Set 9686
Simple and Motorized Mechanisms Base Set
Retired Aug 2021Retail price$199.95What LEGO charged
Worth now$499.95Typical sealed asking price · 3 listings
Recently sold—No recent sales on file
vs retail+150%Worth more than it cost
Not enough data
Fewer than 5 listings behind this value — too thin to call.
How much is LEGO 9686 Simple and Motorized Mechanisms Base Set worth?
LEGO 9686 Simple and Motorized Mechanisms Base Set is worth about $499.95 sealed right now, based on 3 live sealed listings on eBay. That's 150% above its $199.95 retail price. It came out in 2009 with 409 pieces and 2 minifigures. It was retired in Aug 2021. We last checked it 4 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 24$5003 listings
- Lowest
- $500
- Highest
- $512
- Change
- -2%
- Asking vs retail
- +150%
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 3 listings behind this. I wouldn’t bet money on the number yet.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$500
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$76
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$15
Shipping · est. from 409 pieces−$13
Reaches you$396
Pay no more than$304
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
Set details
- Set number
- 9686
- Theme
- Educational and Dacta
- Released
- 2009
- Status
- Retired Aug 2021
- Pieces
- 409
- Minifigures
- 2
- Retail price
- $199.95
- Value per piece
- $1.222
- Price confidence
- low · 3 listings
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay3 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $500. Last checked Oct 24.See the listings →BrickLinkPrice guideNo completed sales recorded for this one yet. Last checked Oct 27.Open the price guide →Catalogue409 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $200.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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