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1489-1 Mobile Car Crane

1489-1

Mobile Car Crane

Mobile Car Crane is LEGO set 1489-1. It has a score of 87. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 2 reviews, based on 3 scored reviews and 3 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 17.7% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 1989, and it is categorised in Town.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

Recomended 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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We do not currently know how the average price per minifig for this set compares to other sets.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Brickset Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 81 / 100 → 81 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 1489-1
Name: Mobile Car Crane
Parts: 174
Minifigs: 2

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Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 from 1 review

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Lugnet

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Recommendation: yes 81 / 100 from 16 reviews

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Eurobricks

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Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by LegoBobby

Same old Minifigs, could do with a control panel for crane. Other than that a very stable and robust set that will entertain for some time. I love the look of the crane as well, it has a lovely character from the front.

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