Name: Starter Set
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 9579-1
Rating: 69 (2 reviews)

Starter Set is LEGO set 9579-1. It has a score of 69. This is bad compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 2 scored reviews and 2 reviews total. It is ranked in the bottom 11.7% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2012, and it is categorised in Ninjago.

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We calculate the average rating when we've found two or more scored reviews. This set is bad compared to all other sets. Read more about the ratings distribution chart here.

Recommendations

Avoid 100%

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)

worse

Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. PPP for this set is 0.36, which is worse.

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)

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Average PPM for System in 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 11.14, 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: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.4 / 5 → 68 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 9579-1
Name: Starter Set
Parts: 62
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 19.99
Inflation adjusted: 22.26

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.32
Inflation adjusted: 0.36

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 10.00
Inflation adjusted: 11.14

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Brickset

Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 from 2 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.4 / 5 from 23 reviews

My son adores this. He has gotten really good at spinning :) I love hearing him chatting to himself as he arranges battles. The price seems really high ($27) for what's a simple toy but I suspect it's artificially high since I've heard Lego is discontinuing these. Sigh.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 23 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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