Name: Empire State Building
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 21046-1
Rating: 91 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Recomended 86%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for System in 2019 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.07, 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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We do not currently know how the average price per minifig for this set compares to other sets.

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: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: yes 93 / 100 → 93 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.64 / 5 → 93 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Brick Architect Recommendation: yes 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Unscored reviews

Brickset News Recommendation: yes

JANGBRiCKS Recommendation: yes

Set information

Set ID: 21046-1
Name: Empire State Building
Parts: 1767

Retail price (USD):
Original: 129.99
Inflation adjusted: 129.99

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.07
Inflation adjusted: 0.07

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amazon.com

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 from 10 reviews

A lot of detail finally being put in the Architecture Series... Quick transaction...

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 10 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Blocks Magazine

Recommendation: yes 93 / 100

21046 Empire State Building was reviewed in issue 62 of Blocks Magazine.

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.64 / 5 from 50 reviews

Build a few from the collection however this is by far the best one i have built. Loved it once built. Got a bit frustrated connecting the bottom but found it easier to join all four parts and squeezed them together and all clipped into place. Would defo reccomend

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Brick Architect

Recommendation: yes 4 / 5 by Tom Alphin

This set is perfect for dedicated fans of the LEGO Architecture theme. Unfortunately, it won't appeal to many LEGO builders because the build process is too repetitive and the part selection is not very diverse (due to the overabundance of 1×2 Grille Tiles).

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Brickset News

Recommendation: yes by Huw

Not only is the finished model a joy to behold, it's also a pleasure to construct. The core uses some interesting building techniques, and you're not constantly bogged down aligning tiny 1x1 pieces, so it's a pleasant and relatively quick experience, despite all the grille tiles.

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