Name: Gelu
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 8988-1
Rating: 74 (5 reviews)

Gelu is LEGO set 8988-1. It has a score of 74. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 2 reviews, based on 4 scored reviews and 5 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 25.45% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2009, and it is categorised in Bionicle.

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Recommendations

Recomended 50%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

better

Average PPP for Constraction in 2009 is 0.32. PPP for this set is 0.3, 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

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.3 / 5 → 86 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 6.6 / 10 → 66 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: no 55 / 100 → 55 / 100

Unscored reviews

BZPower

Set information

Set ID: 8988-1
Name: Gelu
Parts: 52

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

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.25
Inflation adjusted: 0.3

More sets:

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 by WriteMakesRight

The design screams fast, powerful and cold; which is exactly what you would want in an set meant to depict a mechanized gladiator lifeform from the frozen north. I had no qualms purchasing it, and can't wait to test his mettle against the scientific hordes of Ice Planet 2002.

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.3 / 5 from 11 reviews

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: meh 6.6 / 10 from 1 review

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Lugnet

Recommendation: no 55 / 100 from 1 review

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BZPower

by Andrew

He's too boring to be a bad set. He's just there. There are things to like about him, certainly. But his overwhelming mediocrity just doesn't have a whole lot going for it. Pick him up if you are a completionist, like his role in the story, or missed out on the Toa Inika, or love the Inika style build. Otherwise, get Mata Nui. That's an awesome set.

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