Review: 71862, 71863, 71864 and 71865 from LEGO® NINJAGO®

In my final article covering some of the June/August 2026 LEGO® NINJAGO® sets, I'm building 4 of the smaller sets in the wave. Grab your Dragon Claws as we battle against new and familiar foes.

Review: 71869 Land Bounty from LEGO® NINJAGO®

Destiny’s Bounty is the most famous (and most crashed) vehicle in the LEGO® NINJAGO® theme. One version that is special to me, 70677 Land Bounty from 2019, has received a make-over and comes back as 71869 Land Bounty. How do the two sets compare?

Review: 71871 Battle at the Dragon's Blade from LEGO® NINJAGO®

Last year, LEGO® NINJAGO® launched Ninjago Legends, a miniseries with a different art style to the original. The first instalment, Monstrosity, was accompanied by some great sets, and the upcoming instalment Duskfall will provide us with 3 sets. Today, I’ll be reviewing the smallest of the batch: 71871 Battle at the Dragon's Blade.

Review: 71052 Series 29 from LEGO® Minifigures

I'm excited to collaborate today with a new guest, Four Bricks Tall (@fourbrickstall on Instagram) – a wonderful photographer of minifigures (and even humans). She is also the community manager of Stud Shooters, a toy photography community on Reddit, and has regularly had her photographs published by The LEGO Group.

LEGO® Minifigures Series 29 has been dubbed a "classic" series and brings back a non-IP, non-all-costume lineup of 12 characters to collect. But within that classic moniker, we do get throwbacks to at least three beloved themes: LEGO® BIONICLE®, LEGO® NINJAGO® and LEGO® Monster Fighters! It's also worth noting the anniversaries behind two of those nods: 2026 marks 25 years of LEGO Bionicle and 15 years of LEGO Ninjago, which gives this series an extra layer of significance for longtime fans.

Review: 71861 The Old Town from LEGO® NINJAGO®

Thirteen years after the original planned end date, LEGO® NINJAGO® continues to go strong, celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with a selection of sets based on the theme's history. The flagship set of this anniversary wave is 71861 The Old Town, which debuted in January 2026 as part of the "Legacy" subtheme.

Review: 71858 Four Weapons Blacksmith from LEGO® NINJAGO®

When LEGO® NINJAGO® first debuted in 2011, few would have guessed that the theme and associated television series would still be going strong 15 years later.

The theme has returned to its roots for this significant anniversary, providing us with a faithful rendition of the Four Weapons Blacksmith as it appeared at the start of the very first pilot episode, while taking advantage of the elements introduced in the last decade-and-a-half.

Parts review & MOCs: 71832 Thunderfang Dragon of Chaos from LEGO® NINJAGO®

Set 71832 Thunderfang Dragon of Chaos is a March 2025 release from the LEGO® NINJAGO® theme, featuring a large creature build, a small side build and six minifigures. The colourful dragon is certainly eye-catching, but most of all I wanted to explore the potential of this set for MOC building. I decided to challenge myself further by creating only alternate builds of the set.

LEGO® Ghost Effect with Bar (part 5500)

Today we're playing catch-up with a quick look at the geometry and connection points of an element introduced in 2024: Design Element No.8 (5500), also known as Power Burst, Energy Claw Section Rounded with Bar End and 3 Bar Handles on BrickLink and Ghost Effect with Bar on Rebrickable.

Despite appearing on our best parts of 2024 list, we've yet to actually analyse this ghoulish element in all its ethereal glory, but now that it is available on LEGO Pick a Brick in 2 colours, its time has come.

Reveal: 71837 Ninjago City Workshops from LEGO® NINJAGO®

LEGO® NINJAGO® have revealed the next addition to the Ninajgo City series, 71837 Ninjago City Workshops, which will will be available for purchase starting 1 March 2025.

This time we have a 3,244-piece set featuring a  4-story mechanic workshop, restaurant, store and apartments plus two working cranes and a central mech under construction.

Review: 71814 Tournament Temple City from LEGO® NINJAGO®

71814 Temple Tournament City is the largest set in the 2024 LEGO® NINJAGO® lineup, and as a substantial set of 3489 pieces, it has plenty of interesting parts to talk about. Many of them are now available from LEGO® Pick a Brick (PaB), where you can buy them in bulk.

LEGO® NINJAGO® review & MOC: 71813 Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo

71813 Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo is one of the larger sets in the March 2024 LEGO® NINJAGO® wave; part of Dragons Rising Season 2. The striking structure has some appealing colours, plenty of play features and 8 minifigures. Let's take a closer look at all the details.

Revealed: LEGO® NINJAGO® 71814 Tournament Temple City and 71822 Source Dragon of Motion

Three upcoming LEGO® NINJAGO® sets coming in June 2024 have been added to the LEGO website, and they're stunning.

The largest of all is the 14+ set 71814 Tournament Temple City, but  another, 71822 Source Dragon of Motion, is the largest LEGO dragon to date.

LEGO® NINJAGO® review: mech sets 71806, 71807 & 71808

Over the years we've seen many mechs in the LEGO® NINJAGO® line-up and their builds have increasingly evolved through time. In 2024 the designers are introducing new elements to bring even more build options and play features.

Today we’ll be taking a look at 3 mechs from the first wave of 2024 sets; 71806 Cole's Earth Mech, 71807 Sora's Tech Mech and 71808 Kai's Fire Mech.

LEGO® NINJAGO® review: vehicle sets 71789, 71791, 71792 & 71794

From the very start the ninjas of LEGO® NINJAGO® have been moving around in all types of vehicles, be it cars, bikes, mechs, planes, canceled trains and many more. In this review I’ll be looking at 4 vehicle-orientated sets from the June 2023 wave. 

Namely, 71794 Lloyd and Arin’s Ninja Team Mechs, 71792 Sora’s Transforming Mech Bike Racer, 71791 Zane’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Race Car and 71789 Kai and Ras’s Car and Bike Battle. Is it just me or are the name of sets getting to be a bit long lately?

LEGO® NINJAGO® review: 71797 Destiny’s Bounty - Race Against Time

Destiny’s Bounty has been the transportation of choice since the very start of LEGO® NINJAGO®, and we’ve seen many sets showcasing the flying ship already. When I did a search for them all, I was surprised to find only 6 versions (not counting 71756 Hydro Bounty). I'd felt sure we got a new ship for each season. 

In any event, the ship that crashed so many times, it has become a cliché has been rebuilt once again for the new Rising Dragons season, and today we’ll be seeing if version 7 can offer something new.

LEGO® 71799 NINJAGO® City Markets: Minifigures & Build

Following on from our in-depth look at the fantastic range of new elements in 71799 NINJAGO City Markets, it's time to build the largest Ninjago set ever.

Doing an element review before building such a large set does not help speed up the process, in fact it slows it down.  All the bags have to be opened and searched through to find the new elements and with 51 bags that takes a lot of reorganising. No complaints though, I was very happy to be constructing this set and putting all those new elements and recolours to good use...

LEGO® NINJAGO® Spinjitzu review: Rise of the Tri-Baller

Spinjitzu has been practiced from the very start of the LEGO® NINJAGO® theme. Over the years, many different iterations have been released in sets, and the June 2023 wave adds a new version: Dragon Power Spinjitzu. Three ninja each get their own set: 71777 Kai’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Flip with 72 parts, 71778 Nya's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Drift with 57 parts and 71779 Lloyd's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Spin with 56 parts. 

These small sets include a nice new mould. But before we take a look at that, I’ll have a quick look at the sets themselves and the other elements found in them. 

LEGO® Review: 71795 NINJAGO® Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores

After publishing our overview of all new elements in the Summer 2023 wave of LEGO® NINJAGO® sets, the most commented on elements were the new balls. At the time of writing, the new series hadn't officially started yet, so it was unclear what the spheres represent. 

The best clue comes from the name of one particular set: 71795 Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores, so let's kick off our series of reviews of the Ninjago Dragons Rising wave with this set. 

LEGO® parts review: 71799 NINJAGO® City Markets

The city is expanding once more with the upcoming release of LEGO® 71799 NINJAGO City Markets, and we are here to tell you all about the new moulds, recolours and new printed elements contained within this set.   

71799 NINJAGO City Markets is the largest LEGO Ninjago set yet with 6,163 pieces used to construct a 4-floor structure and 21 minifigures, plus a host of play features to explore. 

But first, let's take things back to an elemental level with its new parts. This set took a long time for me to inventory and there's a pile of new elements to cover in this initial post.  To keep this manageable, minifigures will be covered in a second post. Probably best you pop the kettle on before we head to the markets...

LEGO® NINJAGO® June 2023: Elements Rising

Ninja Goooo! We had to wait for what felt like a long time, but finally we know what happens to the LEGO® NINJAGO® theme after the Crystalized storyline wrapped up.