Formula E Porsche 99x Electric — D+ · The Brick Drop Score
D+
The Drop Score
Formula E Porsche 99x Electric
42137-1 · Technic
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A D+ for a reason: 422 pieces at $49.99 barely gets you a shell of a Formula E car, and the value floor sitting at 3.4 says everything about where this lands on the shelf versus the price tag.
Is the price fair?DFifty dollars for this feels like paying sports-car prices for a compact — the math just doesn't work.
Will you love it?D+The build moves quickly enough, but there's not much to love once the last brick clicks.
Holds its value?C-Weak secondary market interest means this is unlikely to climb after retirement.
True ValueD
$50
MSRP
$37
Parts value
74%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 74% of the MSRP — the basis for this D price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$1
Functional piecescalc
$36
Premium you pay
Premium over parts
$13
FairParts are worth about 74% of the price — close to what the set is worth.
The Full Take
The Porsche 99x Electric is a licensing win dressed up as a building experience — the real car is stunning, but this kit struggles to honor it. At 422 pieces for $49.99, the build wraps up fast and leaves you wanting more substance, more technique, more anything. The value floor score of 3.4 is about as low as it gets, which means what you're paying doesn't match what you're getting or keeping. Build length at 6.7 is the one bright spot — the experience isn't totally hollow — but it's not enough to carry a set that feels underbuilt for its price. Technic fans expecting the mechanical depth of a flagship will walk away underwhelmed, and casual fans will feel the sting at checkout. This one exists mostly because the Porsche name exists, and that's not a great reason to spend fifty dollars.
