $52–$56Used
$39
4 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 74% more than buyers actually paid. The $95 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
- 8079
- Theme
- Atlantis
- Released
- 2010
- Status
- Retired Jan 2011
- Pieces
- 245
- Minifigures
- 1
- Retail price
- $29.99
- Value per piece
- $0.388
- Price confidence
- medium · 8 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay8 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $95. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink5 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $55 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 26.Open the price guide →Catalogue245 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $30.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.
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