Ninjago

Oni Titan

A brooding stone colossus that towers over almost anything else in the Ninjago lineup.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 70658 · 2018

Pieces530

Minifigs4

Year2018

Set number70658

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The verdict

The Oni Titan is one of those Ninjago builds that photographs bigger than its piece count suggests, and standing it next to my other sets I kept underestimating how much it looms.

It nails the rocky, brooding look with mixed greys and olive green highlights, and the articulation is genuinely fun to pose. The short legs bother some people from certain angles, and it is very much tied to the Sons of Garmadon storyline, but as a display piece with playable joints it holds up beautifully. If you love a big posable figure and the darker Ninjago era, this one rewards you.

Best for: Ninjago fans who want a towering posable display figure with real play value

The full review

What it is

The Oni Titan comes straight out of the Sons of Garmadon arc, the moment Lord Garmadon reawakens and uses his True Potential to summon a stone giant over Ninjago City. In the show the thing towers above the buildings and is big enough to cradle Destiny's Bounty in its arms, and even at LEGO scale that menace carries over. The finished figure stands around 25cm tall, and the first time I set it up on a shelf I genuinely kept glancing back at it, because it dominates the space in a way the modest 530-piece count never prepares you for. The build leans on mixed greys to sell a rocky, weathered body, with olive green highlights breaking up the stone and a cheeky little tree perched on one shoulder that I adore.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the caveats, because they are real. The most common gripe, and the one I noticed too, is that the legs sit a touch short for the overall height, so from certain angles the proportions look slightly stubby. It bothered me for about a day and then stopped registering, but if you are fussy about silhouette it is worth knowing. The other thing is that this is not a mech in the traditional sense. There is no cockpit, no pilot seat, so it is a colossus you pose rather than a vehicle you crew, and a couple of buyers expected the former. And because it retired back in 2019 the price has climbed hard on the aftermarket, so paying anything near the original 49.99 is the win to hold out for.

Who it's for

Who should get this? Anyone who loves the darker, grittier Ninjago seasons and wants a big posable figure that reads as a display piece but still invites you to fiddle with it. The joints are stable enough that kids can actually play without limbs flopping, which is not always true of large figures this size. If you are only in it for the four minifigs, know that Harumi and Garmadon here are the draws (Harumi as the Quiet One is one of the more interesting villains of the era), while Lloyd and Nya turn up elsewhere. And if you are a strict mech-and-vehicle collector, or you cannot stand the leg proportions, this is an easy one to skip without regret.

The parts story

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

Building the Oni Titan is a satisfying afternoon rather than a marathon, and most of the pleasure is in the joint work. You assemble the torso, arms and legs around a skeleton of ball joints, micro ball joints, hinges and snap connectors, and the clever bit is how much stability comes out of the lower body in particular. Reviewers singled out the leg construction as the standout engineering, and it earns that, because a figure this top-heavy could easily topple and this one just does not. The hands grip, the waist twists, and the disc shooters clip onto the arms without fighting you.

On the parts front the real value is the color palette and the accessories. You get a good spread of grey slopes and rock-textured elements mixed with olive green, which is a lovely combination to have in bulk, plus two big buildable katanas that slot into a back holster and look great in the figure's fists. The four minifigures make up roughly 44 percent of the set's value, with two of them exclusive, so the fig-hunters do well here too. At about nine cents a piece at retail it was solid value, and honestly the poseable armature alone is worth harvesting for other builds if you ever break it down.

Fun facts

01In the show the Oni Titan is a Colossus conjured by Lord Garmadon's True Potential and glows purple like the resurrected master, and it stands tall enough to hold Destiny's Bounty in its hands.
02Two of the four minifigures are exclusive to this set, and the figs together account for around 44 percent of its total value.
03The set launched at 49.99 in June 2018 and retired in August 2019, after which its value climbed roughly 226 percent on the secondary market.
04Unlike most Ninjago mechs, the Oni Titan has no minifigure cockpit, which makes it a colossus you pose rather than a vehicle you pilot.