Set 8285
Tow Truck
Retired Nov 2008Retail price$119.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$1,100.00Typical sealed asking price · 6 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail+817%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 817% on its $120 retail price since retiring. Pay under $683 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 8285 Tow Truck worth?
LEGO 8285 Tow Truck is worth about $1,100.00 sealed right now, based on 6 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 817% above its $119.99 retail price. It came out in 2006 with 1,879 pieces. It was retired in Nov 2008. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 24$1,1006 listings
- Lowest
- $1,100
- Highest
- $1,100
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +817%
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 9.2× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$1,100
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$168
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$33
Shipping · est. from 1,879 pieces−$26
Reaches you$873
Pay no more than$672
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
Set details
- Set number
- 8285
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2006
- Status
- Retired Nov 2008
- Pieces
- 1,879
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $119.99
- Value per piece
- $0.585
- Price confidence
- medium · 6 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay6 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $1,100. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue1,879 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $120.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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