Technic 40 Year Anniversary Model — C- · The Brick Drop Score
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The Drop Score
Technic 40 Year Anniversary Model
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A 40th anniversary set that scores a C- tells you more about Technic's ambitions than its execution — 573 pieces of build time that doesn't quite translate into something worth keeping on a shelf.
Is the price fair?DN/A — this one was a promotional freebie, so the math doesn't apply.
Will you love it?D+The build is the best part; everything after that is a letdown.
Holds its value?C-A D+ on value retention says skip it as an investment — commemorative doesn't equal collectible here.
True ValueD
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Price
$38
Parts value
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What you get
Plain bricks
$1
Functional piecescalc
$37
The Full Take
Forty years of Technic deserved a statement piece, and this isn't quite it. The build itself is the strongest thing here — 7.2 out of 10 for the experience, which means the time spent constructing it has some real satisfaction. But once it's done, 'what you get' scores a 4.0, which is brutal honesty from the data: the finished model doesn't command a shelf the way you'd want a commemorative set to. No minifigs, no iconic throwback vehicle, and a display presence that feels more like a prototype than a trophy. A C- overall lands exactly where it should — a set that briefly excites and then quietly disappoints.
