Darth Vader Bust gives much less than similar sets

$49.99 MSRP 349 pieces 1 minifigure 3.8 / 5 from builders #132 of 155 Star Wars sets with 200–499 pieces 18 × 14 × 9 cm built Has display stand
Darth Vader Bust box art
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21 of 100

Poor value

#132 of 155 Star Wars sets with 200–499 pieces

Darth Vader Bust scores 21, poor value among 155 Star Wars sets with 200–499 pieces. Its strongest point is contents per dollar, better than 27% of them, and its weakest is minifigures per $100 (4%).

#132

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 155 Star Wars sets with 200–499 pieces

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21

Chart 2 · The score

How the 21 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
69 pcs/$10 · 86 plastic better than 27% +20 of 75
Minifigures per $1001 minifigure for the price
2.0 per $100 better than 4% +1 of 25

43

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. 13.8out of 5 from 16 Brickset members
  2. 23.91after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 200–999 pieces (3.97), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 343out of 100: rated higher than 43% of sets of 200–999 pieces

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Chart 3 · The price

Is the price fair for what’s in the box?

Sets with its pieces, plastic and minifigures usually cost about $49. Each brick is $5.

$49.99
you pay

$49
sets like it usually cost

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