Name: Air Race Jet
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 42066-1
Rating: 84 (8 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 57%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

worse

Average PPP for Technic in 2017 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.15, which is worse.

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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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

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.83 / 5 → 97 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: yes 90 / 100 → 90 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

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

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Ninjabrick Recommendation: yes 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 42066-1
Name: Air Race Jet
Parts: 1151

Retail price (USD):
Original: 159.99
Inflation adjusted: 166.87

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.14
Inflation adjusted: 0.15

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.83 / 5 from 12 reviews

What a great design, the mechanics structure insid is really something else. Very not just buckle to buckle like other set. But really some structures for the landinggear. Looks great and gear works great. With this pris. Quite worth it

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

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Blocks Magazine

Recommendation: yes 90 / 100

42066 Air Race Jet was reviewed in issue 32 of Blocks Magazine.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 from 23 reviews

Fantastic set! It will fit in nicely with my others. Horrible shipping from Amazon on this on though. Frustration free packaging is the default. Never choose frustration free packaging! Why would anyone think shipping an item in a box that is designed to be displayed on a shelf is a good idea! Also, no hiding what it is. If this had been a surprise it would have been ruined. Not blaming the folks in the warehouse, they did their job. Amazon corporate though dropped the ball on this one. If your wondering I choose standard packaging instead and the system ignored it. Luckily this wasn't a high end set like the Bugatti Chiron 42083. You never know what kind of shipping you might get with Amazon and that is the only reason I bought the Bugatti from Lego, not Amazon. Come on Amazon! Everything else you do is great! Fix the shipping!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 23 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 from 1 review

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by Siegfried

Take a VTOL race to the shops now!

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Ninjabrick

Recommendation: yes 4 / 5 by Jackaroo1701

The functions are downright brilliant in the LEGO Air Race Jet set. They can move nine different elements, all using the same motor. However, the design of the jet isn't. The cockpit seems way too big and the wings and fins are ridiculous. The top fins are bigger than the wings and have this weird beam extending from each of them. The wings are ridiculously small. For a jet that size, they needed to be way bigger. Would I recommend this set? I'm no huge Technic fan, or aviation fan for that matter, but this set surprised me. The amount of mechanisms is amazing and is a testament to the designer's ingenuity. The shape of the jet is awkward, but I guess they were trying to keep the price down.

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