Name: Hydroplane Racer
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 42045-1
Rating: 82 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.8 / 5 → 96 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

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

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: meh 71 / 100 → 71 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 42045-1
Name: Hydroplane Racer
Parts: 180

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 21.29

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

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Recommendation: meh 4.8 / 5 from 5 reviews

I got this set for Christmas from Santa Claus. At first, I thought that it would be a very boring set to play with. However, I was proved wrong. The easy build gives a hydroplane with a powertrain that spins the propeller and moves the 4-flat engine! The only gripe is the very hard to place stickers, but it is a very minor gripe. It is a great football player!

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 5 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 by mostlytechnic

The B-model is fairly meh, and too similar to the main model. However, I LOVE the hydroplane racer itself. It looks great and is very swooshable. For the price, it's surprisingly large thanks to the big panels on the sides, Yes, this is one set that really needs the stickers to look good, but they look great and are well worth putting on.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 from 31 reviews

Our 8 year old grandson had not too much trouble with this at all. Needed a little help. But our 6 year old needed no help at all. Just depends on the skill level of the child

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 31 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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