Fire Station with Fire Truck is great value for a City set

$79.99 MSRP 843 pieces 5 minifigures 3.8 / 5 from builders #8 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces
Fire Station with Fire Truck box art
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79 of 100

Great value

#8 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces

Few City sets with 500–999 pieces match this fire station for plastic per dollar, about 93% above a typical set and better than 99% of its group, and it gives 98 pieces per $10 against a typical 67. Builders are lukewarm (3.8 of 5, below most of its group), but at $79.99 it costs about $34 less than similar contents usually do.

#8

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.

79

Chart 2 · The score

How the 79 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
198 vs 124 +35 of 35
Pieces per $10
98 vs 62 +28 of 30
Minifigures per $100
5.8 vs 4.8 +14 of 20
Builder rating
3.8 vs 4.1 +2 of 15

$36 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 $116. Each brick is $25.

$79.99
you pay

$116
sets like it usually cost

See 60414-1 on Brickset How scores work