Used model kits in Perth, Western Australia typically sell for A$15 to A$155 (about $11 to $110). Model kits are worth what their completeness says they are worth, and the crucial distinction is one word: sealed, started, or built.
Selling model kits in Perth
Perth is one of the most isolated large cities in the world, and that isolation is the single most useful thing to know about buying here. Freight from the east coast is slow and expensive, so the local second-hand market is deeper and better-valued than the population alone would suggest.
The resources industry brings people in on contracts and takes them out again, and a worker leaving at the end of a contract usually sells a whole household rather than shipping it. Those clear-outs are where the best-value listings come from.
Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
Because freight from the east is slow and expensive, check that any spare parts you might need are available locally before buying something unusual. It is the difference between a bargain and a project.
Handing it over in Perth
Australia is a pre-launch market, so it is worth saying what a seller here should expect when it does open. Distance dominates everything: interstate parcels cost several times a metro delivery, and bulky items effectively only sell within a city. Most trade concentrates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and buyers in those cities expect to collect rather than wait. Seasons run opposite to the northern hemisphere, so listings that follow UK or US timing arrive exactly half a year out of step — warm weather items want September, not March, and winter gear moves from around May.
What model kits are worth
What lifts the price
- Sealed, unbuilt kits with intact sprues
- Complete with decals, instructions and parts
What pulls it down
- Started or part-built kits
- Missing sprues and instructions
Working out what yours is worth
- Confirm every sprue is present and still bagged
- Note the kit number and scale
Getting it ready
- Open the box and check whether the sprues are still bagged and the decal sheet is present and unyellowed.
- Count the sprues against the instruction sheet, and look for any part that has been cut off.
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- The contents in the box as they are, showing whether bags are sealed
- The instruction sheet, plus the box corners and any damage
Put in the description
- Scale, stated as a ratio
- Whether the decals and instructions are present, and the decal condition
Steady year-round with a lift before Christmas. Out-of-production kits from established manufacturers sell within days when correctly titled; current-production kits compete with retail and move slower.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Western Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell model kits in Perth?
List it free and agree the handover with the buyer between you. Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
Have any parts been removed from the sprue?
Check each sprue and say. A started kit still sells well to modellers who wanted a spares donor — but only when it is described as started.
How much are model kits worth in Perth?
Most used model kits change hands for A$15 to A$155 (about $11 to $110). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling model kits across Australia, what model kits are worth, everything second hand in Perth, or Toys & Games in Perth.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.