Name: Manas
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8539-1
Rating: 75 (4 reviews)

Manas is LEGO set 8539-1. It has a score of 75. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 4 scored reviews and 4 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 28.26% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2001, and it is categorised in Bionicle.

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: no 7.2 / 10 → 72 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 66 / 100 → 66 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 8539-1
Name: Manas
Parts: 442

More sets:

2001 Bionicle Rahi

Statistics:

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.2 / 5 from 10 reviews

Purchased as a birthday present for grandson...he loved it!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 10 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: no 7.2 / 10 by -R8-

All in all, the Manas is a set that strikes a balance between both Technic and Bionicle, and could even serve as a segue for younger kids into the more complex world of Technic. On the other hand, it's a great retro addition to any Bionicle collector. Nowadays this set is actually uncommon - at the time of this posting there are less than 10 lots available on Bricklink, most of them over the MSRP. There are a few flaws, but none of them overwhelmingly degrading to the set.

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