LEGO Ninjago 70722: OverBorg Attack Review.

Today we are going to review Ninjago set 70722: OverBorg Attack. This is another of the Ninjago sets we won from the LEGO Facebook competition.
 
Set Number: 70722 

Theme: Ninjago. 

Set Name: OverBorg Attack. 

Part Count: 207 

Minifigures: 2 

Australian RRP: $29.99 

Featuring: Green Ninja Cycle with golden blades, Mech Chair, an All-terrain Tank Bike with spinning front saw blades, a ramp, a recycle bin and a fire hydrant.



The front of the box has some eye catching artwork. The Green Ninja Lloyd launching his green ninja cycle towards the OverBorg on his All-terrain Tank Bike.
 

The back of the box shows you some play features. Including spinning saw blades and a detachable mech chair.

When we open the box we find two numbered bags, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet. Loose in the box is a single caterpillar track.

Here we have a close-up of the sticker sheet. Again they have numbers to indicate where to apply each sticker.

 
This is what you get in bag 1. OverBorg's hair piece was in its own separate bag making me suspect once again that it was manufactured in china*.

* For those who like to know where an element is made. 

This version of the Green Ninja aka Lloyd has all new printing on both sides of his torso and a single sided face print. The torso has some wonderful metallic Gold, Silver and Bronze highlights with some Dark Green printing to match his sleeves. His hair piece is new in the colour Tan.  There is also a Pearl Gold mini armour piece that can hold two katana. Finally Lloyd has a new bandana piece in Green which looks awesome and I'm sure will be a sought after piece.

I don't know a lot about the theme or its characters but this OverBorg or Cyrus Borg looks and sounds very interesting. From what I have read on Brickipedia, he has been disabled all his life, hence the walker. He also used to invent suits and the Techno-Blades for the ninjas. Now he has turned evil.

He has a double sided torso print with hoses, wires and metal plating and a Flat Silver right arm while his left arm is Black. He has a double sided face print: one for when he has a normal face (Cyrus Borg) and the other side is half mechanical when he is transformed into the OverBorg. His hair piece is new and has a half organic / half mechanical look to it. If it was completely organic this would he a cool looking hair piece.

First up with the build is this ramp with fire hydrant. Included is a Green recycle bin with a couple of 1x1 Brown studs (inside!) .

Here is the step-by-step build of the Green Ninja Cycle. It's a neat little design and I would love to try and have a go at making another one but add some red to it so as to go with one of our Robin minifigures.

 A quick step-by-step build of OverBorg's spider walker mech chair.

Here he is sitting in his mech chair. Included are a couple of weapons: a chain saw blade/axe and a katana.

This is the contents for bag 2. Seems like a lot of Technic parts in this bag. Yep over 50 of them.

Here is the the step-by-step build of the All-terrain Tank Bike. Surprisingly this looks pretty damn awesome. They did well to hide all the Technic pieces. The spinning saw blade works quite well and the caterpillar track rolls well on any surface.

Here we have some useful spares. I was pleased to see that we get a pair of Pearl Gold  katana and another bandanna piece too! 

Here we have a few images of the completed set.

A couple of GIF's to see the models in action.

I really enjoyed building this set. At first when I was lining up all the elements, I wasn't too keen on seeing so many Technic pieces rather than brick pieces. But it all worked out in the end and those pieces I dreaded actually gave this set some really fun play features. The minifigures have some great detailing on them and that helps add play value to the set. The cycles are quite clever and and the rotating saw blades give a sinister feel to it. I guess this is the reason Jaspa likes this particular vehicle. 
Again, I know very little about the back-story of Ninjago so I apologise for any errors or lack of information that I may have missed.   
Note to self: Keep Jaspa away from sharp objects!

Thanks for stopping by and reading this new review. I hope you enjoyed it! 
 

Let us know in the comments below what your thoughts and opinions are on the set.

Until next time this is Tan Tile... 

LEGO Ninjago 70721: Kai Fighter Review

Today we are going to review Ninjago set 70721: Kai Fighter. Ninjago sets are not a theme we normally purchase and the plan was to move onto some the new City "Great vehicle" set reviews. However when the new Ninjago sets we won from the LEGO Facebook competition arrived on our doorstep, I thought it would be good to take a look at them.

Set Number: 70721 

Theme: Ninjago.

Set Name: Kai Fighter.

Part Count: 196

Minifigures: 2

Australian RRP: $29.99

Featuring: Red and Gold Kai Fighter. Exclusive translucent Red Techno-Blade. (1 of 4)

The front of the box shows Kai’s Fighter zooming high in the skies over New Ninjago City. General Cryptor launches a rocket propelled missile towards Kai in his Red Fighter.

On the back we see some of the play features for this cool looking set: Flick fire missiles, speed mode adjustable wings and one of the four Techno-Blades in Red.

 Inside the box we have two numbered bags, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet.

A close up of the sticker sheet. I think this is the very first time I have seen numbers on the sheet to indicate where to apply them throughout the building process.

Here is a quick look at the parts for bag 1.  We get a couple of inverted Dark Gray Tiles, the new translucent red Techno-blade and General Cryptor head gear piece was in its own separate bag making me suspect it was manufactured in china*.

    
*For those who like to know where an element is made.

Kai has a wonderful double sided torso print with some really lovely details on him. The Dark Red and Gold printing go well together and they top it off with flames amongst it all. He has a single sided face print sporting a stylised scare across his left eye. Kai’s hair piece is completely new and exclusive to this set. It has a soft rubbery texture to it. We also get a new bandanna piece in red and it’s definitely going to be on everyone’s wish list! And finally, he has the Translucent Red Techno-Blade (1 of 4) that is exclusive to this set.

General Cryptor is the robotic leader of the Nindroid army, and a servant of the Digital Overlord. He has a double sided torso print that feature hoses and metal plating exposed from his torn robes. He has a double sided head print that is half torn, exposing metal plating all the way around. The head gear piece is all new and has borg like features to it. General Cryptor also has a new shoulder armour piece with printing that can hold 2 katana. His legs are printed also.

Here we have a step-by-step build of the first half of Kai’s Fighter.

Here are the contents of bag 2. Lots of different wedge type plates that are very useful for MOC building.

Here is the last of the step-by-step build and thus completing the set.

Here are the few spares we get at the end. A spare Red bandanna and a katana, gotta be happy with that.

Here are a few images of the completed set.

Here is a GIF of the wings in action.

Overall this is a fantastic set. It’s mostly Red so it has to be, right? It makes it go faster too. This was a really fun build that has some great SNOT* building techniques. I really enjoyed building  the adjustable wings feature, it was incredibly well thought out.

This set has two fantastic looking minifigures but Kai the Red Ninja would have to be the stand out. As a child the colour Red was my favourite and my inner child is saying “Hide this one from Jaspa! I don’t want to share it with him”  but of course I will… maybe. If you like to swoosh then this is for you!

 * Studs Not On Top

I know very little about the back-story of Ninjago so I apologise for any errors or lack of information that I may have missed.

Thanks for stopping by and reading this new review. I hope you enjoyed it! 

Let us know in the comments below what your thoughts and opinions are on the set.

Until next time this is Tan Tile... Nin-ja-go-ing-out-ta-here