Natural History Museum is great value for a Icons set

$299.99 MSRP 4,014 pieces 9 minifigures 4.2 / 5 from builders #5 of 106 Icons sets with 1,000+ pieces
Natural History Museum box art
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Great value

#5 of 106 Icons sets with 1,000+ pieces

The Natural History Museum has more plastic per dollar than almost any big Icons set, about 34% above the norm, plus about 125 pieces per $10 against a typical 97. Nine minifigures and a typical 4.2 rating round it out, and at $299.99 it costs roughly 31% less than its contents would usually sell for, around $434.

#5

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 106 Icons sets with 1,000+ pieces

Each stud is a similar set; this one is circled. Hover for the set.

82

Chart 2 · The score

How the 82 is built

Each measure against a typical similar set (the ink line), and the points it adds.

Plastic per dollar
174 vs 130 +34 of 35
Pieces per $10
125 vs 97 +26 of 30
Minifigures per $100
2.8 vs 1.1 +15 of 20
Builder rating
4.2 vs 4.2 +7 of 15

$137 less

Chart 3 · The price

Is the price fair for what’s in the box?

Sets with its pieces, plastic and minifigures usually cost about $437. Each brick is $100.

$299.99
you pay

$437
sets like it usually cost

See 10326-1 on Brickset How scores work