Best Ninjago Lego sets

If you’re a collector of premium Lego sets, anything from the Ninjago City line is a worthy investment. Right now, the original Ninjago City is the priciest buy of all – with one box selling for $1,100 (£905) on eBay in August 2023. Even in less pristine condition, the product can fetch around $800 on secondary markets – a certified Lego gold mine.

Ninjago City was released in 2017 to coincide with the Ninjago movie released that same year. Built from 4,867 vibrant bricks, its modular design allows you to split Ninjago City into three pieces for full exploration.

Several interesting spaces are crammed inside, including a fish market, comic book store, crab restaurant, and an ATM that shoots out money. There are plenty of functional details that encourage play, like an oven that actually cooks crab and a moving sushi conveyor belt. With plenty of hidden secrets to discover and a huge number of neat minifigures to place, this is an excellent site for a serious Lego play session.

Lego Ninjago City is complex, beautiful, and great value for money. It’s also discontinued – an issue for more casual fans, but something that will make the set even more enticing to collectors.

If size does matter for you, feast your eyes upon Ninjago City Gardens. With a record 5,685 pieces, this is the grandest Ninjago Lego set of them all. You can also combine it with Ninjago City and Ninjago City Docks to create a sprawling, brick-based metropolis.

You’ll need to pay a premium price for such ginormous-ness, of course. A hefty price for a huge set, but Ninjago City’s value could skyrocket like other sets in the series – so it’s a solid investment as well as a gorgeous set piece.

With three floors to explore, there’s an impressive level of detail here. You can visit an ice cream shop, Chen’s noodle house, and a museum inspired by the history of the Ninjago ninjas. There’s not as much fun functionality here as in the Ninjago City set, but there’s plenty of space to place your 19 minifigures.

From the large to the small – we consider Lloyd’s Dragon Power Spinjitsu Spin Set the best cheap option for those on a tight budget. For the price of lunch, you’ll get a detailed minifigure of the current ninja team leader, as well as a moving Ninjitsu toy. Or, you can get Lloyd and two other ninja sets for a slightly higher price.

Spinjitzu is an iconic part of the Ninjago series, and you can recreate it by sending this brilliant green bit of plastic around the included obstacle course. It’s a breeze to put together, and the movement is surprisingly smooth. If you’re looking for a compact and cost-effective gift but don’t want to compromise on quality, you’re in safe hands with Lloyd.

Grown-up Lego fans might not feel engaged by this simple build, but they can still enjoy sending two spinning tops into a surprisingly fun head-to-head. What this set lacks in size and display value it makes up for in play value and approachability, however. Young and beginner builders will find this to be a great jumping-off point for Lego.

The Lego Ninjago series is filled with all sorts of impressive constructions. If you can’t choose between mechs, buildings, minifigures, or literal dragons, we suggest picking up the Ninjago Ninja Dragon Temple. It gives you a taste of everything Ninjago has to offer for a pretty reasonable price.

The set includes minifigures of Nya, Kai, and two snake warriors to do battle with. Nya can swoop into action atop a poseable Ninja Dragon, and two temples and a motorbike complete the scene. At 161 pieces, this is a simple, kid-friendly build that’s a great introduction to building and the Lego Ninjago series.

That being said, this product is now retired, so its price is entirely in the hands of the secondary market. In 2024, we saw the set sell for an average of $25 (£18.68). However, there are plenty of sellers trying to push the price up higher, so this might change in future.

Plenty of Ninjago Lego sets are child-friendly, but the Creative Ninja Brick Box Set is a cut above the rest. That’s for one simple reason: it comes with a big brick to store everything in.

Play goes a lot smoother when you know no crucial pieces are going to get lost. Plus, the storage box makes it easier to travel with your Ninjago Set and play away from home.

Now we’re done raving about storage, let’s talk about the set itself. The Creative Ninja Brick Box features an interactive training center for your ninjas, as well as two vehicles and six minifigures from the series. Suitable for kids aged five and up, this set can be built by the book or with a more creative, do-it-yourself approach. Either way, there’s plenty of fun packed in.