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42065-1 RC Tracked Racer

42065-1

RC Tracked Racer

RC Tracked Racer is LEGO set 42065-1. It has a score of 87. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 3 reviews, based on 8 scored reviews and 11 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 17.09% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2017, and it is categorised in Technic.

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for Technic in 2017 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.28, 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)

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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.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Sariel's LEGO Workshop Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: yes 4.9 / 5 → 98 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.59 / 5 → 92 / 100

ttpm Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Blocks Magazine Recommendation: meh 83 / 100 → 83 / 100

The LEGO Car Blog Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 7 / 10 → 70 / 100

Unscored reviews

JANGBRiCKS

Sariel's LEGO Workshop

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Set information

Set ID: 42065-1
Name: RC Tracked Racer
Parts: 370

Retail price (USD):
Original: 99.99
Inflation adjusted: 104.29

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.27
Inflation adjusted: 0.28

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

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Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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amazon.com

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Recommendation: yes 4.9 / 5 from 146 reviews

We purchased one for our grandson for his Birthday in August and he and our 40 year old son (lol) loved it! Well, our almost 7 year old grand-daughter wanted to play with it and needless to say, that became an issue with our 5 year old grandson so, we bought our grand-daughter one for her Birthday so they didn't fight over it. Our son bought some single LEGOS from LEGOS and changed some of the colors on one of them so that the kids could tell them apart. They both absolutely love them! The age says for older kids so our son had to help put it together, other than that, the kids can work the remote control very well. They play battle bots with them! So we have two very happy grandchildren! We ( Grammy and Papa) highly recommend this! Oh, we highly recommend rechargeable batteries for them!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 146 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: meh 4.59 / 5 from 39 reviews

This was my first Lego RC and I don't regret buying it. Even my 6 years old daughter thinks it is a fun RC vehicle to play with,

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 39 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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ttpm

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Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5

Fun to build and fun to control. Once built, just turn on this terrain tackling tough vehicle and set a course. The racer can be made to go forward, turn in any direction, and reverse by simply manipulating the arrowed controls on the remote.

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Brickset

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Recommendation: yes 4.3 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Blocks Magazine

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Recommendation: meh 83 / 100

42065 RC Tracked Racer was reviewed in issue 31 of Blocks Magazine.

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The LEGO Car Blog

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Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by The LEGO Car Blog Team

42065 is a great set! Its driving function works beautifully and the racer looks great while doing so. The build really isn't that complicated so it definitely has appeal for younger builders getting into Technic. It's also excellent value when compared to what it would cost to buy all of the Power Functions components included separately. The only cons with this set are the fact that the stickers aren't applied at intervals, instead being applied within a couple pages of each other, and that there are no opening doors to get into the driver's cabin, however these are minor complaints – 42065 is a fun and easy entry into remote control Technic.

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Eurobricks

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Recommendation: no 7 / 10 by Siegfried

What we have here is the ultimate design-your-own-RC-tracked-vehicle set. Technic it may not be, but it is pretty cool.

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JANGBRiCKS

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by Jang

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Sariel's LEGO Workshop

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by Paweł Kmieć

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Brickset News

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by FlagsNZ

I think the Technic designers have made a winning Technic model here: lots of playability, Power Functions are included and the set is reasonably priced. I am sure that this set will appeal to a wide range of fans.

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