Set 8294
Excavator
Retired Jan 2009Retail price$59.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$196.02Typical sealed asking price · 3 listings
Recently sold$117.00Only 2 sales so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+227%Worth more than it cost
Not enough data
Fewer than 5 listings behind this value — too thin to call.
How much is LEGO 8294 Excavator worth?
LEGO 8294 Excavator is worth about $196.02 sealed right now, based on 3 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 227% above its $59.99 retail price. It came out in 2008 with 720 pieces. It was retired in Jan 2009. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 24$1963 listings
- Lowest
- $196
- Highest
- $196
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +227%
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$196
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$30
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$6
Shipping · est. from 720 pieces−$13
Reaches you$147
Pay no more than$113
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$117
2 sold in six months · $109–$125Used
$60
2 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 68% more than buyers actually paid. The $196 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$82vsSealed$196
Sealed is worth 58% more. Not one to break.
- Minifigures
- —
- Loose parts
- 744 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
- 8294
- Theme
- Technic
- Released
- 2008
- Status
- Retired Jan 2009
- Pieces
- 720
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $59.99
- Value per piece
- $0.272
- Price confidence
- low · 3 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay3 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $196. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLink2 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $117 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue720 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $60.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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