Cauldron: Secret Potions Classroom is good value for a Harry Potter set

$59.99 MSRP 652 pieces 2 minifigures 3.8 / 5 from builders #8 of 45 Harry Potter sets with 500–999 pieces
Cauldron: Secret Potions Classroom box art
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Good value

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

Secret Potions Classroom is good value for a Harry Potter set with 500–999 pieces: about 107 pieces per $10 against a typical 83 and roughly 22% more plastic per dollar. Two minifigures fall below the usual rate and the 3.8 rating comes from just 14 builders, but at $59.99 it costs about 20% less than similar contents.

#8

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

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

Each stud is a similar set; this one is circled. Hover for the set.

67

Chart 2 · The score

How the 67 is built

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

Plastic per dollar
134 vs 109 +33 of 35
Pieces per $10
107 vs 81 +24 of 30
Minifigures per $100
3.3 vs 5.8 +7 of 20
Builder rating
3.8 vs 4.0 +3 of 15

$15 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 $75. Each brick is $25.

$59.99
you pay

$75
sets like it usually cost

See 76464-1 on Brickset How scores work