Amazon has cut the Lego Pokémon Eevee set to $47.99 as of November 11, down from its usual price of $59.99. That is $12 off, or 20%.
The set has 587 pieces. Eevee, a Normal-type Pokémon from the original 151 that can evolve into several elemental types, has a movable head, posable ears and limbs, and an angled tail. Depending on how you set it, the finished figure can look like it is wagging at you or tilting its head. A hidden Easter egg in the build nods to the evolutions, including Flareon, Vaporeon and Glaceon.
The per-piece math is straightforward. At $47.99, the set works out to about 8.2 cents a piece. At the $59.99 list price, it is about 10.2 cents. Price per piece is a rough yardstick for Lego sets, since it ignores how large or fiddly the parts are, but it shows what the 20% actually buys.
The discount also lands in the first wave of Black Friday sales. A roundup of early offers counted 45 live deals, including $250 off MacBooks and 53% off Bose headphones. Next to a 53% cut, 20% on a licensed Lego set looks modest. In dollars, $12 is small beside $250.
That gap is worth keeping in mind. A smaller percentage on a $60 item is still a real saving, but it is not the kind of markdown that headlines a sales event. Whether it suits you depends on whether you want this particular Eevee, not on how it ranks among the other early deals.