REVIEW: 60377 Explorer Diving Boat

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 60377 Explorer Diving Boat:

THE GOOD:

• New Marine animals, 3 of them are re-colour but looking good.
• Surprisingly good looking underwater location build.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• High price.

Originally have no plans to buy this to save money but Amazon AU was selling at 40 NZD, with a new sea turtle, recoloured baby turtle, hammerhead and sting ray, rather then wait for P&B for the animals, it might be cheaper to buy the set.  Turns out the animals are pretty good and the location for them is great too.  Love the use to the mop piece as sea weed.  Depending on how you display it, putting a diver and lock the hammerhead on a sea weed makes it look very lively.   The boat is very simple but still looks kinda cool in my opinion.  No stickers is a plus but obviously this set is targeting a younger demographic so you can't expect much in terms of building experience.  If you have other sets in the same save, the minifigures can be repetitive too. Now, will I buy this set without the discount, probably not with current cost of living crisis.  Without discount at $63NZD, it's really a bit too much even when I have the spare $$$.  So, if you able to find a good deal or clearance deal and you like collecting lego animals, this is something I would recommend.  Otherwise, it's probably just a bit too expensive compared to what you get.

[danth]

This is one of the few sets where I can defend the high price to parts ratio.

• No stickers + printed parts
• The boat looks really cool to me and I like the colors
• Obviously there's a large floating boat piece
• Multiple new animal molds

Are the 4 animals + boat piece worth over $10? Almost certainly. Worth $20? Arguably, if you're into boats and Lego animals.

Add that to the $20 you'd normally pay for a 180 piece set with 3 minifigs and you're in the $30-$40 dollar range.

This is why PPP is important. Even if you aren't getting a $.10 PPP, you can figure out if the higher PPP is worth it.

[Pchan1983]

On 9/2/2023 at 8:32 AM, danth said:

This is one of the few sets where I can defend the high price to parts ratio.

• No stickers + printed parts
• The boat looks really cool to me and I like the colors
• Obviously there's a large floating boat piece
• Multiple new animal molds

Are the 4 animals + boat piece worth over $10? Almost certainly. Worth $20? Arguably, if you're into boats and Lego animals.

Add that to the $20 you'd normally pay for a 180 piece set with 3 minifigs and you're in the $30-$40 dollar range.

This is why PPP is important. Even if you aren't getting a $.10 PPP, you can figure out if the higher PPP is worth it.

Actually, the boat piece is not really a floating piece, it's more like a base plate with the edges elevated.  I think it will sink if I load it with 10 minifigures

PPP is important if you want to justify cost of each piece but the reality is, even it may be good deal but the actual price you pay is still expensive.

[danth]

I finally snagged this set. Was hoping it would go on sale, but it never did in my neck of the woods.

It's just a good set. The boat shape is pleasing, the colors are great, no stickers, nice prints, lots of new animals.

Just having a nice set with no freaking stickers is worth the premium price. I'm totally pleased with it.

[The Reader]

I did get that set with 30% discount. But even for full prize it's a good deal. Very playable. It's a decent set, I have no critics.