Name: Hoth Wampa Cave
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8089-1
Rating: 79 (9 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 38%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for System in 2010 is 0.37. PPP for this set is 0.15, 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 2010 is 14.83. PPM for this set is 15.63, 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

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 84 / 100 → 84 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.1 / 10 → 81 / 100

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

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 64 / 100 → 64 / 100

Unscored reviews

Just2Good Recommendation: meh

Eurobricks

Set information

Set ID: 8089-1
Name: Hoth Wampa Cave
Parts: 297
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 39.99
Inflation adjusted: 46.89

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.13
Inflation adjusted: 0.15

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 13.33
Inflation adjusted: 15.63

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8.5 / 10 by Rufus

I didn't have to think about buying this, and I rushed out to get it as soon as it became available. With the Wampa, we have finally filled a hole in the Lego Empire Strikes Back story, and who can complain about another snowspeeder?

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Lugnet

Recommendation: yes 84 / 100 from 10 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 from 44 reviews

I recently rediscovered Legos and I have so much fun building with them. I also love Star Wars, so this is double fun for me. It's so neat how they figure out how to make these pieces the right size and shape so that they all fit together into a very convincing structure! This particular set was really neat because it comes with a scene AND a starship (an A-wing, to be precise). I love it when the Lego sets include multiple structures to build. I haven't yet taken it apart to rebuild; I'm just having fun displaying it and moving the little Star Wars Lego figures around.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 44 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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The Brick Fan

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

Overall, the Hoth Wampa Cave is a fairly decent set. It does have two exclusive minifigs of Luke and the Wampa but the size of the cave itself is rather small. The snowspeeder is a nice addition.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 36 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 64 / 100 by Brickdoctor

I really wanted to like this set, but it was just so lacking. TLG needs to revise that Snowspeeder, and soon. I probably would not have gotten it were it not for a discount. [...] I think the value of this set hinges almost entirely around the Wampa. If you want it, this is a decent set to pick up. If not, then it's an easy pass.

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