Set 8289

Fire Truck

Name: LEGO 8289 Fire Truck
SKU: 8289

Technic · 2006 · 1,035 pieces

Retired Sep 2008

Retail price$74.99What LEGO charged

Worth now$299.00Typical sealed asking price · 3 listings

Recently sold$160.00Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail+299%Worth more than it cost

Not enough data

Fewer than 5 listings behind this value — too thin to call.

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How much is LEGO 8289 Fire Truck worth?

LEGO 8289 Fire Truck is worth about $299.00 sealed right now, based on 3 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 299% above its $74.99 retail price. It came out in 2006 with 1,035 pieces. It was retired in Sep 2008. We last checked it 3 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 24$2993 listings

Lowest: $299
Highest: $299
Change: 0%
Asking vs retail: +299%

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?

Only 3 listings behind this. I wouldn’t bet money on the number yet.

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$299

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$46

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$9

Shipping · est. from 1,035 pieces−$18

Reaches you$226

Pay no more than$174

For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$160

1 sold in six months

Used

$90

1 sold in six months

Sellers are asking 87% more than buyers actually paid. The $299 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$124vsSealed$299

Sealed is worth 59% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: —
Loose parts: 1,126 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: 8289
Theme: Technic
Released: 2006
Status: Retired Sep 2008
Pieces: 1,035
Minifigures: —
Retail price: $74.99
Value per piece: $0.289
Price confidence: low · 3 listings
Last checked: 3 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay3 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $299. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $160 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue1,035 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $75.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.