Police Prison Island is great value for a City set

$99.99 MSRP 980 pieces 7 minifigures 4.2 / 5 from builders #5 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces
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89 of 100

Great value

#5 of 106 City sets with 500–999 pieces

Police Prison Island earns its great-value verdict mostly through plastic per dollar, about 82% above a typical set and better than 97% of City sets with 500–999 pieces. It also gives 91 pieces per $10 against a typical 67, seven minifigures, and costs roughly $35 less than similar contents usually do, ranking fifth of 83.

#5

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.

89

Chart 2 · The score

How the 89 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
187 vs 124 +34 of 35
Pieces per $10
91 vs 62 +26 of 30
Minifigures per $100
6.5 vs 4.8 +17 of 20
Builder rating
4.2 vs 4.1 +12 of 15

$37 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 $137. Each brick is $25.

$99.99
you pay

$137
sets like it usually cost

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