Heavy-Haul Train gives much less than similar sets
Poor value
#100 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces
Heavy-Haul Train is motorized, and a good share of its $199.99 price goes into powered parts rather than bricks. That leaves about 35 pieces per $10, roughly half the 67 typical for a larger City set, and about a third of the usual minifigures per dollar, and it costs about 71% more than similar contents. Builders still rate it 4.1 of 5; buy it for the working train, not the value.
Motorized: motors and hubs cost a lot but add little plastic, so these measures undervalue it.
#100
Chart 1 · Among similar sets
Where it sits among 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces
Each stud is a similar set; this one is circled. Hover for the set.
15
Chart 2 · The score
How the 15 is built
Each measure against a typical similar set (the ink line), and the points it adds.
$81 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 $119. Each brick is $25.
$199.99
you pay
$119
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