Customer Reviews

LEGO Power Miners Granite Grinder (8958)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
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I'm still not quite sure what is more fun for the boys with these Rock Miner series - the actual truck or the adorable (don't tell them that!) little rock monsters that come with them! We have quite the collection of these little dudes and all the boys HAVE to have them! This one in particular is very detail-oriented, scoops up the crystals and actually helps to dump them into the trucks before the rock monsters can eat them. Love the story on this set too - you have to watch them on lego.com. Great, great set, VERY loved in this house, tons of playtime too. Highly, highly recommend!

I got this for my 7 year old grandson. He loved the challenge of following the directions, and creating something fun.

It is a great toy to play with! My brother and I always play with it. If you are looking for good legos this is one of the best! I defenatly recomend it!

I collect, and put together, Lego sets as a hobby.

I liked this set because it was kind of challenging. It also had features that I did not expect... in order to operate the grinder, it had a pulley system instead of a gear system.

I would have liked it better if it were a larger set. 10 years ago, the Granite Grinder was an enormous set. In this version, everything was scaled down quite a bit.

The mini figures are very cool. The vehicle is impressive too. Don't throw away the rubber band that comes with it. A good buy for the money.LEGO Granite Grinder

I am a 8 year old I have to say this is one fun LEGO SET!!! It came with an axe dinomite a chainsaw and 2 gas tanks. this dose not come apart but the little light dose. I like the the blue rock monster and its crystal.It can hold everthing besides the dinomite. and last it was 10$.

Pros:

Interesting set up for the small size, with movable parts and 2 guys (one blue rock monster). Good detail with included stickers. The Miner has a reversable happy/angry face.

Cons: Some of the parts will easily get lost (a rubber band?), mining bucket not actually attached to the vehicle.

Summary: Challenging enough to provide a fun build, the characters and items lend to fun playing afterward.

Not every lego set was as build-able for my son as this one. He loves the blue rock monster.

The granite grinder is kind of an odd piece. It's almost like they had extra parts sitting around and needed to make just one more.

Anyway, the build is pretty easy. I'm an Adult Fan of Legos :) and it took me about an hour as I recall. No particularly difficult areas. The main model is also pretty stable once built. The "pull behind carrier", on the other hand, is just begging to be lost.

This is a cool set, from a cool theme. Definitely a buy. However, I have never been fond of the use of rubber band in LEGO; it's not durable and is pretty lame. Shouldn't stop anyone from buying, though.