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Mini Bonsai Trees gives much less than similar sets

$64.99 MSRP 709 pieces 0 minifigures 3.7 / 5 from builders #10 of 10 Botanicals sets with 500+ pieces 19 × 14 × 10 cm built Has display stand
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18 of 100

Poor value

#10 of 10 Botanicals sets with 500+ pieces

Mini Bonsai Trees scores 18, poor value among 10 Botanicals sets with 500+ pieces. Its strongest point is built size per dollar, better than 25% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (15%).

#10

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 10 Botanicals sets with 500+ pieces

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18

Chart 2 · The score

How the 18 is built

A display set, so built size counts instead of minifigures. Each bar is how the set ranks among similar sets; the ink line is typical (50).

Contents per dollarPlastic and pieces per dollar, with each minifigure counted as $2 of contents, compared with sets of a similar size
104 pcs/$10 · 78 plastic better than 15% +11 of 75
Built size per dollarHow big the finished model is, compared with display sets at a similar price
19 cm long better than 25% +6 of 25

10

Quality · a separate score

How builders rate it

Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against display sets of 500–999 pieces from every theme.

  1. 13.7out of 5 from 24 Brickset members
  2. 23.94after adding 30 ratings at the average for display sets of 500–999 pieces (4.12), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 310out of 100: rated higher than 10% of display sets of 500–999 pieces

$11 more

Chart 3 · The price

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

Sets with its pieces, plastic and minifigures usually cost about $54. Each brick is $25.

$64.99
you pay

$54
sets like it usually cost

See 10373-1 on Brickset How scores work