Arctic Helicrane gives much less than similar sets

$39.99 MSRP 262 pieces 2 minifigures 3.9 / 5 from builders #210 of 213 City sets with 200–499 pieces 36 × 31 × 17 cm built
Arctic Helicrane box art
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4 of 100

Poor value

#210 of 213 City sets with 200–499 pieces

Arctic Helicrane scores 4, poor value among 213 City sets with 200–499 pieces. Its strongest point is minifigures per $100, better than 5% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (4%).

#210

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 213 City sets with 200–499 pieces

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Chart 2 · The score

How the 4 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
46 pcs/$10 · 74 plastic better than 4% +3 of 75
Minifigures per $1002 minifigures for the price
3.5 per $100 better than 5% +1 of 25

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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. 13.9out of 5 from 254 Brickset members
  2. 23.91after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 200–999 pieces (3.97), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 341out of 100: rated higher than 41% of sets of 200–999 pieces

$13 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 $27. Each brick is $5.

$39.99
you pay

$27
sets like it usually cost

See 60034-1 on Brickset How scores work