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40305-1 LEGO Brand Retail Store

40305-1

LEGO Brand Retail Store

LEGO Brand Retail Store is LEGO set 40305-1. It has a score of 84. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 3 reviews, based on 7 scored reviews and 9 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 29.8% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2018, and it is categorised in Promotional.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2018 is 0.13. PPP for this set is 0.07, 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 2018 is 14.3. PPM for this set is 12.73, 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.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.59 / 5 → 92 / 100

True North Bricks Recommendation: yes 91 / 100 → 91 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Just2Good Recommendation: yes A → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Brick Architect Recommendation: yes 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Playing with Bricks Recommendation: no 6 / 10 → 60 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 40305-1
Name: LEGO Brand Retail Store
Parts: 362
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 24.99
Inflation adjusted: 25.44

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

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 12.50
Inflation adjusted: 12.73

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Recommendation: meh 4.59 / 5 from 27 reviews

It's easy to build and is very cool. I had lots of fun playing with it.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 27 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: yes 91 / 100 by Tom

The LEGO® Brand Store is a solid purchase, even at full price. As I am writing this, the set is a little hard to come by in Canada. I actually got mine from the States. But, if you can find one, I do recommend it. You get an excellent value both in terms of the cost per brick, and the amount of build time that you get out of it. There are many fun details, and overall, it looks pretty good. My complaints about it are mostly small, and mainly that I don't like the interchangeable wall elements.

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Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 from 2 reviews

My husband was so surprised I got this for him. The box was a little banged up (he is picky about corners) but he loves it.

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Recommendation: yes A → 90 / 100

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Recommendation: meh 4.1 / 5 from 4 reviews

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Brick Architect

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Recommendation: yes 4 / 5 by Koen Van Der Hoeven

Being a fan of LEGO modularly designed houses, this set is no different to the other wonderful sets in the line. Even if you are not the biggest fan of houses, a LEGO branded store can be the centerpiece of any LEGO cities or collections. A very fun, different and detailed build, with a variety of Easter eggs makes this a fun and affordable set for all. The only thing that immediately stands out that could improve the set is the addition of a LEGO store employee minifigure, which a set of this type needs, however this reason alone does not deter from the allure of this set. As with the other LEGO store sets however it is a shame that this set is exclusive to flagship stores, but hopefully this set makes its way as a promotional set or appears in local stores in the future.

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Playing with Bricks

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Recommendation: no 6 / 10 by Nachos Grande

While I personally liked this set for the parts, looking at it as the set its designed to be brings forth a number of flaws. For starters, there's no LEGO employee so there's virtually no real play value here (hard to shop if there's no one to run the store). Also, there's no money pieces so that hurts the shopping experience as well. The store doesn't "do anything" either so this set seems like a kind of poor fit for kids.

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by CapnRex101

I always enjoy sets which depict aspects of the LEGO brand and 40305 LEGO Brand Store is another excellent example. Its two-storey design most closely resembles that found in 60097 City Square but this model is more detailed than its predecessor and looks more impressive on display in my opinion, not least because of its bright colour scheme. However, there is some room for improvement. A store employee should certainly have been included and the LEGO sets look more realistic when represented by 1x2 tiles rather than 1x2 bricks. Moreover, I would love to see an entirely accurate rendition of a LEGO store at some point in the future, although this is a fun set and I would certainly recommend adding it to your collection, especially if you already own 5001622 LEGO Store Employee.

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by Jang

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