Set 9496
Desert Skiff
Retired May 2014Retail price$24.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$65.78Based on 3 recent sealed sales
Asking now$67.50Typical price on 26 eBay listings
vs retail+163%Worth more than it cost
Proven performer
Up 163% on its $25 retail price since retiring. Pay under $32 to still make a margin reselling.
How much is LEGO 9496 Desert Skiff worth?
LEGO 9496 Desert Skiff is worth about $65.78 sealed right now, based on 3 recent sealed sales. That's 163% above its $24.99 retail price. It came out in 2012 with 220 pieces and 4 minifigures. It was retired in May 2014. We last checked it 2 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 23$6826 listings
- Lowest
- $68
- Highest
- $70
- Change
- -4%
- Asking vs retail
- +170%
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 12 years ago and now 2.7× retail. The people who bought two are very happy.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$66
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$10
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$2
Shipping · est. from 220 pieces−$9
Reaches you$44
Pay no more than$34
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$66
3 sold in six months · $46–$84Used
$27
10 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 3% more than buyers actually paid. The $68 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$68vsSealed$66
Roughly the same either way. Sealed is less work.
- Minifigures
- $44
- Loose parts
- 216 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
- 9496
- Theme
- Star Wars
- Released
- 2012
- Status
- Retired May 2014
- Pieces
- 220
- Minifigures
- 4
- Retail price
- $24.99
- Value per piece
- $0.307
- Price confidence
- high · 26 listings
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay26 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $68. Last checked Oct 23.See the listings →BrickLink3 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $66 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 20.Open the price guide →Catalogue220 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $25.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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