Volvo FMX Truck & EC230 Electric Excavator is great value for a Technic set

$199.99 MSRP 2,274 pieces 0 minifigures 4.2 / 5 from builders #7 of 81 Technic sets with 1,000+ pieces
Volvo FMX Truck & EC230 Electric Excavator box art
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85 of 100

Great value

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

Two licensed Volvo machines in one box, and great value at $199.99: about 106 pieces per $10 against a typical 77 for big Technic sets and roughly 39% more plastic per dollar than the group norm. Its 4.2 of 5 rating from 23 builders is right on the group average, leaving it seventh of 66.

#7

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.

85

Chart 2 · The score

How the 85 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
146 vs 102 +40 of 35
Pieces per $10
106 vs 72 +35 of 30
Minifigures per $100
0.0 not counted
Builder rating
4.2 vs 4.2 +10 of 15

$8 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 $208. Each brick is $25.

$199.99
you pay

$208
sets like it usually cost

See 42175-1 on Brickset How scores work