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Review Review: 70595 Ultra Stealth Raider
Bob De Quatre posted a topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
Introduction Ninjago never was my favorite theme, but I must say that as the years pass, it tends to grow on me. I'm not interested in the TV show, but the sets have a nice Sci-Fi vibe that makes me want to get my hand on them! So if I make a mistake or miss some important point in this review, please feel free to correct me. Thanks TLG for the opportunity to do this review, which will of course only reflect my own opinion. Set information Set Name: Ultra Stealth Raider Set Number: 70595 Number of Pieces: 1093 Theme: Ninjago Year Release: 06/2016 Prices: £79.99 / $119.99 / €89.99 (Euro prices may vary) #70595 on Brickset #70595 on Rebrickable Quote The Super Sonic Raider has been reinvented to become the Ultra Stealth Raider and is ready to take on Master Yang, Master Chen and Eyezorai. Jump into the cockpits with the ninja heroes and speed into battle. Swerve the snapping jaw and spring-loaded shooters of the Chenosaurus. Fire back with the awesome tank's twin 6-stud rapid shooters and 2 spring-loaded shooters, then split it into a helijet, a huge bike and 2 tread bikes to ambush the enemy. Detach the golden ninja weapons for one-on-one battles and grab Master Yang's Aeroblade to claim victory! Includes 7 minifigures: Cole, Zane, Jay, Kai, Master Chen, Eyezorai and Master Yang. This set includes the 4-vehicles-in-1 Ultra Stealth Raider and Chenosaurus. The Ultra Stealth Raider features 2 opening cockpits plus 2 open cockpits, big tracks and wheels, twin 6-stud rapid shooters, 2 spring-loaded shooters, 6 detachable golden ninja swords, 2 golden shurikens, plus a splitting function. Divide the Raider into a helijet (with foldout wings, 2 golden shurikens, rear prison for a minifigure, and translucent flame elements), a big bike (with both rapid shooters) and 2 tread bikes (each with a spring-loaded shooter). The Chenosaurus has 2 spring-loaded shooters, a snapping jaw, fully posable joints, a detachable chair and fang detailing. Weapons include Master Chen's Jade Blade, Master Yang's Aeroblade, an Anacondrai blade, Anacondrai sword, 2 golden sai, 4 golden swords and 2 golden shurikens. Accessory elements include Master Yang's lantern. Recreate and role-play epic scenes from the NINJAGO™: Masters of Spinjitzu TV show. This set offers an age-appropriate building experience for ages 9-14. Ultra Stealth Raider (full-size) measures over 4” (11cm) high, 14” (38cm) long and 13” (34cm) wide. Detachable helijet measures over 2” (7cm) high, 9” (24cm) long and 3” (9cm) wide with wings folded in. Detachable big bike measures over 3” (9cm) high, 12” (33cm) long and 7” (18cm) wide. Detachable tread bikes each measure over 2” (6cm) high, 7” (20cm) long and 3” (8cm) wide. The Chenosaurus measures over 6” (17cm) high, 9” (23cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide. Packaging The front shows the 2016 Ninjago theme with Cole's head in the top right corner and Master Yang's lantern in the lower left corner. All the minifigures included are shown on the bottom. The back of the box shows the set's play features, the main one being the separation of the Ultra Stealth Raider into 4 different vehicles! Judging by the artwork in the lower left corner, it seems like we'll have to collect 6 blades in the 2016 summer sets, two of them being included here: Master Chen's Jade Blade and Master Yang's Aeroblade. A side of the box shows all the minifigures we'll get, but strangely Cole and Zane carry swords instead of sais and shurikens. There is also a 1:1 sized Cole. Content of the box The box is 2/3 filled with 8 numbered bags, a big tire and a plastic bags containing the instruction booklet and the stickers sheet. There is no cardboard to prevent the stickers sheets to fold, relying on the instructions booklet for this. The 13 stickers are very detailed and look pretty good. Instructions booklet The instructions booklet is pretty thick with 183 pages. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. The light blue background makes color distinctions easy. At the end of the booklet, there are a few promotional pages. One shows all the sets for the summer 2016 wave. There is also an ad for the official Ninjago page, and oddly two pages about Lego Technic. As always at the end: the bill of materials. Minifigures The set contains 7 minifigures: Master Yang, Master Chen, Eyezorai, Cole, Zane, Kai and Jay. Their outfit is well detailed and each ninja got his own design. I really like the back printing of masters Yang and Chen! All mifigures have a double printed head, except for Master Yang and Kai who seems to be always angry. Master Yang is awesome. I really like his sand green face, he got a new wizard beard in black and his lantern is wonderfull with the trans-neon green printed head piece. Interesting parts This set comes with two obvious interesting and exclusive parts: the two printed #10312 Windscreen 10 x 6 x 3 Bubble Canopy Double Tapered with Square Front Cutout (Now that's a long name!) that only existed with B-Wing printings. The other printed parts include the six #14769 2x2 round tiles in pearl gold printed with each ninja symbol, the #85984 roof tile 1x2x2/3 with the Ninjago control panel pattern and the magnificent #3626 minifig head in trans neon green printed with Master Yang dragon symbol. Speaking of Master Yang, his #10052 wizard beardis new in black. Other interested parts are #85861 1x1 round plate with hole in light bluish grey and #24201 curved Slope 2 x 1 Inverted in light bluish grey and black. We also get a pair of a new ornamental part, that I don't know how to describe, but you know wich it is! Build With bag #1 we'll get Master Chen, Cole and Eyezorai. We'll also start to build the Chenosaurus. With Bag #2 the Chenosaurus is finished! Bag #3 give us the frame of the Raider. Bag #4 completes the frame. Lots of stickers applied, but I must admit they look good. With bag #5 we'll finish the main vehicle of the Raider. Bag #6 brings Kai's motorcycle. And bag #7 brings Jay's motorcycle. The helijet, Zane and Master Yang come in the 8th and last bag. A few spare parts. The complete Ultra Stealth Raider. Lots of tiles and curved slopes, totally my kind of build! The Chenosaurus. Play features The main play feature of the set is that the Ultra Stealth Raider divides into 4 different vehicles: a big motorcycle for Cole, a helijet for Zane and two motorcycles with tracks for Kai and Jay. I think that the helijet's wings could have been buffed up. Ninjago sets often use those big blades as wings, but I doubt they generate much lift. Kai and Jay motorcycles are exactly mirrored, each with subtle blue or red touches. The "tank-cycles" roll nicely, but a tender or some kind of suspension would have been a great addition. The big motorcycle is cool, but I'm not fan of making wheels with dishes, a 4 studs wide tire would have been better. The attachment points for the vehicles work well and are easy to secure. The helijet just slides in and attach to the motorcycle cockpit using a clip. The helijet's wing deploy by sliding forward the part with the thrusters. On its bottom side, there is a prison cell... Not the best play feature I've seen. Of course, there are lots of studs shooters! The big motorcycle has two 6 studs barrels, with lots of ammunitions in store. Each tank-cycle has a spring loaded shooter while the Chenosaurus got two. The Chenosaurus is posable, but could have used some ball joints for his head and tail. Conclusion Design: 9/10 - Great designs for all the vehicle. Tiles and curved slopes everywhere! The transformation in 4 vehicle works very well. Parts: 8/10 - A nice selection of parts. Lots of dishes and curved slopes. Some more printed parts would have been nice. Build: 8/10 - Not very difficult builds, but rather interesting. Playability: 9/10 - A great playset. I don't think the Chenosaurus stands a chance if the Raider is played with by a skillful ninja kid. Minifigs: 8/10 - Very nice minifigs, especially Master Yang. Price: 7/10 - A good ppp of 0,08€ and 6 minifigs, this set's price is correct. Overall: 49/60 (82%) - The Ultra Stealth Raider is a great set with a nice selection of minifigures including the 4 ninjas and nasty bad guys! Really enjoyable to build and I guess to play with. Lots of parts that could be put to good uses too! -
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