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Here is my review on Monkie Kid 80065 Erlang's Celestial Mech:

THE GOOD:

  • Despite flaws of the mech, the legs are probably one of the best mech legs I've ever built.
  • Good selection of minifigures if you are into chinese myth.
  • The mini cloud build and hover bike are surprisingly cool.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

  • The waist is too thin proportion wise, although the cape did help to visually hide this.
  • Somewhat small in comparison with other mech in the same themes.

With 2x Insider points earlier and my desire to have a Erland's mech against the Monkey King Warrior Mech, ended up buying this.  To be frank, I was very skeptical on the mech build when this was first announced, well while I had fun building this and there are indeed cool things come with it, it did not change my view that this mech could have been better.  Before talking about the flaws,  the legs build are one of the best pair of legs I've built.  With great movement and interesting use of parts.  The shoulder with the Celestial Dog heads are also very detailed and look cool. But with these pair of legs and shoulders, the rest of the mech doesn't feel in the same ratio so it does feel like a mech with incorrect proportion.  The arms seem short compared to the length of legs and size of palms.  And the waist is just too thin with no waist movements.  The cape did well to visually make it look good but if you removed it, then it does look odd.  The head is fun to build and looks nice but I can't help to feel it looks like optimus prime.  You get a massive spear with cool parts but there are visual gaps due to the parts use.   Overall the size is relatively small compared to other mechs in the theme.  When I place this next to the OG Monkey King Warrior mech, my immediately feeling is, Erlang has no chances of winning XD. The minifigures though are excellent.  While Monkie Kid and Monkey King only have small variation compared to others already released, you do get an updated Erlang and Celesital General.  The Celestial general would be great if you want to build an epic chinese army, though it will likely to be quite costly when the parts are available on PAB later.  I also liked the mini cloud and the hover bike, small yet effective build.  Pricing wise, not as bad as some sets released in the past but still not cheap.  Waiting for insider points double will probably get you best deals or hope of sales on LEGO store.  And in the end, it's probably a set that is skippable unless there are elements you really want in this.

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