Name: TIE Defender
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8087-1
Rating: 69 (7 reviews)

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

Recommendations

Avoid 50%

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 2010 is 0.37. PPP for this set is 0.19, 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)

worse

Average PPM for System in 2010 is 14.83. PPM for this set is 29.31, 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

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 43 / 50 → 86 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 63 / 100 → 63 / 100

Vaderfan2187's Blog Recommendation: no 2.5 / 5 → 50 / 100

Unscored reviews

BZPower

Set information

Set ID: 8087-1
Name: TIE Defender
Parts: 304
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 49.99
Inflation adjusted: 58.61

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.16
Inflation adjusted: 0.19

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 25.00
Inflation adjusted: 29.31

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 43 / 50 by Cardinal Brick

Lego have come along way since the first TIE set they produced all those years ago. I like the new pilot though the set could have included a special minifig like Grand Admiral Zaarin though I understand that few people would know who he was. For once the prince seems fair for a Star Wars set in the UK which is odd or I'm just getting use to the price, I'm certainly planning on getting a few more in the future.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 20 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 from 34 reviews

Awesome set, a welcome addition to my TIE collection. I highly recomend this set. The seller was fast and friendly!!!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 34 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 by starstreak

I hate to give a .5 but it's not great enough to give a 4, and it's really as good as other sets so it warrants more than a 3. Would I buy it again? Yes! Would I pay the amount I had to pay again? No. I'll wait for clearance. Or at least a 25% off LEGO's MSRP price. Not my local store prices.

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Lugnet

Recommendation: meh 63 / 100 from 5 reviews

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Vaderfan2187's Blog

Recommendation: no 2.5 / 5 by Vaderfan2187

Overall, this is not a very good set, honestly. The build itself is kind of meh, while the price and minifigure selection are quite poor.

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BZPower

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If you have $50 to spare, you like LEGO Star Wars sets and/or you wish to commemorate the 30th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back", you'll find a lot of pleasure in this set.

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