Name: Palace Cinema
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 10232-1
Rating: 86 (9 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2013 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.08, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2013 is 20.26. PPM for this set is 27.44, which is worse.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.66 / 5 → 93 / 100

Playing with Bricks Recommendation: meh 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

True North Bricks Recommendation: yes 83 / 100 → 83 / 100

BricktasticBlog Recommendation: meh 80 / 100 → 80 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: meh 7.95 / 10 → 80 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 10232-1
Name: Palace Cinema
Parts: 2196
Minifigs: 6

Retail price (USD):
Original: 149.99
Inflation adjusted: 164.61

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.07
Inflation adjusted: 0.08

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 25.00
Inflation adjusted: 27.44

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LEGO

Recommendation: meh 4.66 / 5 from 137 reviews

This is a great lego set that made me very happy that I was able to buy. It looks like a 1930s Manns Chinese Theater. The exterior is filled with nice details. The Marquee and the palace sign are things that make it stand out ( a good thing) if you have other modulars. THe inside is also very nice. The ground floor is where their are all the concessions such as popcorn, candy, even water. The second floor has room for six mini figures to sit for the movie. Finally the third floor. The third floor is very plain, but it gives room if you want to add creative things up there (who knows what you'll build?) In conclusion this is a great set with lots of playability and cool features.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 137 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Playing with Bricks

Recommendation: meh 9 / 10 by Nachos Grande

The Palace Cinema may not boast quite the same play value as some of the other modular sets - but it does boast one of the most impressive anterior designs of any LEGO building ever built! When you first see the model, there's no mistaking what it is - and it never fails to draw an "ooh" the first time someone lays eyes on it (even if they generally don't care for LEGO or other toys). This is a must have in my book and comes highly recommended!

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 from 236 reviews

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Brickset

Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 from 11 reviews

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True North Bricks

Recommendation: yes 83 / 100 by Tom

Nowadays, the only way to get yourself the Palace Cinema (10232) is on the resale market. That means that finding it at the original retail price is going to be hard. However, $199.99 CAD for this set was a good price. You were getting a great set at a great value. The build has a couple of minor issues. However, in 2013, I was quite impressed with it. Each year since then, the LEGO® Group as upped the detail on these Creator Expert sets, which has influenced my current opinion. While it does suffer from very generic Minifigures, in the end I still love this set. After all these years, I still recommend it.

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BricktasticBlog

Recommendation: meh 80 / 100 by John

I'm not disappointed, as it's still a very respectable score, but I'm also not really surprised. There's loads of good points with this set, and unfortunately some bad ones as well.

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