Jungle Explorer from CMF Series 19 in Ninjago City Docks - Johnny Thunder Remade?

[Darnok]

Nothing big to see here, jsut a small easter egg I noticed while building Ninjago City Docks these days.

 

On the first floor, in the "family home", there is a picture of some adventurer on the underside of the upper bed. It is #12 on this sticker sheet:

 

Now compare this to the "Jungle Explorer" from the current CMF Series 19:

 

They are one and the same! I am not familiar with the Ninjago verse other than some of the sets, so don't know if this character had any mention in the TV series or the movie. A nice detail either way, and one more reason for me to get this minifig.

 

P.S.: A friend notified me of Johnny Thunder, who shares literally all the same features. So apparently we got a "modern" Johnny Thunder in CMF form.

 

Edited September 15, 2019 by Darnok

[Exetrius]

Ninjago City is overflowing with all kinds of easter eggs (though it's a shame so little are printed)! The CMF is indeed widely regarded as a modern Johnny Thunder, but did you know LEGO actually released a modernized Johnny Thunder with the release of The LEGO Movie? 

 

In this set:

70815: Super Secret Police Dropship

[Darnok]

I actually learned about that one when watching a review of the CMF series 19 the other day. Thanks for confirming it! Man, I wish I had been out of my Dark Ages when the first Lego Movie was around, so many awesome sets...

[TeriXeri]

Unrelated to this figure but in terms of "easter eggs", the Hidden Side bus set has a Bionicle sticker and we still don't know what the Leaf theme is, set numbers are the closest to the last wave of Bionicle.