Five minifigs in a $40 Ninjago set is the kind of ratio that makes you double-check the price tag. The S.O.G. Headquarters delivers a villain lair with enough characters to run the whole operation.
Is the price fair?A+Five minifigs and a full villain lair at $39.99 — the A+ is easy to defend.
Will you love it?B-Ninjago fans get a lot of set for the money; everyone else may not feel the theme.
Holds its value?C-Appreciation has been soft — this one rewards builders, not flippers.
The Full Take
The Sons of Garmadon headquarters packs five minifigs into a $39.99 set, and that alone shifts the math in the buyer's favor before you even look at the build. The villain lair layout gives kids a ready-made stage for conflict — there's a throne, a trap door energy to the layout, and enough greebling to read as menacing on a shelf. For a mid-size Ninjago set, the display footprint punches above its weight class; it looks like a functioning base, not a filler wave entry. The build itself is competent without being especially inventive — 531 pieces assembled without much drama, but the parts are useful and the result is clean. Where this one stumbles is on the back end: retirement appreciation has been weak, so the B+ overall comes with a quiet asterisk for anyone buying with resale in mind. At $40 this was a strong buy at retail, and the minifig haul alone justifies shelf space for Ninjago fans.
