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The final bag of parts has one last burst of fun elements, including that 3×3 dish. At this stage you can stand the dragon more or less upright, although the weight of the arms and wings will keep this from working well in the completed build. The legs are otherwise a solid build, lacking knee articulation. They’re attached with click-hinge articulation at the hip, and Mixel-style ball joints at the ankle. The next building stage gets the dragon up and off the ground with the hind legs. The 2×2 curved brick in teal is pretty uncommon. More teal and sand green await us in bag four. I guess we’ve seen enough dragon-based art where the tongue is exposed to just make this one look hungry. By all rights that detail should make this look a little goofy, but somehow it works. It also has a red claw element as a tongue, which sticks out between the dragon’s teeth. The bottom jaw is attached with robot arms, which allows for a good range of motion.
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The center of the brow uses up the last of the stickers on a 2×2 curved slope. The dragon’s head looks great, with a couple of skeletal horns attached to clips. It also gets another two stickers to continue the gold-and-teal integration. The neck, however, does use a higher friction ball joint to provide articulation. The instructions and sticker sheet are loose in the box, but the ones in our review copy arrived in good condition. Inside the box are five numbered part bags, an 84 page instruction booklet, and a sticker sheet. They don’t call out the other points of articulation on the dragon, but I suppose “moving arms and legs” is kind of expected. There really aren’t much in this set, though: The dragon’s mouth opens and its tail wags.
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The back of the box has a very clear shot of the set contents, and a series of detail photos showing off the play features. It’s a change in direction from the more cinematic (but confusing) box fronts seen in the previous wave of Ninjago sets. The dragon is front and center, with the other set elements easy to pick out. The front has graphics that emphasize the jungle themes, with plenty of foliage surrounding and image of Island Lloyd in the upper right corner. The set comes packaged in a thumb-punch box. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews. The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Where does the Jungle Dragon fall on that spectrum? And will it earn bonus points for all that glorious teal brick? Read on and see! Previous Ninjago dragons have ranged from the really fantastic to the pretty lack-luster. It will feature Zippy the Jungle Dragon (yes, really), a small sailboat, and four minifigures. The 506 piece Ninjago 71746 Jungle Dragon will be available March 1st from the LEGO Shop Online for US $39.99 | CAN $49.99 | UK £34.99. The upcoming season of Ninjago is an Island-based storyline, and LEGO will be releasing a number of sets to go along with the televised adventures.