This year's top ten best value sets, as nominated by you
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Last week we asked you to nominate sets released this year that you felt represented good value for money at full price.
Around 250 different sets made the list, suggesting that although many recent releases are not perceived to be good value, quite a lot are, by some of you at least.
I did consider running a poll to determine, from the ten sets that received the most nominations, the one that you think is the best value overall, but it became apparent that the one that received the most votes accumulated twice as many as the one in second place, making it a clear winner and a poll redundant.
So, after the break you'll find a full run-down of the top ten. There are some surprising entries, including the set at the top spot.
10. 42213 Ford Bronco SUV
943 pieces, 54.99/$64.99/€59.99, 5.8p/6.9c/6.4c
View 42213 Ford Bronco SUV at LEGO.com »
This model is everything a good Technic set should be: realistic, packed with functionality, and reasonably priced. While others released this year meet the first two requirements, few can be considered good value as well.
This one has the lowest ppp of all 2025 Technic sets, and is a very appealing model as well, so it's not surprising that it made the list.
9. 10349 Happy Plants
217 pieces, £17.99/$22.99/€19.99, ppp: 8.3p/10.6c/9.2c
View 10349 Happy Plants at LEGO.com »
The price of botanical sets has been slowly creeping up since their introduction in 2021. Early sets were all good value for money, but the price per piece has increased recently, aligning them more closely with sets in other themes, presumably as a result of their popularity.
Nevertheless, this delightful set, which is the cheapest botanical released this year, comes in at number 9 in our chart. I suspect its cuteness has something to do with it.
8. 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT Walker
697 pieces, £54.99/$59.99/€59.99, ppp: 7.9p/8.6c/8.6c
View 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT Walker at LEGO.com »
Star Wars sets are notoriously expensive compared to those in many other themes, so it's a surprise to see one reach the list.
This adorable AT-AT is something of an outlier, with the lowest price per piece of all Star Wars sets released this year. Its quirky nature and the appeal of the exclusive Darth Vader minifigure have no doubt helped propel it into our chart.
CapnRex101: 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT Walker definitely offers fair value, although I think it benefits from comparison with the broader Star Wars range this year, which includes some extraordinarily overpriced sets.
7. 72046 Game Boy
421 pieces, £54.99/$59.99/€59.99, ppp: 13.1p/14.2c/14.2c
View 72046 Game Boy at LEGO.com »
It seems that the quality of the model and the number of unique printed parts have helped it to be perceived as good value for money, because if price per piece was the only thing used to determine its value, it would not have been anywhere near the top ten.
The nostalgia factor and its resemblance to the real thing probably did it no harm, either.
CapnRex101: I think this set exemplifies a sense of 'no expense spared', including plenty of printed pieces and new elements where necessary. People are prepared to pay for a set that feels as close to perfection as can be and the Game Boy is exactly that.
6. 77037 Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth
768 pieces, £39.99/$44.99/€44.99, ppp: 5.2p/5.9c/5.9c
View 77037 Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth at LEGO.com »
This set passed me by completely, but even knowing nothing about it, I can see that with its low price, two unique minifigures, and a pair of awesome-looking machines, it does indeed seem to be good value for money, proving that not all licenced sets need to cost the Earth.
5. 31165 Panda Family
626 pieces, £34.99/$39.99/€39.99, ppp: 5.6p/6.4c/6.4c
View 31165 Panda Family at LEGO.com »
Creator 3-in-1 animals are among the best sets released nowadays and, with no minifigures or printed parts to inflate their price, are always good value for money.
With the B model of a penguin as good as that of the panda, it's no wonder that this mid-priced one has made it into the top five.
4. 43279 WALL-E and EVE
811 pieces, £59.99/$69.99/€69.99, ppp: 7.4p/8.6c/8.6c
View 43279 WALL-E and EVE at LEGO.com »
The 'Disney tax' is perceived to be responsible for inflating the cost of many a set, but this one is something of an anomaly, priced unexpectedly low within the Disney range.
Despite every decorated part being printed, the price per piece is almost the lowest of all the 2025 Disney sets. Not to mention that it's adorable...
3. 10355 Blacktron Renegade
1,151 pieces, £89.99/$99.99/€99.99, ppp: 7.8p/8.7c/8.7c
View 10355 Blacktron Renegade at LEGO.com »
It's a large and impressive model that taps into our collective nostalgia for LEGO space sets from more innocent times.
However, given that it was heavily reduced at LEGO.com recently, I think we can assume that it did not sell well, despite the perception here that it's good value for money. It certainly looks like £90 well spent when you see it on display!
2. 31161 Medieval Dragon
715 pieces, £54.99/$59.99/€59.99, ppp: 7.7p/8.4c/8.4c
View 31161 Medieval Dragon at LEGO.com »
It's not surprising that this Creator 3-in-1 dragon made it to number 2 in our chart.
Most Creator sets offer good value for money, but not all of them are as big, impressive, well-designed and desirable as this dragon.
Furthermore, the two alternate models of a phoenix and sea serpent are pretty much just as good as the main model.
It's one of the few sets I've bought this year at full price with my own money: I really should get round to building it sometime...
1. 10350 Tudor Corner
3,266 pieces, £199.99/$229.99/€229.99, 6.1p/7.0c/7.0c
View 10350 Tudor Corner at LEGO.com »
I was not expecting to see this year's modular building at the top of the chart, the best value set of the year as nominated by our readers, but here we are...
Modular Buildings have been priced at this level for some time, yet this one has hundreds more pieces than many recent examples, and is arguably the best one since 10243 Parisian Restaurant rejuvenated the series in 2014.
It's an excellent model at a not unreasonable price, so perhaps I should not have been so surprised to see it take the top spot.
So, there you have it: proof that LEGO can still release sets priced reasonably enough to be perceived to be good value for money. They are becoming rarer, but they are out there if you know where to look...
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Nice list! I think what unites all these sets is not that they are neccessarily the cheapest or have the most stuff for the least money, but rather that neither of these cuts any major corners. These sets pretty much represent the best Lego could have done. Premium price for a premium product. No problems with that.
Although I am still Dutch enough to wait for the inevitable 30%+ discount ;-)
@WizardOfOss you're perfectly normal, BTW it's usually 25% at Intertoys
31161 € 37,99
10355 € 80,00
40806 on my to buy list
I knew 43279 was going to make this list. I’m honestly surprised it wasn’t even higher.
Solid choices! I don't own any of them yet, but I will definitely grab the dragon and Tudor corner at some point.
Tudor was the only one on my list and I agree wholeheartedly.
I also think 60470 Explorer Train looks well worth $209.99 despite the ppp due to the tracks/motor/etc and it may be number one on my wish list, unless something is imminently facing retirement.
Half of the top 10 consists of licensed sets, including two from the Disney family and arguably the best Star Wars set of the year, showing it's definitely possible to have decently priced licensed sets.
Most of the high retail prices for licensed sets seem to be part of a broader strategy, with a lot of calculated discounts along the way, that will inevitably convince fans to buy these sets anyway and make them feel good about themselves for having gotten them at a 'bargain'. On the other hand, many folks pay full price during a visit to a LEGO Store or convention. Call it greedflation or opportunism, but it appears to work for LEGO.
And honestly, unless there's a must-have GWP that will be expensive on the after-market, I don't understand first-day purchases at full price anyway, especially if you're not going to build it ASAP. But I also realise not every region has the same discounts, so you'd might as well buy it on day one if there's little chance of getting sets cheaper in your country.
Also, all of these top 10 sets are really nice anyway, regardless of retail prices.
Aahw...I was looking forward to the poll for this. I'm not sure the final results would have been the same.
I didn't do a deep-dive into all sets released this year, there are so many themes that are great, but doesn't interest me personally. So I wanted to see what other people found amongst all that so I could give them a closer look before voting.
But, if the voting was ever only going to be among the top-10 nominations, that thinking probably falls short anyway. The top-10 nominations are always going to be sets that are already widely known about. A poll like this should be able to cast light on the less known ones so that people can find and perhaps enjoy those. I wonder how we could do that?
I guess you can never escape Star Wars
Whoever is leading on the Horizon sets is doing a great job, the one here (shell Walker et al) and the Tallneck are excellent; hope they do a load more.
The Horizon games are hugely popular, so it's a bit strange these sets aren't pushed more; as someone above said, 77037 passed me by..........
To my knowledge, Blacktron Renegade was never discounted in the US, while the hugely popular Galaxy Explorer was discounted at 50% during its run.
I don’t think the sale discounts correlate to popularity or sales volume. If you do correlate the two, you must assume Blacktron was MORE popular that Galaxy Explorer in the US. And I don’t think that was the case.
Horizon and 3-in-1 Dragon were both in my nominations. We'll also count the Bronco (I picked a different vehicle of the same price range). My "expensive but actually value" inclusion was the Ninjago city 71837.
I knew Gingerbread AT-AT would get in. I was tempted and I don't even like Star Wars!
Nice to see a technic set in the list
there’s some great deals in the uk at the moment on technic
I feel like the number one set shouldn’t be on this list since it’s over $100
The Game Boy? But How???
3/5 of my nominations made the list, I see (dragon, Wall-E, Blacktron). Almost nominated the Bronco but ultimately chose something else because, well, it's still just another Technic car set, which is kinda boring at this point. I didn't nominate the GameBoy or AT-AT because they're both too small for $60 IMO. I will probably end up buying the AT-AT at full price at some point, though.
I must be one of the few people not enamored with Tudor Corner. It's nicely detailed and all, but that's standard for the Modulars. I think this is the first Modular whose reveal I just didn't care about - granted, that may have been because it was revealed while I was drowning in my graduate studies last fall, but my lack of interest has persisted. Probably what's happened is that between Icons, Ideas, and the BDP sets, I've seen too many enormous, over-detailed buildings, and they've all just started to blend together. None of them stand out anymore. I also don't see the value in $230 for a single Modular (excluding Assembly Square); make it $200 and we'll talk.
This definitely factored into why we bought 10350 earlier this year! It is amazing and absolutely a good value.
@Gingerbread_MF said:
"I feel like the number one set shouldn’t be on this list since it’s over $100"
"Best value," not "best price."
Only one from my list was Gameboy.
Nearly voted Tudor Corner and the Horizon set but they got bumped. Although Blacktron was one of the few big sets ive bought this year and I love it, I didnt think it was as good a value for money as Galaxy Explorer was.
Cant believe 71488 Dreamzzz Bunchu didnt make the list. Its £9 and makes 20 different models! That was my no.1 best value!
@Big_Jarv said:
"Only one from my list was Gameboy.
Nearly voted Tudor Corner and the Horizon set but they got bumped. Although Blacktron was one of the few big sets ive bought this year and I love it, I didnt think it was as good a value for money as Galaxy Explorer was.
Cant believe 71488 Dreamzzz Bunchu didnt make the list. Its £9 and makes 20 different models! That was my no.1 best value!"
I put in Dreamzzz Zblob of the same style. Alas it didn't make it either!
AT-AT Walker is NOT a good deal. it has only ONE figure. for that price it should have 4 at least.
Most of these sets are not very good for price either...
Isn't 71488 (or 71487 ) here? :(
Did they make it into the top... 25?
Out of these 10, I'd choose the Bronco, the Horizon, or the 3 in 1 Dragon.
I agree with most of the top nominations, especially Wall-E and Horizon 77037. The big deals that people are sleeping on though is the two minifig polybags, such as 30705, 30700, or 30707. They each come with two Minifigures and a nice little build for $5, you can't get better than that. The only downside is polybag availability leaves much to be desired.
Going to be interesting seeing how many of these end up in the Best Set of the Year poll, and how the ones that do fare.
@RTS013 said:"Aahw...I was looking forward to the poll for this. I'm not sure the final results would have been the same."
I don't think they would have, but I think part of that would have been because A: not everyone has the same idea of what "value" means, and B: I guarantee you that some people would have been voting not for the set that they thought was the best value, but the set they thought was best, or wanted most, like the end-of-year polls.
@woosterlegos said:
"To my knowledge, Blacktron Renegade was never discounted in the US, while the hugely popular Galaxy Explorer was discounted at 50% during its run.
I don’t think the sale discounts correlate to popularity or sales volume. If you do correlate the two, you must assume Blacktron was MORE popular that Galaxy Explorer in the US. And I don’t think that was the case."
From what I've heard, I'm pretty sure Lego overproduced 10497 (although more Galaxy Explorers is by no means a bad thing, especially since it's a 3-in-1 set).
I think both the GameBoy as well as Tudor Corner are well worth their money.
@woosterlegos said:
"To my knowledge, Blacktron Renegade was never discounted in the US, while the hugely popular Galaxy Explorer was discounted at 50% during its run.
I don’t think the sale discounts correlate to popularity or sales volume. If you do correlate the two, you must assume Blacktron was MORE popular that Galaxy Explorer in the US. And I don’t think that was the case."
I can say for a fact that it was discounted in the US. Lego.com had it for I believe 30% off for a fairly short time around the end of July. I got it then, and definitely don’t regret it!
I only have two on this list, but I’ll likely have 4 or 5 more by the end of the year. Great list. I nominated three of these, and had two (Tudor being one…) that just missed. All very deserving, and I can’t inexplicably forgot the existence of 77037. I really do like this idea, @Huw! Keep these coming!
The dragon is the only one of these I've bought. It's great! It enhances every medieval set you put it next to. Currently I have it eating forestmen next to 910043 Forest Stronghold, which was also pretty good value, but hard to get hold of.
Also, thanks for the article. Nicely done. I think I'll pick up the Bronco, especially if it goes on sale. I haven't bought a Technic set in a long time!
@shedjed said:
" @Big_Jarv said:
"Only one from my list was Gameboy.
Nearly voted Tudor Corner and the Horizon set but they got bumped. Although Blacktron was one of the few big sets ive bought this year and I love it, I didnt think it was as good a value for money as Galaxy Explorer was.
Cant believe 71488 Dreamzzz Bunchu didnt make the list. Its £9 and makes 20 different models! That was my no.1 best value!"
I put in Dreamzzz Zblob of the same style. Alas it didn't make it either!"
@Brickes_ficko said:
"Isn't 71488 (or 71487 ) here? :(
Did they make it into the top... 25?
Out of these 10, I'd choose the Bronco, the Horizon, or the 3 in 1 Dragon."
I did nominate both too :-(
It's disappointing to see that the cheapest set among these is already 20$ but at least I'm happy that only one 300$ set is here. I feared there would be more 100$+ in the list.
About 9. Happy Plants: Actually, the cheapest Botanicals set this year is 30701: Field Flowers!
Well the Death Star is clearly great value, tempting more than 1000 members already, in less than a month!
I went for the Wolfpack figure and wolf, good value at £3.49.
You all are missing out on 40821 Love Bears!
Thanks for running this poll! The positivity is nice!
Nice list! I have 3 of them (77037, 10355 and 10350). It is almost certain I will also get 43279. 31161 was on sale in Canada for quite a while and I did not pull the trigger (after all, I'm supposed to be Space Mafia!) - I'm still interested - I'll see if it comes back on sale . The last one I'm debating on getting is: 31165 - it is nice but I got quite a few 'nature' 3-in-1 sets by now - I guess I'm beginning to suffer from fatigue of this sort of set.
While, I'm (was) a big Technic fan, I have enough cars until the end of my life (unless they come up with new parts for positive caster - and also potentially negative camber, especially for racing cars). I usually try to buy other types of vehicles. Surprisingly, I got quite a few this year: 42198, 42201, 30710, 42178, 42179, 42181, 42182 (but the last 4 were released in 2024).
Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists
@Eightcoins8 said:
"Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists"
I hear you. I’m boycotting books, movies, and anything owl related. Sorry, Temple University. And I’ve got nothing for you, Kennesaw State and Rice. The tribe has spoken, FAU.
@BLProductions said:
I must be one of the few people not enamored with Tudor Corner. It's nicely detailed and all, but that's standard for the Modulars. I think this is the first Modular whose reveal I just didn't care about - granted, that may have been because it was revealed while I was drowning in my graduate studies last fall, but my lack of interest has persisted. Probably what's happened is that between Icons, Ideas, and the BDP sets, I've seen too many enormous, over-detailed buildings, and they've all just started to blend together. None of them stand out anymore. I also don't see the value in $230 for a single Modular (excluding Assembly Square); make it $200 and we'll talk. ]]
Agreed. TC definitely isn't a 'bad' modular, it's very good and yet it hasn't hooked either of us.
Maybe we have become apathetic after the complete failures of Jazz Club and NHM?
(the disappointment of which was exacerbated for myself given my love of jazz/swing music, Italian food and history/museums)
I remember looking at Parisian Restaurant, Detective's Office and others and thinking WOW I need that! Now it's just like oh okay nice enough modular, much better than the previous one, but do I really need it?
I also agree the 'new normal' prices arent good. $350, sorry no that's too much. I really miss $250 modulars, when $300, $400 etc. modulars were for special occasions not because Lego corporate wanted another super yacht.
I agree with those surprised Tudor Corner made Number 1 on this list. I wouldnt rule out $100+ sets for a consideration in the best value category, but definitely didnt consider TC to be amazing value at all.
For instance I have ZERO interest in Technic or modern vehicles, but I think the Technic Bronco should have won.
Heck. I hadn’t finished narrowing it down yet. (My longlist had thirty-one kits on it, on account of mentally mildly fudging the eligibility to “… that I will buy between now and retirement assuming nothing bad happens and I don’t change my mind”.) Still, I’m pleased that four (77037, 43279, 10355, 31161) of the kits I was seriously considering shortlisting and one (31165) that I would’ve shortlisted if I hadn’t bought it solely because I only wanted the C model, which made it rather less value for money (luckily for me it was heavily discounted and my orca are delightful), made it to the final list anyway.
Five kits that in my opinion are just as good value:
42649 Heartlake City Candy Store
40809 Festive Gingerbread House
71834 Zane's Ultra Combiner Mech
76309 Spider-Man vs. Venom Muscle Car
71495 Mateo vs. Cyber Brain Mech
Honourable mentions:
30698 Cooper's Flying Controller Mini Build
60446 Galactic Spaceship
60459 Airplane vs. Hospital Bed Race Car Pack (and 60458, but I like the little plane the best of all the soapbox racers)
71827 Zane's Battle Suit Mech
75433 Jango Fett's Starship
40795 Luke Skywalker (Rebel Pilot) Brickhead
31163 Playful Cat (PIGEON)
71488 Bunchu's Creative Animal Adventures (and the matching 71487)
80066 Mythical Creature Qilin
60461 Tractor with Trailer
77237 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
71826 Dragon Spinjitzu Battle Pack
… Look there’s a reason I was having trouble narrowing it down, I’m terrible at it. But picking the best five of the remaining was pretty easy. Gosh, isn’t it nice to spend a little time thinking about sets whose value makes you feel good, though? Very pleasant.
@Brickchap said:"Maybe we have become apathetic after the complete failures of Jazz Club and NHM?
(the disappointment of which was exacerbated for myself given my love of jazz/swing music, Italian food and history/museums)"
I quite like 10312. Even if I had the space, I don't know if I'd be getting 10326, although I don't know if I consider the color chosen for the building to be as bad as some other Bricksetters do.
@Eightcoins8 said:
"Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists"
Yet you have reviewed Animal Crossing sets which came out while Harry Potter was being produced.
@CCC said:
" @Eightcoins8 said:
"Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists"
Yet you have reviewed Animal Crossing sets which came out while Harry Potter was being produced."
Also, what's the reasoning anyway?
@AustinPowers said:
" @CCC said:
" @Eightcoins8 said:
"Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists"
Yet you have reviewed Animal Crossing sets which came out while Harry Potter was being produced."
Also, what's the reasoning anyway?"
I don't think we need ask and descend down that rabbit hole again...
I chose that I've been tempted/excited by even if ultimately I haven't bought them.
10355 Blacktron Renegade, 31161 Medieval Dragon ans 72046 Game Boy were all in my nominees. From a fun and nostlagia point of view. Great designs and innovations.
Would have liked to see some lower priced sets in the list. For me, value diminishes over £100 as are you really getting 10x more 'fun' or play value out of a £100 set than a £10 set? Sometimes yes, sometimes it just a bigger dust magnet. But these polls are always subjective anyway. Thanks for the article, it's nice to see people excited about LEGO sets for once, other than the usual 'I hate this and it's too expensive'.
@Huw said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @CCC said:
" @Eightcoins8 said:
"Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists"
Yet you have reviewed Animal Crossing sets which came out while Harry Potter was being produced."
Also, what's the reasoning anyway?"
I don't think we need ask and descend down that rabbit hole again..."
What rabbit hole?
Star Wars sets for example have far worse value for money these days, yet he doesn't seem to mind those. What's so bad about Harry Potter sets?
The dragon was the only one I nominated (and the only 2025 set I actually bought this year!) so I'm glad it made the top two. Creator sets in general continue to offer the best value and the purest expression of lego creativity in my view.
@AustinPowers said:
" @Huw said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @CCC said:
" @Eightcoins8 said:
"Cool, but I'm not buying any Lego as long as the Harry Potter theme exists"
Yet you have reviewed Animal Crossing sets which came out while Harry Potter was being produced."
Also, what's the reasoning anyway?"
I don't think we need ask and descend down that rabbit hole again..."
What rabbit hole?
Star Wars sets for example have far worse value for money these days, yet he doesn't seem to mind those. What's so bad about Harry Potter sets? "
The author has some let's say "controversial opinions"....just google "jk rowloing controversy" if you want to know more....
I do wonder why someone who boycots a brand because of that does still visit a website that regularly reviews those sets.
@AustinPowers said:
"Star Wars sets for example have far worse value for money these days, yet he doesn't seem to mind those. What's so bad about Harry Potter sets? "
Intolerance of other people's views. In this case the author of the books, but not the designers of the sets, or the characters in the sets, or the actors that played the characters in the sets.
@classicstylecastle said:
"Would have liked to see some lower priced sets in the list. For me, value diminishes over £100 as are you really getting 10x more 'fun' or play value out of a £100 set than a £10 set? Sometimes yes, sometimes it just a bigger dust magnet.
"
I think it is an interesting question, and it can be asked in a slightly different way that could reveal different answers.
One way is are you really getting 10x more 'fun' or play value out of a £100 set than a £10 set. The other way is are you getting the same 'fun' or play value out of a £100 set compared to 10 £10 sets.
If you buy ten £10 sets from a theme (if the range was wide enough that they all exist!) then it might be that you don't get 10x as much fun as buying just one set as they tend to be similar so each additional set you buy doesn't give you the same value as the first one did. You can apply it to things like the City Stuntz or the race car packs, or things like Ninjago spinners or Chima Speedorz in days gone by. Once you have two to battle or race, adding in extras doesn't really add much more to the play. It gives a bit of variation into what is fighting or racing, but doesn't really add to the play experience.
And in that sense, sometimes the £100 set does give more as the single set allows more possibilities of different styles of play in the £100 spend because it was designed as a whole, compared to ten similar sets from a theme that all have the same type of play aspect.
@CCC and @WizardOfOss : ah, I see. Well, I won't delve into that rabbit hole indeed.
I don't make my enjoyment of a product dependent on the views of certain people associated with it.
I wouldn't be driving a Tesla otherwise either.
;-)
So I'm very surprised 60446 didn't get a mention! It seems like the best classic space set since classic space! I bought it and had it on my desk for a few months to play with whilst on boring calls.... Is it just the city branding that put people off, maybe?
@Brick_Master said:
"So I'm very surprised 60446 didn't get a mention! It seems like the best classic space set since classic space! I bought it and had it on my desk for a few months to play with whilst on boring calls.... Is it just the city branding that put people off, maybe?"
I guess I preferred the 2024 waves.
@yellowcastle said:
" @Brick_Master said:
"So I'm very surprised 60446 didn't get a mention! It seems like the best classic space set since classic space! I bought it and had it on my desk for a few months to play with whilst on boring calls.... Is it just the city branding that put people off, maybe?"
I guess I preferred the 2024 waves.
"
Plus, it is quite expensive for what you get.
Mind you, it's definitely not a bad set, there's just many others that are better value for money.
@Brick_Master said:
"So I'm very surprised 60446 didn't get a mention! It seems like the best classic space set since classic space! I bought it and had it on my desk for a few months to play with whilst on boring calls.... Is it just the city branding that put people off, maybe?"
I thought that perhaps it was the more limited availability - it is excellent though.
Only 1 of my nominated sets here, The happy plants, but it is a good list. I think a lot of 3 in 1 creator sets are good value, so I thought I'd see more here, the black panda nearly made my list but I went for flamingo instead.
I think it would be fun to see a favourite minidoll set list, as they never get any love in these polls (friends, gabby dollhouse, disney, wednesday, wicked, plenty to choose from). I nominated two friends sets, the Friends room sets that they've released have all been good value, often with interesting parts.
@peace355 said:
"Only 1 of my nominated sets here, The happy plants, but it is a good list. I think a lot of 3 in 1 creator sets are good value, so I thought I'd see more here, the black panda nearly made my list but I went for flamingo instead."
None of my nominated sets made the list, but I only nominated four, and if I'f thought of Happy Plants, that might have taken the fifth spot.
"I think it would be fun to see a favourite minidoll set list, as they never get any love in these polls (friends, gabby dollhouse, disney, wednesday, wicked, plenty to choose from). I nominated two friends sets, the Friends room sets that they've released have all been good value, often with interesting parts."
I bought all of the 2023 room sets, although so far, I've only built 41739. But building that one convince me I wanted the rest. And lego.com putting one of them (I think 41754) on sale was the perfect impetus to get them.
@Brick_Master said:
"So I'm very surprised 60446 didn't get a mention! It seems like the best classic space set since classic space! I bought it and had it on my desk for a few months to play with whilst on boring calls.... Is it just the city branding that put people off, maybe?"
Take that set, put three classic space men (classic torso, classic helmet and classic airtanks) - one in the new reddish-orange, one in flame-yellowish (or lime-green) and one in some sort of pale blue (or magenta) and you have a true winner. Gee, I wonder on what kind of stuff is the guy that decide the colour names at Lego? It is on my buy list (retiring soon) but I'm still waiting for decent discount.
Where are all the Star Wars sets?!?
It's interesting that the Tudor is the most expensive of the ten, yet considered the best good value. I liked the set very much, but I'm not sure it can be classed as good value at that price.
@MegaBlocks said:
"Where are all the Star Wars sets?!?"
Face it, Star Wars sets are not known for having great value.
@CCC said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Star Wars sets for example have far worse value for money these days, yet he doesn't seem to mind those. What's so bad about Harry Potter sets? "
Intolerance of other people's views. In this case the author of the books, but not the designers of the sets, or the characters in the sets, or the actors that played the characters in the sets."
(To clarify, it is the author of the books that is displaying the intolerance, and she uses the money she receives from licensing to fund attempts to enforce said intolerance.)
@Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
" @woosterlegos said:
"To my knowledge, Blacktron Renegade was never discounted in the US, while the hugely popular Galaxy Explorer was discounted at 50% during its run.
I don’t think the sale discounts correlate to popularity or sales volume. If you do correlate the two, you must assume Blacktron was MORE popular that Galaxy Explorer in the US. And I don’t think that was the case."
I can say for a fact that it was discounted in the US. Lego.com had it for I believe 30% off for a fairly short time around the end of July. I got it then, and definitely don’t regret it!"
Yes. I remember it going on sale about a week or so after I bought it.
@daniellesa said:
"It's interesting that the Tudor is the most expensive of the ten, yet considered the best good value. I liked the set very much, but I'm not sure it can be classed as good value at that price."
Expensive things can still be good value, I don't understand why so many seem to question that. A simple example would be if a set contained a single model, but a larger much more expensive set had ten models of similar size as the first one. If buying ten of the single-model sets cost more than one of the big set, then the more expensive set would be better value.
In the real world it's often more complicated than that, of course. Because you probably need to add together a few completely different sets and judge if those together give you more or less than a single larger set. I notice for example that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed sets on this list is exactly the same price added together as the winning Tudor Corner is by itself. I'm not sure Tudor Corner gives you so much that it beats all of those together. That's part of why I would not have voted for Tudor Corner to win here.
@daniellesa said:
"It's interesting that the Tudor is the most expensive of the ten, yet considered the best good value. I liked the set very much, but I'm not sure it can be classed as good value at that price."
Even the Death Pizza could have been good value, had LEGO pulled out all the stops for it and offered something amazingly good for their 1000 Dollar flagship set.
As it is they went the typical (especially for Star Wars) way of lowest possible effort.
I'm just saying, a high price doesn't have to mean bad value per se.
Can't believe 60466 didn't reach this list.
I only own one on this list (77037), but the other four I'm interested in have just had their attractiveness bumped up a notch (31161, 31165, 43279, and 10350).