u/Pandaimprobable

Does it works ? Do you think it makes a nice effect or not with this magician office from 71837 Ninjago workshop ?

I read and listen many negative opinions about this set but I think it's not fair. I wanted to complete my ninjago gardens and the MOC I created with something more and I was seriously thinking to buy the 500 euros Ninjago set (new price because it's retired). In a second time, I was also wondering and doubting with buying workshop (220 euros) and I decided to do it due to the price and now I don't regret at all.

True connecting is not perfect, but it's very easy to fix and it's not so weird. The back is not very elegant, but it depends how to show and play with own configuration and compare with the price, it's a very nice deal. The first 70620 was not so elegant from back.

Why I'm more satisfied with this one more than market, because se price, but also because It's not showing a repeating entertainment places and restaurants, this set adds perfectly else activies with enough harmony and pleasure. The mechanisms are smarts and full, it's also a new way to appreciate an cyberpunk asian ninjago city world. Building this one was very fun, after gardens, I can understand designers continue to explore and find new technics, it's impressive and suprisling often. Even if workshop world is taking all space, the Zane appartement and ramen shop are beautifull. For this price and the potentiel to success to add with another ninjago city, it's very great.

If i should buy a first Ninago City set, Honestly I would prefer another one which show more an entertainment life but as extension, this one give a real new dimension with brio.

One aspect I don't like, and I didn't put them yet, it's about stickers. Some of them are ugly. According to me that could explain may be why so many people are reticent with this set. As Usual, I will use some of them, but not all and especially with this set.

I'm not so fan with the full ninjago world and I'm not passionate with giant robot whatever it's not so ugly there and It's still possible to substitute robot with another workshop aspect (boat, train car...). I'm not sure to keep the toy robot shop like this, may be workshop tools again, but the robot head at the top of the shop is beautifull.

With my configuration and my train Moc, I'm not at all annoyed with back because I will extend later my train rails along this way.

With instructions

https://youtu.be/_X3LiwMPJHs?is=-cVuJe-4cLZfohnm

Removable cockpit airlock entrance.

Seismic charge hatch.

Cutaway of cabins.

Hidden blasters.

Hidden missiles hatch.

Rotaton passengers cabin dynamic.

5 or 6 seating place possible

Easy-to-open rear entrance

Slave 1 rotating room

instructions for free on rebrickable from brickupgrade

Dog barking isn't from the sea...

Free Instructions available

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-267773/Brickupgrade/slave-1-firespray-starship/

Size, base surface and wings are from 75243. Else is original.