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21108-1 Ghostbusters Ecto-1

Best LEGO sets of all time:

Ideas

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Ideas is a LEGO category that had 59 sets released in 2011-2023. This page details statistics of this theme, derived from all of the reviews Brick Insights has gathered and interpreted. You'll find a breakdown of the following:

Best rated Ideas sets of all time

Let's get the best part done first. These are the highest rated Ideas sets of all time.

All Ideas sets by rating

21322-1 Pirates of Barracuda Bay

95

Recomended 85%

Pirates of Barracuda Bay

21322-1 Ideas 2020

21309-1 NASA Apollo Saturn V

95

Recomended 73%

NASA Apollo Saturn V

21309-1 Ideas NASA 2017

21326-1 Winnie the Pooh

95

Recomended 67%

Winnie the Pooh

21326-1 Ideas Licensed 2021

92176-1 NASA Apollo Saturn V

95

Recomended 67%

NASA Apollo Saturn V

92176-1 Ideas NASA 2020

Worst rated Ideas sets of all time

Just for fun - these are the worst rated Ideas sets.

21308-1 Adventure Time

77

Avoid 57%

Adventure Time

21308-1 Ideas Licensed 2017

21321-1 International Space Station

77

Indifference 57%

International Space Station

21321-1 Ideas NASA 2020

21101-1 Hayabusa

78

Avoid 33%

Hayabusa

21101-1 Ideas Licensed 2012

21316-1 The Flintstones

79

Indifference 92%

The Flintstones

21316-1 Ideas Licensed 2019

87

is the average rating of all Ideas sets.

This rating is the average of all 36 scored sets in Ideas. Compared to other categories this is average. 23 unscored sets are not included. 61% of all sets in this category are scored. Here's the distribution of all categories and where Ideas is in relation to the others.

To know what it takes for a set to get a score and thus be included in these calculations, check out the FAQ.

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9-12
13-16
17-20
21-24
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45-48
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61-64
65-68
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89-92
93-96
97-100

Ideas rating over the years

Years without scored sets are not included.

Recommendation distribution

Alright, so that's the rating. But are the sets generally recommended? The data we've collected shows that the majority of Ideas sets are considered recommendeded:

Recomended 50%

23

19

4

Total: 46 / 59

Not all sets in our database are marked as recommended or not. We currently have 13 sets in Ideas that are considered unknown. They are excluded from these calculations.

A set is considered recommended when the majority of reviews recommend it. If you're interested in knowing when a review is considered a recommendation, I keep that reasoning updated in Brick Insights FAQ. I've also written an article detailing the recommendation distribution of all reviews.

Prices

Since part prices vary a lot depending on part types, Brick Insights attempts to group similar categories together. We call these meta-categories comparable categories. Ideas is bundled into System along with these:

Advanced models Adventurers Agents Alpha Team Aqua Raiders Aquazone Architecture Art Assorted Atlantis Avatar Avatar The Last Airbender Basic Batman Boats Brick Sketches BrickHeadz Bricklink Bricks and More Building Set with People Bulk Bricks Cars Castle City Classic Creator Creator Expert DC Comics Super Heroes DC Super Hero Girls Dino Dino 2010 Dino Attack Dinosaurs Discovery Disney Dreamzzz Educational Elves Exo-Force Factory Freestyle Friends Fusion Gabby's Dollhouse Ghostbusters Harry Potter Hidden Side Hobby Set Homemaker Icons Ideas Indiana Jones Island Xtreme Stunts Jurassic World LEGO Games LEGO Universe LEGOLAND Legends of Chima Life of George Make and Create Marvel Super Heroes Master Builder Academy Mickey Mouse Minecraft Minions: The Rise of Gru Minitalia Mixels Model Team Monkie Kid Monster Fighters Nexo Knights Ninjago Overwatch Pharaoh's Quest Pirates Pirates of the Caribbean Power Miners PreSchool Prince of Persia Promotional Racers Rock Raiders Samsonite Scooby-Doo Seasonal Serious Play Service Packs Sonic The Hedgehog Space Speed Champions Spider-Man SpongeBob SquarePants Sports Star Wars Stranger Things Studios Super Mario System Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Angry Birds Movie The Hobbit The LEGO Batman Movie The LEGO Movie The LEGO Movie 2 The LEGO Ninjago Movie The Lone Ranger The Lord of the Rings The Powerpuff Girls The Simpsons Time Cruisers Town Toy Story Trolls World Tour Ultra Agents Unikitty Universal Building Set Vidiyo Vikings Western World City World Racers Xtra

The average price per part (PPP) of all System sets is 0.19. The average PPP for Ideas is 0.09. Meanwhile, the average price per minifig (PPM) in System is 17.98 and the average PPM for Ideas is 33.90.

Ideas prices over the years

All prices are adjusted for inflation.