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10229-1 Winter Village Cottage

10229-1

Winter Village Cottage

Winter Village Cottage is LEGO set 10229-1. It has a score of 89. This is good compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 4 reviews, based on 6 scored reviews and 6 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 9.84% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2012, and it is categorised in Advanced models.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

Recomended 67%

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A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2012 is 0.14. 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 2012 is 17.6. PPM for this set is 13.92, 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.

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

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 47.5 / 50 → 95 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 9.5 / 10 → 95 / 100

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

Eurobricks Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 → 84 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 10229-1
Name: Winter Village Cottage
Parts: 1490
Minifigs: 8

Retail price (USD):
Original: 99.99
Inflation adjusted: 111.34

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

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 12.50
Inflation adjusted: 13.92

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Recommendation: yes 47.5 / 50 by Cardinal Brick

Overall I'm happy with my purchase and I think you will be too. Sadly I think the price point is too high to buy a few and make a really village which is to my mind a missed opportunity.

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Recommendation: yes 9.5 / 10 from 3 reviews

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Recommendation: meh 9 / 10 by Nachos Grande

For the price, you can't beat this set. You get a ton of figures and a bunch of different pieces. There's plenty of fun stuff for kids to play with - and plenty of loose mini-builds for adult collectors to arrange as it suits them. Of all the sets that I've built (and reviewed) for this blog thus far, I think this set has one of the highest play values...and amazingly, it's just as a good for adult collectors. The only improvements that I could see being made would be to have stairs (or at least a ladder) in the cottage for the boy to get to his loft and for the front door of the cottage to actually be able to open (the roof overhangs it much too far keeping it shut).

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Eurobricks

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Recommendation: yes 9 / 10 by Locutis

A definite buy, and a wonderful addition to the Winter Village series.

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Brickset

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Recommendation: yes 4.2 / 5 from 8 reviews

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amazon.com

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Recommendation: no 4 / 5 from 75 reviews

It is not just about Christmas, it is about having fun building a set with lots of detail to enjoy and share with others. If you watch the YouTube videos on this set you will here the reviewers describe how it is just a tiny bit down in satisfaction from the 'Pet Shop' and I would have to agree with that. Those video reviews can tell you much more than one can put in a short review if you want to know a lot more. Otherwise, order this set knowing it will be fun and retain its value over time. This is because the Lego Winter Cottage sets typically are sold only a few years and then collectors want them and will pay considerably higher prices (think double in a few years) to have them. Most toys are essentially given away in garage sales. These are worth selling once you have enjoyed tham and ready to move on to others. Nice!

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 75 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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