Name: Thunder Driller
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8960-1
Rating: 86 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Recomended 75%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

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)

better

Average PPM for System in 2009 is 15.31. PPM for this set is 11.92, 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

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.6 / 5 → 92 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: yes 81 / 100 → 81 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 7.9 / 10 → 79 / 100

Unscored reviews

Just2Good

JANGBRiCKS

Eurobricks

Set information

Set ID: 8960-1
Name: Thunder Driller
Parts: 235
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 29.99
Inflation adjusted: 35.74

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

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 10.00
Inflation adjusted: 11.92

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.6 / 5 from 38 reviews

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 by paanjang16

Another gem from Lego. Just getting it for the planetary drill is worth it! This machine may not be the most offensive of all the Power Miners vehicle, lacking any claws, net launchers or dynamite launchers, but works wonderfully as a proper mining vehicle. This set loses some points due to the need for stickers where it could have been printed instead.

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Lugnet

Recommendation: yes 81 / 100 from 10 reviews

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: meh 7.9 / 10 from 1 review

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Eurobricks

by Dr Lucky

Aside from the colors, it is actually kind of neat. I hate to admit that. The drill mechanism is quite clever. When you roll the whole thing forward, the drill spins, but the other drill piece spins in the opposite direction. Essentially, when the machine is coming towards you, you see the light gray piece spinning counter-clockwise and the dark gray piece spinning clockwise. The headlights look pretty good too. Also, I like the new vented slope piece (you can see it in the fire crotch picture) but I wish I had them in black instead of lime green. Even these big wheels are neat, though I have little use for them in the long run.

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