The Botanical Garden is about typical value for its size

$329.99 MSRP 3,792 pieces 12 minifigures 4.4 / 5 from builders #29 of 51 Ideas sets with 1,000+ pieces 51 × 25 × 22 cm built
The Botanical Garden box art
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44 of 100

Average

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

The Botanical Garden scores 44, average among 51 Ideas sets with 1,000+ pieces. Its strongest point is built size per dollar, better than 47% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (43%).

#29

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.

44

Chart 2 · The score

How the 44 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
113 pcs/$10 · 125 plastic better than 43% +32 of 75
Built size per dollarHow big the finished model is, compared with display sets at a similar price
51 cm long better than 47% +12 of 25

70

Quality · a separate score

How builders rate it

Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against display sets of 1,000+ pieces from every theme.

  1. 14.4out of 5 from 96 Brickset members
  2. 24.38after adding 30 ratings at the average for display sets of 1,000+ pieces (4.33), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 370out of 100: rated higher than 70% of display sets of 1,000+ pieces

$47 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 $377. Each brick is $100.

$329.99
you pay

$377
sets like it usually cost

See 21353-1 on Brickset How scores work