Set 8740

Toa Hordika Matau

Name: LEGO 8740 Toa Hordika Matau
SKU: 8740

Bionicle · 2005 · 48 pieces

Retired

Retail price—Not on file

Worth now$80.00Typical sealed asking price · 3 listings

Recently sold$92.14Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail—Needs both prices

Not enough data

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

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How much is LEGO 8740 Toa Hordika Matau worth?

LEGO 8740 Toa Hordika Matau is worth about $80.00 sealed right now, based on 3 live sealed listings on eBay. It came out in 2005 with 48 pieces. It's retired. We last checked it 4 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 24$803 listings

Lowest: $80
Highest: $85
Change: -5%
Asking vs retail: —

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$80

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$12

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$3

Shipping · est. from 48 pieces−$5

Reaches you$60

Pay no more than$46

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

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$92

1 sold in six months

Used

$17

9 sold in six months

Current listings sit 13% below recent sale prices — unusual, and worth a look.

Completed BrickLink transactions over the last six months. Real sales, not asking prices.

Worth more in pieces?

Parted out$5vsSealed$80

Sealed is worth 93% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: —
Loose parts: 48 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: 8740
Theme: Bionicle
Released: 2005
Status: Retired
Pieces: 48
Minifigures: —
Retail price: —
Value per piece: $1.667
Price confidence: low · 3 listings
Last checked: 4 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay3 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $80. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $92 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue48 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset.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.