REVIEW: 80106 Story of Nian

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on the other 2021 CNY set 80106 Story of Nian:

THE GOOD:

• The Nian Beast, especially the head build is interesting.
• The look of the entrance is very authentic.  Love the design of the door.
• Excellent selections of minifigures with new printed torsos.
• Surprising amount of space.
• Once again, great value on what you are paying.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• To be honest, can't find any.  The only thing I would comment on is why Lego expects the grand parents to do all the heavy cleaning work considering the accessories given to them ... lol

Overall, it is another great set.  Although I personally think 80107 is better but this is still good.  It may be just a facade build but as far as I know about this style of houses, it really just a wall so it kinda makes sense and the space in front of the entrance gives this set a lot more depth that you seen in the photos.  The design of the door is just brilliant.  The Nian beast also a very interesting build.  With 6 minifigures with new torsos, this set is really great value of money.  I will recommend this set to everyone.  A few side notes, I found it funny the designer gave the grandparents cleaning duty and the superheroes effect parts for the fire works really exaggerating and you probably want to get away from those fireworks in real life XD. Especially if you speak/understand Cantonese, seeing the grandmother holding a shovel to clean snow during new year does not really align with the supposed new year theme =P

[JintaiZ]

Thanks for the review! Another good thing about it is the large number of printed pieces.

Edited January 3, 2021 by JintaiZ

[Vilhelm22]

Nice!  I've ordered 80107, and probably going to pass on this one tbh, but the design is still extremely nice and it seems that it keeps up to the expected high standards of these sets.  Honestly I still don't understand why there's such a focus on these sets over other festivals - there are more big sets for Lunar New Year than Christmas (though I know they can't call it that for religious reasons).

[BrickMonkeyMOCs]

20 hours ago, JintaiZ said:

Thanks for the review! Another good thing about it is the fact that there are no stickers.

Nitpick: There are two stickers - one on each door.

[Pchan1983]

On 1/4/2021 at 12:18 AM, BrickMonkeyMOCs said:

Nitpick: There are two stickers - one on each door.

haha, to be honest, these 2 makes perfect sense to be stickers.  As these are posters in real life =)

 

On 1/3/2021 at 3:49 AM, JintaiZ said:

Thanks for the review! Another good thing about it is the large number of printed pieces.

You're welcome.  Imagine they stop making exclusive prints for next year one I bet there will be riots =)

 

On 1/3/2021 at 9:17 AM, Vilhelm22 said:

Nice!  I've ordered 80107, and probably going to pass on this one tbh, but the design is still extremely nice and it seems that it keeps up to the expected high standards of these sets.  Honestly I still don't understand why there's such a focus on these sets over other festivals - there are more big sets for Lunar New Year than Christmas (though I know they can't call it that for religious reasons).

I believe this theme is the focus to expand the Chinese market.  Originally, these were regional exclusives but due to complains and demand of regional exclusive sets, they decided to release in other regions too.