Fire Station and Fire Engine gives much less than similar sets
Poor value
#173 of 199 City sets under 200 pieces
Fire Station and Fire Engine scores 18, poor value among 199 City sets under 200 pieces. Its strongest point is minifigures per $100, better than 21% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (17%).
#173
Chart 1 · Among similar sets
Where it sits among 199 City sets under 200 pieces
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18
Chart 2 · The score
How the 18 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
36 pcs/$10 · 105 plastic better than 17%
+13 of 75
Minifigures per $1003 minifigures for the price
7.0 per $100 better than 21%
+5 of 25
66
Quality · a separate score
How builders rate it
Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against sets under 200 pieces from every theme.
- 13.8out of 5 from 13 Brickset members
- 23.75after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets under 200 pieces (3.73), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
- 366out of 100: rated higher than 66% of sets under 200 pieces
$4 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 $36. Each brick is $5.
$39.99
you pay
$36
sets like it usually cost