Name: Soldiers Fort
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 70412-1
Rating: 83 (9 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 33%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

worse

Average PPP for System in 2015 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.14, which is worse.

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)

better

Average PPM for System in 2015 is 15.07. PPM for this set is 6.47, 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

LEGO Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

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

Just2Good Recommendation: yes A → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

BricktasticBlog Recommendation: no 69 / 100 → 69 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: no 68 / 100 → 68 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

BZPower

JANGBRiCKS

Set information

Set ID: 70412-1
Name: Soldiers Fort
Parts: 234
Minifigs: 5

Retail price (USD):
Original: 29.99
Inflation adjusted: 32.35

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.13
Inflation adjusted: 0.14

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 6.00
Inflation adjusted: 6.47

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LEGO

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 from 5 reviews

Really great set. Pros Minifigures are great, I like the bluecoats play features are good especially the cannon Pirates boat is Ok cool that you can combine with Soldiers Outpost like the little jail cell the crane that carries the treasure Cons the stud shooter on the top of the fort is facing up the size of the set that's my review

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 5 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 54 reviews

pirate fun for all. the cannons shoot lego bricks! added bonus for play. super fun for kids of all ages. buying these sets you can't go wrong. who doesn't love a pirate and a lego pirate at that? just wish these sets still included a monkey.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 54 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Just2Good

Recommendation: yes A → 90 / 100

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 3 reviews

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BricktasticBlog

Recommendation: no 69 / 100 by John

Not a huge rating overall, but still a fun one to build, and one that kids will most likely enjoy.

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Blocks Magazine

Recommendation: no 68 / 100

70412 Soldiers Fort was reviewed in issue 8 of Blocks Magazine.

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Eurobricks

by Mike S

While it is not a bad set, I am a bit underwhelmed. However this set is meant to be combined with 70410 making the fort a bit bigger. Unfortunately I still think that the pirates' hideouts are far more appealing especially when combined. Meanwhile, my son, who is four, has been making good use of the jail, filling it with bad guys and misbehaving soldiers.

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BZPower

by Jason

I ended up liking this set more than I thought I would. It doesn't quite have as many pieces as I would expect, but they come together to build a large enough fort that looks pretty good, and there are plenty of play features and great figs to go around. It's not a full on pirate ship, but it offers enough of the theme at a decent price to be acceptable.

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