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More likely a new part or a brickbuilt construction (or a bit of both). The Preeminent also had a giant single eye, so it is not something unique to the Dreamzzz villains. Additionally, their colour-scheme (black, white, purple) is fairly common among LEGO villains (Garmadon from the Pilot season, Lady Bone Demon). Just as an aside, the Dreamzzz characters look absolutely amazing!

Or during Dragons Rising - Maybe the bone army attacked Ninjago while the Ninja were away (since time has obviously passed between the start of the Merge and where we pick up with A&S), and the Imperium defeated them and took control. I just thought of something:

Timestamp(s)? I wonder if this is just an Easter egg, or if the Bone Warriors canonically attacked Ninjago sometime either prior to the Merge or in the Ninjas' absence. Probably the dragon Power Core that leaked. Maybe Wu dies during the Merge? BTW, I noticed that the Empress is talking to Ras on her floating holo-screen, so he is on the villains' side at some point.

Ah - Agreed! 👍

The new season of Ninjago has a character with cat-eared headphones, so I can see that piece being reused (recoloured) for a 'gamer girl' archetype at some point.

Doc Wyatt has also confirmed this. Found it. 👍

I was pointing out that her character is very unrealistic and stylised, so it is not the best representation of real disabilities. Having a robot arm is objectively cool and has none of the drawbacks of real-world prosthetics. Source?

Mr. E was originally going to be Echo Zane (there is even pre-vis of this reveal), but the plot point was dropped due to its complexity and need for explanation; the writers did not intend to create an empty mystery box (as you are suggesting). Probably creatures from another Realm; both use the same headpiece, so I can see us getting them at some point. I would like to, but there is nothing to indicate that we will in the leaked Minifig lists. 😕 Arin's hair is an existing part that can be found in City.

Some plot speculation: True. Perhaps the gold warriors will all have names, but still use identical designs (like the Monkie Kid Bull Clones). Not-Krux has PDG armour, so maybe the grey warriors are an elite guard (the gold ones seem to be standard footsoldiers).

Lloyd narrated the clip that we saw, so I assumed that this trailer was also narrated by a character. Additionally, the narration seems to be from the perspective of a person in-universe ("Everything feels familiar", "Together, we will rise", etc). This seems unlikely, since the Empress, not-Krux, Ras, and the Raz hunters all wear the same armour piece and have the same colour-scheme. If LEGO intended them to be separate factions, they would have differentiated them. I am betting on Ras switching sides (or, albeit less likely, usurping the Empress). Baby dragon's rumoured name is "Rapton", I believe. Why would the Empress want to undo the Merge? She seems to be in a position of power with all of Ninjago City under her control, so why would she give that up?

Revisiting the two-truths-one-lie: 1.) The Cloud Kingdom is appearing (and the Ninja travel there), so this still seems likely. 2.) Every other frame in these trailers has a dragon in it, so this is absolutely true. 3.) The villains look very futuristic, so this is probably the lie. 4.) Frogman confirmed! 5.) No snakes appear in the trailers (aside from a Serpentine spectator at the mech race), so this is highly unlikely. 6.) Rock monsters appear in the trailer, so this seems plausible.

It looks like the picture of the Bounty set is accurate to the show, between the missing bow, non-angled engines, and tilted mast. Maybe the front detaches as a small fighter craft or escape pod? 🤔 It seems like Ras may be helping Arin and Sora escape, since his hammer shockwave knocks the villains back as well (we can see not-Krux lying on the ground when the two fighters take off and chase A&S). I hope that we get multiple variants of Arin (casual with hood down, casual with hood up) in addition to his Ninja suit. BTW, who is narrating the trailer? I cannot recognise their voice, but it seems too deep for how Arin looks. The mech seems like it can transform between bike mode and mech mode (one of the wheels is visible early in today's first trailer), and also be rebuilt into its upgraded form (seen at the end of the aforementioned teaser). I expect that these features will carry over into the set itself.

Also, why would an obviously new series begin with an old villain? I expect these to be all-new characters, and if the Time Twins ever return, it will be in a later season (wherein the new Ninja (Arin, etc) can serve as audience proxies that need a recap of Hands of Time).

The only similarity between him and Krux is their hair, which a fairly common part in a common colour for it. I am not sure that a cyberpunk catgirl with a robot arm necessarily counts as disability representation.

That is just the Invincible Iron Man helmet piece.

At the beginning of Squadrons, Rae Sloane has the rank of Commodore (5R over 5B), matching her Minifig appearance.

Agreed. Also, we should be getting some new trailers or clips soon, as there are still three locked videos on the Dragons Rising page.

Doc Wyatt has confirmed that the "leaks" about Crystalized and the 2023/2024 stories are fake. They seemed fake, but it is good to have an official word on the subject. Also, @FroggyShade has begun posting supposed cut dialogue from Crystalized, which is obvious and painfully cringe buIIshit.

With Doc Wyatt confirming that the Ninjago "leaks" from this thread are fake, I assume that the alleged Bionicle reboot is similarly fake.

Maybe?

I am not sure why the spoiler tags are not working. 😕 I tried that, but it still did not work.

I was responding to this:

Looking at the Star Wars sets for each year from 2015-today, it seems like the overlap between set choices and anniversary years (xxx7, xxx0, xxx3, xxx9, xxx2, xxx5, xxx8) is mostly circumstantial. For instance, while the only Prequel sets in 2015 were for TPM and AotC (aside from the ARC-170 and Separatist Vulture Droid Microfighters), we got 2.5 RotS sets in 2016 (Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor, Clone Turbo Tank, and a Homing Spider Droid with Kashyyyk Minifigs). Subsequent years follow this trend of more often getting things on non-anniversary years. Interesting! It should be easy to mod back into a regular OT version, since none of the markings in-question are prints.

Printed arms confirmed, as well as a cloth element for Boba; he did not remember seeing one for Vader, though.