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21104-1 NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover

21104-1

NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover

NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover is LEGO set 21104-1. It has a score of 86. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 2 reviews, based on 4 scored reviews and 7 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 21.89% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2014, and it is categorised in Ideas.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2014 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.11, 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

The LEGO Car Blog Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 → 100 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

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

Unscored reviews

JANGBRiCKS

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Set information

Set ID: 21104-1
Name: NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover
Parts: 295

Retail price (USD):
Original: 29.99
Inflation adjusted: 32.39

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.11

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The LEGO Car Blog

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Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 by The LEGO Car Blog Team

Together, LEGO Cuusoo and Stephen Pakbaz have scored a home run. If the idea of exploring other worlds is at all interesting to you, you'll enjoy this a lot.

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Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The build wasn't difficult at all and you get to learn more about the vehicle itself while you are building. It makes a great addition for anyone who is interested in space related items.

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Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 from 2 reviews

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Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 from 36 reviews

This was a LOT of fun to put together. It's definitely not a complicated build but it's satisfying seeing how all of the pieces work together. Especially on the suspension. There's lots of detail in this little model!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 36 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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JANGBRiCKS

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by Nathan

I think this is a great looking model with some interesting building techniques. It is actually playable too as long as you handle it by the main body or the wheels. The head mast is probably the weakest connection, but who picks anything up by the head? I'm a space nut, so may be biased, but this model will be taking a permanent place on my desk :)

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BZPower

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by Benjamin

The Curiosity set is most likely going to be one of those sets that sits on display to show the world what a cool LEGO geek you are, and that's just fine. It looks cool and has some great features to show off to friends. The fact that the instruction booklet teaches about Curiosity and Mars and the set gives a hands-on approach to learning about the exploration is something not found in many LEGO sets today. If space exploration, especially the current Mars mission, interests you, I wholeheartedly recommend this set!

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