Name: Stone Chopper
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8956-1
Rating: 66 (4 reviews)

Stone Chopper is LEGO set 8956-1. It has a score of 66. This is bad compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 3 scored reviews and 4 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 7.89% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2009, and it is categorised in Power Miners.

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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 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

worse

Average PPP for System in 2009 is 0.16. PPP for this set is 0.23, 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.

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 2009 is 15.31. PPM for this set is 3.58, 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.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 7 / 10 → 70 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: no 51 / 100 → 51 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 8956-1
Name: Stone Chopper
Parts: 31
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 5.99
Inflation adjusted: 7.14

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.19
Inflation adjusted: 0.23

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 3.00
Inflation adjusted: 3.58

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Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 38 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 7 / 10 by Derek

Don't get me wrong, this is a nifty little set. However, there is just something that seems to be missing. The rock monster is by far the best part of the set, but the minifigure is pretty nice as well.

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