LEGO Nexo Knights 70323 Jestro's Volcano Lair

LEGO set 70323, “Jestro's Volcano Lair”, depicts Jestro’s volcanic hideout from the Nexo Knights theme. Released in 2016, it contains 1186 pieces and provides a villain focused setting for conflicts between the knights and the monster forces of the theme.

“Jestro's Volcano Lair” gives the Nexo Knights theme a substantial enemy location built around Jestro and a volcanic setting. Rather than focusing only on knight vehicles or individual characters, the model establishes a fixed lair for the opposing side and supports story scenes centered on the villains.

Its contents combine a lair build with heroes, villains, and visual details associated with lava, rock, and Jestro’s dark magic theme.

It suits Nexo Knights collectors who want an antagonist base, as well as builders looking for a play setting rather than only a vehicle. On display, it reads clearly as Jestro’s domain, while in play it provides a setting for encounters involving Axl, Macy Halbert, Lance Richmond, Jestro, Lavaria, and the included creatures.

Inventory of set 70323

The inventory of set 70323 lists 1,186 pieces, spare parts excluded: 395 different lots (one shape in one color) for 313 part shapes. The box also contains 66 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 70323

Main color: black, making up 26% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (15%) and red (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 70323

256 of the 313 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 70323

8 part shapes in set 70323 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 10 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

No similarly sized set supplies more than a quarter of its parts: set 70323 relies on a little-shared assortment.

Size of set 70323 within its line

With 1,186 pieces, set 70323 ranks #2 out of 69 Nexo Knights sets in our database, which have an average of 261 parts. Among the 459 sets released in 2016, it ranks #17. That is 4.5 times the average Nexo Knights set size.