Name: Crafting Box
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 21116-1
Rating: 91 (7 reviews)

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

Recommendations

Indifference 75%

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 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)

worse

Average PPM for System in 2014 is 18.1. PPM for this set is 27, 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

ttpm Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 → 94 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.65 / 5 → 93 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Unscored reviews

BZPower

The Brothers Brick

Rebrickable

Set information

Set ID: 21116-1
Name: Crafting Box
Parts: 518
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 49.99
Inflation adjusted: 53.99

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

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 25.00
Inflation adjusted: 27

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ttpm

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5

LEGO Builders can follow the instructions to build one of the 8 different structures or they can create and build whatever they want... just like in the game. There are also inspiration pictures in the directions to get builders thinking.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 703 reviews

My son had been saving his money to purchase a Lego Minecraft set. After at least an hour of research, he finally decided on this one. He asked me to track it several times a day, and was extremely excited when it finally arrived. It has lots of pieces for hours of building Lego/Minecraft style. I love that it came with an instruction booklet with 8 different projects. This will keep him entertained for a very long time. I highly recommend this set for any Lego fan who is also a fan of Minecraft. Ours came with a poster that has a Lego/Minecraft scene on one side, and a block translator on the other side.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 703 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.65 / 5 from 23 reviews

The set is great with Steve, a Skeleton and a Mooshroom it has lots of pieces and the block translation poster is helpful.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 23 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 1 review

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BZPower

by Andrew

Not being a Minecraft fan, I probably would not have bought this set on my own. I had fun building it though, and it challenged my expectations of what LEGO instructions can be. The pieces will definitely find welcome homes in my collection. If you're a Minecraft fan looking for a way to create scenes that look like they come out of the game, you should definitely check it out. For others, if you need a lot of basic bricks it's not a bad value at all.

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The Brothers Brick

by Chris

Ultimately, this set fails as an adequate minifig-scale Minecraft set. The sub-assembly feature is novel, but it's too weak to be picked up, and looks bad when assembled. Minecraft fans will be better off ignoring the instructions and creating their own scenes with the pieces.

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Rebrickable

by jantjeuh

To be honest, I am having a hard time recommending this set to anyone who is not a die-hard Minecraft fan in the first place. Though the modular approach is an interesting concept in theory, in practice it leads to simplified and repetitive builds, and disjointed looking and fragile models.

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