Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator gives much less than similar sets
Poor value
#70 of 81 Technic sets with 1,000+ pieces
Much of this licensed Volvo excavator’s $429.99 price goes into motors and hubs rather than pieces, so it scores poorly: about 52 pieces per $10 against a typical 77 for big Technic sets and roughly 31% less plastic per dollar. At about twice what similar contents usually cost ($215), it’s one to buy for the motors, not the value.
Motorized: motors and hubs cost a lot but add little plastic, so these measures undervalue it.
#70
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.
21
Chart 2 · The score
How the 21 is built
Each measure against a typical similar set (the ink line), and the points it adds.
$211 more
Chart 3 · The price
Is the price fair for what’s in the box?
Sets with its pieces, plastic and minifigures usually cost about $219. Each brick is $100.
$429.99
you pay
$219
sets like it usually cost
Motors and hubs explain much of the gap.
- Motorized: motors cost a lot but weigh little, so it scores low