REVIEW: 71795 Temple of The Dragon Energy Cores

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 71795 Temple of The Dragon Energy Cores:

THE GOOD:

• Great looking build and it's surprisingly big!
• The building experience is a lot more complex than it looks.
• Some great details through out, I especially love the bridge between the temple and the trunk.
• Excellent minifigures selection.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• Can be a bit expensive without discount.
• One of the action feature feel redundant, the trunk moves but it doesn't seem to do anything apart from moving left and right.

This set is unexpectedly big and complex.  When I first saw this set when LEGO revealed it, I thought it looks great with cool minifigures, expecting a building experience similar to a mid size location build.  It turns out this set is quite tall and the building experience is unexpectedly complex and engaging.  The big trunk took a lot more time than expected.  The set is packed with excellent action features and details, although one of the action feature (the small trunk with lantern) doesn't really do much apart from moving side to side.  But this is very minor, the overall features and details packed into this surpass this small flaw.  I particularly like the well and the bridge linking the trunk and the temple.  There is also a new way on building some of the roofs which is refreshing.  On top of that, the 6 minifigures are excellent!  Again Ninjago sets often come with excellent villain!  Now this set can be a bit expensive without discount even though the excellence do justify the price tag a little bit.  Overall, this is a great set, whether you are a Ninjago fan or not, this is a set you should not miss =)