Name: River Heist
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8968-1
Rating: 81 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 83%

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 0.12, 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 7.94, 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: yes 47 / 50 → 94 / 100

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

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 67 / 100 → 67 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

Set information

Set ID: 8968-1
Name: River Heist
Parts: 203
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 23.82

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.12

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 6.66
Inflation adjusted: 7.94

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 47 / 50 by TheBrickDaddy

I was pleasantly surprised with this set. I thought it would be sort of typical for an Agents set, but it is very unique! The figs are great, and the airboat has great... ummm... 'zoomability?' Don't know the word for non-spacecraft... Anyways, this looks like the best-valued Agents 2.0 set for the money, and would recommend it to any Lego fan.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.3 / 5 from 8 reviews

...at least until 10 minutes after he put it together and then took it apart and it merged with the other 75,000 Legos he had. But hey, he would have only had 74797 legos without it. If you bothered to do the math I salute you. The reason I gave it 4 stars is because it was a bit expensive, as all Legos are.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 8 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by Natman8000

This set is fun. There are so many possibilities to do with it, and ways to mod it. I would recomend this to most, but only if you are buying this for a 'for fun' set. Besides the cool figs and parts, things are pretty shallow.

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by Luke McAwesome

The set is great if you have spare money or if you like Agents; it's an okay set. LEGO could have had the villains steal a bit more than just $300.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 11 reviews

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Lugnet

Recommendation: meh 67 / 100 from 6 reviews

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Eurobricks

by Grimmy

We had fun building this set. Well my niece built most, I gathered the parts list, and helped with the technic elements. I really liked the minifigs in this set! They are way kool! I never had minifigs like this as a kid. Some people love the old stuff, I can't seem to take apart all this new stuff we build. Great designs.

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