Mobile Crane is good value for a Technic set

$99.99 MSRP 1,292 pieces 0 minifigures 3.9 / 5 from builders #21 of 81 Technic sets with 1,000+ pieces
Mobile Crane box art
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71 of 100

Good value

#21 of 81 Technic sets with 1,000+ pieces

Good value on contents: this mobile crane gives roughly a third more plastic per dollar than is typical for big Technic sets and about 99 pieces per $10 against a usual 77. Builders are less keen, rating it 3.9 of 5, below most of its group, which keeps it at 19th of 66.

#21

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 81 Technic sets with 1,000+ pieces

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

71

Chart 2 · The score

How the 71 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
140 vs 102 +38 of 35
Pieces per $10
99 vs 72 +31 of 30
Minifigures per $100
0.0 not counted
Builder rating
3.9 vs 4.2 +2 of 15

$6 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 $106. Each brick is $25.

$99.99
you pay

$106
sets like it usually cost

See 42108-1 on Brickset How scores work