Summary

Ultrakatty and Warrior Lucy! is a nice little set, a nice build, and a nice companion piece to Emmet and Lucy's Escape Buggy (set 70829). The minifigures are OK, while Ultrakatty is the star of the set. Personally, I like the vibrant colours and the overall design. Ultrakatty has quite good posability, though the joints can be a little loose. There are some new pieces, and I like the three included expressions for Ultrakatty. The price is also quite good. Overall I think this is an OK set to get. Yes, Ultrakatty in itself is excellent, but I am not sure to what extent this cat would invite children to play.

Build experience

The build itself is quite easy, with a few stickers that have to be applied (and are easy to apply). The age range for building is given as 8+ years old. Many younger kids should be able to complete this build without too much trouble.

For anyone who has built one of the more recent (last 3 years) Ninjago dragons, or even the Erumpent in Newt's Case of Magical Creatures (set 75952) there will be a sense of familiarity in the construction of Ultrakatty, with the build of the body and the legs. There are what seem to be new pieces for the 'collar spikes' as well as possibly some recolours. Star pieces in this set are the three 5-wide (!) printed Unikatty faces.

The Lego-built Duplo brick is fun and simple. Thankfully there is a (very) limited use of off-colour pieces, and all of it is covered up well.

The minifigures

There are two minifigures included, Emmet and Warrior Lucy.

Emmet's torso and legs are identical to that of other Emmet;s, but his dual face print is only shared with one other rendition. On one side he is laughing, on the other he is screaming. The face prints are nice, the torso and leg prints are as well, although there is a slight bleeding issue with his ID card, unfortunately.

Warrior Lucy is far from unique. Again, the legs and torso are very common, the face print (also dual sided) is found in three other sets. Here she smiles and seems angry, but with teeth showing. The prints are well done though....

The build

The Lego built Duplo-brick-monster is nice, simple and looks good. Unikatty is well done, and has a nicely aggressive look for a warrior. I like the way the 'helmet' was designed, though it is a little fragile - I have seen sturdier constructions. I generally like the 'spiked' look, and I like the colour combinations. The red and orangs-yellow work well, as does the brown for the spikes and what can be construed as leather armour and equipment. I like the 'standing saddle' for Lucy, with the reigns well done. Unikatty definitely looks threatening.

Play vs display

This set is mostly a display set, though the primary play feature is having Unikatty running around. It is nicely posable, and I can see many a child running Unikatty over home furniture and present adults... if they like it.

Unikatty's posability and size does allow it to be a display set. So does the possibility to combine parts of this kat with Emmet and Lucy's Escape Buggy into a striking display piece.

The verdict

In many ways I find this a hard set to evaluate, as it leaves me somewhat conflicted. Overall this is a nice set, though I would not rate it beyond OK. Yes, the design is good, but the minifigures are not something special, and the whole cat does not feel like a 30 euro set. As Jangbricks would say, it feels as if the 'volume of stuff' does not completely fit the price tag, which is a shame.