Name: The Fortress
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 21127-1
Rating: 81 (8 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2016 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.12, which is average.

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 2016 is 16.64. PPM for this set is 29.29, 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

BrickNerd Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

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

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.69 / 5 → 94 / 100

ttpm Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 3 / 10 → 30 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 21127-1
Name: The Fortress
Parts: 984
Minifigs: 4

Retail price (USD):
Original: 109.99
Inflation adjusted: 117.16

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.11
Inflation adjusted: 0.12

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 27.50
Inflation adjusted: 29.29

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BrickNerd

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 by Alison Payne

We got so engrossed in this set we kind of lost track of time - it was so much fun to see the parts coming together - first as individual sections, and then as an overall piece. And the enjoyment lasts so much longer with the opportunity to rearrange the model. We've also started integrating it with some of our other LEGO Minecraft sets and characters which is proving to be awesome! We'd strongly recommend 'The Fortress' to any Minecraft or LEGO fan.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 160 reviews

What can you say? It is Lego. A great product that lasts and they always back there products. You get what you pay for, we stick with lego brand.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 160 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.69 / 5 from 13 reviews

The set comes with many different bricks and items, including the printed banners and every sword! 10/10, would reccomend Also goes well with the new crafting box set!

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 13 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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ttpm

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5

This is a fun way for Minecraft fans to get hands-on with their Minecraft adventures, building their own Minecraft world outside of the video game. They'll like seeing the pixilated look from the game represented in the figures and accessories in this set, and the ability to build the fortress in a variety of ways. The modular design also makes it easier for kids to remove and play in certain areas of the fortress.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 from 1 review

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 3 / 10 by JackJonespaw

It's not bad, per se, and from a certain perspective any Lego set fosters creativity in that it contains bricks that can be arranged in infinite ways to build incredible things. I would describe is as...mediocre, a word that has always been more impactful to me than “bad" or “awful". Mediocre is when people get too comfortable and begin to slack on what once brought them so much joy. Office work, for instance, is a perfect example of mediocrity - one starts full of inspiration and excitement for their job, and within a few years are operating at the bare minimum to succeed and fulfill the quota.

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BZPower

by Andrew

21127 is probably an important set for a LEGO Minecraft collector to have. A big, solid fortress with lots of detail and the virtue of easy, successfully-designed modularity, it looks and feels like something out of the game, which you can shape or reshape however you want. However, as the set offers little in the way of new or interesting parts - especially when you subtract Minecraft-specific elements - it's pretty horrendous as a parts pack, if that's what you're after.

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