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79004-1 Barrel Escape

79004-1

Barrel Escape

Barrel Escape is LEGO set 79004-1. It has a score of 83. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 1 reviews, based on 5 scored reviews and 7 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 35.07% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2012, and it is categorised in The Hobbit.

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Average rating

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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 System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.13, 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 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 8.91, 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

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.7 / 10 → 87 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 46 / 60 → 77 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 79004-1
Name: Barrel Escape
Parts: 334
Minifigs: 5

Retail price (USD):
Original: 39.99
Inflation adjusted: 44.53

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.13

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 8.00
Inflation adjusted: 8.91

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Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 from 69 reviews

Great Lego set very playable model. Dwarfs can be locked up and Bilbo can either sneak past elves to open doors up or break out the back of cell. Great detail on the bar. Lot of useful parts. This set contains the larger barrels that the minifig dwarves can get into. The latch releases the barrels so they can escape the elves. This set is a must if trying to get all 13 dwarves, this one contains the brothers Gloin and Oin along with Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit and two elves

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 69 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: yes 8.7 / 10 from 3 reviews

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Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 from 3 reviews

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Recommendation: no 4 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The Barrel Escape set is pretty nicely designed. There are some some play features but I feel that is set would make a better display piece. There are also many useful pieces for people to use though. I think the main attraction of the set are the minifigures and the weapons that are included.

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Recommendation: meh 46 / 60 by Speedboat

I doubt that this set will be my favourite from the first Hobbit wave, but it's not a bad one either. The price is pretty steep, but you get some great minifigs and useful pieces.

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by Huw

This is not a terribly exciting set to play with, then, but it's well designed and full of useful pieces. Although I've only built three of the Hobbit sets so far, I suspect this may be the weakest of them. Nevertheless, the Hobbit completest will need to buy it for the 4 unique minifigs.

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by Jay

This was a really fun set to put together, and it makes a really nice preview set for the second Hobbit movie. It's a little thin with only about 300+ pieces and for the price you're paying, it really leaves you hungry for more. The minifigs, as with most licensed sets these days are the main draw for this set. Parts-wise, we get a lot of great accessories like the One Ring, Sting, Elven swords, wine glasses and bottles and whopping 3 large wooden barrels which are pretty nice to have. The play features are nice bonus additions and I'm pretty glad we don't have any lame flick-fire missiles in this set. As a display set, it's rather average because there are a lot of disparate components like the weapons rack, table and chairs, and mini-wine cask which produces a pretty haphazard when taken in as one.

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