The Ruined Portal is great value for a Minecraft set

$29.99 MSRP 316 pieces 2 minifigures 3.8 / 5 from builders #13 of 71 Minecraft sets with 200–499 pieces 21 × 15 × 13 cm built
The Ruined Portal box art
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77 of 100

Great value

#13 of 71 Minecraft sets with 200–499 pieces

The Ruined Portal scores 77, great value among 71 Minecraft sets with 200–499 pieces. Its strongest point is contents per dollar, better than 91% of them, and its weakest is minifigures per $100 (37%).

#13

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 71 Minecraft sets with 200–499 pieces

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

77

Chart 2 · The score

How the 77 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
98 pcs/$10 · 185 plastic better than 91% +68 of 75
Minifigures per $1002 minifigures for the price
6.2 per $100 better than 37% +9 of 25

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Quality · a separate score

How builders rate it

Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against sets of 200–999 pieces from every theme.

  1. 13.8out of 5 from 99 Brickset members
  2. 23.84after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 200–999 pieces (3.97), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 330out of 100: rated higher than 30% of sets of 200–999 pieces

$10 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 $40. Each brick is $5.

$29.99
you pay

$40
sets like it usually cost

See 21172-1 on Brickset How scores work