Name: Heavy-Lift Helicopter
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 4439-1
Rating: 83 (6 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.14, which is average.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. 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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Average PPM for System in 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 18.55, which is worse.

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

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8.5 / 10 → 85 / 100

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

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.1 / 10 → 81 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 4439-1
Name: Heavy-Lift Helicopter
Parts: 393
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 49.99
Inflation adjusted: 55.66

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.13
Inflation adjusted: 0.14

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 16.66
Inflation adjusted: 18.55

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8.5 / 10 by Brickviller

So yeah, a great set and IMO the best set of the new forest police line. Lego has not released a chinook in a very long time and this one stands out on it's own. I own both police helicopters (this one and the one from last year) and this one is better by a long shot. If you want to buy a nice helicopter I advice to buy this one.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 from 164 reviews

I was quite surprised to find this helicopter met my needs perfectly. This particular model has the Pratt&Whitney engines instead of the old Garrett engines, which were efficient but way too loud for my neighborhood.Given that it holds probably a dozen passengers, it's probably more than I need, and I will have to buy a bigger helipad, but you know it's nice to be able to stretch out on those long commutes. Heck, I could probably put a foosball table and a big-screen TV in this thing if I wanted - and you know I just may do that. That's a great idea.This thing beats the bus any day, and for the price you can't beat it. The downside is you have to build it yourself so only four stars from me.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 164 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: yes 8.1 / 10 from 1 review

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 from 6 reviews

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BZPower

by Andrew

All in all, I'm a fan of this set, but that's probably because I'm biased. It is really cool and I'll be displaying it for the foreseeable future. At $50 though, I don't feel like it would be worth it for most. If you think it looks cool like me, wait for it to go on sale.

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