Panda Sanctuary is good value for a Friends set

$29.99 MSRP 243 pieces 2 minifigures 2.7 / 5 from builders #40 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces 17 × 16 × 15 cm built
Panda Sanctuary box art
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73 of 100

Good value

#40 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces

Panda Sanctuary scores 73, good value among 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces. Its strongest point is contents per dollar, better than 74% of them, and its weakest is minifigures per $100 (67%).

#40

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

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

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73

Chart 2 · The score

How the 73 is built

Each bar is how the set ranks among similar sets; the ink line is typical (50).

Contents per dollarPlastic and pieces per dollar, with each minifigure counted as $2 of contents, compared with sets of a similar size
77 pcs/$10 · 124 plastic better than 74% +56 of 75
Minifigures per $1002 minifigures for the price
6.4 per $100 better than 67% +17 of 25

17

Quality · a separate score

How builders rate it

Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against sets of 200–999 pieces from every theme.

  1. 12.7out of 5 from 6 Brickset members
  2. 23.76after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 200–999 pieces (3.97), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 317out of 100: rated higher than 17% of sets of 200–999 pieces

$3 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 $33. Each brick is $5.

$29.99
you pay

$33
sets like it usually cost

See 42648-1 on Brickset How scores work