Name: Garmadon's Dark Fortress
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 2505-1
Rating: 73 (4 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 33%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for System in 2011 is 0.17. PPP for this set is 0.16, 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)

better

Average PPM for System in 2011 is 17.71. PPM for this set is 13.26, 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.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 72 / 100 → 72 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.2 / 5 → 64 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

Set information

Set ID: 2505-1
Name: Garmadon's Dark Fortress
Parts: 518
Minifigs: 6

Retail price (USD):
Original: 69.99
Inflation adjusted: 79.55

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.14
Inflation adjusted: 0.16

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 11.67
Inflation adjusted: 13.26

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 from 6 reviews

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Lugnet

Recommendation: meh 72 / 100 from 4 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.2 / 5 from 32 reviews

My 7 year old son loved how challenging this was. He was able to follow the directions on his own and he was super impressed with the final outcome. As with all Lego models, they really are not for play. When we were moving it from the living room to his room some pieces fell off. He was able fix it but realized it was going to be best to look at and not play with. What was most impressive was how the Fortress took shape from all those little pieces.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 32 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

by Alan

The way I see it, this set is not only NINJAGO but a very dark fortress as well. It will fit in nicely into any castle theme layout. Very awesome combination of black, dark bluish gray and purple. The minifigs may not be exclusive but they're definitely cool and you can use almost every part of this set for your skeleton/fantasy hideout. Get it!

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