Set 8496
Desert Hammer
Retired Jul 2009Retail price$49.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$43.58Typical sealed asking price · 7 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail−13%Worth less than shop price
Below retail
Trading 13% under its $50 retail price even after retiring — the market has had its say.
How much is LEGO 8496 Desert Hammer worth?
LEGO 8496 Desert Hammer is worth about $43.58 sealed right now, based on 7 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 13% below its $49.99 retail price. It came out in 2008 with 510 pieces. It was retired in Jul 2009. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 24$447 listings
- Lowest
- $44
- Highest
- $50
- Change
- -13%
- Asking vs retail
- -13%
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 17 years ago and still under retail. The market has had its say on this one.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$44
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$7
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 510 pieces−$13
Reaches you$22
Pay no more than$17
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
Set details
- Set number
- 8496
- Theme
- Racers
- Released
- 2008
- Status
- Retired Jul 2009
- Pieces
- 510
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $49.99
- Value per piece
- $0.085
- Price confidence
- medium · 7 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay7 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $44. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 26.Open the price guide →Catalogue510 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $50.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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