Name: The Golden Dragon
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 70503-1
Rating: 85 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2013 is 0.15. PPP for this set is 0.13, 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 10.97, 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: yes 9.5 / 10 → 95 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Brickpicker Recommendation: yes 8.47 / 10 → 85 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 70503-1
Name: The Golden Dragon
Parts: 252
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 29.99
Inflation adjusted: 32.91

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.13

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 10.00
Inflation adjusted: 10.97

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Just2Good

Recommendation: yes 9.5 / 10

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 from 412 reviews

I bought 2 of these back when the price was a reasonable thirty bucks. For that price it is an excellent set.Both my kids loved this and one of them liked it enough that it went up on his keeper shelf instead of in the community Lego bin.A good rule of thumb is approximately 10 to 15 cents per Lego piece is a good deal for a Lego set. Unless it has a Lot a really specialty pieces like animals, dinosaurs, etc. Then you'll look to pay a little bit more than that.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 412 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brickpicker

Recommendation: yes 8.47 / 10 from 3 reviews

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: no 4 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

I really like the set and it kind of makes me regret not purchasing other Ninjago sets in the past. Obviously, the Golden Ninja minifigure will be one of the hottest minifigures this year since there won't be any more Ninjago sets in 2013 and he's only in one other set. The Stone minifigures are a nice addition. The main attraction is the Golden Dragon itself. It's very nicely detailed and very articulated. I would totally recommend picking up this set. The price point is also spot on for what you get.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 4 reviews

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by DrDaveWatford

Although I can't unreservedly recommend this set, it's certainly not bad, and given all the large parts it contains plus the interesting Golden Ninja and Warrior minifigures in particular it's not terribly priced at £24.99/$29.99. The set should certainly please those who are already fans of the Ninjago theme, but I'm not sure it'd win over the undecided.

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