Set Review - Worriz' Fire Bike 30265

LEGO S@H finally tempted me enough to make a purchase.  The Mini is cool but not something I could justify buying yet.  The promo mini Mini was not very Mini looking to me so I passed.  But the Star Wars Advent calendar came out and I decided to jump.  I'm always a sucker for tiny ships.  But that's for another review.  In getting my order to $50, I was able to get a free Chima polybag thrown in.  While the deal sealer was really the classic spaceman re-release at $99, the polybag gets the first review.

When I first saw pictures of the set I was reminded of Robin's Redbird Cycle.  On further review, I now realize that these are a bit different.  Robin's bike takes on a more traditional approach of forks on either side of the wheels.  Worriz' bike, not so much.

I like box art.  They always show you the best side.  Rarely do you get to see the rear side of a build, despite the 6 box panels on which to display copious amount of logos, figure shots, and other eye candy.  On a polybag, there's really only one side that's used.  The back side usually just has a free LEGOLAND kid's ticket with adult ticket purchase, the bar code, and dramatic language about not feeding the LEGO parts or the polybag to your babies and children.  No word on teenagers.

So when I built the bike, I was a bit disappointed.  When I was in Junior high (those amazing years), I was really into Kenner's M.A.S.K. vehicles.  It was an amazing and amazingly short lived toy line.  I'm still trying to finish up my collection.  (N.B., if you have a complete Wolfbeast that you're thinking of throwing away, call me).  There was a vehicle named Buzzard that was sort of a foreshadowing of the Split Seconds line.  Buzzard was an Indy car that broke into two sidecar type motorcycles and a small drone.  Worriz' bike reminds me of the motorcycles.  Very lopsided in that all the wheel support was on one side.  I'm almost inspired to get another one to build a mirrored version.

But now we get orange Chi!  Fire Chi, I assume?  Does this mean we can look forward to more elemental Chi in the future?  Maybe some Wind Chi or Dirt Chi?

Overall, perhaps I'd let a 3.5 out of 5 slide.  The back side of the build is terrible but the dish over the wheel is a neat touch and there's a couple of orange half baby bows.  Plus a 9L liftarm.  And it's a solid build and the bike is stable when you run it downhill.  So I guess the odd build isn't that bad.  But without any mudguards, Worriz is going to get a terrible line of road grime up his back.

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