Heartlake City Café is great value for a Friends set

$29.99 MSRP 426 pieces 3 minifigures 4.0 / 5 from builders #2 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces
Heartlake City Café box art
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94 of 100

Great value

#2 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces

Second of 136 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces, the café is great value at $29.99. It gives about 132 pieces per $10 against a typical 78 and roughly 56% more plastic per dollar than a typical set, with three figures, a 4.0 rating, and a price about 31% below what similar contents usually cost (around $44).

#2

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.

94

Chart 2 · The score

How the 94 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
160 vs 114 +34 of 35
Pieces per $10
132 vs 77 +29 of 30
Minifigures per $100
9.3 vs 5.1 +18 of 20
Builder rating
4.0 vs 3.7 +12 of 15

$14 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 $44. Each brick is $5.

$29.99
you pay

$44
sets like it usually cost

See 42618-1 on Brickset How scores work