Set 8896
Snake Canyon
Retired Jul 2011Retail price$9.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$64.50Typical sealed asking price · 6 listings
Recently sold$46.79Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on
vs retail+546%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 546% on its $10 retail price since retiring. Pay under $31 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 8896 Snake Canyon worth?
LEGO 8896 Snake Canyon is worth about $64.50 sealed right now, based on 6 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 546% above its $9.99 retail price. It came out in 2010 with 57 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Jul 2011. We last checked it 2 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$656 listings
- Lowest
- $65
- Highest
- $69
- Change
- -7%
- Asking vs retail
- +546%
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 15 years ago and now 6.5× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$65
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$10
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 57 pieces−$5
Reaches you$47
Pay no more than$36
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$47
1 sold in six monthsUsed
$7
4 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 38% more than buyers actually paid. The $65 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.
Set details
- Set number
- 8896
- Theme
- Racers · World Racers
- Released
- 2010
- Status
- Retired Jul 2011
- Pieces
- 57
- Minifigures
- 2
- Retail price
- $9.99
- Value per piece
- $1.132
- Price confidence
- medium · 6 listings
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay6 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $65. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $47 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 21.Open the price guide →Catalogue57 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $10.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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