Name: Excavator
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8294-1
Rating: 79 (3 reviews)

Excavator is LEGO set 8294-1. It has a score of 79. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 1 reviews, based on 3 scored reviews and 3 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 45.85% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2008, and it is categorised in Technic.

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Recommendations

Indifference 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for Technic in 2008 is 0.11. PPP for this set is 0.09, 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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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 80 / 100 → 80 / 100

BricktasticBlog Recommendation: meh 40 / 50 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 8294-1
Name: Excavator
Parts: 720

Retail price (USD):
Original: 59.99
Inflation adjusted: 71.23

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.08
Inflation adjusted: 0.09

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Lugnet

Recommendation: yes 80 / 100 from 17 reviews

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BricktasticBlog

Recommendation: meh 40 / 50 by John

I couldn't find an RRP for any Australian releases online, so I'm assuming that it wasn't available here, but I'm going on an approximate price of around $60. I'm sure it would have been more. Used sets are still going for around the same price as when it was released, but a new set will set you back almost $200. Not sure if it's worth it, as excavators aren't anything new to LEGO. Because of this, collectibility is purely based on the Pokemon-esque style of gotta have them all!

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