Music Shop & Apartment is great value for a Friends set

$49.99 MSRP 483 pieces 3 minifigures 4.7 / 5 from builders #22 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces
Music Shop & Apartment box art
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76 of 100

Great value

#22 of 159 Friends sets with 200–499 pieces

Builders rate this music shop 4.7 of 5, the highest in its group, though from only seven ratings. The rest is solidly good value: about 92 pieces per $10 against a typical 78, slightly more plastic per dollar than usual, and a $49.99 price in line with similar contents.

#22

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.

76

Chart 2 · The score

How the 76 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
121 vs 114 +23 of 35
Pieces per $10
92 vs 77 +26 of 30
Minifigures per $100
5.7 vs 5.1 +12 of 20
Builder rating
4.7 vs 3.7 +15 of 15

$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 $53. Each brick is $5.

$49.99
you pay

$53
sets like it usually cost

See 42653-1 on Brickset How scores work