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Set Name: Skeleton Chopper
Set Number: 30081
Parts: 41
Figs: 1
MSRP: $3.49 USD
Product Link: TRU
This small set caught my eye on the shelf at Toys R Us. I found out later it is being used as a giveaway with a minimum purchase (I think $20) of Ninjago products. I paid MSRP less 10%.
This is my first Ninjago purchase. The decision was chiefly based on some of the tantalizing new parts in a relatively cheap little package. Look at that weird little bracket. That has some definite uses swimming around in my mind.
The design is pretty straight forward.
It's good to see the continued use of purple as well as the old style rotor base, still useful after all these years.
The four long bones are relatively cool. I'm sure I'll find a use for them en masse, in spite of their specialization.
Overall Conclusions:
Design - 4/5: If you set out to build a backpack mounted helicopter for a skeleton warrior, this is the design you'd get, give or take, 9 times out of 10. That having been said, I'm not sure how much sense a helicopter with bones for rotors makes. Oh well.
Minifig - 2/5: I'm not sold on the need for a redesign of the skeleton torso. The booted feet don't make much aesthetic sense. I understand their need to clip into the spinjitsu base, but they look awkward on a skeleton. Now, as an architectural element...
Price - 5/5: Anything less than $.10 a piece these days gets my vote.
Playability - 5/5: What's not to love about the swoosh-ability of a tiny helicopter?
Parts - 4/5: Everything here is useful, from the purple fins to the awkward feet, and everything in between.
TOTAL: 20/25... Not bad at all.
) I hope I can get hole of some soon.
