Name: Big Ben
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 21013-1
Rating: 83 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.1, which is better.

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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.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.66 / 5 → 93 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.6 / 5 → 92 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 35 / 40 → 88 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 6.95 / 10 → 70 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 21013-1
Name: Big Ben
Parts: 346

Retail price (USD):
Original: 29.99
Inflation adjusted: 33.39

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

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.66 / 5 from 44 reviews

After about 30 years of not touching a Lego, Big Ben awoke my inner child. I bought this on a whim while visiting Legoland San Diego with the kids. I really enjoyed piecing this simple model together while learning some light history about Big Ben from the instruction booklet. At 5:30am each morning of our stay, I slowly put Big Ben together in the Legoland cafe, enjoying some coffee and quiet time before all the kids woke up. The instruction booklet and box have a sophisticated look and feel, the assembly easy, and it makes a nice display.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 44 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.6 / 5 from 290 reviews

The LEGO Architecture series is one of our family's favorite Lego sets to assemble, and the Big Ben was fun for our family to sit down and complete. The instructions were easy to follow, the bricks fit snugly together, and the completed piece looked very detailed, but small. This is probably the largest gripe I have about this particular series - while the completed sculptures are very nice, they are a lot smaller than many of the other Lego sets out there. Pricing aside, the kids still had a great time, and the completed piece was nice enough for me to want to keep out and display. Overall, for fans of architectural pieces, the Architecture Series from Lego won't disappoint. This set can be assembled by kids much younger than the suggest age range as well.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 290 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 35 / 40 by Brickington

Overall, this is a very good set. I enjoyed every single brick I put on this amazing set. I think everyone should go out and buy this set, and have as much fun as I had building it. This is such a great build and there is not enough words to describe how great this set is.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by Rufus

Big Ben might not appeal to die-hard sticklers for accuracy, but it's a detailed and recognisable rendition of what is perhaps London's most iconic landmark. We were rather pleasantly surprised.

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