Name: Tow Truck
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8285-1
Rating: 77 (4 reviews)

Tow Truck is LEGO set 8285-1. It has a score of 77. 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 bottom 37.1% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2006, and it is categorised in Technic.

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Recommendations

Recomended 50%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for Technic in 2006 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.08, which is better.

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

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 87 / 100 → 87 / 100

BricktasticBlog Recommendation: meh 42 / 50 → 84 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 2.4 / 5 → 48 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 8285-1
Name: Tow Truck
Parts: 1877

Retail price (USD):
Original: 119.99
Inflation adjusted: 152.16

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.06
Inflation adjusted: 0.08

More sets:

2006 Technic

Statistics:

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 from 12 reviews

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Lugnet

Recommendation: yes 87 / 100 from 25 reviews

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BricktasticBlog

Recommendation: meh 42 / 50 by John

This is a very highly sought after set, that will fetch a pretty high price on the secondary markets. Because of this, value for money will be pretty low, but you've got to think about what set it is you're buying.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 2.4 / 5 from 5 reviews

The Lego Tow Truck was the best Lego set I have bought and put together. The Tow Truck works beyond what I thought it would. I would recommend the Tow Truck to any who likes a challenge.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 5 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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