Set 9656
Early Simple Machines Set
Retired Feb 2021Retail price$174.95What LEGO charged
Worth now$312.50Typical sealed asking price · 4 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail+79%Worth more than it cost
Not enough data
Fewer than 5 listings behind this value — too thin to call.
How much is LEGO 9656 Early Simple Machines Set worth?
LEGO 9656 Early Simple Machines Set is worth about $312.50 sealed right now, based on 4 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 79% above its $174.95 retail price. It came out in 2008 with 108 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Feb 2021. We last checked it 3 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 24$3134 listings
- Lowest
- $313
- Highest
- $313
- Change
- 0%
- Asking vs retail
- +79%
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$313
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$48
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$10
Shipping · est. from 108 pieces−$9
Reaches you$246
Pay no more than$189
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
Set details
- Set number
- 9656
- Theme
- Educational and Dacta · Duplo and Explore
- Released
- 2008
- Status
- Retired Feb 2021
- Pieces
- 108
- Minifigures
- 2
- Retail price
- $174.95
- Value per piece
- $2.894
- Price confidence
- low · 4 listings
- Last checked
- 3 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay4 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $313. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue108 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $175.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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