Ski and Climbing Centre — B- · The Brick Drop Score
B-
The Drop Score
Ski and Climbing Centre
60366-1 · City
Early read · 4 reviews
120 bucks for a City ski resort sounds fun until you realize the build doesn't stretch anywhere near that ask — this one looks the part but charges resort prices for a base-lodge experience.
Is the price fair?FResort markup on a base-lodge build — the price tag is the worst thing about this set.
Will you love it?B-Enough activity variety to stay fun, even if the build itself doesn't push any boundaries.
Holds its value?C-City sets at this price tier rarely move secondary market in a meaningful way — don't count on it.
True ValueF
$133
Street price
$116
Parts value
87%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 87% of the street price — the basis for this F price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$86
Printed & detailcalc
$3
Functional piecescalc
$11
Figures (×8)
$16
Premium you pay
Premium over parts
$17
FairParts are worth about 87% of the price — close to what the set is worth.
The Full Take
The Ski and Climbing Centre has the right instincts: multiple activities, a solid minifig count, and enough going on that it photographs well. But $119.99 is doing serious heavy lifting for what 1045 pieces actually delivers here. City sets live or die on playability and shelf presence working together, and this one leans hard on the former without fully nailing the latter. The climbing wall and ski lift give kids real stuff to interact with, which saves it from being a total miss. The build experience itself is competent but light on the kind of clever techniques that make you stop and think mid-build. It's the kind of set that reads better in the box art than it does assembled on a table. A $90 price point would have made this an easy recommendation; at $120, you're paying for the theme, not the execution.
