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[REVIEW] 71708 - Gamer's Market

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The latest NINJAGO wave appears to be a callback to the Digiverse from the Rebooted season, sprinkled with some cyberpunk vibe. What’s the big deal about that pink ninja suit? Find out in my 26th EB Review, set #71708 - Gamer’s Market.

 

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Overview

Name: 71708 - Gamer’s Market
Theme: NINJAGO
Year: 2020 (1H)
Pieces: 218
Minifigures: 9
Price: GBP 29.99 / USD 29.99 / EUR 34.99 / SGD 59.99 / MYR 169.90

 

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This is a brilliant LEGO® NINJAGO® ninja market featuring 9 LEGO minifigures including NINJAGO Digi Jay and Avatar Nya, and a host of other mini-ninjas and villains. With these ninja collectibles and plenty of cool accessories, NINJAGO fans can freely express themselves and recreate scenes from the Gamer's Market in Prime Empire. An exciting new way to build your toy playset with ninja collectibles Instructions PLUS offers an interactive guide to constructing this toy playset featuring minininjas. Available on the free LEGO Life app, it has zoom and rotate viewing tools to help children piece together their LEGO bricks. The perfect buildable toys LEGO NINJAGO building sets make the perfect gift for kids by letting them enter a mystical world of adventure to team up with their ninja heroes against the forces of evil. NINJAGO® fans will be endlessly entertained as they role-play with action toys including gaming figures, buildable toys, cars, dragons and more.

  • Stunning LEGO® market with 9 exclusive LEGO minifigures from Prime Empire. This makes the perfect gift for kids who love the NINJAGO® realm and playing out their own stories with collectible ninja toys.
  • This building set features 9 minifigures including NINJAGO® Digi Jay, Avatar Nya and Avatar Cole, and exclusive figures of Avatar Pink Zane and Harumi. At the Gamer's Market, there is a weapons shop and hat stall for the NINJAGO figures, and to create stories around.
  • This awesome LEGO® market has stalls offering 6 different ninja hats and a range of new weapons to fire up youngsters’ imaginations as they dress and arm 9 gaming figures to recreate action at the Gamer’s Market.
  • This 218-piece toy market is a quick-to-build construction toy for boys and girls aged 7+ and makes a great birthday gift for kids. New for January 2020, these ninja toys provide non-stop fun and entertainment for creative children.
  • This toy market is just the right size to play with at home or can be taken with you when on the move. The Key-Tana stall measures over 5” (14 cm) high and 3” (9 cm) wide.
  • No batteries are required for this construction toy – it is ready for independent play or action with friends as soon as it is built. The fun with these ninja collectibles never stops.
  • Instructions PLUS offers an interactive guide that makes building this LEGO® market an even more enjoyable experience. Available on the free LEGO Life app, it has zoom and rotate viewing tools to help children have fun while they build.
  • LEGO® NINJAGO® building kit for kids fuel their creativity and allow them to step into an exciting world of adventure where they can team up with their favorite ninja heroes for endless adventure and battles.
  • LEGO® bricks have met the highest industry standards for more than 60 years, ensuring they are always consistent, compatible and pull apart with ease every time.
  • The LEGO® bricks used to build this action toy have been relentlessly tested and meet the highest global safety and quality standards. You know you are in safe hands when you choose a LEGO toy as a gift for your kids.

    (That is probably the longest description copy for a set with about 200 pieces)
     

    Introduction

    Unpopular opinion - I think that Digiverse is one of the more interesting world from Ninjago as it is inspired by Tron and The Matrix. For the upcoming season, our favourite team of ninjas are entering a familiar territory, and yet it feels different.

    We don't know much about the Prime Empire yet, but as far as I know, it is the game that will be important to the plot of the next TV season. We should find out how and why the ninjas will enter this dimension in season 12.

    In the meantime, let's talk about the packaging.

     

    Front box panel
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    There are 3 Digi Jays in this box. Go find them!

    If the redundancy of the minifigures confuse you, it's fine.  You're not alone. There are so many things happening in the box art that it is hard to figure out if it is a playset or just minifigure pack. It could be both.

     

    Back box panel 
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    As for the back panel, It shows pretty much about the same thing. 

     

    Side box panel
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    If the redundancy isn't enough in the front panel, this side panel shows you even the named characters that comes inside the box.

     

    Now, once you open the box, you are greeted with  3 plastic bags with numbers 1 to 3, an instruction booklet and a sticker sheet.

     

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    Did I say sticker sheet? Yes. Unfortunately. Typically, I don't apply stickers . However, if you decide not to apply #1 and #2, the set looks incomplete or bland. Stickers #3, #4 and #5 are almost essential to make the Gamer Market vibe complete and they are small enough to be somewhat inconsequential if  you choose to apply them.

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    The translation of the script in the sticker:
    #4 - Hats!

    Additional stickers "+" from top to bottom, left to right:
    The individual letters - Z, N and C.
    Cole, the cake is a lie
    A B  - probably referencing game control buttons.

     

    Minifigures

    Since this is essentially a People Pack for NINJAGO, what better way to start the review than by beginning with the minifigures.

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    First, here are the official names of the minifigures. In order from left to right: Avatar Harumi, Red Visor, Richie, Okino, Scott, Digi Jay, Avatar Cole, Avatar Nya, Avatar Pink Zane.

    As we have 9 minifigures to cover here, I will showcase each minifigure one by one to thoroughly cover each one of them.

     

    Avatar Harumi
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    Avatar Harumi wields a katana and is undeniably a homage to Kill Bill, an R-18 movie. This is not a coincidence because the new yellow tracksuit has the bluish emblem on the torso. This is present in tracksuit of The Bride. The designers even added a tiny black dot at the hips, which is also new, to denote the button which is also present in the original. Ultimately, this mimics the iconic yellow outfit of Bruce Lee which makes this minifigure even more awesome.

    The headpiece and hairpiece aren't new. They are exactly the same from 70651 Throne Room Showdown and 70658 Oni Titan.

    Unfortunately, there is no side printing for the legs or arms. To get around this, the legs has black strip running from the top edge of the hips down to the knee section of the minifigure. Frankly, I think the black lines should end just before the minifigure "feet" because as it is now, it appears that Harumi is wearing a yellow high-cut boots despite the original shoe reference being an Asics Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Sneakers.

    I don’t know about you but I like how NINJAGO can adopt some adult-oriented pop culture references easily and make them look innocent. To a large extent, I think that this is an appropriate reference because Kill Bill is a quest for vengeance, which is very similar to the story arc of Harumi. However, I don’t really like the idea of my kids searching about Kill Bill due to *cough* blood bath *cough*.


    Red Visor
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    I am not colour blind. The visor used in this minifigure is definitely not red, but calling this character Neon-orange Visor does not roll off the tongue quite easily, so it makes sense to just call it Red Visor.  At least it uses a blaster with red scope.

    As for the visor itself, it is the same element used in Tron Legacy but in transparent neon-orange.

    The headpiece has dual face prints which are equally weird. The other one looks like it's about to puke (like those monsters from Hidden Side), and the other one appears to be a display screen of a robot on stand-by mode. Notice that the red symbol is the same as the one found in the shrine, which I will discuss in the build section later on.

    Moving on to the torso and legs, the major colour combination is red and black, with teal highlights. It has ‘404’ number printed which is a reference to one of the most loathed HTTP response code: 404 Not Found, which means the server could not find what was requested by the internet browser. This "404" number is then repeated at the back of the minifigure but is covered by the new shoulder armour and scabbards. At the back of this new armour, you can insert the frosted trans-neon orange 4L bar piece which is then attached to a gamer display board printed with skull icon, representing their antagonist group, next to 4 (full) health bars. The bad guys distinctly use black armours while the good guys use white.

    I don't know if it was intentional but the teal curly design at the back of the minifigure appears to be the same design motif for the NINJAGO box art that dates all the way back from 2011. This curly design motif is usually used at the borders of the box arts. See this image of the Fire Temple, and then spot where the right claw of the Fire Dragon touches, just beneath the "O" of NINJAGO logo. .


    Richie

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    At first I don't know what to make out of this pink minifigure called Richie because it appears to be a rat with a visor and a pony tail. I heard people saying it has a goat face but if it is supposed to be a goat face, then it should have a goatee and a horn. So, it must be a rat. This moulded minifigure head is made of 2 different colour of ABS plastics so the detail is very crisps. The visor is not removable, unfortunately. However, you can remove the pony tail.

    This minifigure also uses the new shoulder armour and scabbards in black, with the same trans neon-orange gamer display board. 

    In addition, Richie uses a twin-bladed weapon using a black game controller as the handle.

    Even if I am not the biggest fan of the pixel arts used on the torso and leg prints, the silvery details are excellent.

     

    Okino

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    This civilian looking minifigure may look like just an ordinary minifigure but I doubt he is just a civilian because when you translate his Japanese name to English, you will find some parallelism with the other character, Unagami, who is positioned as villain for this season. Since season 12 has not come out yet, it is interesting to find out if there is any connection between the two.

    What I like about this minifigure is the new hairpiece with traditional topknot called chonmage (chon-ma-ge).  It is also made of 2 different ABS plastic colour and the dark red part can be held by minifigure hand as it is the same size of a regular bar piece. Not sure why you would want to do that, but it's possible.

    The white torso has minimal details, just mere lines to show pleats and folds of a traditional Japanese clothing which is likely a yukata or a kimono. 

     

    Scott

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    Scott is the character that looks like Jack Davis from Hidden Side, but clearly not Davis at all. The character just happens to have a recoloured cap and hood combo piece, with a different print. On the cap, "S" is written in Ninjago script presumably meant for Scott's initial.

    There are shiny glimmer of face paint with triangular patterns on light aqua headpiece. This is the same skin-tone as General Vex and Blizzard soldiers from the previous wave but I don't  know if this is just a coincidence as other characters use various skin colours in this wave. This could mean something very trivial or important to the season 12 storyline -- but we don't know that yet because season 12 has not came out yet. He also has red eyes and features an alternate face print with a mask.

    The torso has some crazy detail going on--from 2 dragon heads, reflective triangular patterns that goes all the way down the legs, "A" and "B" written in Ninjago script at the middle of the black inner wear, and "LJ" on his vest. At the back, a dragon circling an "S" is also printed. It almost looks like an ouroboros which is a serpent eating it's own tail. 

    So to recap, the prominent letters printed on Scott are A, B and S --- Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene?

     

    Digi Jay

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    Frankly, I did not like the design of the Digi suits initially. However, I appreciated the design more as I held the minifigures.

    Similar to previous masks, the new Digi suit mask uses dual mouldings. However, while the older masks use more rounded curves to imitate the cloth textures, the new design features more aggressive lines which accentuate sharper details, similar to those found in motocross helmets. On the forehead, "J" is written in Ninjago script.

    The headpiece is new. The primary face print has a VR-like screen with vertical scan lines. The alternate face is just a smug face but looks better when used under the mask.

    As for the torso design, it is hard to ignore the inspiration from Tron with all those glowing circles all over the torso and legs. Another interesting design choice is the use of a different colour for Jay's right arm. The last time this design choice was used is back in 2012 with Jay ZX.

    Digi Jay also uses a new shoulder armour and scabbards in white. As mentioned earlier, all the bad guys use black version of this armour, while all the good guys use white. Connected onto the armour is a trans neon-green 4L bar attached to a gamer display board with ninja icon and 3 out of 4 health bars.

    Lastly, Digi Jay wields a trans-neon green kusarigama (chain-sickle)  with a white game controller as a handle.

     

    Avatar Cole
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    Nothing particularly exciting about this minifigure because all the pieces here were recycled from previous variants of Cole. The torso appeared in several City sets.

     

    Avatar Nya

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    Like Cole, there is nothing much to say about this minifigure because all the pieces here were recycled from previous variants of Nya. The torso also appeared in several City sets.

     

    Avatar Pink Zane

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    Finally, this is the last minifigure in the set and arguably the star of this set.  This minifigure took 7 years in the making and it is likely the main reason why it is one of the most sought after minifigure in the set. It appeared in the TV Season 1, Episode 5 "Can of Worms".

    While the headpiece used is not new, everything else is new in this minifigure.

    The mask is the same mould as the first NINJAGO wave, and its first appearance in pink.

    If you think the torso is a direct recolour of the classic white Zane suit, you are wrong. To begin, the gold creature emblem on the chest is slightly different. It is slightly bigger, looks more jagged and splintered with ice shards, and for some unexplained reason, lost its mouth! In contrast, the original design looks less detailed, and simpler. The hip and legs print are also slightly different. I think some people will irrationally dislike this just because of these changes. Personally, I don't see much difference at arm's length distance so I am not so bothered about it.


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    What's more important is that the designers decided to add back printing and legs/hips prints. They did not have to do this, but they did it anyway. Personally, I think it is an excellent decision.

     

    Build

    After the minifigures, let's not forget that this set is a playset with several small-sized builds to complete the Gamer's Market. 

     

    Bag #1 Content
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    Bag #1 contains Avatar Harumi, Red Visor and Richie, trans-dark pink key-tana.

    The red slope 45 2 x 1 with cutout without stud (part # 28192) is relatively new and 2 of them are included in this bag.

    Another notable part here is the trans-dark pink 2x2 round brick which appears in this colour for the very first time.

     

    Bag #1 Build
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    In the typical NINJAGO fashion, shrines are made of black and red pieces. Likewise, the new collectible item in this wave, called key-tana, is at the middle of the shrine.

    One great feature of key-tana is that minifigures can hold it in 2 different orientations. If you notice the end of the hilt, it has a bar perpendicular to the hilt just fit for the minifigure hands.

     

    Bag #2

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    Bag #2 contains Okino, Scott and Digi Jay.

    Outstanding elements found in his bag is the large shuriken piece as well as the weapon pack in trans-neon green colour

     

    Bag #2 Build
     

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    This build is essentially the weapon shop of the Gamer's Market. While majority of the items for sale are bladed weapons, the trans-neon green 1x1 round brick appears to be a potion.

    The use of the large shuriken piece is a bit flambouyant for my taste and I could imagine that if the designers used  a more subtle approach, they could have avoided using such a large expensive piece. As an alternative, the set could have benefited on additional small pieces for auxiliary builds.

     

    Bag #3
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    Bag #3 contains the rest of the protagonists - Avatar Cole, Avatar Nya and Avatar Pink Zane.

    There are a lot of interesting minifigure accessories included in this bag. The most important being the blue classic space helmet and gold conical hat.

     

    Bag #3 build

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    For such a simple build, I think I appreciate this the most. This is because out of the 3 builds, it has the most efficient use of parts to display all these headgears. No bells and whistles 


     

    Completed Build with all the minifigures
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    Looking at the overall build, I can't help but focus on the small details such as the accessories found in these minifigures.

    Just to reiterate, there are 2 game controllers in this set, 1 black/red and one white/black.The Arcade Pod impulse-buy sets, (sold separately) contains the gold game controllers.  All of them look awesome and I hope we see more of this game controller piece in other sets. 

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    Then again, there are also not so beautiful side of the build. I think only the shrine build really suffers from a terribly bad angle due to that large teal piece as most of the teal anti-studs look terrible when viewed at the back. The other 2 builds looks just fine.

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    Finally, here are the extra parts once everything is built.
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    Conclusion

    This set has taken us to an uncharted territory. The positives are definitely praiseworthy and it offers many things I want to see repeated in future sets. Of course, it's not all good points. There are some bad ones too but they are tiny.

    Pros:

    • People pack for NINJAGO!
    • Pink Zane and Harumi in Kill Bill tracksuit
    • Interesting minifigure accessories such as game controllers, key-tana, blue classic spaceman helmet, weapon pack in trans-neon green, etc.

    Cons:

    • Stickers
    • Limited play structures
    • Could have featured more meaningful "avatar" characters

    Ultimately, this is something that you will buy primarily for the minifigures, and secondary only for the actual playset. 

    So, to wrap things up --

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    Review summary

    Playability: 9/10 - There are no gimmicks, just pure small builds that is fit for purpose. If large pieces were not used, additional small structures could have been added for more variety.
    Design / Building Experience: 7/10 - Nothing revolutionary in 3 small builds but it's interesting enough for younger builders.
    Minifigures:  9/10 - Considering that Avatar Pink Zane is a deep reference to early TV season, it feels that Avatar Cole and Avatar Nya were just fluffs or an after thought. Still, 9 minifigures are awesome.
    Price / Value for money: 10/10 - TLG, keep this up!
    Overall: 8.75/10 - This is a great set with 9 unique minifigures and satisfactory builds for role-playing that will make avid NINJAGO fans happy and entertained for hours.

     

     

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    Excellent review. Thanks for sharing and I also look forward to pick this up too. The amount of minifigs and accessories are very attractive to add into the collection. 

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    10 hours ago, WhiteFang said:

    Excellent review. Thanks for sharing and I also look forward to pick this up too. The amount of minifigs and accessories are very attractive to add into the collection. 

    Thanks WhiteFang. The minifigures alone makes this set worthwhile, at least for a NINJAGO fan like me. :tongue:

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    Great review!

    I think it is a good set for Ninjago fans and sci fi builders. Personally i am dissapointed. Ninjago was the last theme except Harry Potter and the CMFs that delivered good castle parts. I made a bunch of very cool Orcs with prints and accessories from this theme. This time there is nearly nothing for me. The only thing i could maybe use from this set is the new bodywear piece for holding 2 swords... I´d wish it was at least dark bluish grey or brown instead of black or white...

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    I see your point. This is not meant for castle fans. Apart from swords and that single helmet with fixed face grille, most of the pieces are really sci-fi oriented. I suppose that's why TLG maintains other themes such as Harry Potter to satisfy those castle needs and to appease fans who still look for castle. Personally, I think there will be many opportunities for NINJAGO to rotate back to more castle-compatible sub-themes to make other folks happier. 

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    On 1/12/2020 at 6:13 PM, Gorilla94 said:

    ... Personally i am disappointed. Ninjago was the last theme ... that delivered good castle parts. ... This time there is nearly nothing for me. ...

    Being a fellow castle enthusiast, I agree.  I was enthralled with the 9 minifigures as it is a "Super" people-pack and am looking forward to adding it to my arsenal.  But as I look at it closer from a usability-for-castle standpoint it does tend to miss the mark.  That said we won't ever really be happy until they come out with an abundance of pure castle sets again.

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    Seriously? The sticker reads “Cole, the cake is a lie?” This is foreshadowing something that happens in the TV series isn’t it? OMG, if they actually reference Portal like that . . 

    Great set. I’m gonna get it as soon as it shows up in Australia. (Seriously where is all the Ninjago stuff I haven’t seen it anywhere . .)

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    Nice review.  I agree to most of your points except the price XD  I wish this is $10 NZD cheaper or they include at least 2 more minifigures =P

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    On 1/16/2020 at 10:42 PM, Rockstaremcee said:

    Richie looks like a re-imagined Bebop from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... I just can't un-see it

    Yeah, I can see that as well, but he could be an amalgamation of reference to several 80s cartoons as well. A lot of these Prime Empire references got to do with nostalgia, in some ways.

    On 1/16/2020 at 11:30 PM, Rockstaremcee said:

    Being a fellow castle enthusiast, I agree.  I was enthralled with the 9 minifigures as it is a "Super" people-pack and am looking forward to adding it to my arsenal.  But as I look at it closer from a usability-for-castle standpoint it does tend to miss the mark.  That said we won't ever really be happy until they come out with an abundance of pure castle sets again.

    I believe the current wave of NINJAGO will not be able to perform this "stop-gap" for castle fans. Being a castle & space (sci-fi) fan, I enjoy this a lot, and I do hope that the next wave will feature something more useful for castle fans next time around. 

    On 1/17/2020 at 6:06 AM, Feng-huang0296 said:

    Seriously? The sticker reads “Cole, the cake is a lie?” This is foreshadowing something that happens in the TV series isn’t it? OMG, if they actually reference Portal like that . . 

    Great set. I’m gonna get it as soon as it shows up in Australia. (Seriously where is all the Ninjago stuff I haven’t seen it anywhere . .)

    Yes, that's right. That sticker is not numbered, so it is considered  an extra. Remember, Cole has always been the foodie in the group, and this wave is all about games, so throwing this reference makes sense and gives us a great easter egg -- whatever that means. I won't overthink if it has something to do with the next season. :)

    On 1/18/2020 at 11:44 AM, Pchan1983 said:

    Nice review.  I agree to most of your points except the price XD  I wish this is $10 NZD cheaper or they include at least 2 more minifigures =P

    Thank you!

    I am with you here. I could always wish LEGO to be cheaper. However, where I am coming from, those who collects a lot of minifigures and has been used to buying parted-out minifigures, once you remove the non-minifigure parts and deduct their value-- the minifigures suddenly become unreasonably cheaper than average. And that's why I said it is "fair".

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    Great review @makoy! I love these colourful swords especially that dragon head hilt.

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    On 1/11/2020 at 8:28 PM, makoy said:

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    This is also a great part in this set. Whenever I look at a LEGO set, I always look for special parts that I don't have yet in my stash. Maybe I'll be hunting these two parts soon. Haha

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    Great review! Love all the photos! Superb quality.

    I'm a massive fan of this set. Love all the different references. And the minifigure selection is great!

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    Terrific review and terrific set.  I noticed that parts the Harumi figure in my set fluoresced under uv light.  I believe it was left leg, torso, and right arm.  I don't recall this color being noted as fluorescing before and it looked pretty cool.  I'm wondering if anyone else could/has tried this to see if any/some/all parts glow.  I feel like I've noticed this before with other 'non-fluorescing' colors on mini figures but I don't think it was this color.  Perhaps red as I've seen before, or another opaque color I'm not remembering.  

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    Finally picked up this set. What a fantastic set it is. For me though, the star(s) of this set are Harumi(finally have her & her hair...the only color I didn't have), Okino & Scott. But, Pink Zane is about as close as we’re gonna get to having the Fuchsia(Surprise!) Ninja. You forgot to mention though, there are six different colored katanas! :oh3:

     

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    On 1/23/2020 at 5:45 PM, Cut the Kragle said:

    Great review! Love all the photos! Superb quality.

    I'm a massive fan of this set. Love all the different references. And the minifigure selection is great!

    Thanks and I am happy that you like this set. The references are truly awesome.

    On 1/24/2020 at 4:17 AM, Willworkfortoys said:

    Terrific review and terrific set.  I noticed that parts the Harumi figure in my set fluoresced under uv light.  I believe it was left leg, torso, and right arm.  I don't recall this color being noted as fluorescing before and it looked pretty cool.  I'm wondering if anyone else could/has tried this to see if any/some/all parts glow.  I feel like I've noticed this before with other 'non-fluorescing' colors on mini figures but I don't think it was this color.  Perhaps red as I've seen before, or another opaque color I'm not remembering.  

    Thank for the tip! I don't have a UV light to test the fluorescence but that would be an interesting addition to my reviews in the future. 

    21 hours ago, Vindicare said:

    Finally picked up this set. What a fantastic set it is. For me though, the star(s) of this set are Harumi(finally have her & her hair...the only color I didn't have), Okino & Scott. But, Pink Zane is about as close as we’re gonna get to having the Fuchsia(Surprise!) Ninja. You forgot to mention though, there are six different colored katanas! :oh3:

    True, I didn't count the unique colours of the katana but I thought I praised the set enough about the accessories provided. The pictures should also paint  a thousand words, if not more. 

    As for the Fuchsia Ninja, I thought that its appearance in TLNM is also a deep reference to the Pink Ninja so you're right about it as close as it can be.

    13 hours ago, Ragana9289 said:

    Can I buy this set  ?

    Sure? But not here though.

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    3 hours ago, makoy said:

    True, I didn't count the unique colours of the katana but I thought I praised the set enough about the accessories provided. The pictures should also paint  a thousand words, if not more. 

    As for the Fuchsia Ninja, I thought that its appearance in TLNM is also a deep reference to the Pink Ninja so you're right about it as close as it can be.

    Fair. If you took the time to go over each great accessory, we’d be here all night. :tongue: 

    Something else I just noticed, which may add a little pizzazz to both Cole & Nya, is that their avatars represent their elemental powers. This may have been obvious, but I’m going to blame the awesomeness in this set for distracting me from noticing that sooner.  :look:

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    On 1/22/2020 at 11:18 PM, kaelthas said:

    Great review @makoy! I love these colourful swords especially that dragon head hilt.

    This is also a great part in this set. Whenever I look at a LEGO set, I always look for special parts that I don't have yet in my stash. Maybe I'll be hunting these two parts soon. Haha

    Woah, how did I miss this the first time reading through?!?!? [I blame reading at work.]  Those are awesome!!!

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