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70500-1 Kai's Fire Mech

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Kai's Fire Mech

Kai's Fire Mech is LEGO set 70500-1. It has a score of 81. This is average compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 0 reviews, based on 7 scored reviews and 11 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 45.8% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2013, and it is categorised in Ninjago.

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Average rating

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2013 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.11, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2013 is 20.26. PPM for this set is 5.49, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Just2Good Recommendation: meh 8.75 / 10 → 88 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 43.5 / 50 → 87 / 100

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8.5 / 10 → 85 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 → 82 / 100

Vaderfan2187's Blog Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Unscored reviews

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Set information

Set ID: 70500-1
Name: Kai's Fire Mech
Parts: 102
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 9.99
Inflation adjusted: 10.96

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.10
Inflation adjusted: 0.11

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 5.00
Inflation adjusted: 5.49

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Just2Good

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Recommendation: meh 8.75 / 10

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Eurobricks

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Recommendation: meh 43.5 / 50 by Lord LOLrus

A solid design. The missile launcher is a bit half-hearted, and the legs have a somewhat limited posability, but other than that, this is a very solid design. Not nearly as skeletal as previous comparable mechs.

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Eurobricks

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Recommendation: meh 8.5 / 10 by Kai NRG

All things considered, Kai's Mech is an excellent little set, with an eye-catching color scheme and an appealing couple of figures. Given that it's a Mech, a lot of poseability is expected, and the final build doesn't disappoint! The building experience is about what one would expect, and the Mech's ability to attach to Cole's driller is the icing on the cake. The Ninjago nut in me would probably have told me to get it anyways, but even just as a LEGO fan, it's a great little set!

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amazon.com

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Recommendation: no 4.1 / 5 from 355 reviews

This was a cute, fun little set. I bought one for each of my kids.The swords and mini-figures were the best part of the set and got repurposed into other things when they were done playing with this set.I bought this back when it was just a little over ten bucks, which is a pretty good price for a set this size.The best rule of thumb for Lego sets is ten to fifteen cents per piece is a good price for a set that doesn't have a lot of specially Minifigures or other large pieces like dinosaurs or something similar.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 355 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.
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Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 by Vaderfan2187

Quite a neat little set, don't you think? I feel the minifigures are pretty good – though the Stone Scout is a bit “meh". The build is cute, and the price is pretty darn good too.

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Brickset

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Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 9 reviews

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The Brick Fan

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Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 by Chad Collins

The mech uses techniques similar to the Hero Factory line for poseability. In the TV show, the Fire Mech is able to transform into a suitcase and transported in Cole's Power Drill but it does not do that in this set.

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Brickset News

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by DrDaveWatford

I like the Fire Mech – it's better than I thought it would be given the lowly piece count. The designers have given us a nicely designed, readily poseable little Mech, and the inclusion of two minifigures, one of which features a new printed torso and legs, makes this set decent value at £7.99 / $9.99.

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The Brothers Brick

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by Chris

This set is a winner. If you're a fan of Ninjago, mechs, or good Lego deals, you should pick this one up. I enjoyed it so much, I've already bought two.

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BZPower

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by Jason

This is a great set. I don't know if I can say that enough. It captures the essence of Ninjago very well, but also has the best part of mech building and ball joint humanoid figures, which is something I'm sure Bionicle and Hero Factory fans appreciate. And if you do get tired of the set itself, the pieces that make it are also good. And it's cheap enough that most people can pick it up impulsively and not be disappointed.

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JANGBRiCKS

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by Jang

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