Name: Mine Mech
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8957-1
Rating: 79 (8 reviews)

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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)

better

Average PPP for System in 2009 is 0.16. PPP for this set is 0.14, 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)

better

Average PPM for System in 2009 is 15.31. PPM for this set is 4.77, 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.

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

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 32 / 40 → 80 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 66 / 100 → 66 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

Just2Good

Set information

Set ID: 8957-1
Name: Mine Mech
Parts: 67
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 7.99
Inflation adjusted: 9.52

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.14

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 4.00
Inflation adjusted: 4.77

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 by penguinz

At first I thought Power Miners was a total failure. I am now convinced that it may be one of the best themes this year. The lime green, orange, black, and dark gray color scheme works nice and does not clash. Even though the rock monsters may be small and cute I still think that they fit the part. The Mine Mech functions perfectly and can be set in a variety of poses. Overall I recommend you to try at least one of the Power Miner sets, this one especially. They are cheap and offer a great selection of pieces.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 32 / 40 by VBBN

Overall, I think this is okay. It definatly doesn't compare to Exo-Force in my opinion, but it does have an interesting color scheme and selection of parts, plus the figs are just great. Somewhat recommended to casual fans.

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