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42109-1 App-Controlled Top Gear Rally Car

42109-1

App-Controlled Top Gear Rally Car

App-Controlled Top Gear Rally Car is LEGO set 42109-1. It has a score of 58. This is bad compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 5 scored reviews and 8 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 2.1% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2020, and it is categorised in Technic.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

Avoid 75%

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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)

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Average PPP for Technic in 2020 is 0.12. 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.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Eurobricks Recommendation: no B → 70 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: no 3.45 / 5 → 69 / 100

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

Brick Architect Recommendation: no 2 / 5 → 40 / 100

Unscored reviews

The Brothers Brick Recommendation: no

Rebrickable Recommendation: meh

Brickset News Recommendation: meh

Set information

Set ID: 42109-1
Name: App-Controlled Top Gear Rally Car
Parts: 463

Retail price (USD):
Original: 129.99
Inflation adjusted: 129.99

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

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Recommendation: no B → 70 / 100 by mostlytechnic

There are definitely things that I think could be better on the car, it needs a B-model, it's expensive, and I seriously wish it came with a Stig to drive it. Overall though, I'd give it a solid B.

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Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 from 3 reviews

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Recommendation: no 3.45 / 5 from 29 reviews

Love this set. As a big fan of Top Gear which I watch with my son who loves LEGO, anything with wheels and Top Gear this has appeal on so many levels. It's not a performance RC car. Get that straight. It's slow. But still it's very fun to drive it around after it's built. It's quite suitable for driving it indooors, which is not something cant do with regular RC cars. I don't do a lot of LEGO builds myself and rarely buy LEGO for myself but I loved this one and vastly enjoyed putting it together and playing around with it after.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 29 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: no 2 / 5 by Paweł Kmieć

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Recommendation: no 2 / 5 by Tom Alphin

Between the astronomical price, relatively boring model, and somewhat disappointing remote-control functions, it is hard to recommend #42109 App-controlled Top Gear Rally Car unless you are a huge fan of the Top Gear series, or find it on sale for well under $100.

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Recommendation: no by Alexander

This set feels very, very underwhelming after a couple of fantastic models released back in August (42099 4×4 X-treme Off-Roader) and October (42100 Liebherr R 9800 Excavator). Neither the actual mechanisms nor the software reveals half of the platform's potential. In fact, it's a very expensive toy that carries a bunch of sensors and a couple of well-engineered motors, but it is not capable of any truly special tricks. Considering the price of the set, it would make much more sense to save up a little more and get an impressive 42099 4×4 X-treme Off-Roader, or even Liebherr R 9800 Excavator; both have a lot more value for the money. Some say that any LEGO set is better than no LEGO at all. All we know is not all LEGO Technic sets are equally cool and worth a purchase.

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Recommendation: meh by TobyMac

Straight out of the box, it's not a very great set for me. With some changes, decent fun.

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Recommendation: meh by FlagsNZ

I have formed mixed feelings about this set: on the one hand, it is easy to control and runs reasonably fast on the smooth wooden floor that was used to test the car; on the other hand, I was slightly disappointed with the tendency for the car to pull off to the right. The car design itself is fair. There have been more attractive Technic rally cars built that retail for cheaper.

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