Name: Gold Getaway
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 70401-1
Rating: 76 (8 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 83%

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 System in 2013 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.11, which is better.

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 2013 is 20.12. PPM for this set is 7.31, which is better.

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

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Just2Good Recommendation: meh 7.5 / 10 → 75 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 7.45 / 10 → 75 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 6 / 10 → 60 / 100

Unscored reviews

The Brothers Brick

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Set information

Set ID: 70401-1
Name: Gold Getaway
Parts: 199
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 21.94

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.11

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 6.66
Inflation adjusted: 7.31

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 from 101 reviews

I have been a huge Lego fan since before I started kindergarten, and still have some of the pieces from those first sets I got as a child. I have been excited since they released these new sets, and have purchased all 5 released so far. I almost rated this set 4 out of 5 stars because on its own, it does not make a very exciting toy, but when combined with the other sets in this theme, it is a great addition, so I had to give it a 5 - besides, it comes with two minifigs and a horse. I can only assume that someone interested in this set would be interested in others in the same theme. Together they all rate 5 stars:70400 - Forest Ambush - ***** +/- $ 1470402 - The Gatehouse Raid - ***** +/- $3070403 - Dragon Mountain - ***** +/- $5070404 - King's Castle - ***** - +/- $125

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 101 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by oo7

It's a good set with ample playability and detailed figures. The play features and overall design seem well thought out. I would recommend this set to castle builders.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 3 reviews

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Just2Good

Recommendation: meh 7.5 / 10

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: meh 7.45 / 10 from 2 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 6 / 10 by Echo

Overall, this is a decent set. The build is nothing very interesting and there isn't much in the way of interesting parts, but the figures are good, the price/piece ratio is excellent, and the final build, at least of the wagon, is solid.

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The Brothers Brick

by Chris

All in all, this set is very underwhelming. It's just one example of many from this wave of Castle sets that shows that the general increase in the quality of construction we've seen in most sets for the last 6 years or so isn't immune to hiccups. Compared to the preceding Kingdoms line, this wave of sets is a profound disappointment.

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