Lloyd's Pull-Back Race Car — C+ · The Brick Drop Score
C+
The Drop Score
Lloyd's Pull-Back Race Car
71828-1 · Ninjago
Early read · 0 reviews
A pull-back Ninjago racer for $24.99 is a perfectly decent impulse buy — just don't expect it to be anything more than that.
Is the price fair?BFair for a licensed theme at this scale — not a deal, not a ripoff.
Will you love it?CFun for a Ninjago kid; adults looking for a project will finish it before lunch.
Holds its value?CNinjago pull-backs don't move secondary market — buy it to use it.
True ValueB
$15
Street price
$23
Parts value
154%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 154% of the street price — the basis for this B price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$6
Functional piecescalc
$10
Figures (×2)
$7
BargainThe parts alone are worth more than you pay — $23 of parts for $15.
The Full Take
Lloyd's Pull-Back Race Car lands squarely in 'fine' territory, which is either reassuring or disappointing depending on what you walked in expecting. The pull-back mechanic gives this something to do beyond sitting on a shelf, and two minifigs at this price point is a reasonable deal. At 181 pieces the build is quick — weekend-afternoon quick — so don't plan your whole Saturday around it. It's aimed at Ninjago fans who want to zoom something across the floor, and for that specific use case it actually delivers. The C+ overall tells you it's not a set that over-delivers on any front, but it's also not a trap. Fairly priced for what it is, unremarkable in almost every other way.