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8870-1 Light Set

8870-1

Light Set

Light Set is LEGO set 8870-1. It has a score of 82. 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 top 41.77% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2009, and it is categorised in Power Functions.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.65 / 5 → 93 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 74 / 100 → 74 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 8870-1
Name: Light Set
Parts: 1

Retail price (USD):
Original: 6.49
Inflation adjusted: 7.73

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Recommendation: meh 4.65 / 5 from 37 reviews

I bought it to light up one of my cars with headlights. It worked perfectly and is really good in the dark at night. I need to get some hair bands to hold it together to not let the wires loose but still EXCELLENT! It could also be used for tail lights just like when you hit the brakes on a real car. All you need to do is add the see through 1x1 red circle brick to make it red and hook it up to the IR Reciever. Perfect, small, lightweight, fits in holes of the bricks with pin holes in them.

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amazon.com

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Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 from 47 reviews

Works wonderfully. After watching a youtube video (put out by a private individual, not lego), I was able to easily add this light set to my 60051 lego passenger train set. Now, with one dial on the remote that comes with the 60051 train, I can turn on, increase and decrease the brightness on the lights on the train. Still have the other remote dial to turn on the train and increase and decrease the speed. LOVE IT!!

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Brickset

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Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 2 reviews

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Lugnet

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Recommendation: meh 74 / 100 from 4 reviews

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