LEGO Ninjago 2023 Discussion

[a guy from somewhere]

9 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

Well, we do have the 2023 core earth dragon, but I see what you mean

in other news… I got the Zane’s ice dragon creature today!

It’s a great build and is in the show too, enjoy it. Love the menacing look of it. 

[Harren Tonderen]

10 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

n other news… I got the Zane’s ice dragon creature today!

ayy, congrats!

[a guy from somewhere]

Brought the hunter hound as an appetiser for the new wave, love the build. looks very menacing, and I figured you guys would want to see it compared to the bounty dragon that I built before for a size comparison. The hound is slightly bigger but more spindly, and I also managed to get some red eco joints from the core bone mech, and they look pretty good. I also have another project that I'll show off in a bit. Other than that, figures are great, the mask gap is a little annoying IRL but is easily looked past. the claw hunter looks great, its a shame we didn't see him in the show. Hopefully part 2 will come round on it. Also, those episode names and descriptions for part 2 have been confirmed by Doc, so no spoiler there thankfully. 

I have a question for anyone who has the new bounty yet, what is its actual length? Lego.com specs say its over half a meter long but I dont think thats right, im guessing they have the dragon next to it, which is kinda false advertising. I dont believe its 51cm long but if anyone has it in hand and can measure it that would be great.

[danth]

7 hours ago, a guy from somewhere said:

Brought the hunter hound as an appetiser for the new wave, love the build.

Looks like it has no stickers, is that true? Flag looks like a print.

[a guy from somewhere]

1 minute ago, danth said:

Looks like it has no stickers, is that true? Flag looks like a print.

Flag is a sticker, plus a 2 x 4 slope on the back. 

[danth]

1 minute ago, a guy from somewhere said:

Flag is a sticker, plus a 2 x 4 slope on the back. 

Interesting, I just built a similar $20 set where the flag was a print.

https://brickset.com/sets/71800-1/Nya-s-Water-Dragon-EVO

[Agent Kallus]

14 hours ago, danth said:

Interesting, I just built a similar $20 set where the flag was a print.

https://brickset.com/sets/71800-1/Nya-s-Water-Dragon-EVO

But I suppose in the core wave those banners were the collectables whereas here it's just a bit of flourish.

Edited June 13, 2023 by Agent Kallus

[a guy from somewhere]

Back at it again, here's my custom 8 wide module for the Ninjago City sets. Gonna be honest, this one was a pain. I understand why most people will choose 16 wide if they wanted to go smaller, there just isnt enough space to flesh details out. Happy how it did come out though, obviously nothings perfect but I think this lines up well with the others. The final few pics showcase it next to my Ninjago City workshop moc, I particularly like how the street opens up at the back. 

Details include - 

Aquarium at the base, along with a large support beam, and a path that leads to the back of the city streets. Wrecking ball (or Hammond) seems to have found a new spot for his new business, with a little tea shop. Directly above the store, in keeping with the tradition of trying not to waste space, is a garage for a hover bike. 

The second level consists of a green grocers, although sparse due to the space limitations, I think its the best I could manage. Above it is a balcony and little garden shed, complete with a shrine in the very back and a tree growing out of it, with a vending machine behind it. Above that, is a storage bay that is really just a place for me to chuck little trinkets and interesting parts, plus an excuse to put in a head in a jar, something my friend begged me to include in the city somewhere. At the very top, a landing pad for hover boards can be found, with a winch to get up there. As stated previously, the final pics are it next to the Workshop module, and I think it pairs very nicely. I have parts available for a final 16 wide module with a canal running through it, I figured theres enough paths but not enough water way connections that lead to the back of the city, so that will be my next project. For now though, I will be taking a break from the city skyline building. 

Let me know what you think and what I can improve on! Always open to suggestions and constructive criticism.

[Fire-Ninja]

Hey Guys, HUGE Dragons Rising Part 2 spoiler warnings mostly about the dragon cores so be warned:

Spoiler

"The First Spinjitzu master created three Dragon Cores, yellow, purple and pink that are linked in ancient scrolls to a coalescence. Nya believes they have the power to stop the MergeQuakes for good. The location of these Cores is hidden at the temple of the Dragon Cores inside the World Tree. The existence of these Cores leads the ninja to believe that the First Spinjitzu Master and his son Master Wu predicted the Merge and believed that they had the means to prevent it. Lloyd uses the three Dragon Cores to end the MergeQuakes and free the Source Dragon from below the Imperium."

 

Edited June 15, 2023 by Fire-Ninja

[Meaf]

Minor question about the TV show since I don't keep up with it. I read a review today that mentioned something about the new mask prints on the ninjas' heads being related to some new ability–what's the deal with that?

[a guy from somewhere]

6 hours ago, Meadius said:

Minor question about the TV show since I don't keep up with it. I read a review today that mentioned something about the new mask prints on the ninjas' heads being related to some new ability–what's the deal with that?

We don’t actually know yet, they haven’t been seen. I’m assuming it’s some way they interact with the dragon cores, although I have no clue. I know very little about dragons rising part 2. I see the spoiler post above me but I won’t be clicking it I’m afraid. Just got to hold out till October 1st. 

[Fire-Ninja]

9 hours ago, a guy from somewhere said:

We don’t actually know yet, they haven’t been seen. I’m assuming it’s some way they interact with the dragon cores, although I have no clue. I know very little about dragons rising part 2. I see the spoiler post above me but I won’t be clicking it I’m afraid. Just got to hold out till October 1st.  

should i remove it?

Edited June 16, 2023 by Fire-Ninja

[a guy from somewhere]

2 minutes ago, Fire-Ninja said:

should i remove it?

No, it’s there for anyone who wants to read it. I’m just saying my personal opinion on the whole spoiler part 2 thing. Thank you for the info though, it’s gonna be tough keeping the thread going for a while now. No show news or set news for a few months at least, just discussion on the now available sets. Going to be picking the bounty up soon so I’ll see what I can mod with that. 
but back to your question, don’t remove it. Anyone’s welcome to read it, I won’t because I don’t want to be spoiled but for anyone else? Read away. 

[Fire-Ninja]

5 minutes ago, a guy from somewhere said:

No, it’s there for anyone who wants to read it. I’m just saying my personal opinion on the whole spoiler part 2 thing. Thank you for the info though, it’s gonna be tough keeping the thread going for a while now. No show news or set news for a few months at least, just discussion on the now available sets. Going to be picking the bounty up soon so I’ll see what I can mod with that. 
but back to your question, don’t remove it. Anyone’s welcome to read it, I won’t because I don’t want to be spoiled but for anyone else? Read away. 

What are your thoughts on the winter wave? will it be sets we have not seen from part 1 and 2 e.g. Matriach Dragon, Imperium Source dragon or entirely new sets?

Edited June 16, 2023 by Fire-Ninja

[a guy from somewhere]

So the way I see it, dragons rising is basically 2 season, split over the second half of the year. 10 episodes each of 20 mins, which is a lot of content to produce. I don’t think we will get another season of dragons rising until next summer, which means no content for the winter wave….. apart from dragons rising part 2. Usually I’d say core would be the winter wave but as they specificly said it’s gone that leaves 3 options. 
1) we get a completely new wave of sets with no show tie in, could be an experiment to see how well sets sell without the show but core already did that

2) we get a second season in the winter of dragons rising, maybe 10 episodes not 20, as that’s a lot of content to animate and such. Then the sets for the winter wave are based on this. 
 

3) what I think the most likely option is that we get sets based of dragons rising season one, but more spoiler type sets, and mainly based of the second half. I think the matriarch dragon is going to be a definite, as whislt she didn’t have much of a role in part 1, she’s definitely set up to be a major plot point character at some point, and Lloyds legendary dragon is being retired at the end of the year so they will want to keep a big Lloyd dragon out on shelves. I also think an imperium temple battle could be likely, with Euphrasia, doctor Larow, and maybe wyldfire plus some ninja? Some more weird spoiler characters. Doramo? The fireworks dude? 
 

Hopefully we see more hover chariots and gold imperium claws as the first wave did not do them justice. I’d also like to see maybe Chima cameo of some sort, say in part 2 they expand Ras’s backstory and it turns out here’s from Chima and he’s working with someone from there. I just think it would be cool to get a nod to that in the sets. 
 

Really though we know nothing about part 2, those descriptions for the episodes where confirmed false, the only real info we know was that picture of a mud mech, which I guess could be a set for Cole? But IMO it’s just a muddy samurai X mech from crystalized so we will have to wait and see. If we have no info on the winter sets by the time part 2 has finished airing then we can speculate away then. 

[untitled]

What about some winter shorts and sets based on them?

[Lemerbrix]

On 6/16/2023 at 11:18 AM, untitled said:

What about some winter shorts and sets based on them?

I’m pretty sure CORE is gone for good, now that dragons rising is here, we’ll get a smaller winter wave next year, just don’t have any info, or are you talking about the season, well, I highly doubt ninjago would have anything Christmas related, haven’t had it since day 1, closest thing to a Christmas based ninjago set is of course the temple of celebrations, Lego employee gift for 2021, same year as the 10th anniversary 

[Meaf]

Been building the Markets, great set so far although I am only maybe a third done. One thing I was wondering is whether these two parts are extra? I feel like typically they wouldn't be but I couldn't tell where I might have missed them when building (for reference, I just finished bag 17).

[Agent Kallus]

On 6/14/2023 at 10:03 AM, a guy from somewhere said:

 

Let me know what you think and what I can improve on! Always open to suggestions and constructive criticism.

I could only get the first of the images to load for the moment (nevermind figured it out, Flickr was just being contrary) but from what I can see it looks pretty good. 

I think it it my favourite part of it but I question the placement of the aquarium+ hamster garage and teashop on the ground level as the official modules are all quite consistent, having older style wood fronted building on the ground level. It does fit well with workshop one you did before, but overall I think it's an improvement as it has more dynamic shaping and colours that suit the Ninjago city style.

[untitled]

22 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

I’m pretty sure CORE is gone for good, now that dragons rising is here, we’ll get a smaller winter wave next year, just don’t have any info, or are you talking about the season, well, I highly doubt ninjago would have anything Christmas related, haven’t had it since day 1, closest thing to a Christmas based ninjago set is of course the temple of celebrations, Lego employee gift for 2021, same year as the 10th anniversary 

If I'm not mistaken, someone from LAN said that the creators also plan to show stories of the original ninja in different ways, including shorts, comics and other stuff. Yes, I mean shorts based on Dragons Rising. But I think they'll be S1 sets.

[Lemerbrix]

1 hour ago, untitled said:

If I'm not mistaken, someone from LAN said that the creators also plan to show stories of the original ninja in different ways, including shorts, comics and other stuff. Yes, I mean shorts based on Dragons Rising. But I think they'll be S1 sets.

Ok, thanks for clarification

[Fenghuang0296]

So Amazon Australia has dropped the price on last year’s Golden Ultra Dragon to about 40% off. The minifigures are meh except Oni Lloyd, but it’s very tempting as a parts pack. Can anyone sway me on whether or not to pull the trigger?

[zoth33]

1 hour ago, Fenghuang0296 said:

So Amazon Australia has dropped the price on last year’s Golden Ultra Dragon to about 40% off. The minifigures are meh except Oni Lloyd, but it’s very tempting as a parts pack. Can anyone sway me on whether or not to pull the trigger?

My son has the set the figs are very nice.  I like the dragon heads and the dragon itself is pretty large.  If you like dragons it's a good set to pick up.  

[Meaf]

So what layouts are people coming up with for the city? I have all four sets but I'm having a hard time finding one that includes both the Markets and Docks without it being a giant L shape.

[Lemerbrix]

3 hours ago, Meadius said:

So what layouts are people coming up with for the city? I have all four sets but I'm having a hard time finding one that includes both the Markets and Docks without it being a giant L shape.

I have some custom modules built, so here’s my (current) layout:

however, I will be moving soon, and turning my layout into this: