LEGO NINJAGO 71867 X-1 Ninja Charger announced!
Posted by CapnRex101,
I think NINJAGO's 15th anniversary has started strongly and another anniversary set has been revealed today, to be released on June 1st.
71867 X-1 Ninja Charger contains 691 pieces and this is the third iteration of the X-1 Ninja Charger, following 70727 X-1 Ninja Charger and 71737 X-1 Ninja Charger, released in 2014 and 2021, respectively.
The price of £69.99, $89.99 or €79.99 seems expensive to me, good though the set looks. In addition, the set features our next and probably last 15th anniversary collectable minifigure, Dusk, the Elemental Master of Shadow.
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$90? Since when did Ninjago have Star Wars pricing?
It is not that car. And the minifigs, except the anniversary one, are awful. Easy skip.
I want the anniversary minifig, but that's about it.
Is this the most massive single-person car Ninjago has ever produced? Sure seems like it...
This is pretty weird. Ninjago usually has great builds, minifigures and pricing, although that last one has been slipping as of late. This is one of the worst examples recently, so few minifigures, even if they are decent, and the build is pretty good, but feels like a black hole of parts, and the price is awful. I'm also not sure how much demand there is for another Kai car, I'm not sure when the last one was but it was pretty recent... I think some might like this set, but it isn't for me.
Why fail so much? This ain't worth it
@zegel0802 said:
"$90? Since when did Ninjago have Star Wars pricing?"
Since the Ninjago kids grew up and landed in the 18-35 demographic. It is the 15 year anniversary after all.
They lifted that action feature straight from one of the vehicles from M.A.S.K., but if it works just as good, that's fine. Pretty bulky car for being in the minifig-scale. Probably the biggest to date?
$90 is absurd for a $50-ish sized car.
Gorgeous! Definitely bigger and more over-the-top than the original, but I feel like it pays off—both the car and bike look that much cooler than previous versions.
It does lose the muscle car shaping of the original, which is a bit of a shame. But since this is the third version of this car they've made, I'm personally happy that they did something different with it.
Max $50. They're smoking something fun.
I remember when $90 would buy 8635
Wow, I didn't have high expectations for the X-1, but it still doesn't meet them. I never liked the X-1, but this car doesn't even look like it. I don't think there was ever a canopy, and it looks more like that Lloyd car from SoG. The Minifigs are...there? Kai obviously doesn't fit in since he is the wrong season(couldn't even include his armor). While I love the nindroids and their mask element, it's nothing special from what we have seen before. They also should have included at least one more. Dusk is the only really good character in here. Lastly, that pricing seems awful.
I'm still a little perplexed that they chose the X-1. I would have preferred to see the last golden weapon vehicle redone(Cole's car), or something else. It definitely would have helped since they didn't want to change the ninja outfits.
I like the anniversary fig and the look of the car, but $90 is WAY too much, i'm gonna have to wait for a sale on this one
Well, of all the Ninjago sets, this is certainly one of them.
Next.
LEGO designers can't build to minifig scale anymore. Because that would result in too low prices.
I think if you're NOT excited about a car that splits open so a motorbike can shoot out then you're not really alive in the truest sense.
This is just about the same size as the Icons Schumacher Ferrari F1 car. Now I want to put Schumacher in the driver's seat and have him race this absolute unit.
The price on this is absurd.
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It kinda looks like an F1 car lol.
I definitely like it more than the 2021 version, but the original has yet to be surpassed IMO. The price for this new one certainly doesn't do it any favours.
Normally when LEGO does remakes of previous concepts, the newer ones are better (e.g., X-wings in Star Wars). But this?
This is the third version of the X-1 they've made, and it's by far the least accurate to the source. It's not even the same type of car anymore: the original X-1 was some kind of muscle car, this is clearly a roadster/sports car with the exposed front wheels. Just completely wrong.
I thought Legacy sets celebrating the anniversary would be more true to the source - look at 71858 ! I despise these "re-imagined" sets. "They wanted to do something different than before" my ass. 70727 came out 12 years ago, and not all of us were able to get it then. Is it too hard to just rerelease 70727 with some improvements to stability? The Star Wars team can do it ad nauseum and apparently it sells. So far this "15th anniversary celebration" has been a spit in the face to older fans.
Oh, the Dusk minifig is cool. I never knew that was her name. As on-the-nose as ever.
Wow, I can't believe they revealed 2 sets today that will be heavily discounted at costco in the US. This and Grogu look like great 30 dollar pickups.
This might be the best version of the launch feature and the motorcycle looks cool but the whole thing needs to be cheaper, looks more like a $60 set to me.
I haven't looked into the rule changes for this F1 season yet, but adding swords to the formula is brilliant!
@benredstar said:
"I think if you're NOT excited about a car that splits open so a motorbike can shoot out then you're not really alive in the truest sense."
I was excited. When they did it for 70727. However, I died between then and now.
@zegel0802 said:
"$90? Since when did Ninjago have Star Wars pricing?"
It's been a thing for several years now for (at least) one Ninjago vehicle per year to be absurdly overpriced:
2022: 71773 - 624 pcs, $90
2023: 71783 - 312 pcs, $45
2024: 71811 - 267 pcs, $50
2025: 71830 - 333 pcs, $50; and the most egregious 71844 - 561 pcs, $100
2026: 71856 - 387 pcs, $55; and now this 71867 - 691pcs, $90
So this set isn't even the worst offender....
I was disappointed by the leak but this looks amazing.
Considering the price they better make a grey version and move it to another theme....
$90 for a toy car?
$90 for a car sounds like a highway robbery
@jkb said:
"LEGO designers can't build to minifig scale anymore. Because that would result in too low prices."
Have Ninjago cars ever been to minifig scale, though? Is there even *really* such a thing as "minifig scale?"
@benredstar said:
"I think if you're NOT excited about a car that splits open so a motorbike can shoot out then you're not really alive in the truest sense."
Not sure why they didn't implement this feature in 76303 .
@TuxDoesLegoStuff said:
"$90 for a car sounds like a highway robbery"
But 6 tires!
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