Set 9490
Droid Escape
Retired Dec 2013Retail price$19.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$51.05Based on 12 recent sealed sales
Asking now$69.97Typical price on 20 eBay listings
vs retail+155%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 155% on its $20 retail price since retiring. Pay under $22 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 9490 Droid Escape worth?
LEGO 9490 Droid Escape is worth about $51.05 sealed right now, based on 12 recent sealed sales. That's 155% above its $19.99 retail price. It came out in 2012 with 137 pieces and 4 minifigures. It was retired in Dec 2013. We last checked it 5 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$7020 listings
- Lowest
- $70
- Highest
- $70
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +250%
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?
Sellers want $70, but it’s actually been going for $51. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$51
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$8
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 137 pieces−$9
Reaches you$32
Pay no more than$25
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$51
12 sold in six months · $42–$55Used
$28
9 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 37% more than buyers actually paid. The $70 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
- 9490
- Theme
- Star Wars
- Released
- 2012
- Status
- Retired Dec 2013
- Pieces
- 137
- Minifigures
- 4
- Retail price
- $19.99
- Value per piece
- $0.511
- Price confidence
- high · 20 listings
- Last checked
- 5 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay20 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $70. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink12 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $51 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue137 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $20.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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