Name: Motorized Excavator
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8043-1
Rating: 92 (7 reviews)

Motorized Excavator is LEGO set 8043-1. It has a score of 92. This is good compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 5 reviews, based on 5 scored reviews and 7 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 4.09% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2010, and it is categorised in Technic.

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We calculate the average rating when we've found two or more scored reviews. This set is good compared to all other sets. Read more about the ratings distribution chart here.

Recommendations

Recomended 100%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

worse

Average PPP for Technic in 2010 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.21, 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

amazon.com Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

The LEGO Car Blog Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 → 100 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 88 / 100 → 88 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.6 / 10 → 86 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

Sariel's LEGO Workshop

Set information

Set ID: 8043-1
Name: Motorized Excavator
Parts: 1123

Retail price (USD):
Original: 199.99
Inflation adjusted: 234.48

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.18
Inflation adjusted: 0.21

More sets:

2010 Technic

Statistics:

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amazon.com

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 from 3 reviews

Great stuff. A bit expensive though. Wish these toys were a bit cheaper so that one could purchase more. Very nice box and easy instructions.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 3 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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The LEGO Car Blog

Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 by The LEGO Car Blog Team

I would urge you to get this very complete model while Lego are still producing it. If you have the slightest interest in Technic, you'll love it.

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 from 19 reviews

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Lugnet

Recommendation: yes 88 / 100 from 9 reviews

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: yes 8.6 / 10 from 1 review

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Eurobricks

by Blakbird

My verdict is that this is easily among the very best Technic models ever. Yes it is very expensive, but there are some very good reasons for that. It will teach you everything you want to know about gear systems, transmissions, and mechanics. It will be fun to play with, fun to build, and even the alternate model is available if you get bored. Buy it.

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