Ninjago Fire Temple

Mark recently purchased a new Lego set, the Ninjago Fire Temple, from amazon.uk (the British amazon.com). The set is sold in the USA, but the price at amazon.uk was lower. (Lego sets are usually priced higher in Europe given the exchange rate, but this set was an anomaly.) It's a super cool Lego set. When I saw the set online I thought it had an intriguing design and as the children built it, I was even more impressed with Lego's ingenuity. It's a very fun set. The temple itself is pretty awesome, but the real star of the set is the dragon. He's definitely got high wow value.

The set came in the mail Monday and the children started piecing it for our Family Home Evening activity. We don't usually do Legos for Family Home Evening activity, but once in a while if we have an irresistible new Lego set we do. The Fire Temple came with three instruction booklets which was perfect for us. After the trio put together the seven minifigures, Bentley started the dragon, Jake started the temple, and Viva started on the extra design elements. The children only had an hour or so and then we had to shut them down as it was bedtime.

First thing Tuesday morning, Bentley asked to work again on the dragon. I said okay. He was the only one up at the time. When the twins got up he was finished with the dragon and it was time to get started on our morning routine. Bentley showed the dragon to great-grandma when she came upstairs. He asked her what she thought it was. She tried her best--A bird? A thunderbird? A firebird? A dinosaur? A pterodactyl? We gave her clues, but dragon was not on her radar. I think it looks like a dragon! (The photo below doesn't do it justice.)

After the twins finished their reading lessons, they went to work on the temple. Viva finished her items. I had to convince Jake that he needed to let Bentley work on the main temple with him. He and Bentley worked together nicely and then Viva asked when she got to do some work on it. She worked for a while. Then the boys worked some more. They were just about finished when they got in trouble for pushing and shoving. They had to quit work on the set. Wednesday they quickly finished building the temple.

 The Ninjago Fire Temple is a big hit with all three children. And me. And opa. They not only enjoyed building it, but the boys have had a great time playing with it. We highly recommend this set to other Lego fans.