Name: Desert Racer
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 42027-1
Rating: 65 (6 reviews)

Desert Racer is LEGO set 42027-1. It has a score of 65. This is bad compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 5 scored reviews and 6 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 6.85% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2014, and it is categorised in Technic.

Amazon

Some of these links are affiliate links. When you click through to purchase something, Brick Insights gets a couple of cents. It helps cover some of the costs of running the site. Thanks!

Average rating

1-4

5-8

9-12

13-16

17-20

21-24

25-28

29-32

33-36

37-40

41-44

45-48

49-52

53-56

57-60

61-64

65-68

69-72

73-76

77-80

81-84

85-88

89-92

93-96

97-100

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

Recommendations

Avoid 80%

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)

worse

Average PPP for Technic in 2014 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.15, which is worse.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as Technic. 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)

unknown

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 Technic. 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.

<div class="biwidget--set" data-setid="42027-1"></div>
<script async defer src="https://brickinsights.com/widgets/js"></script>

Copy and paste this code to embed the score on your site. For demo and options please see the documentation.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.6 / 5 → 92 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 26 / 40 → 65 / 100

Sariel's LEGO Workshop Recommendation: no 3 / 5 → 60 / 100

Sariel's LEGO Workshop Recommendation: no 2 / 5 → 40 / 100

Unscored reviews

JANGBRiCKS

Set information

Set ID: 42027-1
Name: Desert Racer
Parts: 148

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 21.59

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.14
Inflation adjusted: 0.15

More sets:

2014 Technic

Statistics:

Best Technic sets of all time

Other sites:

Brickset Amazon

Purchase:

Amazon

Some of these links are affiliate links. When you click through to purchase something, Brick Insights gets a couple of cents. It helps cover some of the costs of running the site. Thanks!

amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.6 / 5 from 118 reviews

My 7 year old son just opened and assembled this toy today. It is his first Technic product from Lego. He assembled it just fine, and he is thrilled with the outcome. It took about an hour to put together. He is having a blast playing with the pullback feature and making it go across the room. He put in one of his lego guys as a driver. He says, "It is awesome. It can go more than 12 feet."Another great product from lego. I feel it was a good value for less than $20. We'll be buying more Technic products in the future.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 118 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

Read reviews

Brickset

Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 from 1 review

Read review

Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 26 / 40 by Freekysch

All in all, this is a nice little set, i really love the color and the fact that the designer of the set included some nice details on it: hood scoop, winch, exhaust pipes, roof lights. This is clearly a model for those who want a pull-back motor because, lets be honest, the price is a little steep for the piece count.

Read review