LEGO Ninjago Ongoing Rumours and Discussion

[Bloquerto]

UPDATED Ninjago's January 2027 wave:
 

• 71873 Cole vs Evil Cole Spinner $9.99
• 71875 Lloyd vs Ras Spinner Battle $19.99
• 71876 Kai's Red Fire Dragon $19.99
• 71877 Jay's Transforming Jet $39.99
• 71879 Zane's Transforming Mech $49.99
• 71880 Arin's Transforming Bike $9.99
• 71881 Kai's Dual Pull Back Racers $69.99
• 71882 Gardoz the Transforming Dragon $99.99
• 71883 Destiny's Bounty $139.99
• 71889 Earth Mech Battle Unit $69.99

From Unibricks

Edited July 20 by Bloquerto

[FinlayTheFaithful]

4 hours ago, Bloquerto said:

Ninjago's January 2027 wave:
 

• 71873 Cole vs Evil Cole Spinner $10
• 71875 Lloyd vs Ras Spinner Battle $25
• 71876 Kai's Fire Dragon Attack $35
• 71877 Jay's Transforming Jet $85
• 71879 Zane's Transforming Mech $85
• 71880 Arin's Transforming Bike $20
• 71881 ??? $85
• 71882 ??? $150
• 71883 ??? $150
• 71889 ??? $85

Via Lite

The prices of some of these sets tho, not very kind ones. Oh well, as long as we get a good villain army, I'll be happy

[Bloquerto]

36 minutes ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

The prices of some of these sets tho, not very kind ones. Oh well, as long as we get a good villain army, I'll be happy

By the implications of the Cole vs Evil Cole spinner set, my guess is that next year villain army will be evil doppelgangers of the main ninja. I hope their designs are over the top to make them more interesting than just evil copies of them. Something like the ninja fused with the elemental monsters would be really cool.

[FinlayTheFaithful]

45 minutes ago, Bloquerto said:

By the implications of the Cole vs Evil Cole spinner set, my guess is that next year villain army will be evil doppelgangers of the main ninja. I hope their designs are over the top to make them more interesting than just evil copies of them. Something like the ninja fused with the elemental monsters would be really cool.

Hoping that they handle the idea of doppelganger ninjas like what Fortnite did for their Ninjago crossover, cuz if it's one per ninja, that kinda sucks

[Meaf]

One doppelganger per ninja would be interesting but I feel like that would eat up so much of the prints budget unless they're reusing parts from the regular ninjas. Maybe they'd do them like the Forbidden Five and split them up over winter and summer though, I guess that'd still allow for some basic villains too.

[FinlayTheFaithful]

1 minute ago, Meaf said:

One doppelganger per ninja would be interesting but I feel like that would eat up so much of the prints budget unless they're reusing parts from the regular ninjas. Maybe they'd do them like the Forbidden Five and split them up over winter and summer though, I guess that'd still allow for some basic villains too.

Exactly what I'm hoping for

[Rolyat24]

Disappointing that the only real hint we get at next year’s villains/plot is the “Evil Cole” minifig. I think Dreamzzz did the evil doppelgänger thing well, but I’m not sure it would be as effective in Ninjago where so many of the main character designs are intentionally similar. 
 

The designers have been knocking it out of the park recently with transforming mechs, so I’m looking forward to seeing what these look like. Shame we’re getting yet another fire dragon. Let’s see a dragon for a new element or ninja. 

[FinlayTheFaithful]

On 6/15/2026 at 4:56 PM, Rolyat24 said:

Disappointing that the only real hint we get at next year’s villains/plot is the “Evil Cole” minifig. I think Dreamzzz did the evil doppelgänger thing well, but I’m not sure it would be as effective in Ninjago where so many of the main character designs are intentionally similar. 
 

The designers have been knocking it out of the park recently with transforming mechs, so I’m looking forward to seeing what these look like. Shame we’re getting yet another fire dragon. Let’s see a dragon for a new element or ninja. 

I'm willing to bet the fire dragon is the compulsory 4+ set of that wave

[Murdoch17]

Maybe it's the return of the Evil Ninja from Season 2 (or was it 3?) of the show? They were wished into existence by Garmadon by using the golden mega weapon, and were "poofed" out of existence by the ninja by just touching them, as strange as that sounds. It was a weird episode...

If so, I can't believe we get those guys back before the Time Twins!

[Rolyat24]

There’s an unverified blurry prototype leak floating around on Reddit. Appears to be a small red temple on top of a large rock base with a golden fish(?) build on top. Minifigures of Jin and Mira are shown (and maybe two gray minifig statues?). Obviously it doesn’t match any descriptions or set names we’ve seen so far, and it’s in the Legends line, so it definitely could be fake. On the other hand, it doesn’t seem like it’s AI generated, so maybe it is real. There were several larger sets without names yet in the 2027 winter wave, so maybe Legends is continuing in the 1HY wave? If it is real, it looks both expensive and beautiful! 

[Kaijumeister]

On 7/10/2026 at 6:15 PM, Rolyat24 said:

There’s an unverified blurry prototype leak floating around on Reddit. Appears to be a small red temple on top of a large rock base with a golden fish(?) build on top. Minifigures of Jin and Mira are shown (and maybe two gray minifig statues?). Obviously it doesn’t match any descriptions or set names we’ve seen so far, and it’s in the Legends line, so it definitely could be fake. On the other hand, it doesn’t seem like it’s AI generated, so maybe it is real. There were several larger sets without names yet in the 2027 winter wave, so maybe Legends is continuing in the 1HY wave? If it is real, it looks both expensive and beautiful! 

Fingers crossed that the leak is legitimate, because it is a BEAUTIFUL build. Makes sense for Legends to start focusing on location-oriented builds as well.

[Renny The Spaceman]

I wonder how Dragon's Rising stuff has sold relative to the Ninjago before it. Because a big part of Ninjago beforehand was major rebranding each wave, especially clear with the 2019-2022 stuff, but they've more or less had the same basic aesthetic for 4 years now. 

[Rolyat24]

Here’s the latest January 2027 list from Unibricks:

71873: Cole vs. Evil Cole Spinner | $9.99

71875: Lloyd vs. Ras Spinner Battle | $19.99

71876: Kai's Red Fire Dragon | $19.99

71877: Jay's Transforming Jet | $39.99

71879: Zane's Transforming Mech | $49.99

71880: Arin's Transforming Bike | $9.99

71881: Kai's Dual Pull-Back Racers | $69.99

71882: Gardoz the Transforming Dragon | $99.99

71883: Destiny's Bounty | $139.99

71889: Earth Mech Battle Unit | $69.99

They really are going all-in on the transforming vehicles this year. And with another Bounty, this is shaping up to be another typical Ninjago year. Hopefully Gardoz is cool, it at least jumps out as a villain set. Fingers crossed that with the supposed evil ninja theme we can finally get a dark bounty, at least to change things up from the same ship every two years. 
 

There’s also a rather vague rumor out there that something will change that fans won’t like. Could be the addition of Smart Bricks, or a change in the minifig lineup, or who knows what. 

[Takanuinuva]

Considering this is the start of the last year for Dragon's Rising. 
Could Gardoz be Ras' Master?

[Bloquerto]

7 hours ago, Rolyat24 said:

There’s also a rather vague rumor out there that something will change that fans won’t like. Could be the addition of Smart Bricks, or a change in the minifig lineup, or who knows what. 

What? Where did you see that?

[Rolyat24]

2 hours ago, Bloquerto said:

What? Where did you see that?

I saw it on Reddit, but looking back at the post now there’s no source, and the only person who has mentioned it is Tanner (who is completely unreliable) so let’s just assume this is false. Apologies for not verifying it beforehand. 

4 hours ago, Takanuinuva said:

Considering this is the start of the last year for Dragon's Rising. 
Could Gardoz be Ras' Master?

Has season 5 being the final year been confirmed anywhere? As far as I’ve seen, there’s been some speculation but no confirmation from the company or creators. It would make sense that we’re getting close to the end of the Ras storyline, seeing as 5 years is a long time to be teasing a big bad.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Glad to see how affordable this wave is, or at least how many smaller sets we're getting.

It looks like the motive is transforming vehicles and evil ninja? Cool, can't wait to see the sets.

[Takanuinuva]

On 7/21/2026 at 8:59 PM, Rolyat24 said:

I saw it on Reddit, but looking back at the post now there’s no source, and the only person who has mentioned it is Tanner (who is completely unreliable) so let’s just assume this is false. Apologies for not verifying it beforehand. 

Has season 5 being the final year been confirmed anywhere? As far as I’ve seen, there’s been some speculation but no confirmation from the company or creators. It would make sense that we’re getting close to the end of the Ras storyline, seeing as 5 years is a long time to be teasing a big bad.

iirc Dragons Rising was planned for 5 seasons. Though depending on how its selling. They could extend it to more.
Would be a bit rushed if Ras got 4 more Source Dragon Icons in just one season.

[Rolyat24]

19 hours ago, Takanuinuva said:

iirc Dragons Rising was planned for 5 seasons. Though depending on how its selling. They could extend it to more.
Would be a bit rushed if Ras got 4 more Source Dragon Icons in just one season.

I stand corrected - it was apparently confirmed today at SDCC that season 5 will be the final season of Dragons Rising, but that annual 20-episode seasons of Ninjago will continue beyond that. I wonder what will happen to the new characters? 

[Agent Kallus]

On 7/24/2026 at 1:02 AM, Rolyat24 said:

I stand corrected - it was apparently confirmed today at SDCC that season 5 will be the final season of Dragons Rising, but that annual 20-episode seasons of Ninjago will continue beyond that. I wonder what will happen to the new characters? 

I reckon the new ninja team members will stay on as relative mainstays, but the more important DR side characters might start to fade into the background a bit more. I mean there wasn't much of a drastic change in character lineup between Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu and Ninjago (11 minute era) I reckon the change over between DR and whatever follows will be similar. Hopefully we'll get more set variety again. DR had some great sets but the general lack of villain sets and the reduced seasonal theming variety compared to the 11 minute era did make for slightly more repetitive set line ups (though the build quality of the sets themselves has never been higher). I hope we get more legacy in the in-between time between DR and whatever follows, with the Lloyd mech showing that 11 minute era legacy sets are on the table a legacy Grief Bringer would be awesome, though they could also just bring shintaro and the related characters back to the forefront in a future season.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Uh-oh, it seems the rumours were true... we're getting SMART Ninjago next year.

I hate this timeline.

[Agent Kallus]

11 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Uh-oh, it seems the rumours were true... we're getting SMART Ninjago next year.

I hate this timeline.

Ugh. Well as long as they don't make anything too cool exclusive to the smart sets. And the smart sets might still be good ones without the brick, Pokémon mostly managed that even though SW failed.

[Scarilian]

3 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Uh-oh, it seems the rumours were true... we're getting SMART Ninjago next year.

I hate this timeline.

Not only is it Slop Bricks shoved into sets, but it's also Slop Figures too damaging reusability of Torso's as the backs will have the warning details.

The only way out of this is not to buy them, don't support them at all, encourage others not to buy them. If sales drop then combined with hopefully poor sales of the other Smart Brick themes then we might be free of them by 2028. If you support them Ninjago as a theme is dead.

[FinlayTheFaithful]

Where is this news about the theme using smart bricks coming from?

[Agent Kallus]

Do we know when the Ninjago City Workshops is schedule to retire? It's the only Ninjago City set I don't have so I'd like to pick it up before it retires but my budget isn't too hot ATM so I'd rather wait and something else for the now if I can but if it's retiring soon then it'd be cheaper to pick up before it's retired rather than once it's out of production.