McLaren F1 Team MCL38 gives much less than similar sets

$26.99 MSRP 269 pieces 1 minifigure 3.9 / 5 from builders #50 of 56 Speed Champions sets with 200–499 pieces 20 × 7 × 4 cm built
McLaren F1 Team MCL38 box art
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18 of 100

Poor value

#50 of 56 Speed Champions sets with 200–499 pieces

McLaren F1 Team MCL38 scores 18, poor value among 56 Speed Champions sets with 200–499 pieces. Its strongest point is minifigures per $100, better than 30% of them, and its weakest is contents per dollar (13%).

#50

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 56 Speed Champions sets with 200–499 pieces

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18

Chart 2 · The score

How the 18 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
95 pcs/$10 · 66 plastic better than 13% +10 of 75
Minifigures per $1001 minifigure for the price
3.5 per $100 better than 30% +8 of 25

45

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. 13.9out of 5 from 130 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. 345out of 100: rated higher than 45% of sets of 200–999 pieces

$6 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 $21. Each brick is $5.

$26.99
you pay

$21
sets like it usually cost

See 77251-1 on Brickset How scores work