Ninjago

The Old Town 15th Anniversary

Fifteen years of Ninjago packed into one sprawling, minifigure-stuffed town.

4.7/5

Set 71861 · 2026

Pieces4,852

Minifigs24

Year2026

Set number71861

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The verdict

Buy it if you have any history with Ninjago at all.

At $299.99 for roughly 4,850 pieces and 24 minifigures (18 of them exclusive to this set), the value math works out better than almost anything else in the 2026 lineup, and the community agrees with a 4.7 out of 5 on Brickset. The three big sticker sheets and near total absence of printed parts are a real annoyance at this price. Newcomers who don't recognize names like Dr. Julien or Mystake will still get a handsome display town, but the nostalgia is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here.

Best for: longtime Ninjago fans who grew up with the show and want the reunion

The full review

What it is

The Old Town is the centerpiece of Ninjago's 15th anniversary, a 4,852 piece LEGO® set that recreates the kind of village where the theme began back in 2011. It builds as four separate modules with their own instruction booklets: a front gate with a tea cart, a woodshop and a statue of the First Spinjitzu Master; a post office and workshop with a hinged back wall and a rotating crane; a cliffside lookout; and a three story tower hiding a secret hideout under the rockwork. You can snap the modules into a ring, line them up into a display that stretches past 39 inches, or split the booklets between family members and build in parallel. Reviewers at New Elementary and The Brothers Brick both found the build varied rather than repetitive, since each module is its own little scene, and the whole thing is salted with references to fifteen years of episodes, from cherry blossom trees to an exploding wall gag.

The catch

The honest caveats start with stickers. There are three large sheets, and at this price plenty of builders expected printed parts instead; several reviews called it the set's one real sore spot, and one sticker even shipped with a typo, rendering Harumi's 'sleep, sleep' rhyme as 'sleen, sleen.' Parts hunters should also temper expectations, because New Elementary counted only two proper recolours (a dark green canopy and black frogs, 22 of them, which is a lot of frogs). The budget clearly went to the minifigures instead. And it needs room: over a metre of shelf in the long arrangement, so measure before you commit.

Who it's for

Who is it for? The 24 minifigures answer that. Eighteen are exclusive, and the roster reads like a series finale: Dr. Julien, Dr. Saunders, Mystake, Faith, the Time Twins Krux and Acronix, plus first ever figures of young Wu, young Garmadon and the First Spinjitzu Master. If those names mean something to you, this is an easy recommendation and arguably the anniversary set to get, with community sentiment at 4.7 out of 5 on Brickset backing that up. If they mean nothing, you're paying $300 for a pretty village and a pile of strangers, and something like a modular building may serve you better. For lapsed fans deciding whether to come back for one big build, this is the one.