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"With a BrickScore of 78, the Mining Experts Site earns a confident buy recommendation — it's a genuinely fun, cohesive playset packed with interactive mechanical features, novel parts, and strong replay value, held back only by a handful of minor engineering quirks."
Reviewers broadly agree that the Mining Experts Site (60188) is a well-engineered, play-focused City set that delivers on its premise. The integrated mine structure, exploding rock face, hidden Technic gear train in the grinder, and functional ore-dumping system are consistently praised as highlights. Both expert reviewers recommend a buy, while owner reviews are uniformly enthusiastic, citing the fun build experience and lasting play appeal. Minor mechanical niggles and some overly simple sub-builds temper an otherwise strong showing.
Where they split: No major disagreements — both expert reviewers (JANG and Brick Fanatics) landed at the same verdict score and both recommend buying. Owner reviews skew higher on value than the experts, with some rating value for money at 60/100 while others gave it a perfect score, suggesting mild price sensitivity among buyers.
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"a proper plays set that even in just preparing to do this review got me wishing I was a kid again cuz there's a lot of fun stuff to play with here for a long time"
JANG's LEGO Reviews
"It is the first time that this design of truck body has been available in red, which is nice as it fits in with the colour scheme of the other vehicles."
Brick Fanatics"a proper plays set that even in just preparing to do this review got me wishing I was a kid again cuz there's a lot of fun stuff to play with here for a long time"
"It is the first time that this design of truck body has been available in red, which is nice as it fits in with the colour scheme of the other vehicles."
Walmart5.0
LEGO.com4.8
