Name: MetalBeard's Sea Cow
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 70810-1
Rating: 89 (8 reviews)

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We calculate the average rating when we've found two or more scored reviews. This set is good compared to all other sets. Read more about the ratings distribution chart here.

Recommendations

Recomended 67%

A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for System in 2014 is 0.13. 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)

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Average PPM for System in 2014 is 18.1. PPM for this set is 54, 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.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 9.3 / 10 → 93 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

Little Brick Root

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JANGBRiCKS

Eurobricks

Set information

Set ID: 70810-1
Name: MetalBeard's Sea Cow
Parts: 2741
Minifigs: 5

Retail price (USD):
Original: 249.99
Inflation adjusted: 269.97

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

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 50.00
Inflation adjusted: 54

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: yes 9.3 / 10 from 1 review

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.5 / 5 from 3 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 from 115 reviews

Metal Beard's Sea Cow is truly a masterpiece in both design and imagination. This creation is meant to be put on display if you have the space for it. The size and detail is astounding and I was quite impressed by some of the building techniques used on this. Yes, the price of $250 is a lot of money for one set but I feel it's well worth every penny of that. I expect the Sea Cow to hold the title of crown jewel in my LEGO collection for years to come.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 115 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

by pcvando

I love the details included through the set, and how they managed to do a great job using technic sails! The only downside is that the playability factor aboard the ship is lower because of the lack of space on the deck.

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Little Brick Root

by Christian

As darkness set and I put the finishing touches on MetalBeard's Sea Cow, I only wanted to build more. This huge model is the kind of thing that acts as a muse for future projects. I'll be buying a shelf soon so that I can give the big ship a place in my room that isn't reachable by my devil kittens. From there, it will be able to urge me on to more interesting builds of my own.

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Brickset News

by FlagsNZ

MetalBeard's Sea Cow is one of my favourite LEGO sets. I really like the way the designers have managed to fuse the Steampunk look into a modern pirate ship.

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JANGBRiCKS

by Jang

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Eurobricks

by yellost

I love it. It's big, full of nifty little details and the whole thing looks impressive while its proportions makes it a little cartoonish. Not an easy combination but they pulled it off anyway.

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