Cat Hotel is great value for a Friends set

$29.99 MSRP 445 pieces 2 minifigures 3.9 / 5 from builders #7 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces
Cat Hotel box art
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86 of 100

Great value

#7 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces

The Cat Hotel’s great-value score comes from its contents: about 134 pieces per $10 against a typical 78 and roughly 41% more plastic per dollar than a typical set, for $29.99. Figures and rating are about average for the group, and it costs around 25% less than similar contents (about $40), eighth of 136.

#7

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces

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

86

Chart 2 · The score

How the 86 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
144 vs 114 +33 of 35
Pieces per $10
134 vs 77 +29 of 30
Minifigures per $100
6.0 vs 5.1 +13 of 20
Builder rating
3.9 vs 3.7 +11 of 15

$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 41742-1 on Brickset How scores work