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NINJAGO City Workshops

The fifth NINJAGO City corner, with a buildable mech that steals the show.

4.7/5

Set 71837 · 2025

Pieces3,247

Minifigs10

Year2025

Set number71837

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The verdict

If you already own any of the NINJAGO City blocks, this is an easy yes, since it clicks straight onto the row and finally adds a working garage.

If it is your first one, know that it is the smallest of the bunch and leans hard on stickers. It is a genuinely fun, detail packed build with a customizable mech at its heart, just not the crown jewel of the line. Grab it for the play features and the city connection, not because you expect it to top NINJAGO City Gardens.

Best for: NINJAGO City collectors who want the next connecting corner and a mech to tinker with

The full review

What it is

So your mate is eyeing up NINJAGO City Workshops, the LEGO® set that adds a fifth block to the ever growing NINJAGO City skyline. Here is the quick version. This is a 3,247 piece corner building packed with four floors of apartments, stores, a restaurant, and a proper mechanic workshop, and right in the middle sits a big buildable mech that is under construction. That mech is the hook. It is the first NINJAGO City model to feature a posable mech you assemble and customize, snapping colorful armor plates on and off a bare frame. If your friend loves the idea of a garage where robots get built, tuned, and re armored, this set was made for exactly that daydream.

The catch

Now the honest bit, because that is what friends are for. At around 250 dollars this is not cheap, though the price per piece is a very reasonable eight cents or so, which is good going for a set this dense. The bigger gripes are real. It uses a lot of stickers, and if your mate is the type who groans at applying decals, they will groan a fair amount here. The two cranes sound great on paper, one on the roof and one inside the workshop, but the workshop crane in particular is temperamental and often only works if you physically hold the mechanism together instead of just turning the crank. And compared to its siblings, this is the smallest NINJAGO City set to date, so if they are expecting the towering scale of NINJAGO City or NINJAGO City Gardens, temper that a little. The ten minifig lineup is solid but not spectacular for the money.

Who it's for

Here is who should grab it. If your friend already has one or more NINJAGO City blocks, this is a no brainer. It connects with the same Technic pin modular standard the whole line uses, it is the third corner piece in the series, and it fills a genuinely new role in the city with that workshop. It is also a great pick for a builder who loves interior detail and play features over pure display shelf grandeur. Who should skip it? Anyone wanting a standalone showpiece, or a first time NINJAGO City buyer on a budget who would be happier chasing one of the larger, more celebrated entries second hand. For everyone else, it is a warm, busy, satisfying addition that earns its spot on the row.

The parts story

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

The build uses the clever NINJAGO City slide out method, where you construct the outer facade first and then come back to fill each room in afterward. It keeps a huge set from feeling like a slog, because you are constantly bouncing between structure and fiddly little details like the restaurant fit out and the shop shelves. The four floors each have their own character, so the pacing stays fresh rather than grinding through repeated modules. The mech is the standout section to assemble, built as a bare frame first so the armor genuinely clips on and off, which feels more like a MOC technique than a typical set instruction, and it is a lot of fun to fiddle with once it is done.

On the parts front, the real value story is the ten minifigs, most of them exclusive to this set, including Zane, Pixal, Harumi, Dr. LaRow, Dorama, and 2021 The Island deep cut Twitchy Tim, plus a charming brick-built Dorama's Puppet. Fan estimates put the combined minifig value around 159 dollars, which is a big chunk of the sticker price. For the bricks themselves you get a strong mix of NINJAGO City signature colors and useful architectural parts, though be warned that a lot of the visual pop comes from stickers rather than printed elements, so it is more of a great parts pile for city builders than a printed piece goldmine.

Fun facts

01This is the fifth building in the connectable NINJAGO City line, following NINJAGO City, NINJAGO City Docks, NINJAGO City Gardens, and NINJAGO City Markets, and it joins NINJAGO City and Gardens as the third corner unit in the series.
02It is the first NINJAGO City model ever to include a posable buildable mech, designed as a swappable armor frame so you can re equip it with the colored plates included.
03The set digs into NINJAGO history for its figures, reviving Twitchy Tim who first appeared back in 2021's The Island storyline.
04It connects to the rest of the city using the same Technic pin modular standard LEGO uses for its big Creator Expert modular buildings, so it lines up cleanly with the other blocks.