Name: Arctic Base Camp
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 60036-1
Rating: 86 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2014 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.13, which is average.

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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Average PPM for System in 2014 is 18.1. PPM for this set is 13.89, which is better.

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

ttpm Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

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

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

Jay's Brick Blog Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: meh 69 / 100 → 69 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 60036-1
Name: Arctic Base Camp
Parts: 735
Minifigs: 7

Retail price (USD):
Original: 89.99
Inflation adjusted: 97.18

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.13

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 12.86
Inflation adjusted: 13.89

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ttpm

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5

The base camp is packed with interior and exterior features. On the outside, there is a working conveyer belt, radar, and solar panels. The roof and walls open to reveal the interior areas, which include a lab, garage, and lounge area for the explorers to relax after a long day of exploring. The vehicles also have fun features like the explorer's large working tracks and drill, and the helicopter's cockpit, working propellers, and winch. The set includes multiple accessories like ice blocks, tools, and a fishing rod.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 194 reviews

My boys (6 & 3) have played with this set for hours and hours. My oldest saved his allowance to get this and his hard work paid off. This was the first "big set" he received and he couldn't be happier. I am amazed with the instructions for these sets. There were a lot of pieces but the instructions are very detailed and easy to follow. My 6 year old enjoyed putting together many of the bags himself. The conveyer belt is a very cool feature and my son loves the driller. The track on that vehicle is one of his favorite features. I think the dog sled is really cute. Lots of playability and they have since built up their artic snow area around it. Lots of creative fun. The orange is a great color scheme for this set as well.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 194 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 by woofmcmoose

A superb set from a superb new theme. Definitely a set deigned for play, but it still looks the part in almost every respect, if you get only one arctic set, make it this one- it has everything!

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Jay's Brick Blog

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by Jay

All in all, I have nothing but high praise for the Arctic theme and the Arctic Base Camp serves as an essential piece that underpins the entire theme together. There's just something indescribably cool about LEGO using their products to inspire the next generation of children to care about science and research.

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