Answers.Body: <p>The short answer is that for retail sets, anything under $20 USD per pound of actual parts is a great value. $50 USD per pound appears to be fairly common overall.</p>
  
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  <p>I calculated this based on the actual part weights of all parts in a set. I only explored recent Classic, Creator, and City sets as these tend to be a good value and use System bricks almost exclusively. I used recommended retail price and didn't account for sales or other deals that can be found on retail sets.</p>
  
  <p>Here's a graph of recent Classic, Creator, and City sets showing that $50 USD is a reasonable median price per pound:</p>
  
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  <p>The best value are the Classic bulk brick boxes, and the worst value per pound are the City <a href="http://brickset.com/sets/60134-1/Fun-in-the-Park-City-People-Pack" rel="noreferrer">minifig sets</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>What would be a reasonable estimate for the price per pound of pieces purchased for the retail price in sets?  If the weight of a good sample of sets (not including the packaging or instructions) were known then a range of prices could be calculated.</p>
  
  <p>The only number I can come up with now is to take the average price per new brick divided the weight of a brick- if a 2x4 brick were representative (I suspect it weighs more than average), then the price per pound would be around $0.10/2.5g * 453.6 g/lb = $18/lb, or using 2x2 as an average weight maybe around $40 per pound.  The numbers are interesting to compare to used bulk prices, or the cost of new bricks from pick-a-brick/brick wall cups (the cost of those is well documented elsewhere).</p>
  
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Title: Average price per weight of new bricks in sets purchased for retail price?
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ThreadText: # Average price per weight of new bricks in sets purchased for retail price?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-12)
  
  What would be a reasonable estimate for the price per pound of pieces purchased for the retail price in sets? If the weight of a good sample of sets (not including the packaging or instructions) were known then a range of prices could be calculated.
  
  The only number I can come up with now is to take the average price per new brick divided the weight of a brick- if a 2x4 brick were representative (I suspect it weighs more than average), then the price per pound would be around $0.10/2.5g \* 453.6 g/lb = $18/lb, or using 2x2 as an average weight maybe around $40 per pound. The numbers are interesting to compare to used bulk prices, or the cost of new bricks from pick-a-brick/brick wall cups (the cost of those is well documented elsewhere).
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-16. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  The short answer is that for retail sets, anything under $20 USD per pound of actual parts is a great value. $50 USD per pound appears to be fairly common overall.
  
  [![Best value per pound](https://i.sstatic.net/8v2k7.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8v2k7.png)
  
  I calculated this based on the actual part weights of all parts in a set. I only explored recent Classic, Creator, and City sets as these tend to be a good value and use System bricks almost exclusively. I used recommended retail price and didn't account for sales or other deals that can be found on retail sets.
  
  Here's a graph of recent Classic, Creator, and City sets showing that $50 USD is a reasonable median price per pound:
  
  [![all sets](https://i.sstatic.net/euKJt.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/euKJt.png)
  
  The best value are the Classic bulk brick boxes, and the worst value per pound are the City [minifig sets](http://brickset.com/sets/60134-1/Fun-in-the-Park-City-People-Pack).
  
  
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