What is a good price per piece for LEGO?
Price per piece (¢/pc) = the set's price in cents ÷ its official piece count. It's the LEGO community's standard value shorthand — and based on the 1,562 current Amazon-listed sets we track, the real median is 10.1¢ per piece (official US RRPs, computed 2026-10-17).
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What the real numbers say
Computed from every set in our US table on 2026-10-17 — quartiles of ¢ per piece:
- Good value: under 8.4¢/pc (the cheapest quarter of all sets)
- Typical: 8.4–12.3¢/pc (the middle half; median 10.1¢)
- Expensive: above 12.3¢/pc (the dearest quarter)
On Amazon Australia street prices (hand-checked, 133 sets) the median is 14.9¢/pc — quartiles 11.6¢ and 19.4¢.
Price per piece by theme
Raw ¢/pc across themes is misleading — licensed and Technic sets carry a premium. Cheapest and dearest themes by average (themes with 5+ sets):
| Cheapest themes | avg ¢/pc | Dearest themes | avg ¢/pc |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOTS | 5.1 | Duplo | 71.3 |
| Classic | 6.4 | Gabby's Dollhouse | 20.2 |
| LEGO Art | 7.7 | Bluey | 19.7 |
| Brickheadz | 8.0 | Jurassic World | 14.8 |
| Architecture | 8.1 | Super Heroes Marvel | 14.3 |
Judge a set against its own theme's average — every set page on this site shows that comparison.
By set size
- Under 500 pieces: median 10.7¢/pc (773 sets)
- 500–999 pieces: median 10¢/pc (444 sets)
- 1,000–1,999 pieces: median 9.8¢/pc (224 sets)
- 2,000+ pieces: median 8.8¢/pc (121 sets)
Price per piece of the biggest LEGO sets
The ten largest current sets by piece count, at official US RRP:
| Set | Pieces | RRP | ¢/pc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death Star (75419) | 9,031 | $999.99 | 11.1 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith (11377) | 8,278 | $649.99 | 7.9 |
| Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise (72153) | 6,838 | $649.99 | 9.5 |
| Lord of the Rings: Rivendell (10316) | 6,181 | $499.99 | 8.1 |
| NINJAGO City Markets (71799) | 6,163 | $369.99 | 6.0 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Barad-dûr (10333) | 5,478 | $459.99 | 8.4 |
| Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser (75367) | 5,381 | $649.99 | 12.1 |
| Avengers Tower (76269) | 5,202 | $499.99 | 9.6 |
| The Old Town 15th Anniversary (71861) | 4,852 | $299.99 | 6.2 |
| Disney Castle (43222) | 4,837 | $399.99 | 8.3 |
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Where price per piece breaks down
Minifigure-heavy sets, licensed themes and sets with large moulded pieces all run high on ¢/pc without being bad value — and small promotional sets can look cheap while being pure filler. That's why the number works best within a theme, against the theme average, on a real current price. Every number on this page is computed from prices we actually observed, on the date shown — nothing is estimated.