Nine dollars should feel like a no-brainer for a City car, but 89 pieces at that price stings when similar sets deliver twice the parts for the same bill.
Is the price fair?F89 pieces for ten bucks is a tough sell in any year, let alone 2021.
Will you love it?C+A quick, forgettable build that satisfies in the moment and collects dust after.
Holds its value?C-Retired small City sets rarely move the needle — this one won't either.
True ValueF
$14
Street price
$9
Parts value
62%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 62% of the street price — the basis for this F price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$7
Figures (×1)
$2
Premium you pay
Premium over parts
$5
OverpricedYou're paying well above the parts' value — $9 of parts for a $14 price.
The Full Take
The Sports Car is exactly what it looks like: a quick, breezy build that snaps together in under twenty minutes and lands in your hand feeling a little thin for the ask. City car sets live or die by their parts-to-price ratio, and this one leans toward the losing side. The car itself is fine — clean lines, decent color blocking — but there's nothing here that makes you stop and say 'oh that's clever.' One minifig and a model this compact make it tough to justify as anything more than a stocking stuffer or a clearance-bin pickup. If you catch it marked down, it becomes a perfectly reasonable little set; at full MSRP, the math just doesn't work in your favor.