Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night is good value for a Ideas set

$169.99 MSRP 2,316 pieces 1 minifigure 4.5 / 5 from builders #9 of 51 Ideas sets with 1,000+ pieces
Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night box art
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73 of 100

Good value

#9 of 51 Ideas sets with 1,000+ pieces

The Starry Night has about 43% more plastic per dollar than a typical big Ideas set and about 118 pieces per $10 against 99, with a 4.5 rating from 328 builders. Its single minifigure is below the usual rate, but at $169.99 it costs roughly 18% less than its contents would usually sell for.

#9

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 51 Ideas sets with 1,000+ pieces

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

73

Chart 2 · The score

How the 73 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
171 vs 120 +31 of 35
Pieces per $10
118 vs 99 +22 of 30
Minifigures per $100
0.5 vs 1.9 +8 of 20
Builder rating
4.5 vs 4.4 +12 of 15

$39 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 $209. Each brick is $25.

$169.99
you pay

$209
sets like it usually cost

See 21333-1 on Brickset How scores work