Monkie Kid

White Dragon Horse Jet

A horse-faced dragon jet that has no business looking this good.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 80020 · 2021

Pieces565

Minifigs3

Year2021

Set number80020

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The verdict

The nose of this jet is sculpted to look like a long horse face in gold and white, and the wings fan out into overlapping green dragon scales, and somehow the whole thing works.

It is one of the most confident-looking small sets Monkie Kid ever put out, and Mei might be the best minifigure in the theme. My honest reservation is the original price, which asked a bit much for the piece count, and a cockpit that leaves Mei lying back staring at nothing. If you love an unusual, swooshable build with real character, this one earns its shelf space.

Best for: Builders who want an unusual, swooshable jet with a knockout minifigure

The full review

What it is

I have a soft spot for LEGO models that commit to a strange idea, and the White Dragon Horse Jet commits hard. The front of the craft is built to read as a horse's long face, all gold trim and white curves, and then as your eye travels back the body erupts into overlapping dragon scales in three shades of green. It sounds like it should be a mess. Instead it is one of the most distinctive small ships Monkie Kid released, and the wings sit on hinges so you can drop them into a landing pose or fold them out and go tearing around the living room. The scale sections are the part that got me, framed pentagonal shields tucked into hexagonal cutouts, giving the whole surface a reptilian shimmer without a single sticker doing the heavy lifting.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the caveats, because reviewers were pretty united on them. The original asking price was the sticking point. For a set in this size range the parts count felt a touch light, and it is genuinely hard to point at a section that would not have been improved by a few more pieces. The cockpit is the other soft spot. It carries a single printed tile and not much else, and Mei has to recline so far to fit inside that she cannot see or touch anything in front of her. Three minifigures in a 565-piece build also means the figure-to-brick ratio is on the lean side, so if you buy Monkie Kid mostly for the characters, know that going in.

Who it's for

Get this one if you value a build with personality over a build with a big body count. It is the sort of model that people notice on a shelf and pick up to ask about, and the swooshability is real. Mei alone almost justifies it, and the vending machine side build is a charmer. I would steer past it if you mostly want maximum figures or minifigure-scale playsets, because that is not where this set spends its energy. Now that it has retired, prices on the secondary market have climbed, so the value math has shifted again, and you will want to shop carefully.

The parts story

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

The build is a satisfying afternoon rather than a marathon, and most of the interest is in the surfacing. You spend a lot of time layering those angled shield pieces and NEXO KNIGHTS-style scales onto the wings, using SNOT techniques up front to wrap the white and gold around the horse-face nose. It is the kind of assembly where the model does not look like much until suddenly the scales lock into place and the whole thing reads as a dragon. There are stud shooters and spring-loaded shooters worked into the wings, plus a robotic spider and a hoverboard as smaller side builds to break up the main model.

For parts hunters this set is more about recolors than brand-new molds. The headline is a broad spread of green accent tones, and the shield element appears here in Bright Light Green as a color that was exclusive to this set at release. Despite white being the dominant color of the jet, there are no new white parts to chase, so the value for a parts monster lives in those green shields and accent tiles. Mei's printed torso, with its dragon on the front and armor on the back, and her double-sided head are the printed pieces most worth having, and Sandy's cat Mo is a fun little extra figure to round out the box.

Fun facts

01This is one of the only Monkie Kid sets that does not include Monkie Kid himself, putting Mei front and center instead.
02The vending machine side build actually functions: drop a 1x2 tile into the slot and a 1x1 transparent round brick pops out the bottom.
03The set arrived in the first 2021 wave of Monkie Kid and retired in 2023, and its secondary-market value has since climbed to roughly double its original retail.