Exetrius

Gentlemen, let's direct our attention back to the sets, shall we? Remember that the leaker of those screenshots said that they were from season 8, in the light of the recent news, he's probably right (if he counts the supposed special as a season). Anyway, the point is that we may see those new suits in the winter wave. The screenshots also showed two paintings. One seems to depict a battle with many Elemental Masters at Wu's Monastery, the other shows Kai's and Nya's parents, Elemental master of Fire and Elemental master of Water. We will probably hear more at SDCC soon, but I'm going to do a wild guess that the enemies for the season after "Day of the Departed" will be the former Elemental Masters. Or the Overlord.

Would you say that they are.. eh... naked!? To me, they look like black gi's, robes, outfits, garbs, whatever you call them, with their arms exposed. In NRG variation they were clearly a kind of elemental entity, but here I'm doubtful.

Roughly translated: this contest has already passed. I presume it's just a slip of the pen while switching between Dutch and English forums or something. Geen dank! (you're welcome!)

Cool, thanks!

Thanks for the heads-up, can't find it either, though.

Oh wow! That's a fun concept and nicely executed! Are the fan pieces from the Ninjago Airjitzu flyers?

Absolutely jaw-dropping work, what an amazing, awe-inspiring piece of art! :thumbup:

It's surprising that TLG already responded to your action! TLG has their own agenda, a bunch of AFOLs isn't going to change anything. That's just how it is (note that the situation here is completely different from ninjago back in 2013). I advice you to put your efforts in a Lego Ideas project instead, since that's the place for crowdfunded sets. If nothing can top the original Agents theme for you, maybe you should be satisfied with collecting the sets second-hand and making awesome tribute MOCs? Whatever you choose to do, I wish you the best of luck!

Issue 15 of the Ninjago magazine will come with Bucko equipped with a katana and a harpoon; rather uninteresting compared to what we have seen before Source: Oh btw, the craft assembly function and moving floor sections in the Samurai X Cave set are really cool! I really like the Lloyd, Nya and Wu minifigs as well, I hope they appear in cheaper sets later! I would like to see original gi Lloyd with the original green ninja hood (in this set: http://brickset.com/sets/3346-1), but I doubt anyone could show that atm...

You are right, it has copper (shiny) printing, the lighting makes them look different. The heads are identical.

Thanks, SK and Faladrin! I hope that I can bring the next episode soon, but at the moment I have a bit of a writer's block (for the build, not the story!). Thanks, both of you! @LittleJohn I didn't say it was the top of a mountain, it's a peak in a mountain ridge. But, you are right: more snow would be more appropriate.

I just posted my review fo the Airjitzu Battle Grounds set: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=137490 I'd certainly recommend it to you guys! Want to know why? Click the link and find out!

Hi all, I present to you my second review here on EB! I want to apologize in advance for the poor quality of certain photos in this review and for the lack of play feature shots. Other than that, I won't be very elaborate in my writing, the pictures will partly do the talk anyway. With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy the review! Name: 70590 Airjitzu Battle Grounds Theme: LEGO Ninjago Piece count: 666 Minifigs: 5 Year released: 2016 Retail price: USA $59.99 UK £49.99 GER €59.99 The box Contents Included are five numbered bags, two instruction manuals, and two loose ripcords and Airjitzu flyer propellers. No sticker sheet, only prints! Unfortunately, my instruction booklets were both wrinkled. Bag contents From left to right: top row are piles of bags 1, 2 and the parts that came loose in the box, bottom row are bags 3,4 and 5. Especially the amount of brown and tan surprised me here. There are hardly any bricks to see here with a colour that does not fit the colour scheme of the final build, which is really nice! Interesting parts All of the parts above only come in four sets or less, the exclusive ones for this set being the Dark Azure propeller and the printed 2x2 tiles with Lloyd's and Nya's symbol. I left out the exclusive minifigure parts, but we will get to these in just a moment. Spares & brick separator I'm taking some liberty here to express my utmost gratitude to the designer(s) of the brick separator, it works fantastic and has saved both my bricks and my fingers many times! Minifigures The good guy side gets Lloyd and Nya, both in their Airjitzu robes and exclusive to this set. Lloyd's outfit features bright and dark green energy patterns, golden emblems on front and back and golden sparks on his face. Nya's Airjitzu version is quite unique, as she has a beautiful water phoenix on the front in dark blue, shiny metallic azure and white, against a dark red base colour (whereas all the others get a black one. Her signature symbol on the front and her eyes too are golden. Her dark red 2012 ninja hood is exclusive. Neither of the two figures comes with a secondary face and neither has a weapon. Overall, I am very pleased to add this version of Nya to my collection and Lloyd fits in well with the others. A minor issue that I have is that Lloyds face here does not quite resemble his regular face, something that isn't the case for any of the other ninja's Airjitzu variants, in my opinion. Now, let's bring in the bad guys! Three antagonists are include here, from left to right are Martin, Sensei Yang and Chris. Martin and Chris are in fact identical, only their weapons are different. They wear old school ninja hoods, which are recoloured in Light Bluish Grey here, exclusive to this set. I like the statue details on the face and the torso, featuring cracks and thorns. It's a nice figure that I don't mind getting two of. Yang is a great figure as well. The other set he comes in is the Ultra Stealth Raider, which is much more expensive, but in return he does not come with his lantern in this set. His white robes are very elegant and on the back of the torso is a combination of two symbols that have been previously associated with Sensei Wu, interestingly enough. The completed model I found the build enjoyable, although it was a tad repetitive at some points, most notably the flyer launchers. The end result looks good on display and can be easily broken apart and rearranged, the individual modules are fine individually, in my opinion. My favorite part of the scenery has got to be the blue and tan house, I love the 'ghost town' air that it has, as well as the weapons on the rack. The amount of specialized parts is minimal and even the pieces hidden away in the construction have colours that fit the colour scheme. Where I expected bright yellow, blue or green, I found grey, brown and tan instead, something I hope to encounter more often in the future! Play features Admittedly I haven't taken enough pictures of the play features, but the box art shows them off very clearly. Both features that can knock your figures off the roofs work well and I had some fun with them, the 'stairs slide' (don't really know how I'm supposed to call that) is another neatly integrated function that works does a good job as what it's intended to do. As you can see on the picture above, You can take out the pillars and use them as regular hand-held Airjitzu flyer launchers. However, I am not really sure if I like the side launchers. I couldn't try launching both at the same time, but with one it does not always go as it should. Sometimes it maintains it's angle after the slide (which is neat, by the way) and hits the ground, after which it spins out of control. Nevertheless, even if this does not go smoothly most of the time, the other play features are good alternatives. My verdict Compared to other structure-based Ninjago sets, this one may not be spectacular, but I'd say it's somewhere between 'good' and 'great'. A nice looking model, a desirable selection of minifigs, a very useful assortment of parts and some fun play features are enough reason for me to recommend this set to other Ninjago fans and fans of the more traditional ninja theme as well. Thank you for reading my review, feel free to share your thoughts about it and the set below! Have a nice day!

Jang's review of the Samurai X Cave has landed!

Thanks for your feedback! The Venture Explorer/Venture Koi was definitely a cool ship, but maybe the market is too small to appear in a set? This project only got 157 supporters. Yeah, I was thinking about ways to represent all factions. Thanks! For the bottom part I started with an old BURP and simply started adding sloped pieces to it. Thank you! I'm actually quite happy with the tree, given it only uses only two (my last) dark read leaves pieces, purist construction. But agreed, I would have liked a more elaborate tree as well. A line of sets accompanying the game could probably have changed the fate of the game. Btw, I think LU would still fit perfectly into Dimensions. Bèta tester, a real die-hard I see! Thanks a lot for your suggestions, Pepper! I'll do my best to represent the Venture League properly. (Didn't think you would prefer Sky Lane over Peppermint Lane! Just kidding, she rocks!) Haha, I thought you would! Thanks!

If you want to add new islands or other relatively big natural features, then you should ask the guild leader(s) for permission. The same goes for large cities. Underground cities sound cool, by the way! What I think is best, though, is to first start building and only add that place to the map once you have built it.

Sometimes they will, like with this piece: http://brickset.com/parts/6152199 and I think this one as well: http://brickset.com/parts/6083001 However, I'm 99% sure that Axl's armour/torso is a single piece. Sorry if this is common knowledge already, but here are details about the NK panel at SDCC:

Adventurer in Gnarled Forest This vignette is a tribute to LEGO Universe. It depicts a chunk of the pirate-themed world Gnarled forest, and a brave rookie who's going on an adventure on his first day of play. Provided that he survives his armourless journey, this fella will be a perfect Venture League recruit! For those that have never heard of LU, it was a massively multiplayer online role playing game (mmorpg) that released in October 2010 and got closed in February 2011. It is without a doubt the most ambitious Lego game ever; it had a multitude of inspiring fantasy worlds, quests, factions, minigames, in-game Lego building spaces, never-seen-before gear and one main goal: defeating the evil Maelstrom. You can check out the , the gameplay trailer and the wiki. Two promotional sets were released: http://brickset.com/...e-LEGO-Universe .On a side note, Thanks for looking, C&C appreciated!

Yay, my tag arrived, thanks Ecc!

Thanks for your compliments on the perspective, guys and lady! @ixypixy Thanks! More magic is certainly on the way, you could say it's my niche. Thank you for your constructive criticism, BrickCurve! I see what you mean, a context would add much potential to the build. If I were to redo this build nowadays, it would probably be much larger than the rough 6x6 studs that it measures. However, at the time I was short on grey bricks if I recall correctly. Anyway, I'll keep it in mind!

So, anyone else think that Red Hulk and the female bad guy would perfectly fit with the Lava baddies: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/comic-con-hulk-she-hulk-909252?utm_source=twitter ?

Lol, first thing that came to mind was: Red Hulk and the female red villain would fit right into my Nexo knights army! This is the first set to include two bigfigs, right? The vehicles both look pretty wacky, in a good way, and both females have awesome hair!

So, my holidays have started and I just uploaded a new Exetrius Saga episode: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=137256 I have a whole list of ideas (which kept growing the past months!) to work out, so I'm hoping to present some good stuff in this summer. Anyone else working on some Nocty builds?

Exetrius Saga 1: Fallen leaf 2: Message in Kyrrath 3: Equipment upgrade 4: Subjection of a legend 5: Family Dinner 6: Attack of the Hunters Episode 7: Taking the Runestone Exetrius looked down at the clouds that obscured the valley beneath him. Up here, on the barren mountain ridge, it was a quiet and sunny day and the view was absolutely breathtaking. He didn't come here at leisure, though. He was on his way to a special mana collector, on top of an isolated peak. The last time he came to this place, the air filled with snow and a howling, freezing wind. The device was installed there almost twenty years ago, by one of the wizards of Zotharith. It passively converts the power of the strong winds into arcane energy, which is then stored in the runestone. It took several years to charge this rune crystal up to its full capacity, so it holds a vast amount of power. It's protected by a magic seal, so only those that have the complementary spell have access to this source. The protection is needed because mana is a scarce commodity; vital to all users of magic, but few of them have the skills to obtain it themselves. Zotharith holds a valuable share in the market of runes and mana crystals, but most of its wizards are free to use sources like this one to replenish their mana crystals or to forge runes. That's what Exetrius did last time, on that cold winter day. However, today was different. He had been given an important job by the taskmaster this time: taking the runestone back to headquarters. He had been instructed to avoid a fracture or scattering at all costs, since that could release all the trapped energy in one huge explosion... The reason why it had to be returned was, as usual, not stated. But, since the Festival of the Ranks had been postponed for an unknown period of time due to "insufficient supplies", there was probably a shortage of arcane energy. He stood right under the peak, the easy, carefree part of his trip was over. Now it was up to Exetrius to unlock the runestone from the installation and bring it home safely, without getting blown to smithereens... To be continued.... in the next episode: Supplies arrive! Hi everyone, thanks for looking at this new episode! The build was intended to be the scene of my character introduction when I joined GoH early June last year, but I never used it as such and had to break it down soon after I built it. You can find an overview picture here, on my Flickr. Nonetheless, C&C is greatly appreciated!

It's still €229,99 in the Netherlands, 'singular' vip-points, too... This period of slow news is starting to annoy me, fingers crossed for SDCC!