Ninjago

Rogue vs. Drix Race Car Duel

Two tiny cars, one grudge match, and just enough plastic to make it matter.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 71840 · 2025

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The verdict

I love a set that knows exactly what it is, and this one does.

It hands you two little racers built for the Rogue and Drix rivalry from Ninjago: Dragons Rising, and it gets out of the way so you can start smashing them together within twenty minutes of opening the box. It will never wow a serious builder with clever technique, but it was never trying to. Get it for the kid who wants a duel on the carpet tonight, not the collector chasing rare parts.

Best for: younger Ninjago fans who want a fast build and an instant carpet race, not display-shelf collectors

The full review

What it is

This is one of those small Ninjago sets that exists purely to put a scene from the show into your hands. Rogue and Drix are the rival racers from the Dragons Rising storyline, and the set gives each of them their own compact car, built low and wide so they actually look ready to race each other across the living room floor. There is real charm in getting two vehicles for one modest price instead of a single hero model, and it is exactly the kind of set that gets torn open in the car on the way home from the store.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where the value runs thin. At 111 pieces split across two builds, neither car has much going on structurally, there is no opening cockpit, no hidden compartment, nothing that makes you stop and admire the engineering. It is a fast, simple build, which is a feature for a seven year old and a shrug for anyone building for the joy of the technique. The piece count also means this is not a set that pays back a high per-piece price if you are buying purely as an investment or for parts.

Who it's for

Buy this for the Dragons Rising fan who wants the actual rivalry from the show sitting on their desk, or as the small companion set that rounds out a bigger Ninjago haul. Skip it if you are shopping for a display piece, chasing rare elements, or looking for a build that takes an evening rather than twenty minutes.

The parts story

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

Building this one is quick and uncomplicated. You will have the first car done before you have really settled in, and the second follows the same rhythm, simple stacked plates and slopes forming a low racing silhouette rather than anything with hidden mechanisms. It is a good set to hand to a kid who wants to build something themselves without needing help on every page.

There is not much here for element hunters. The value is in getting two small, playable vehicles and their drivers for one modest price rather than in any single standout piece. If you are the kind of builder who digs through small sets hoping for a rare printed tile or a brand new mold, this one will not be the highlight of your year, its job is to be a quick, cheerful race-day set rather than a parts pack.

Fun facts

01Rogue and Drix are rival racer characters introduced as part of the Ninjago: Dragons Rising era, the storyline that reset much of Ninjago's core mythology starting in 2023.
02Small vehicle-duel sets like this one are a recurring format for Ninjago, giving each on-screen rivalry its own pocket-sized head-to-head set rather than folding both characters into one larger build.
03Dragons Rising airs on Netflix and Cartoon Network, and its expanded cast of new racers and dragon riders has driven a steady stream of smaller, character-focused sets like this duel pack alongside the larger flagship builds.