What's the best set, in terms of bricks-per-dollar?

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What's the best set, in terms of bricks-per-dollar? mensan 04-30-2006
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Posted by on April 30, 2006, 6:52 pm
I'm posting this partly out of curiosity and partly because I might
find the set on ebay and give it to a kid I know:

In your recent memory, what's the best LEGO set you know, in terms of
# of bricks per buck.

(A Star Wars set might have 3,000 pieces, but honestly I think the
money just goes to Lucasfilms.) If possible I'd like to learn about
*sets*, with building instructions, etc., not bulk buckets of bricks.

Thanks!

me


Posted by Dean Earley on May 2, 2006, 6:48 am
mensan@hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm posting this partly out of curiosity and partly because I might
> find the set on ebay and give it to a kid I know:
>
> In your recent memory, what's the best LEGO set you know, in terms of
> # of bricks per buck.
>
> (A Star Wars set might have 3,000 pieces, but honestly I think the
> money just goes to Lucasfilms.) If possible I'd like to learn about
> *sets*, with building instructions, etc., not bulk buckets of bricks.

You may want to check:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/reports

Specifically:
http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/reports/simple.cgi?mode=RevPPP

Enjoy.

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Posted by Ken Rice on May 2, 2006, 10:31 pm
mensan@hotmail.com says...
>I'm posting this partly out of curiosity and partly because I might
>find the set on ebay and give it to a kid I know:
> In your recent memory, what's the best LEGO set you know, in terms of
># of bricks per buck.
>(A Star Wars set might have 3,000 pieces, but honestly I think the
>money just goes to Lucasfilms.) If possible I'd like to learn about
>*sets*, with building instructions, etc., not bulk buckets of bricks.
>Thanks!
>me

The best one I have bought is the 8672 Ferrari F1 Fuel Stop with 573 parts for
$19.90, which is 3.47 cents per part.

Next up is the 7019 Viking Fortress Against the Fafnir Dragon with 1019 parts
for $48.99, which works out to 4.81 cents per part. This was gotten during
TRU's buy 2 get 1 free deal.

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