Name: Arctic Truck
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 42038-1
Rating: 76 (8 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 50%

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 Technic in 2015 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.1, which is better.

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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.

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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.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Sariel's LEGO Workshop Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.6 / 5 → 72 / 100

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

Unscored reviews

JANGBRiCKS

Rebrickable

Set information

Set ID: 42038-1
Name: Arctic Truck
Parts: 913

Retail price (USD):
Original: 84.99
Inflation adjusted: 91.67

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.09
Inflation adjusted: 0.1

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 from 76 reviews

Bought for my 8 y/o for us to build together. This is no small task as it toom probably 8 hours to build. (me fetching parts and him assembling). The transmission system on this is an amazing design. Definitely a cool part to show kids how they work. I was a little bummed that the power functions only applied to the crane and dump truck portion and not the tracks.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 76 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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LEGO

Recommendation: no 4 / 5 from 18 reviews

This was my first Technic build ever. I had a very good time building this model. The colors on this model make it look sharp when finished. I did get the power function kit as well to add some power. I mostly just wanted the parts from the kit for future builds. The model itself could have done a little more for the money tho. The box tips and the crane turns with the power kit. By hand you can steer it and tilt and raise crane. The tank type tracks work well on carpet but not on smooth floors. I don't care much about it's playable limits as I just enjoyed the building experience.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 18 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by Jim

Let's start with getting the Elephant out of the room; this set lacks proper driving and steering. Does that make it a bad set?! Definitely not! It's a great set, but it lacks some playability when it comes to moving the vehicle. The crane and tipper bed do work properly, so there's still some playability left.

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Brickset

Recommendation: no 3.6 / 5 from 2 reviews

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

Recommendation: no 3 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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JANGBRiCKS

by Jang

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Rebrickable

by Nathan

I found the build to be pretty interesting (more so than the 42039 Race Car), I guess because it is a bit unusual. However I must say, it's a really ugly truck :) I couldn't find any images of the type of truck this is supposed to be a model of, but I assume they are all about function over form. Searching for images of 'arctic truck with crane' gives more LEGO results than real trucks.

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