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Ninjago Stuff


Aanchir

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So I saw the new Ninjago episode tonight! It was pretty intense. The series is definitely moving towards a conclusion that will do the series as a whole justice. A short summary of the coolest parts and my thoughts follow:

 

 

The episode introduced Lloyd's mother, Masako, who gives us some insight into what the final battle between Lloyd and his father will entail. There is apparently an evil character called the Overlord who fought with the First Spinjitzu Master in ancient Ninjago, and the world of Ninjago was split into light and dark portions. But the dark portion disappeared for many years. The Overlord's existence was foreshadowed in the fourth graphic novel, Tomb of the Fangpyre, where it was announced that "in all things, there must be balance. And so darkness crept upon the land, and came upon a lone snake in the grass..." That snake, of course, would become the Great Devourer, whose venom is apparently still connected to the powers of the Overlord as it is potent enough to awaken his indestructible stone warriors.

 

The music in this episode was great, and the story was told very well. We heard (perhaps for the first time) the brilliant leitmotif that appears so prominently in the Ninjago track I Have You Now from the upcoming episode 21, which should be airing next week. One thing we haven't learned is how Masako ended up hooking up with a guy as evil as Lord Garmadon, but there's a chance we'll learn that in a later episode since she will be traveling with the group from now on.

 

There were a couple great easter eggs among this episode's visuals. For instance, there are a couple LEGO dinosaurs from this year's Dino themee in the museum gift shop towards the beginning of the episode!

 

 

In other Ninjago news, I found a Japanese online shop today that had descriptions of next year's Ninjago sets. I obviously can't share this on BZPower since this site probably wasn't supposed to disclose this so soon... but at the same time, it gives some insights into how the story Masako told might relate to the upcoming sets and the story that ties in with them. It won't be too long before we get to that point in the TV series, and at that point the next wave of sets might be officially revealed so I can discuss some of these particular observations.

 

Also, anyone want a wallpaper of the NRG Ninja from the LEGO Ninjago sets? Because I got one, and it looks great on my new laptop:

 

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Click here to visit the topic in the General Art forum!

 

also jeez somebody post in the Ninjago: Master of Spinjitzu TV Series Discussion Topic already. It's been a week since anyone's posted there, and ten days since anyone other than me posted there! And new episodes have started airing again!

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