LEGO Reviews Ninjago40703

Micro NINJAGO City

Name: LEGO Micro NINJAGO City 40703
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 40703
Rating: 4.7 (28 reviews)

65 · MIXED REVIEWSINVESTMENT GRADE: BB2024339 pcsHigh agreement · 92%

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BUY

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LOVED (8)

01Fun concept to celebrate NINJAGO City
02Many accurate details from the original 70620 set
03Attractive colours
04Excellent packaging in a proper box
05No stickers needed
06Charming model
07Reasonable display size at 16cm height
08Subtle features well integrated (payphone, cash machine, dial detail)

CRITICIZED (8)

01Occasional missing features (notably the outdoor lift)
02Use of trans-clear 2x2 round brick instead of curved corner brick for clothes shop window
03Requires a lot of Insiders points (2700 for single set, over 10,000 for full series of four)
04High cost of collecting the full series
05high cost in Insiders points
06not cheap to acquire all four simultaneously
07finished model isn't as impressive or interesting sat on display
08feels perhaps too small to really be the sort of mini-collection you'd want to spend so much to put together

What reviewers are saying

"This concept endures with 40703 Micro NINJAGO City, which faithfully reproduces the iconic 70620 NINJAGO City!"

Brickset Reviews

"Each one is very interesting and quite thorough to build with plenty of details and call-backs to their larger versions worked into their design."

Brick Fanatics

Ecosystem

70620 NINJAGO City — Faithful microscale recreation that captures the general silhouette and colour scheme but loses some subtleties, with the main concern being design compromises like the window piece

10230 Mini Modulars — Following the same successful concept from 2012 of recreating larger sets in microscale, though applied to a single major set rather than multiple modular buildings

40704 Micro NINJAGO Docks — Part of a coordinated collection; stronger together than individually

40705 Micro NINJAGO City Gardens — Part of a coordinated collection; stronger together than individually

NinjagoTier 2Investment Grade

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BUY

Brickset Reviews

Editorial Source

BUY

"This concept endures with 40703 Micro NINJAGO City, which faithfully reproduces the iconic 70620 NINJAGO City!"

Key Pros

✓Fun concept to celebrate NINJAGO City
✓Many accurate details from the original 70620 set
✓Attractive colours

Key Cons

✕Occasional missing features (notably the outdoor lift)
✕Use of trans-clear 2x2 round brick instead of curved corner brick for clothes shop window

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Brick Fanatics

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"Each one is very interesting and quite thorough to build with plenty of details and call-backs to their larger versions worked into their design."

Key Pros

✓thorough build with plenty of details
✓strong call-backs to larger versions
✓displays well individually and especially as part of collection

Key Cons

✕high cost in Insiders points
✕not cheap to acquire all four simultaneously

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Exclusivity

Brickset Reviews: Insiders/rewards programme exclusive

Brick Fanatics: LEGO Insiders exclusive reward

Resale

Brickset Reviews: Aftermarket prices are noted in comments as 'pretty crazy'; exclusive release through rewards programme may create scarcity value

Minifigures & Standout Parts

Standout parts (per reviewers)

printed 1x1 sushi tile
hidden inside the crab restaurant level, recreating the cooked crab swapping mechanism from the original 70620 set
black Technic ball joint
represents the dial to control the crab cooking function from the back of the set
dark blue 1x1 tile forming a door
detail from the original set
trans-clear 2x2 round brick
used for the clothes shop window corner; reviewer notes this was a compromise as a trans-clear 2x2 curved corner brick would have been preferable but has not been available since 2002

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