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8709-1 Underground Mining Station

8709-1

Underground Mining Station

Underground Mining Station is LEGO set 8709-1. It has a score of 77. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 3 scored reviews and 4 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 35.22% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2009, and it is categorised in Power Miners.

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Average rating

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We calculate the average rating when we've found two or more scored reviews. This set is average compared to all other sets. Read more about the ratings distribution chart here.

Recommendations

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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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Average PPP for System in 2009 is 0.16. 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 2009 is 15.31. PPM for this set is 23.83, 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

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 70 / 100 → 70 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 8709-1
Name: Underground Mining Station
Parts: 637
Minifigs: 4

Retail price (USD):
Original: 79.99
Inflation adjusted: 95.32

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

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 20.00
Inflation adjusted: 23.83

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Brickset

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Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 from 5 reviews

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Eurobricks

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Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by ReZourceman

Its nicely built, fairly sturdy, certainly looks impressive and industrial, and the contraption is great! Flick missiles are of course, fail but other than that its a great set.

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Lugnet

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Recommendation: meh 70 / 100 from 1 review

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