LEGO Ninjago 2021

[a guy from somewhere]

Harry Potter sets have leaked, hopefully ninjago is just around the corner. They all seem official as well.

Edited April 15, 2021 by a guy from somewhere

[FrostyPlayZa]

6 hours ago, a guy from somewhere said:

Harry Potter sets have leaked, hopefully ninjago is just around the corner. They all seem official as well.

Which site? Instagram?

[JintaiZ]

1 minute ago, FrostyPlayZa said:

Which site? Instagram?

Yes, as usual.

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

That was my hope too...

[a guy from somewhere]

Looking at the amazing buildable Fawks, I was wondering if ninjago could possibly do something similar. Maybe a serpent build, like the great devourer? And a little handle to move its tail and open its mouth. I could see a serpent build wrapped around some sort of pillar being possible, but apart from wojira and the great devourer, what else could be done in that style?

[lego_guyon02]

17 minutes ago, a guy from somewhere said:

Looking at the amazing buildable Fawks, I was wondering if ninjago could possibly do something similar. Maybe a serpent build, like the great devourer? And a little handle to move its tail and open its mouth. I could see a serpent build wrapped around some sort of pillar being possible, but apart from wojira and the great devourer, what else could be done in that style?

I would much rather see an actual remake of the Great Devourer than some kind of mechanical contraption/display.

[Pulp Detective]

31 minutes ago, a guy from somewhere said:

Looking at the amazing buildable Fawks, I was wondering if ninjago could possibly do something similar.

Don't give them ideas! 

[Nearlyheadlessbrick]

Buildable Zane's Falcon with minifigure scaled version!

[JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)]

Speaking of Harry Potter sets that's just revealed, I'm pleasantly surprised with seeing a newly recolored Pyro Slayer/Destroyer's head of grey and trans-green. Pretty interesting use if one wants some petrified-like snakes characters.

(Wasn't sure about posting here but I don't collect Harry Potter sets so yeah I'll just bite the bullet.)

Edited April 15, 2021 by JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)

[zoth33]

There is a nice recolor of the pyro vipers in the chamber of secrets its grey and green.  

[lego_guyon02]

Part 4 is out!

 

[a guy from somewhere]

21 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

Part 4 is out!

 

Part 4? What happens to 3?

[lego_guyon02]

35 minutes ago, a guy from somewhere said:

Part 4? What happens to 3?

Part 3 was released a month ago.

[a guy from somewhere]

58 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

Part 3 was released a month ago.

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Thanks for the heads up!

[Gangikhan448]

those set pics are around the corner

[a guy from somewhere]

5 hours ago, Gangikhan448 said:

those set pics are around the corner

yep, cant wait a single damn second. the descriptions for episodes 9-12 have come out. very interesting. 

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The bounty gets destroyed. Again. Seriously? The writers really hate the bounty. 

 

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

57 minutes ago, a guy from somewhere said:

yep, cant wait a single damn second. the descriptions for episodes 9-12 have come out. very interesting. 

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The bounty gets destroyed. Again. Seriously? The writers really hate the bounty. 

 

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That's why I keep saying - the show is the worst ever advertisement! Any vehicle or ship gets destroyed in 5 seconts to 1,5 episodes after showing up

 

[lego_guyon02]

59 minutes ago, a guy from somewhere said:

yep, cant wait a single damn second. the descriptions for episodes 9-12 have come out. very interesting. 

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The bounty gets destroyed. Again. Seriously? The writers really hate the bounty. 

 

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Seriously? Again? At this point the destruction of a Bounty is just getting tiresome.

 

[lego_guyon02]

So apparently the ending of the season already leaked as well? I haven't seen it as I don't want to see those kind of spoilers but they've really been doing a terrible job at keeping things under wraps these past few seasons. 

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

11 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said:

So apparently the ending of the season already leaked as well? I haven't seen it as I don't want to see those kind of spoilers but they've really been doing a terrible job at keeping things under wraps these past few seasons. 

Descriptions were leaking often - its easy to avoid reading them though.
And the plot often is easy to foresee anyway (at least since season 10).

But it is weird that the sets werent revealed yet. I get that theres contracts and other reasons - like Lego wanting the current sets to be purchased before we start saving money for the new ones. But isssh when the freaking pictures come out.. This I dont remember -> seeing the sets in the show before any official pictures come out.

[Lyichir]

9 hours ago, Kim-Kwang-Seok said:

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That's why I keep saying - the show is the worst ever advertisement! Any vehicle or ship gets destroyed in 5 seconts to 1,5 episodes after showing up

 

I think you're kind of missing the point a little.

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Things in the show probably get destroyed as often as they do BECAUSE of them having to serve as an advertisement for the sets, not in spite of it. The ninja having a stable "main vehicle" or "base of operations" would only make it harder to explain the need to replace it when it came time for a new set to fill those same roles. By making those kinds of things temporary at best, the sets can continue to introduce new subject matter to fill those roles, as well as raise the stakes and create challenges for the ninja to overcome when they have to do without a secure "home base". It's the same basic logic as how the Ultra Dragon had to basically be written out of the plot shortly after its introduction—having a powerful flying dragon to rely on for both combat and transportation could make it harder to write scenarios involving newer sets that couldn't logically be solved by leaning on the same "solutions" they used to overcome obstacles in earlier seasons.

 

[a guy from somewhere]

Is any set known to have the number 71766? According to brick.ronin on insta there's gonna be a Borg tower set with 6873 pieces, with Borg, Garmadon, legacy Jay and Cole, and urban Kai and Zane. I highly doubt this is real, considering we have just had a massive 6000 piece D2C, and it seems way to good to be true, the minifig count seems quite low, and the dude only has one post. I'm calling Bs on this unless Guyon has any info but on the off chance its real, do you think it would be a good set? 

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

1 hour ago, Lyichir said:

I think you're kind of missing the point a little.

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Things in the show probably get destroyed as often as they do BECAUSE of them having to serve as an advertisement for the sets, not in spite of it. The ninja having a stable "main vehicle" or "base of operations" would only make it harder to explain the need to replace it when it came time for a new set to fill those same roles. By making those kinds of things temporary at best, the sets can continue to introduce new subject matter to fill those roles, as well as raise the stakes and create challenges for the ninja to overcome when they have to do without a secure "home base". It's the same basic logic as how the Ultra Dragon had to basically be written out of the plot shortly after its introduction—having a powerful flying dragon to rely on for both combat and transportation could make it harder to write scenarios involving newer sets that couldn't logically be solved by leaning on the same "solutions" they used to overcome obstacles in earlier seasons.

 

naaaaa. I get what you mean. But the sets are always a joke in the show! They get one "aaaw moment" and then they fall to pieces. If you wanna make look something cool you want it to look more useful and have a bit of a better downfall. Like Coles last mech or Lloyds golden mech - they were literally falling to pieces .

Im not saying you are completely wrong overall or that  there is no commercial factor. I just think the show is barely desinged to focus around toys. Cause many times the overall message disputes that - like masters of mountains, Coles swords and mech broke immediately and was in the end just symbolism. Same with the golden master armor thingy from "hunted".

[Pirean_Grammaticul]

On 4/15/2021 at 11:30 AM, Nearlyheadlessbrick said:

Buildable Zane's Falcon with minifigure scaled version!

a buildable falcon would be cumbersome to get right: the head shape would be painful, angles and curves on such a smooth model agonizing, and integrating a solid wing function on top of that; it's nearly impossible to get right and look appealing. not to mention that the falcon hasn't appeared since 2018, the falcon proper hasn't appeared since 2015, and the last time anyone gave a damn about it was in 2012 - there's no incentive for a designer to labor on a bird that simply isn't recognizable to the ninjago audience.

none of this is from experience btw please don't click my profile (unironically mine is terrible but that's another matter)

5 hours ago, Kim-Kwang-Seok said:

naaaaa. I get what you mean. But the sets are always a joke in the show! They get one "aaaw moment" and then they fall to pieces. If you wanna make look something cool you want it to look more useful and have a bit of a better downfall. Like Coles last mech or Lloyds golden mech - they were literally falling to pieces .

Im not saying you are completely wrong overall or that  there is no commercial factor. I just think the show is barely desinged to focus around toys. Cause many times the overall message disputes that - like masters of mountains, Coles swords and mech broke immediately and was in the end just symbolism. Same with the golden master armor thingy from "hunted".

i'd honestly call that a strength of the show: focusing on the characters, little minifigures who aren't really the major selling point of say a dynamic and interesting mech or a sweet sports car that inevitably ends up ruined on redesign is probably better to entice kids long-term and inspire them to create stories or analyze what are essentially plastic figures. master of the mountain for example is my favorite recent season because the ninja liberate two feuding proletarian factions against an exploitative bourgeious mineral profiteer a lot of time is spent developing the relationships of and engagements between our characters while looking inward, more than taking time to highlight how this mech that gets burned last minute is cool or how these rhinos who just live here ig are worth shelling cash out for; motm integrates the sets in but more as backdrops for our characters to grow, and thus it's a solid piece in spite of the fact that it's a toy commercial that depicts the parasitic nature of capitalistic enterprises and the inherent exploitative nature of profit

Edited April 18, 2021 by Pirean_Grammaticul

[Kim-Kwang-Seok]

9 hours ago, Pirean_Grammaticul said:

a buildable falcon would be cumbersome to get right: the head shape would be painful, angles and curves on such a smooth model agonizing, and integrating a solid wing function on top of that; it's nearly impossible to get right and look appealing. not to mention that the falcon hasn't appeared since 2018, the falcon proper hasn't appeared since 2015, and the last time anyone gave a damn about it was in 2012 - there's no incentive for a designer to labor on a bird that simply isn't recognizable to the ninjago audience.

none of this is from experience btw please don't click my profile (unironically mine is terrible but that's another matter)

i'd honestly call that a strength of the show: focusing on the characters, little minifigures who aren't really the major selling point of say a dynamic and interesting mech or a sweet sports car that inevitably ends up ruined on redesign is probably better to entice kids long-term and inspire them to create stories or analyze what are essentially plastic figures. master of the mountain for example is my favorite recent season because the ninja liberate two feuding proletarian factions against an exploitative bourgeious mineral profiteer a lot of time is spent developing the relationships of and engagements between our characters while looking inward, more than taking time to highlight how this mech that gets burned last minute is cool or how these rhinos who just live here ig are worth shelling cash out for; motm integrates the sets in but more as backdrops for our characters to grow, and thus it's a solid piece in spite of the fact that it's a toy commercial that depicts the parasitic nature of capitalistic enterprises and the inherent exploitative nature of profit

I also doubt there's even a bit of market for this kind of product. I like the falcon and any side character and the fact people here remember them. But ninjago swaps out and invents new things faster than I can say spinjitzu.

With Harry Potter especially they are going for an older audience with their "artsy products". Ninjago is different in general but we could only ever expect something along these sets with something that stays consistant which would be: our main characters, main tropes (something with spinjitzu, weapons and artifacts), and the Bounty. Otherwise nothing is consistant enough.

But when talking about the falcon: I was always wondering why they never did like a gigantic mech-version of it. For sure theres some concept art about this
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