Name: The Swamp Creature
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 9461-1
Rating: 70 (5 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.11, 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 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 3.9, 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

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.7 / 5 → 74 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 65 / 100 → 65 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: no 6.4 / 10 → 64 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 9461-1
Name: The Swamp Creature
Parts: 70
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 6.99
Inflation adjusted: 7.78

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.11

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 3.50
Inflation adjusted: 3.9

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2012 Monster Fighters

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.9 / 5 from 100 reviews

This set contains a lot for $6.99. First, you have the "Swamp Vehicle", something like a miniature catamaran without its sail. It is piloted by a "rocker man", Frank Rock. I do have to say that I would have expected Frank Rock to come in something resembling swamp-camo gear (or else how can he discreetly capture the moonstone)? Second, you have the Swamp Creature (bearing resemblance to the Creature from the Black Lagoon) and its tiny island. The island could have been designed to be more than a holder for the moonstone. In my personal opinion, the swamp creature is the best part of the set because of its unique headgear. This is the first set I've bought that costs under $9.99 and based on its contents, I think that you'll definitely be satisfied with it.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 100 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.7 / 5 from 11 reviews

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Lugnet

Recommendation: meh 65 / 100 from 1 review

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: no 6.4 / 10 from 3 reviews

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The Brothers Brick

by Chris

All in all, it's a fun little set, but with Jack and the green crystal included in other sets in the Monster Fighters line, the Swamp Creature is the only thing really unique to this set.

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