Ninjago

Wyldfyre's Transforming Dragon Mech

A four-legged dragon that folds up into a sword-swinging mech, and it actually holds together while it does it.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 71868 · 2026

Pieces821

Minifigs6

Year2026

Set number71868

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The verdict

The thing that got me here is that the transformation is not a gimmick you do once and never touch again.

Folding this dragon from a posable four-legged beast into an upright mech with a sword is genuinely satisfying, and it snaps into both shapes without sagging. You also get six minifigures including a proper villain trio, which is a lot of play value for one box. It is not cheap, and if you only ever want it in one pose you are paying for engineering you will not use, but for a Dragons Rising fan who wants to actually play, this is one of the better mid-size Ninjago builds of the year.

Best for: Dragons Rising fans age 9 and up who want a set they can pose, transform, and battle with, not just shelf

The full review

This is the mid-size showpiece of the summer 2026 Ninjago wave, a 2-in-1 action figure that starts life as a large posable dragon on four legs and folds up into an upright mech gripping a big sword. It pulls straight from season 4 of Dragons Rising, and it comes with six minifigures: the ninja side gives you Wyldfyre, Arin and Sora, and the villain side hands over Empress Beatrix along with an Ice Monster and an Acid Monster. On top of the transforming figure you also build Beatrix her own battle mech with posable limbs, an opening cockpit and a weapon the show calls the Weapon of Desolation. That is a genuinely full box.

What sold me is the transformation itself. A lot of transforming LEGO sets give you a change that is fiddly, flops around, or only really works in one of its two shapes. This one snaps cleanly between dragon and mech and, more importantly, holds its pose once you get it there. It is the kind of thing you will keep picking up and reconfiguring rather than building once and forgetting.

The money is where I have to be fair with you. The set launched at 89.99 dollars in the US for 821 pieces, and that works out to roughly eleven cents a part, which is on the steep side for a Ninjago action build with no big licensed premium behind it. You are partly paying for the six figures and the transformation engineering rather than sheer brick count. Aftermarket pricing has already drifted a bit under retail, so patience is rewarded here.

As with any transforming figure, the joints are a compromise. To let the model fold, some connections are looser than they would be on a locked-down statue, and a couple of spots will pop if a younger builder is rough with them. It is not a fragile set, but it is a play set first and a display piece second, and it is happiest being handled.

So who is this for. If you follow Dragons Rising and you want something you can actually stage battles with, a dragon that becomes a mech plus a full villain lineup plus a second enemy mech is a lot of story in one purchase, and I would happily recommend it. If you build purely to display and you want maximum brick for your money, or you know you will only ever want it in one shape, the price is harder to justify and you would get more raw model from a fixed set at this size. But as a toy that earns its keep on the carpet, this one is easy to like.

The parts story

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

The build reads like an action figure from the inside out, which is the fun of it. You are constructing a skeleton of hinges, ball joints and locking plates rather than a static shell, and you can feel the designers thinking about where every fold has to happen. It is not a hard build and it moves along quickly, but there are a few clever moments where a section you thought was just armor turns out to be the pivot that lets the whole dragon stand up as a mech. Kids nine and up will manage it fine, and there is enough going on in the joint work to keep an adult builder interested.

The value on the parts side lives in the joints and the figures rather than in rare printed bricks. You get a healthy pile of ball-and-socket and hinge elements that are gold for anyone who tinkers with their own mechs and creatures, plus fire-toned pieces that suit Wyldfyre's Heat element. The real draw for collectors is the minifigure roster: six of them in one box, including the season villain Empress Beatrix and two elemental monster figures you cannot get casually elsewhere. If you part sets out for custom building, the connective hardware here is the quiet win.

Fun facts

01Wyldfyre is a feral orphan the ninja meet in the Wyldness, where they find Kai living as a protector of a group of children, and she fights with the chaotic Heat element.
02Empress Beatrix, full name Beatrix Vespasian-Orus, is the former totalitarian ruler of the Kingdom of Imperium and the main antagonist of this stretch of the show, which is why she gets her own mech in the box.
03The set is a true 2-in-1: the same figure folds from a four-legged dragon into a sword-wielding mech, and it ships alongside a completely separate Beatrix mech with an opening cockpit.
04It rolled out in most countries on June 1, 2026 at a US price of 89.99 dollars, with the US release following on August 1, 2026.