ReZourceman Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 If you'd prefer to listen and watch rather than read and look, I did a super lovely video review. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr LEGO 70732 - The City Of Stiix £99.99 from Toys R Us 8 Minifigures and 1 Skeleton (apparently not important enough to put on the box. Where are skellie's rights these days?) Set is made up of one large building, one smaller scene and two vehicles. There's some really good minifigures in this set. I love all the ghosts and their accessories, lots of nice trans-green parts, worn rags and transparent faces...really makes them all look very mystical. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr They're a great combination of colours. Trans-green and purple does something for me. Love their faces. Lloyd is described as "Evil Green Ninja". LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr The first part of the build is Nya's vehicle. Pretty forgetable. It has smooth/rounded tiles on the bottom, so it doesn't sit straight on the floor. It's a good vehicle though. A nice little hover bike type thing for her. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr Next onto the ship. This is probably my favourite part of the set. As mentioned in the video, I'm often disappointed by LEGO pirate style ships. Their size is good, but because of that size, they're often very bare in the middle. This one is a great size, so the build didn't get boring, and because it's small it doesn't look or feel sparse. I really love the sail, and I like the way its attached on with the new ball joints. I added a tiny customisation in the way of a spare black claw on the top. I think the ship looks amazing. It's very gloomy, ghostly and interesting. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr The windmill element is the next piece. I like the design of the actual windmill itself and the blue base plates to represent water is cool. I like this thought of this entire city being located on a body of water. The windmill could be taller, but I guess if they did give it any more height it might become top heavy. Still not too bad a design. Just operated using a cog on the back, nothing too fancy - again perhaps they could have added a small contraption to have to twist something further down. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr Finally onto the tower/temple/building itself (whatever it is). I'm not sure how this fits in in the story so I don't know what the deal with Ronin's room is - but this is a nice little room. Some cool detailings like a gold book with a hidden (something-or-other) with a picture of Jay on. A hat and moustache disguise? A dragon statue, an embroided (sticker) carpet. It's cool. The room above is very simple, a bit of an outpost-outlook type thing with a seat on a trap swing door. The top room has something in....I don't even know how to describe it. Some kind of gold instruction tablet at an angle. And at the crest of the tower is a zambo-ball (zomorphe?) shooter. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr The bottom layer of the tower is really cool, again lots of blue to signify water, and it has a great crank/cog setup that opens the two rock doors at the front, with some jail cell elements either side to make it look dungeon-esque. It contains a skeleton and a spider, and it uses some trans green columns - I LOVE these elements, so seeing them used like this in a normal building pleases me. Not even sure what it is....,mystic slime walls? I actually really ADORE the colour scheme for the whole set. The dark blue, dark brown and light green looks amazing, it makes it look so ominous and gives it an effective "glow-in-the-light" look. Great styling keeps it in theme with the rest of Ninjago. I'll be totally honest, I got this set for one reason only, and that's to hopefully give my LEGO channel a bit of exposure and popularity boost, but I'm glad I got the set. I really like it. Good design, fun build and the ship is EXCELLENT. Build - 7/10, nothing all too special but it never got boring. Minifigures - 8/10, it's nice to have a decent amount for a change. Good selection of ghosts. Value - 8/10, £99.99 is expensive but it has a decent amount of pieces, parts and minifigures. Overall - 8/10. Its a great theme, great colours, good selection and variety....very decent large set. LEGO Ninjago 70732 City Of Stiix by Michael Jamieson, on Flickr Quote
Exetrius Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Great set, good review! Maybe you cuold have done some close-up shots of the diffirent levels of the tower. Quote
Sandy Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Wow, I've been totally out of the loop! I didn't even know this set existed before now. This is another fantastic construction, Ninjago has always had superb large buildings as their flagship sets. More pictures and especially close-ups would've been nice for the review, though... Quote
Im a brickmaster. Posted May 27, 2015 Posted May 27, 2015 Yes close ups would be awesome, also...it looks really expensie! But cool! Really cool Quote
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