Knowing nothing much about NINJAGO, figured I’d educate myself before building. Watching the pilots, the origin story, brought the experience to another level (I get the customer service hold music now!). It might sound corny but I feel honored to have this great set in my collection. I understand what it represents and what it means. — The build : it is solid and heavy! Building techniques are masterful. As an avid builder, it’s great to learn clever new things. By bag 2, I decided to just trust and let the designer take me on an adventure. — Very well paced build (12 bags). SO MANY great DETAILS - on the level of Medieval Blacksmith. It’s a VERY DENSE build. — IMO it’s a great value. If you are into architecture and these rare full buildings that open up - you’ll love NINJAGO Blacksmith. It fits my Lego collection aesthetic of unique, well designed, beautiful builds that don’t hog a lot of space. — Minifigs are flawless. Beautiful printing and accessories. You get 6 of them! There are 8 stickers (I think) - rectangles, so very easy to apply - esp with the windex dropper bottle technique. — Added photo next to LEGO A Frame Cabin for scale. FWIW I think it’s a perfect size/price/detail/uniqueness factor set - other than my huge TRex and LKC, it’s what I prefer - no clutter. — I imagine every NINJAGO fan would go nuts over this set. It’s beautiful. The love for the franchise is in every single stud. Serious respect for the set designer - an absolute triumph!— I hope that every LEGO NINJAGO fan who wants this set can have it - it’s affordable for what you get (truly) - a 15th Anniversary tribute set like no other! Saving up for something special is its own reward and accomplishment. It’s on 60 day back order for a good reason!
I love this set! The minifigures are great and I love seeing a good blacksmith Kai. The set is a beautiful representation of the original building. Overall, it’s one of my favorites in my collection and definitely the best of the wave.
I *really* enjoyed this set. The building techniques, minifigure lineup, and accuracy is so impressively good. It's compact, but you get a lot of detail that would be lost if the set had to have been bigger. I really hope that more smaller enclosed buildings release- though people need to keep in mind that a full building uses twice the piece count as a facade.
Call it nostalgia bias, but this was the most excited I have ever been for a new set. The 2011 blacksmith shop was my first ever LEGO set, and this remaster absolutely blew my expectations out of the water.