Name: Malum
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8979-1
Rating: 72 (5 reviews)

Malum is LEGO set 8979-1. It has a score of 72. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 1 reviews, based on 3 scored reviews and 5 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 19.87% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2009, and it is categorised in Bionicle.

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Recommendations

Avoid 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for Constraction in 2009 is 0.32. PPP for this set is 0.26, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as Constraction. 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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We do not currently know how the average price per minifig for this set compares to other sets.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as Constraction. 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 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: no 52 / 100 → 52 / 100

Unscored reviews

Eurobricks

BZPower

Set information

Set ID: 8979-1
Name: Malum
Parts: 59

Retail price (USD):
Original: 12.99
Inflation adjusted: 15.48

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.22
Inflation adjusted: 0.26

More sets:

2009 Bionicle Glatorian

Statistics:

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Other sites:

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Purchase:

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.4 / 5 from 21 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.8 / 5 from 12 reviews

I bought this for a gift to my niece. He likes it!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 12 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Lugnet

Recommendation: no 52 / 100 from 3 reviews

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Eurobricks

by Corvus

Overall I think Malum is an amazing set, and the pictures don't do him justice. Sure his shoulder plates get in the way every once in a while, but it's a lot less of a problem than you might think. The Thornax launcher is neat, and even the game counter has a use!

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BZPower

by Andrew

When it boils down to it, I do like Malum. He looks great when you pose him right. His colors are nice, with the bley and silver being subtle enough to not really notice. He's also got the whole elemental flair that we've been missing for a while, another plus. But he is $13 dollars and does reuse an old design (better than it originally was, though).

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