Name: Granite Grinder
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8958-1
Rating: 84 (8 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2009 is 0.16. PPP for this set is 0.13, 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 5.96, 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.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 → 100 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8.7 / 10 → 87 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

From Bricks To Bothans Recommendation: meh 7.7 / 10 → 77 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 67 / 100 → 67 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 8958-1
Name: Granite Grinder
Parts: 94
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 9.99
Inflation adjusted: 11.9

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.11
Inflation adjusted: 0.13

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 5.00
Inflation adjusted: 5.96

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 10 / 10 by GIR 3691

I'd definitely recommend picking this up as a test of the new theme. If you don't like it, you still get plenty of neat pieces.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 4.5 / 5 by The Cobra

As a 10 bucks set, it's compact without being cozy, it looks good thanks also to the stickers, it has an opening "cockpit" thanks to the hinged roll-bar, it comes with not so few accessories, some of which are vehicle add-ons like those white gas tanks (I guess that's what they are) and the 2x2 round headlight. But the heart of this set is the grinding mechanism. I first thought "what is a rubber band supposed to do there?", then I found out and I though "ingenious". Kids will love how the "double pronged jackhammer" moves when the treads roll.

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