Research Institute is good value for a Ideas set
Good value
#3 of 10 Ideas sets under 500 pieces
Research Institute scores 63, good value among 10 Ideas sets under 500 pieces. Its strongest point is minifigures per $100, better than 85% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (55%).
#3
Chart 1 · Among similar sets
Where it sits among 10 Ideas sets under 500 pieces
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63
Chart 2 · The score
How the 63 is built
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
58 pcs/$10 · 43 plastic better than 55%
+41 of 75
Minifigures per $1003 minifigures for the price
10.5 per $100 better than 85%
+21 of 25
85
Quality · a separate score
How builders rate it
Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against sets under 200 pieces from every theme.
- 13.9out of 5 from 182 Brickset members
- 23.88after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets under 200 pieces (3.73), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
- 385out of 100: rated higher than 85% of sets under 200 pieces
$6 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 $14. Each brick is $5.
$19.99
you pay
$14
sets like it usually cost