Review: 42601 Friends Hamster Playground

So this is outside my usual parts limit and Price-per-Piece range but I think it's currently the smallest set available with the new leaf pieces.  It also has a couple of those new-ish tube pieces and if you're old enough to remember Habitrail then I think you understand why I wanted to take a crack at reviewing this. 

Box.  MSRP is $19.99, for a $0.20 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minidolls.

Parts 1.  Loose in box.  "Stadium" Plates.

Parts 2.  Half Circle Plate, Round Plate, Curved Cutout Plates, Plates, Half

Oval Plates, Minidoll Hamster, Bricks, Round Bricks, Macaroni Tiles,

Slopes, Macaroni Bricks, Log Bricks, 4x4 Flower Petals, and Minifig Dish.

Parts 3.  Turntable Base, Turntable Top, Tiles, Round Plates

w/3 Leaves, Rounded Plates, Slopes w/Cutout, Plate w/Arm

Up, Printed Tiles, Round Flower Plates, and Round Plates.

Parts 4.  Large Round Jumpers, Round tiles w/Pinhole, Turntable Top, Turntable

Base, Round Plates w/3 Leaves, Clip Plate, Plates, Rounded Plate, Jumper,

Ingots, Translucent Tiles, Studless Slopes, Inkwells, Round Plates, Hinge

Plate, Macaroni Tiles, Minifig Hairbrush, Half Pins, Pins, Bar w/Angled

Hollow Stud, Minifig Telescope, Twigs, Plant Stems, and Minidoll Hamsters.

Parts 5.  45 Deg. Tubes, Straight Tube, Plate, Round Bricks, Round

Plates, Curved Top Panels, Tile, Convex Panels, Rounded Plates w/

Layered Leaves, Grille Bars, Arches, Minifig Apple, Plate w/Rounded End,

Bricks, Translucent Hemispheres w/Cutout, Bracket, Ball Joint Plate, Hinge

Plate, Translucent Round Bricks, Clip Brick, and Round Brick w/Pinholes. 

Build.  Two 1 Hit pieces of Cover, Station,

and two 2 Hit pieces of Cover.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  This is definitely a terrain set, and that price per piece isn't great, but I like it for the contents anyway.  Try to get it on sale if you really want it and are feeling price conscious.