The Shrieking Shack & Whomping Willow is about typical value for its size

$89.99 MSRP 777 pieces 7 minifigures 4.0 / 5 from builders #29 of 45 Harry Potter sets with 500–999 pieces 24 × 14 × 10 cm built
The Shrieking Shack & Whomping Willow box art
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42 of 100

Average

#29 of 45 Harry Potter sets with 500–999 pieces

The Shrieking Shack & Whomping Willow scores 42, average among 45 Harry Potter sets with 500–999 pieces. Its strongest point is minifigures per $100, better than 79% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (30%).

#29

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 45 Harry Potter sets with 500–999 pieces

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42

Chart 2 · The score

How the 42 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
80 pcs/$10 · 94 plastic better than 30% +23 of 75
Minifigures per $1007 minifigures for the price
7.2 per $100 better than 79% +20 of 25

64

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. 14.0out of 5 from 167 Brickset members
  2. 24.00after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 200–999 pieces (3.97), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 364out of 100: rated higher than 64% of sets of 200–999 pieces

$5 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 $85. Each brick is $25.

$89.99
you pay

$85
sets like it usually cost

See 76407-1 on Brickset How scores work