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8480-1 Space Shuttle

8480-1

Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle is LEGO set 8480-1. It has a score of 96. This is good compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 3 reviews, based on 3 scored reviews and 4 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 1.23% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 1996, and it is categorised in Technic.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

Recomended 100%

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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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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.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

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

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 95 / 100 → 95 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.6 / 5 → 92 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 8480-1
Name: Space Shuttle
Parts: 1368

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The LEGO Car Blog

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

Whatever you do with it, you'll be impressed. Not only does it do plenty of impressive stuff, but it looks good doing it. A strong contender for the best Technic set ever.

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Lugnet

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Recommendation: yes 95 / 100 from 167 reviews

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Brickset

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Recommendation: yes 4.6 / 5 from 8 reviews

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Brickset News

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by FlagsNZ

Overall, I am impressed with the accuracy of the Space Shuttle and will cherish this set as one of the iconic 1990s LEGO Technic sets.

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