Police Training Academy is good value for a City set

$99.99 MSRP 823 pieces 6 minifigures 4.3 / 5 from builders #17 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces
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74 of 100

Good value

#17 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces

Nothing here is far from typical, but most of it leans the right way: 74 pieces per $10 against 67 for City sets with 500–999 pieces, slightly more plastic per dollar than its group, and six minifigures for $99.99. A 4.3 of 5 rating from 21 builders lifts it into good value, and the price is close to what similar contents usually cost.

#17

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.

74

Chart 2 · The score

How the 74 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
140 vs 124 +26 of 35
Pieces per $10
74 vs 62 +22 of 30
Minifigures per $100
5.4 vs 4.8 +13 of 20
Builder rating
4.3 vs 4.1 +14 of 15

$8 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 $108. Each brick is $25.

$99.99
you pay

$108
sets like it usually cost

See 60372-1 on Brickset How scores work