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76002-1 Superman: Metropolis Showdown

76002-1

Superman: Metropolis Showdown

Superman: Metropolis Showdown is LEGO set 76002-1. It has a score of 60. This is bad compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 7 scored reviews and 8 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 3.02% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2013, and it is categorised in DC Comics Super Heroes.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

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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)

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Average PPP for System in 2013 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.12, 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 2013 is 20.12. PPM for this set is 7.13, 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: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 37 / 50 → 74 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 6.93 / 10 → 69 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.4 / 5 → 68 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 50 / 100 → 50 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 2 / 5 → 40 / 100

Just2Good Recommendation: no D+ → 40 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 76002-1
Name: Superman: Metropolis Showdown
Parts: 119
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 12.99
Inflation adjusted: 14.26

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.11
Inflation adjusted: 0.12

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 6.50
Inflation adjusted: 7.13

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Recommendation: no 4 / 5 from 119 reviews

My 10 year old son bought this for himself and thinks it was fairly easy to build. He liked that the kit had lots of special effects like an explosion mechanism that makes the tower fly off. There's also a catapult that flips the car over. The characters faces are double sided to show different expressions. He actually thought it would be less exciting than it is. He really enjoys it.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 119 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: no 37 / 50 by xowainx

This might seem harsh, but with these smaller sets there isn't often a lot there and it's hard to get too enthusiastic about them. As i've mentioned throughout though, the one thing this set can't be knocked for is value, and I think that's where the true strength of it lies.

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Recommendation: meh 6.93 / 10 from 3 reviews

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Recommendation: no 3.4 / 5 from 3 reviews

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Recommendation: no 50 / 100 by Fritzy

To be frank, this set is a hard sell. Superman isn't an exclusive inclusion and can be found in sets that offer better value; other versions of Zod can similarly be found in larger sets. On a design front, it doesn't fare well standing alone. The two play features aren't enough to make up for the sparing design, although the vehicle is a bit of a saving grace if you're a fan of that sort. On the one hand, the lack of interesting quirks makes this ideal for expansion. At the same time, that could also be used against this set, considering what it is intended to be: bearing the word "showdown," there's too much being left to the imagination. If the other Superman sets don't draw your eye and you'd like to get one of the two characters in some form, then I suppose you'll be able to make do. But there is a clear slimness to the design that makes you want more for the cost of the set.

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Recommendation: no 2 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

This set doesn't really do much for me. The minifigures are not exclusive since they are in the other two sets in the wave. The set took about 10 minutes to build and it felt like there could be more to it. However, this set is an easy way to get the Superman and General Zod minifigures.

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Recommendation: no D+ → 40 / 100

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by Nick Martin

this is a good little $13 set that makes it sort of a disposable pick-up. It would have been nice if it had a bit more variety compared to other sets, or better, if the other sets would have had a different selection of figures. I would have loved to see this set be a little bigger and include Perry White along with it (and not just to get a Morpheus figure), even if that would have meant some more money.

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