Thunder Raider is good value for a Ninjago set

$49.99 MSRP 576 pieces 5 minifigures 4.2 / 5 from builders #18 of 74 Ninjago sets with 500–999 pieces 16 × 15 × 14 cm built
Thunder Raider box art
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73 of 100

Good value

#18 of 74 Ninjago sets with 500–999 pieces

Thunder Raider scores 73, good value among 74 Ninjago sets with 500–999 pieces. Its strongest point is minifigures per $100, better than 82% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (70%).

#18

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 74 Ninjago sets with 500–999 pieces

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73

Chart 2 · The score

How the 73 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
88 pcs/$10 · 110 plastic better than 70% +53 of 75
Minifigures per $1005 minifigures for the price
7.7 per $100 better than 82% +21 of 25

88

Quality · a separate score

How builders rate it

Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against sets of 200–999 pieces from every theme.

  1. 14.2out of 5 from 87 Brickset members
  2. 24.14after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 200–999 pieces (3.97), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 388out of 100: rated higher than 88% of sets of 200–999 pieces

$3 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 $53. Each brick is $5.

$49.99
you pay

$53
sets like it usually cost

See 71699-1 on Brickset How scores work