Name: Hoth Echo Base
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 7879-1
Rating: 74 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2011 is 0.17. PPP for this set is 0.14, 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 2011 is 17.71. PPM for this set is 12.79, 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

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.1 / 10 → 81 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

From Bricks To Bothans Recommendation: meh 7.67 / 10 → 77 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 70 / 100 → 70 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 3 / 5 → 60 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 7879-1
Name: Hoth Echo Base
Parts: 773
Minifigs: 8

Retail price (USD):
Original: 89.99
Inflation adjusted: 102.28

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.14

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 11.25
Inflation adjusted: 12.79

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: yes 8.1 / 10 from 1 review

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.9 / 5 from 21 reviews

I got this set from Amazon and I used some money from an Amazon gift card. This setup is very fun (but it broke a few times). Even the characters are great! I also like the bridge part and the satellite uplink. One of my favorite parts is the falling icicles. This is a great setup, and I like the box too! Anyway, I have a big collection of Star Wars, and this is a cool set. Though I like all the characters, my favorite is Hans Solo. I rate this setup 5 stars, and it goes great with the Milleneum Falcon. It is a pretty big set, and it is very, very fun, and it is worth it! Too bad it doesn't include Obi Wan Kanobi and Darth Vader. I have a different Hoth Echo Base set though it is small, and this one is bigger than that one, and you can use them together. It took about 1 hour to build it. I really like this set.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 21 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 7 reviews

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From Bricks To Bothans

Recommendation: meh 7.67 / 10 by Nick Martin

It certainly feels like you get your money's worth in the set, there is plenty going on. As a playset, it's pretty good. Not quite as fragile and break-a-part as Endor Base was, and it certainly looks far more about the base than any of the other sets. But at the same time, it's not that flashy of a set. It's solid with a lot of features, but not as cool looking as others. You get a good variety of minifigs, with some new varieties, and plenty of things for them to do. But at the same time, the stickers are a bit overused (especially in the command area), but you can get around that.

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Lugnet

Recommendation: meh 70 / 100 from 2 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 3 / 5 by starstreak

If I don't factor in the cost, then this set is ok. A lot all the minifigs special. The R-3PO, medical driod, another Tauntaun and even Han Solo are all done in good taste. I can see it fitting well with the other ice sets.

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