Name: Coast Guard Helicopter & Life Raft
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 7738-1
Rating: 81 (4 reviews)

7738-1 Coast Guard Helicopter & Life Raft

Coast Guard Helicopter & Life Raft is LEGO set 7738-1. It has a score of 81. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 2 reviews, based on 4 scored reviews and 4 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 44.09% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2008, and it is categorised in City.

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2008 is 0.13. 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 2008 is 16.01. PPM for this set is 11.87, which is better.

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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: yes 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 77 / 100 → 77 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 7.1 / 10 → 71 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 7738-1
Name: Coast Guard Helicopter & Life Raft
Parts: 445
Minifigs: 4

Retail price (USD):
Original: 39.99
Inflation adjusted: 47.49

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.09
Inflation adjusted: 0.11

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 10.00
Inflation adjusted: 11.87

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Recommendation: yes 4.5 / 5 by 5150 Lego

The raft construction is very creative and is probbly the highlight of the set by itself. The helicopter is probbly one of the best, if not the best helicopter TLC has ever came out with if you can get over its size.

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