NOTE: I purchased the Dragonian Storm Village (71841) myself, and this review is not sponsored in any way. I strive to always provide my honest opinion on LEGO® products. If you are curious about how I generate scores in this review, I invite you to read about the True North Bricks rating system.

INTRODUCTION

After discovering the Dragonian minifig that came with Lloyd’s Green Forest Dragon, I decided I needed more of the characters. The Dragonian Storm Village presented itself at a low-ish cost, and came with two of the orc-like Minifigures. I picked up the set and decided to review it as well just for fun.

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Value Score Breakdown:

At $49.99 CAD and with only 305 bricks, you are not getting the best value for your money with the Dragonian Storm Village. The cost/brick works out to $0.164 CAD. That is on the expensive side both in terms of the Ninjago theme and LEGO® sets in general. I would not say the Dragonian Storm Village is horribly overpriced, but I still strongly recommend waiting for a sale. Consequently, I’ll score it at 65%.

The Dragonian Storm Village is about 20% too expensive.

Similarly, the build time is also not horribly overpriced, but it is not great either. Based on my experience with the Ninjago theme, I’d say the amount of of build time you get for the price is merely passable. Compared to LEGO® in general, it is satisfactory. However, waiting for a sale will get you more bang for your buck. I rate the build time at 69%. Averaging this with the cost/brick score gives and overall value grade of 67%.

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Build Score Breakdown:

Similar to Lloyd’s Green Forest Dragon, the Dragonian Storm Village is a kids’ set. The build is nothing spectacular and strikes me more like a little outpost than a village. It has a collapsing bridge play feature, and that’s about it.

With that said, I did appreciate the build technique used to angle the eyes on the “stone” face facade (see above photos). There was also a new black bracket element that I have never seen before (see image below). Bricklink says it comes in two other sets, both from the City theme and related to cars… which I would not buy. The first appearance for this element was 2024, so it might be new to quite a few people.

The Dragonian emblem is amazing.

I also really like the Dragonian emblem. However, I am sad it comes as stickers. I am equally disappointed that the Dragonians themselves don’t have shields or proper flags with this emblem on them.

In the end, you can’t expect a whole lot from a $50 set aimed at kids… All the same, I expect more than I got in terms of the build. This design lacks substance, especially on the top level. The Minifigure spinner is also a complete waste of bricks. It is ugly and flimsy. Those bricks would better serve details in the outpost… er… village. I don’t hate this set, but I certainly like it a lot less than my last Ninjago foray, Lloyd’s Green Forest Dragon. The build for the Dragonian Storm Village earns 70% from my perspective.

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Minifigure Score Breakdown:

The Minifigures are really where the Dragonian Storm Village shines. You get six standard minifigs plus a skeleton. With seven characters in a 305-piece kit, you are getting 44 bricks/Minifigure. You get quite a few Minifigures for a set this size. In my experience, the Ninjago theme usually provides an average of 144 bricks/fig, whereas LEGO® sets in general are closer to 200 bricks/fig. The character count earns 100%.

So, you get a lot of characters with the Dragonian Storm Village… but are they characters you would want? Yes and no, perhaps. All the minifigs include all the standard parts, front and back torso printing, and leg printing. Additionally, five have double sided faces. Two of them are Ninjas… collectors of Ninjago probably have a lot of those already. I don’t typically buy a lot of Ninjago sets, and I have a lot of them. Truthfully, I probably did not need any more. For a Dragonian “village”, I kind of wish there were more Dragonians.

Why does this “village” only have two villagers?

With that said, you get two Dragonian characters. The scout is identical to the one I got with Lloyd’s Green Forest Dragon. That’s not a complaint, just an observation. I love the character. The Dragonian Warrior has the same torso and legs, but a different head element, which is also most welcome.

You also get Rogue and Morro Minifigures. Both are nicely printed, and I feel I can use the parts in custom characters later on. I immediately imagined future uses for Morro when I picked up the box in store. All the same, putting either Morro OR Rogue, as well as Zane OR Nya plus two additional Dragonians would make this set better. Especially if at least one of the other Dragonians was a new female print.

The Dragonian Storm Village comes with loads of minifig accessories. As with any Ninjago set, weapons abound. There are swords, axes, machetes, and harpoons. Each character also features armour of some sort, and some form of face covering. The most interesting accessories for me are the the baby dragons. You partially assemble them, but the body is one solid mould, as is each wing. Despite wishing for a different distribution of characters, I still rate these Minifigure designs at 100%.

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Entertainment Score Breakdown:

The Dragonian Storm Village as a set doesn’t do much for me. The build lacks substance. I will recycle it for parts as soon as I am done writing this review. With that said, After building it, I went back and I bought another. Double points started on Ninjago sets while I was reviewing this, so I figured the Minifigures were mostly worth another purchase. While there are cheaper ways to get Dragonian characters, this is also not the most expensive way… and it saved me shipping and waiting.

In this case, the set is passable in my opinion, but I certainly don’t love it. The Minifigures assist in my troll army building and customization projects. Consequently, I will get a little more entertainment value out of this purchase following brick recycling. I’ll rate the entertainment score for the Dragonian Storm Village at 70%.

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The Dragonian Storm Village is only a parts and Minifigure pack for a niche of the AFOL population. For me, it works for my troll army building purposes. What do you think? Let me know in the comments or reach out on social media.

Until next time,

-Tom

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