Monkey King Ultra Mech gives much less than similar sets

$159.99 MSRP 1,705 pieces 6 minifigures 4.4 / 5 from builders #18 of 19 Monkie Kid sets with 1,000+ pieces
Monkey King Ultra Mech box art
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16 of 100

Poor value

#18 of 19 Monkie Kid sets with 1,000+ pieces

Monkey King Ultra Mech scores 16, poor value among 19 Monkie Kid sets with 1,000+ pieces. Its strongest point is contents per dollar, better than 18% of them, and its weakest is minifigures per $100 (8%).

#18

Chart 1 · Among similar sets

Where it sits among 19 Monkie Kid sets with 1,000+ pieces

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16

Chart 2 · The score

How the 16 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
96 pcs/$10 · 110 plastic better than 18% +14 of 75
Minifigures per $1006 minifigures for the price
3.4 per $100 better than 8% +2 of 25

74

Quality · a separate score

How builders rate it

Not part of the value score. It ranks the builder rating against sets of 1,000+ pieces from every theme.

  1. 14.4out of 5 from 35 Brickset members
  2. 24.34after adding 30 ratings at the average for sets of 1,000+ pieces (4.26), so a few early ratings can’t dominate
  3. 374out of 100: rated higher than 74% of sets of 1,000+ pieces

$13 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 $147. Each brick is $25.

$159.99
you pay

$147
sets like it usually cost

See 80045-1 on Brickset How scores work