Name: The Samurai Mech
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 70665-1
Rating: 82 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 71%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for System in 2019 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 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 2019 is 17.83. PPM for this set is 5, 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

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

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: yes 86 / 100 → 86 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Just2Good Recommendation: no B → 70 / 100

Unscored reviews

JANGBRiCKS Recommendation: meh

Brickset News Recommendation: meh

Set information

Set ID: 70665-1
Name: The Samurai Mech
Parts: 154
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 14.99
Inflation adjusted: 14.99

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.1

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 5.00
Inflation adjusted: 5

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 94 reviews

My niece loves ninjago cartoons. Upon opening the gift she was thrilled! I recommend to any ninjago fan

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 94 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 from 10 reviews

My son's (age 7) review: "When I bought the LEGO set, I made it straight away. It was so fun and I really enjoyed playing and I still have it now. My favourite things about it are the disc on the door, the guns on the top, the claw and the sword."

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 10 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Blocks Magazine

Recommendation: yes 86 / 100

70665 The Samurai Mech was reviewed in issue 57 of Blocks Magazine.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Just2Good

Recommendation: no B → 70 / 100

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JANGBRiCKS

Recommendation: meh by Jang

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Brickset News

Recommendation: meh by CapnRex101

Creating smaller versions of previous models is probably among the greatest challenges that a LEGO designer can encounter, especially when the previous set is extremely impressive. On that basis, I am satisfied with 70665 The Samurai Mech. 9448 Samurai Mech remains more appealing but that seems inevitable as the new mech only contains 154 pieces but captures the important design features of its predecessor in my opinion.

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