Name: Thatcher Perkins Locomotive
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 396-1
Rating: 85 (3 reviews)

Thatcher Perkins Locomotive is LEGO set 396-1. It has a score of 85. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 2 reviews, based on 2 scored reviews and 3 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 25.7% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 1976, and it is categorised in Hobby Set.

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Recommendations

Recomended 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 90 / 100 → 90 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Unscored reviews

Brickset Recommendation: yes

Set information

Set ID: 396-1
Name: Thatcher Perkins Locomotive
Parts: 438

More sets:

1976 Hobby Set

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Lugnet

Recommendation: yes 90 / 100 from 12 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by LuxorV

Overall, this is a great set for collectors of old models and steam engines fans, or both. It does not sport a huge variety of bricks, but was a good choice at the time, and even if the result is matter-of-fact a bit blocky when compared to the original, it implements some good solutions to minimise the LEGO brick appearance and maximise the similarity as much as possible.

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