Ninjago

Lloyd's Titan Mech

The green mech that a lot of Ninjago fans still call the best one LEGO ever made.

Brick Rated Score

4.4/5

Set 70676 · 2019

Pieces878

Minifigs6

Year2019

Set number70676

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The verdict

This is the set that made me stop rolling my eyes at Ninjago mechs.

It stands over fourteen inches tall in sand green, white and gold, it poses like it means it, and it comes with six minifigures including a Zane you can't get anywhere else. I'll be straight with you, if you've already built a couple of big Ninjago mechs the engineering won't surprise you, and the flyer feels like an afterthought bolted on to hit a price. But as a display piece with real presence, it earns its shelf.

Best for: Ninjago fans who want one big posable mech that actually holds a dramatic stance

The full review

What it is

Lloyd's Titan Mech is the big green centerpiece of the Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu wave from 2019, and the moment it is standing on your table you understand why people got loud about it. It is over fourteen inches of sand green, white and gold, built around a minifigure cockpit in the chest, with a gripping hand that swings a giant katana and a spinning shuriken slicer for the other arm. What got me is the stance. So many mech sets end up as stiff toy soldiers, but this one drops into a low, ready crouch and actually stays there. It has weight and attitude, and finished it looks like something that walked out of the show rather than a static model.

The catch

Now the caveats, because they are real. At its original 79.99 dollars for 878 pieces you are paying a bit of a mech tax, since a lot of those parts go into the big shaped panels rather than into fiddly detail. The build itself is clean and enjoyable but it is not going to teach you much if you have assembled a couple of these before, it follows the familiar Ninjago mech playbook of core, limbs, armor plates. And the ball joints, which are what make the posing so good early on, are the same joints that slowly loosen with handling, so a year of swooshing means the heavier action poses start to sag. The detachable flyer with its spring-loaded shooters is fine, but it feels like it exists to pad the box and give a second kid something to hold.

Who it's for

So who lands where. If you love Ninjago, or you want one commanding mech that holds a proper pose and photographs beautifully, this is an easy yes and it is one of the best mechs LEGO had made at the time for good reason. Parents buying for a kid who acts out battles will get a sturdy, playable centerpiece with six figures to fight over. The people I would gently steer away are display purists who want intricate technique and minimal repetition, and anyone who already owns a shelf of green Ninjago mechs, because this will feel like more of the same at a premium. It retired at the end of 2020 and the aftermarket has run hot since, so if you want it sealed you are now paying collector money, roughly double the old retail. The good news is LEGO clearly agreed it was special, because a larger, better-articulated 15th anniversary remake arrived in 2026 for anyone who missed the first one.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building it is a satisfying afternoon rather than a marathon. You put together a solid internal skeleton first, then hang the big sculpted armor panels over it, and there is a nice rhythm to watching the silhouette fill out from spindly frame to broad-shouldered titan. The limbs go together in mirrored pairs, which some people find meditative and others find a touch repetitive, and the cockpit that folds open in the chest is a genuinely clever little bit of engineering. Nothing here will stump an experienced builder, but it never feels like busywork either.

On parts, the value is in the shaping. You get a big haul of curved slopes and armor panels in sand green and pearl gold, colors that stay useful and desirable for custom builders long after the box is gone. The gold and silver oversized katanas are great display pieces in their own right, and Zane FS brings a new-for-2019 tornado spinner and a printed 'powered-up' hood element that fans chased. Add General Vex, the Blizzard Sword Master, a Blizzard Archer and a Blizzard Warrior with their ice armor and crossbows, and the minifigure lineup alone carries a large chunk of the set's worth on the secondary market.

Fun facts

01It is widely regarded as one of the best LEGO mechs made up to that point, and Brick Insights aggregates its reviews into a score that lands it in roughly the top five percent of all sets.
02Zane FS in this set is exclusive to box 70676, which is a big reason the minifigure lineup drives so much of its resale value.
03The set retired around December 2020 and has climbed well over one hundred percent above its original 79.99 dollar retail on the aftermarket.
04LEGO thought enough of the design to release a larger, better-articulated 15th anniversary remake, 71860, in 2026.