Set 8989

Mata Nui

Name: LEGO 8989 Mata Nui
SKU: 8989

Bionicle · 2009 · 52 pieces

Retired Jul 2010

Retail price$12.99What LEGO charged

Worth now$399.50Typical sealed asking price · 4 listings

Recently sold$332.49Only 1 sale so far — too few to lean on

vs retail+2975%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 8989 Mata Nui worth?

LEGO 8989 Mata Nui is worth about $399.50 sealed right now, based on 4 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 2975% above its $12.99 retail price. It came out in 2009 with 52 pieces. It was retired in Jul 2010. We last checked it 3 days ago.

Price history

Value history

Oct 24$4004 listings

Lowest: $400
Highest: $400
Change: 0%
Asking vs retail: +2975%

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

If you bought it to resell

Sells sealed for$400

Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$61

Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$12

Shipping · est. from 52 pieces−$5

Reaches you$322

Pay no more than$247

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

What it actually sold for

Sealed

$332

1 sold in six months

Used

$49

11 sold in six months

Sellers are asking 20% more than buyers actually paid. The $400 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$6vsSealed$400

Sealed is worth 99% more. Not one to break.

Minifigures: —
Loose parts: 54 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: 8989
Theme: Bionicle
Released: 2009
Status: Retired Jul 2010
Pieces: 52
Minifigures: —
Retail price: $12.99
Value per piece: $7.683
Price confidence: low · 4 listings
Last checked: 3 days ago

Where these numbers come from

check it yourself

eBay4 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $400. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLink1 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $332 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 26.Open the price guide →Catalogue52 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $13.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.