REVIEW: 80058 Celestial Pagoda

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on LEGO Monkie Kid 80058 Celestial Pagoda:

THE GOOD:

• Looks stunning with great colour co-ordiantion.
• Excellent minifigures with first ever Nuwa & Li Jing.
• Overal capture the essence of the pagoda really well from the source material.
• Actually a great building experience.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• Not sure if this count as negative but It screaming at me to get another one to build a full tower XD
• You can also say it lacks play features considering the size and price of this.
• Due to its height, it can be challenging to find proper display shelf.

Another unbelievable set from LEGO Monkie Kid.  You thought after Heavenly Realms & the dragon palace, it's very unlikely LEGO will have further traditional location sets based on Journey to the West, then you are wrong lol. And here we are with the Celestial Pagoda.  It looks absolutely stunning and having a very refreshing building experience.  Some of the windows build are just so nice.  Blue and beige combination is also a great colour choice.  It's open back but the lower level actually have lots of depth.  The higher you go, it does feel a bit of a facade but that's how the tower structurally designed.  Even the interior is very detailed and I absolutely love the mini vase builds.  It does capture the essence of the original pagoda from the source materially extremely well too.  The minifigures are execllent.  Nuwa and Li-Jing are really unexpected inclusion, espeically Li-Jing.  IF you are not aware, this is actually his tower.  Nuwa's accessories can probably used a infinity stones too just missing an orange one.  With the core monkie kid team all included in this set and each team members have unique number on their torso, nothing much bad I can say about them.  Now this set is indeed very tall so finding a space to display can be tough and also it really doesn't have much play features considering the size and price of this set.  Having said that, I cannot deny it's an excellent set especially if you are into the chinese culture.  I'm really really tempted to buy another one to make a full towel, probably need some extra parts as well and some design to elevate this already excellent set.  This does cost a bit though.

OK, LEGO, please get us either the great buddha or the underworld palace!!!

[lifeinplastic]

A great review - I don't watch the show but was looking at this set in the Lego shop last weekend. What is the significance of the numbers on the torsos and why is there one missing (is that supposed to be designated to the cat)?

[Lyichir]

8 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

A great review - I don't watch the show but was looking at this set in the Lego shop last weekend. What is the significance of the numbers on the torsos and why is there one missing (is that supposed to be designated to the cat)?

The missing number is for Monkey King himself—he's wearing a matching uniform in the Nine-Headed Beast set. Though now I'm thinking about how cute Mo would look if he also got a matching uniform...

Edited June 19, 2024 by Lyichir

[Pchan1983]

23 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

A great review - I don't watch the show but was looking at this set in the Lego shop last weekend. What is the significance of the numbers on the torsos and why is there one missing

thanks.  Are these available in LEGO store physically in the UK?

and As Lyichir pointed out, yes Monkey King has no.3 in another set I have no plans to buy yet, probably can wait for it available on PAB in 6 months time.

15 hours ago, Lyichir said:

Though now I'm thinking about how cute Mo would look if he also got a matching uniform...

that would be great but the time period is when Mo still a kitten, I wonder if LEGO can print it on such small piece 

[Lyichir]

1 hour ago, Pchan1983 said:

that would be great but the time period is when Mo still a kitten, I wonder if LEGO can print it on such small piece 

To be honest I don't know if Lego can even print the torso area of the larger cat version either (it's not really designed to have "clothes"). But it's a fun mental image in any case.

Edited June 19, 2024 by Lyichir

[lifeinplastic]

On 6/19/2024 at 6:29 PM, Pchan1983 said:

thanks.  Are these available in LEGO store physically in the UK?

 

Yes, this was in the Leicester Square store last Saturday. I didn't really look at all the sets as I was mainly buying City stuff, but this one caught my eye.