Name: Fire Plane
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 42040-1
Rating: 91 (6 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 80%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for Technic in 2015 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.1, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as Technic. 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 Technic. 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

Sariel's LEGO Workshop Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.83 / 5 → 97 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 → 94 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Sariel's LEGO Workshop Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Unscored reviews

New Elementary

Set information

Set ID: 42040-1
Name: Fire Plane
Parts: 578

Retail price (USD):
Original: 49.99
Inflation adjusted: 53.92

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.09
Inflation adjusted: 0.1

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.83 / 5 from 12 reviews

Not going to lie, I thought this guy was going to be small. I put him together and not only did it look real cool with the features, but his size was a lot bigger than imagined. He is fairly big for his price. The price made it fairly reasonable. He took me about 4-5 hours to build, and he is just fun to play with.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 12 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 135 reviews

Incredible (especially for the price!). Much bigger than I had initially thought it would be. Lot's of moving parts. Ailerons and Elevators move via a small "control stick" and all move in the correct direction, just like a real plane. The propeller spins when the wheel are driven forward. The top hatch opens to load the "water" bricks and a push button on top releases the water bricks. Very impressed. A complicated but not too taxing build.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 from 6 reviews

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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New Elementary

by caperberry

The Fire Plane lacks open spaces, courtesy of the wide array of panels used. Aside from the formation of the front window and the steps that lead to the cabin, nothing looks unfinished or rushed. For a medium-priced set your household gets a cute and satisfying set that teaches you (or your offspring) the basics of aircraft engineering. And most important of all: it is extremely swooshable!

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