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Vote here for the greatest ninja! Believe it! This final category voting will run until Thursday, September 25th at 11:59 PM Eastern! After that, there will be a GRAND FINAL POLL to determine the best of the best. Remember, the winner of each category will receive a 70721 Kai Fighter Ninjago set! -- MUSIC AND MOVIES ENTRIES 1. Ninjago Gem Oasis: Da Music Track 2. Elemental -
Vote here for the greatest ninja! Believe it! This final category voting will run until Thursday, September 25th at 11:59 PM Eastern! After that, there will be a GRAND FINAL POLL to determine the best of the best. Remember, the winner of each category will receive a 70721 Kai Fighter Ninjago set! -- GAMES ENTRIES 1. Ninja Deep Sea Assault 2. Build a Ninja: Ninjas in Space Game 3. Ninjago: Dark World
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Vote here for the greatest ninja! Believe it! This final category voting will run until Thursday, September 25th at 11:59 PM Eastern! After that, there will be a GRAND FINAL POLL to determine the best of the best. Remember, the winner of each category will receive a 70721 Kai Fighter Ninjago set! -- COMICS ENTRIES 1. The Imside JObe [Page 1][Page 2][Page 3][Page 4] 2. Ninja Memories 3. Ninja Deep Sea Adventure [Page 1][Page 2][Page 3] 4. Ninja Dude Meets Reznas...
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Vote here for the greatest ninja! Believe it! This final category voting will run until Thursday, September 25th at 11:59 PM Eastern! After that, there will be a GRAND FINAL POLL to determine the best of the best. Remember, the winner of each category will receive a 70721 Kai Fighter Ninjago set! -- G&T ENTRIES 1. Ninjago: Last Stand 2. Ninjago Mafia: Masters of Spacejitzu
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Game Link So, this is my game entry for the Ninjago contest. I've been working on it for a couple of weeks now, and I've had the idea since the contest was announced. It's fairly simple, but it got the basic amount of gameplay that I wanted in. The first step is to design your own Ninjago character. You can select from different styles out outfits, choose your elements, weapons, hair, and head covers, and also select your color, which includes shades that you couldn't come by in sets! Furthermore, I added a gender selection too, so each outfit has a design for both males and females, which was honestly the most fun to work on! All in all, there are over 300,000 combinations that can be pulled off here, so you can truly make your own unique Ninja, or try to redesign one of the characters. The next step is to battle enemies in different locations. You get bonus points based on your attributes depending on what location you are in or what enemy you are facing. Thus, some combinations are better than others, but often only in certain situations! You can challenge a random enemy in a random location, and keep track of your score in the main window. WHAT IS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE Originally this was going to be more of a campaign game, where you still design your ninja, but you have a limited number of options. You would cycle through opponents by year, and after so many wins, you would progress to the next year, and get upgrades! Alas, this was a bit more than I could draw / code given the time, so I stuck to a simpler version of the game. WHAT IT COULD STILL BE I have some more enemy characters I would like to add, and there's always the potential to add more outfits, hairstyles, weapons, ext. I also like the idea of adding some permanent bonus features, like after 10 wins, you can unlock Sensei Wu's beard and get +2 bonus points against all enemies. It would also be cool to add a print feature so people could save their ninja character designs, but for now their best bet is to just print-screen it. I would also like to add some basic animations to the characters while they stand before the battle, particularly the enemies, to allow the movement to better define their characters. Such example would be to have Scale's eyes spin or for Frakjaw to threateningly swing his axe. All the characters and fig elements are based off the actual Lego designs and proportions, although there's a bit of leeway here and there. The backgrounds come from various form of Ninjago media (as well as a certain Flash game from another 2001 Lego theme). Rather than straight up trace them or use unedited images, I chose to vectorize them in illustrator before adding them to the game. Anyway, let me know how you enjoy the game. Big thanks to Swert for putting up with all my "HEY WANNA TEST A GAME" messages.
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Hello, one and all! I have just finished my entry into the Ninjago Monster Contest, so here it is! After a long day of fighting the forces of evil, even the heroic ninja need a vacation, so what better place to unwind and have some fun than the tropical paradise of LEGO Island? This piece features ninja Jay Walker pulling off some moves on a stunt ramp in a friendly competition with Pepper Roni. I've had the idea of featuring Ninjago characters relaxing on LEGO Island for some time, but I have now realized that vision with this piece! If you have any thoughts, comments are always welcome.
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Here's my entry for the Ninjas in SPACE competition: Jay and Zane take a look back at Ninjago's early years. Things sure were weird back then... Ninja Memories I hope you like it!
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Welcome, one and all, to the fully playable video game entry to the Ninjago Monster Contest! Without any further ado, here we go! Objective: Venture through four environments and fight the bosses to access the Dark World and stop the Demon God! Genre: RPG (Role-Playing-Game) Controls: Z/Space ~ Confirm X ~ Cancel/Menu Arrow keys ~ Movement/Menu navigation Mechanics: If you seriously don’t know how an RPG works, how are you even using a computer? Buuut, since it’s in the rules, here we go: You wander around fulfilling various quests and having random encounters with a variety of monsters. The battle system is turn-based, meaning you take a turn to attack or defend, then the enemy gets a turn, and so on and so forth. By defeating enemies, you gain experience. Get enough experience, and you can level up, enhancing your abilities and sometimes even learning new skills. Art Style: Basic RPG Maker art style, i.e. very anime-esque. Story and Characters: The characters are Kai, Jay, Cole, and Zane from the Ninjago line of Lego products. If you don’t know their personalities already, why on Earth are you playing this game? The story is simple: Creatures from a Dark World have started surfacing in the various lands of Ninjago, prompting the ninja to try and find a way into the Dark World and put a stop to the invasion before all of Ninjago is consumed. Description: You play as the main four ninjas, travel to four different locations based on their elements, beat the elemental demons, collect the crystals, rinse and repeat until you get to the lair of the Demon God and put a stop to his evil schemes. A short, silly game that shouldn't take more than a half hour to beat. Screenshots: Follow this link to the album, and gaze upon the wonders of this game! Download Link Have fun, and happy playing! Note: I do not own any of the assets in this game. All credit for them goes to their original creators. Well, this was a complete waste of time. Barely any votes and a complete lack of feedback. I guess that's 13 hours of my life I'll never get back.
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Deep in the sands of the desert it waits... For those who will claim it and seal their fates... ^^^^ Click for gallery ^^^^ Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Ninjago Gem Oasis, my SBC entry into the Ninjago Monster Contest, and the very first location-based MOC I've ever made! I think it turned out fairly well, and I hope you share that sentiment with me. Metal detector pieces are hard to find a use for. Happy viewing!
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Entry period ends on September 22nd. There have been some entries from this forum so far, but I'd really love to see more from you guys! Here's a refresher on the entry requirements: MUSIC AND MOVIES RULES: FAN CREATED GAMES RULES: Four days left. Make me proud, y'all. (I should have maybe posted this sooner and for that I am sorry)
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Here’s three. I’m just going to number it like the intro sequence does. Episode 14: Darkness Shall Rise The “ninja get jobs” montage is one of the funniest in the series – on the first watch. On the second it loses its charm. Still, the integrated plot to kidnap Lloyd flows this episode together smoothly enough – until it gets solved by Nya and Wu just happening to show up. It feels patchy. Also, kidnapping Lloyd is so last season. Pythor tried that, and he managed to get the third Fang blade out of it, but come on. Also, by now we know that only Pythor can kidnap Lloyd, and that he’s very good at it, but the other snakes fail. 13 and 14 have more nods to Zane as a robot, which I like (and consequently would like to see more of, but not quite how the reboot did, but that’s another story). Episode 15: Pirates vs. Ninja There is quite no reason for this episode to be here other than this: it’s fun, and the story producers threw it in because WHY NOT? Answer: Can’t we move on to the next important and interesting event of this story already? Although there is a nod to the Dark Island, and this story establishes Dareth’s studio, it is otherwise very very lame. It would be more excusable if it was the only filler episode in here, but…there’s…three. At least three. Surely they could have condensed all of the non-filler plot points into one episode, like they did in season 2 so many times. I am feeling the Bionicle vibe, Got to fill out this story, keep this toyline alive, I am feeling, the Bionicle vibe, It’s 2007, and we haven’t arrived. Episode 16: Double Trouble JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Insert another notoriously filler episode. This one has zero continuity relevant plot points whatsoever. It doesn’t suffer from bad storytelling necessarily, so that’s a plus (The evil Ninja have some unique characterization ). But between exploding light bulbs and video games is just a bunch of cake. Personally I prefer pie. Even Ninjago’s filler is better than Hero Factory , but it is filler. Episode 17: Ninjaball Run Not only is this episode filler, it’s also a Phantom Menace rip-off. It’s also one of the funnest, and funniest, episodes of the entire series. On the first round. Mostly because of all the recurring characters and cars that are inherently silly. Once the shock value of that wears off, there’s little left in redeeming qualities: It’s just a race. And we all know who wins. This one does have one important point: the Ninja get the Bounty back. So it’s not entirely filler: but they didn’t need a whole episode about something completely unrelated to get us there. Episode 18: Child’s Play This episode, unlike episodes previous, has a lot of focus like the episodes of season 2. Everything is focused on the joys of being a child and the pressures of having to grow up too fast. This one goes in deep: the cost of Garmadon’s evil is not just the ninja’s golden weapons, but Lloyd’s childhood. Years of fun and joy and innocence stripped away, and this episode makes us feel the cost. It’s very much one of the better Ninjago episodes, one that strips away the frosting of the previous three and makes us think. Also, meta product placement again. In context, it merits a glare because comics aren’t fully kid things anymore. Some of the “mixed-message” ness of this episode leaves a sour taste in the mouth, but the alternative to the age-up was a ton more of filler episodes, and I’m glad that we didn’t get that. More importantly, I’m glad that they used the age-up to place in a theme about childhood loss rather than lightly brushing it off as no big deal. Pro move, I think, even if it did make for a sad episode. Episode 19: Wrong Place, Wrong Time So apparently this episode launched the Mega-Weapon into space…in the past. And then we can go all time-travel paradox on the whole thing. Since the Mega-Weapon wasn’t actually destroyed, wouldn’t the ninja have gone back into the past? And then, if they had gone back in the past, wouldn’t the Mega-Weapon be in space and not in the hands of Garmadon? But the Golden Weapons used to create it would not be, which Garmadon uses to create the Mega-Weapon and send the ninja back in time. It actually makes sense. If the weapon was actually destroyed, that would be a paradox, but sending it into space does not. It’s a self-sustaining time system, as opposed to an unstable one. But you know what I mean. This means that the ninja managed to correct all of the wrong past events in the alternate timeline – that timeline has the same resolution as the main one. Of course, what I said was too confusing anyway, but that’s why everyone hearts time travel. Episode 20: The Stone Army Now, there are three things that I notice as problems with season 3 in general that season 2 lacked. One is too many filler episodes. Two is a bunch of dark and grim episodes in a series known for being lighthearted and funny. Three is not enough character development and too much emphasis on Lloyd, without even giving him character development. This episode, for the most part, is all three. It’s not too much of a filler episode, but it’s not really funny. Everything about this one is D and G. “Paper beats rock” is more of an epic one-liner than an actual joke. And Lloyd solves this one…except it doesn’t do much for him. He also meets his mom, which doesn’t do too much for him either. Misako’s excuse for abandoning Lloyd doesn’t seem to add up in my mind, but I guess she was trying to protect herself and Lloyd from problems. It’s like the Land of Elyon – “you are instrumental to the fate of the universe, so I had to hide myself from you so you would look insignificant and the bad guys won’t target you” excuse. In LoE, it’s a questionable argument because the person wasn’t arguably that important to the fate of the universe, really – and here, it’s funky because having Misako around Lloyd wouldn’t have really made him a target. Not anymore than saying “I’m the son of Lord Garmadon” which Lloyd said practically every chance he got in season 2. In fact having his mom around might have been better because she could have convinced him to keep his mouth shut, thereby making him LESS of a target for evil. Whatever. PLOT. Episode 21: The Day That Ninjago Stood Still We can’t discuss this, but FTR: biblical reference. The sun standing still and all of that. *moves on*There’s a big subversion of it though – there’s no big time stop. This story is another big fight, but that’s what’s needed. And that’s what the title refers to: only in this case, the good guys lose. Still, this episode has a lot of dramatic changes: the Serpentine are resealed, the Stone Army is on the loose, and Ninjago city is evacuated. I think that might be what the title is really referring to – the evacuated city is now still. That’s a big contrast to the earthquakes at the beginning of the episode though. And Garmadon starts the doomsday countdown that was frozen all those years ago, the opposite of standing still. IMO this title just doesn’t fit the episode. And why didn’t the stone army come alive long before Serpentine entered? Wouldn’t they just storm out as soon as the door was opened? PLOT. FLAWS. Anyway, I like the Sensei Wu/Misako character dynamic, even if the shippers will take it too seriously. Episode 22: The Last Voyage Zane appears at the beginning of this one – cue him being important. This one’s a really nice one –even if Zane’s father’s “undeath” qualifies as a Deus ex Machina. We already know that Ninjago has strange tea, but this is a bit over the top. The falcon being attacked and the resolution to this one are slightly patchy, but it can be overlooked based on the heart-warming ending. Also, every one of these Garmadon cameos makes him seem more brainless by the minute. I thought he was the guy who tricked the ninja into getting him out of jail, but you know. Super-weapon? Most generic villain ploy ever. Episode 23: Island of Darkness Popcorn? Seriously? Mood whiplash. This story is grand and epic at this point. We left the comedy behind like 4 episodes ago. Getting the storyboards out of the back attic? Also, what does “remake Ninjago in my image” even mean? Nobody seems to be clear on that, not even Garmadon. He just takes whatever suggestions the Overlord gives him. Also, why do the ninja NOT retain these elemental powers after defeating the Overlord? Epic episode is epic. Episode 24: The Last Hope Epic episode is epic. Misako is a cool character, and I like the scene between her and Garmadon. Holy kanoli? Okay, so how would the NRG True Potential forms help here? Serious question. It’s easy to forget – the ninja had a vehicle to get them to the clock, so I’m not sure how they would help, but I keep hearing this as a criticism of this episode. I like the book ends of Nya being kidnapped at the beginning and the end of this series, but cheering someone’s kidnapping feels bad. Episode 25: Return of the Overlord Ugh. I like Lloyd’s attitude at the end of it though. Episode 26: Rise of the Spinjitzu Master Ok, wait a minute. Ninjago city is evacuated, as per The Day Ninjago Stood Still, so why did the Dareth scene from last episode and the scenes from the beginning of this episode happen? I guess everyone went back to Ninjago city once the dust settled. And what happened to the ninja’s swords? Also, the Seventh Toa beat off and killed the ultimate evil, only for him to reappear…oh wait, wrong franchise. Kai gets to make the big motivational speech again. Note this: it’s more important later when I get to the rebooted series. Final Thoughts: This season begins with a lot of filler, and then eschews the comedic angle for sweeping epic and tense drama. The filler is light and sugary, with a lot of concepts thrown in there just for kicks, and the drama is dark and brooding, and tense with a lot of suspense. However, the suspense and tension is so long it can lead to drama fatigue if you watch straight through. After the Last Voyage, the story is hard to put down, and I almost wish that the countdown to the FINAL BATTLE was shorter. Also, trying to throw comedy into the dark, tense, and sinister atmosphere, which they did, comes off as forced and stumbling. Fortunately, they didn’t do a good deal of this, and allowed epic Ninjago to be epic. -
The Darkness Within Sensei Wu led Lloyd through the dark, thick forest of a very remote part of Ninjago. He hadn't been in this forest for a very long time, nor had he spoken of its existence to anyone. He had also stayed quiet about he and Lloyd's destination in it. The fewer people who knew about where they were going, the better. Behind him, Lloyd was wondering many things. He wondered why Sensei Wu insisted on the young Ninja only bringing a sword and couple other supplies on their trek. He also questioned why the other Ninja were not invited to come with them. If there was a threat in this forest, why were they the only two going to face it? "Their paths are their own." Wu had told him when Lloyd asked. "This path leads to a test. One only for you, Green Ninja." Lloyd nodded at the reply, but deep down he didn't understand it. He was the Green Ninja, destined to save Ninjago from his Father, the evil Garmadon. He had expected intense training, grand adventures, and the coming day where he would face his father in the battle of all battles. If anything, he had expected to his journey to be a grand one. But he didn't expect it lead him through this dark, vine covered forest. "So what kind of test is this?" Lloyd ask Wu. "One that you need to take." The Sensei replied. Lloyd couldn't help but hear the hint of hesitation in Wu's voice. It was as if something in this forest was making him nervous, which was something Lloyd wouldn't expect from the wise one. Wu bushed away a cluster of vines to clear the pathway. He wasn't sure if Lloyd was ready for the challenge that the Sensei was leading him to, but he had to make sure Lloyd was armed with the knowledge he needed not only for the day that he faced Garmadon, but also for his life afterwards if he succeeded in that final battle. He had to make sure Lloyd understood what true power could do to someone unprepared for it "I just hope it doesn't lead him to his death." Wu thought. The Sensei and Lloyd kept going for another two hours before coming to a stop. The path ahead was blanketed in a thick fog. A strong wind that blew through the trees and into the fog, but it didn't even move the fog a little. Lloyd may not have been the most experienced Ninja ever to exist (at least, not yet anyway), but even he could tell that this fog was covering a location that was unnatural to this region, and possibly nature itself. Wu turned to the young Ninja and pointed into the fog. "This is the path that you will continue down to meet your test. It will lead you to a field littered with trees and boulders. I will remain here." "What?" Lloyd exclaimed. "I have to go in there alone! Why won't you come with me?" "Because this something you have to do alone." Wu replied. "I will enter only when it is the right time for me to do so." Lloyd gave the Sensei a puzzled look. Wu turned from the Green Ninja and shook his head. "This is a place of evil, a place that I wish it didn't have a reason to exist." He went on. "But sadly it does, which is why you must go in there." "What kind of test do I have to pass in there?" Lloyd asked in confusion. "It's not about passing it, Lloyd." Wu said worriedly. "It's about understanding it." ******* Lloyd cautiously entered the new environment. As Wu had told him minutes ago, the fog was covering a field littered with trees and boulders. What Wu hadn't told him was that the ground had changed from muddy to very dry ground, which was fine with Lloyd. He could only see a couple feet in front of him. He thought about using his Spinjizu to try to remove some of the fog, but then realized that could reveal his location to any enemies that could on the field with him. Because there had to be an enemy of some sort in here, right? That had to be Sensei Wu's test. Lloyd was supposed to overcome some threat in this fog covered field, so that he could better hone his powers. "That has to be why I'm here." Lloyd thought confidently. "I must be here to defeat some foe to get a better understanding of my powers. That has to be what he meant." The Green Ninja's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of metal scrapping against one of the nearby boulders. Lloyd turned to the noise, but the only thing he saw was darkness. He then heard rustling in the nearby trees, as if a figure was swiftly moving through them. Lloyd turned again, but once again was too late to see what was moving around him. Lloyd pulled out the sword that Wu had given him and pointed out in front of him in a defensive position. He had no idea what was moving through the trees, but if it was a threat to him, the young Ninja would ready for it. "Garmadon." The name echoed through the trees, the voice saying it in a haunting tone. The mention of the name caught Lloyd a little off guard. Not only was 'Garmadon' his last name, it was also the name that his father went by. Could it be that Lord Garmadon, his father, was here now? "Garmadon." This time, the voice came from behind him. He turned around quickly, sword at the ready, and this time got a glimpse at his tormentor before he vanished into the fog. He looked to be human, roughly the same height as the Green Ninja. He also appeared to be wearing a black cape with a hood covering his face. "Show yourself!" Lloyd demanded. His voice bounced through the trees like a roar. "I did, for a time." Came the reply. Lloyd's eyes widened in surprise. Was it him, or did the voice of his foe sound a little too familiar? It wasn't the voice of his father or a Serpentine, or even of any of the other Ninja. But something told him that he knew this voice. So couldn't he place it with someone's? The sound of a cracking tree branch made Lloyd turn to his right, only to find his foe standing next to him. The cloaked being then lashed out with a sword of his own, only for the surprise attack to be blocked at the last second by Lloyd's own weapon. "Garmadon." The cloaked being repeated. "That is what I wanted to be called. That was the name that I wanted the other Ninja to fear!" He advanced his attack on Lloyd, swinging his sword at him with surprising strength. Lloyd blocked the blade with his own and attempted to grab the cloaked being with his free hand. He responded by pulling both blades up, slapping Lloyd in the face with the flat of his own sword. This caused the Green Ninja to stumble back a few feet. "But then you came to be!" The cloaked being said. "You suppressed me! Never again allowing me to walk in the shadows we loved!" "What are you talking about?" Lloyd asked as he backed away from his foe. "I haven't even seen you before!" "Of course you have seen me, Green Ninja." The being said darkly. "You know me better than anyone." He then pulled the hood off his head, revealing his face to the Green Ninja. He had a pale face, similar to that of his father's. He even had evil red eyes that shined through the thick fog. But that wasn't what made Lloyd gasped in surprise. No, it was that this person looked like a evil version of him! "How can this be?" Lloyd thought in horror. "How can this 'evil clone,' or whatever he is, be here before me?" Lloyd didn't have time to think of answers for his questions. His mysterious attacker rushed at him again, striking at him with this sword once more. Lloyd blocked the blows as best he could and struck back whenever he saw the opportunity to do so. Lloyd's attacker ducked to dodge a blow from Lloyd's blade. Seeing an opening, Lloyd then swung his fist, punching his apparent doppelganger in the face. He let out a gasp as he stumbled back. Lloyd kept up his attack by shooting lightning at his foe. But his opponent saw the attack coming. He raised his hands into the air, palms outward, and stopped the lightning in midair. He then raised his hands up, disintegrating the electricity before it could even touch him. "Who, or what, are you?" Lloyd demanded, aiming the tip of his sword at his foe. The evil one smiled back at him. "I am what you once wished to be, and what will become in the future!" The Attacker replied as he fired his own lightning attack from his sword. Lloyd countered it with own. Now the two of them were pushing against each other with their lightning. Lloyd could feel the pure power behind his foe's attack. He wouldn't be able to keep this up for long. He had to come up with another plan. Suddenly, he had an idea. He shut off his lightning attack, allowing the Evil Lloyd's lightning to come at him at its full power. Lloyd jumped to the side as the electricity flew past him and struck a boulder behind him, causing it to explode. Lloyd then took off into the fog, hoping that his enemy would have a harder time seeing him get away. The Green Ninja climbed the first tree he came across and got into position on a large branch. He planned to wait here, hidden in the fog and foliage, until his enemy walked under him. He would then sneak attack him from above and hopefully take out his opponent. Maybe then he could figure out who he was and why he looked similar to him. "Come and get me!" Lloyd shouted, allowing his words to echo through the field. The Green Ninja had no doubt that this would draw his attacker closer to him, so that he could take him out faster. "We already have each other, Lloyd." He spun around in shock and found his enemy right behind him, sword in hand. "You have just locked me inside." Lloyd lashed out with his weapon, but this time his opponent was ready. He blocked it with a strong uppercut, causing Lloyd to lose his grip on his weapon. The sword went flying off into the darkness. "Alright, lets see you block this! NINJA, GO!" Lloyd shouted as he activated his spinjizu powers and stormed towards his attacker. The being responded by hitting Lloyd with a powerful low kick, causing Lloyd to lose some of his focus on his spinjizu. The opponent took advantage of this to trip Lloyd with the flat of his blade, causing him to fall out of the tree. Lloyd hit the ground back first. Though the fall didn't break any bones, it had left him stunned. The attacker jumped out of the tree and landed next to him, a grin on his face that would haunt Lloyd for the rest of his life, especially with how shorten it was now appearing to be. "This...this is a trick." Lloyd stammered weakly. "You...are an...illusion of some sort." His opponent smiled. "You can't escape me, Lloyd. You once let us roam Ninjago freely. We freed the Serpentine, and embraced our father's name! Did you really think you could be rid of me so easily?" Lloyd rolled onto his side. "No, I am the Green Ninja now. I'm destined to save...Ninjago..." Evil Lloyd kicked him back onto his backside. "And after that, what will you be, hm? The most powerful spinjizu master, without a foe to face?" He knelt down next to Lloyd, a sphere of energy forming in his hands. "Power corrupts everyone, Lloyd. You fell to it once, and you will again." "I...will never...be evil again!" Lloyd declared angrily. His opponent simply smiled. "We'll just see." Everything that happened next happened in blur. His doppelganger raised his sword, with the intent finishing the fight for good. Lloyd crossed his arms in front of him, braising himself for the blow. Then a bright flash hit both fighters, blinding Lloyd for a second. A hand grabbed him, helped him to his feet, and started pulling him away. Even though he was still dazed and the fog blocked some of his vision, he could see who the hand belonged to. "Sensei Wu!" Lloyd said excitedly. He had never been so happy to see his uncle than at this moment. "Hurry!" The Sensei said quickly. "We must leave while we can!" Lloyd turned to see what happened to his enemy. He was laying next the tree, dazed. But as he saw his unconscious foe disappear into the fog, he couldn't help but notice that his body was vanishing itself, as if he had never existed at all. Wu and Lloyd didn't stop running until they were back at the entrance to the field. It was only Lloyd, still weakened from his battle, that slowed them down. When they cleared the field, both of the fell to the ground and caught their breaths. "Who was that?" Lloyd asked when he had regain his composure. "And what is this place." Wu got to his feet and looked sadly at his nephew. "This place doesn't have a name, but it is a place of necessary evil. It brings the darkness inside yourself to life, so that you can see what you will become if you ever succumb to it from within." Lloyd's eyes widened in shock. "So that was an evil version of me...that I will become one day?" "It is what you could become, if you do not stay in the light." Wu corrected. Lloyd starred at the ground, trying to grasp this new information. It did explain why he couldn't beat his foe, for he had already known all of the Green Ninja's moves. Seeing the confusion in Lloyd's face, Wu walked up to him and laid his hand on his shoulder. "Lloyd, you are good man now, but darkness once had a hold of you. It could be very soon that you will have a great power inside you, a power necessary to defeat Garmadon. But it could also corrupt you again, if you are not careful." "So...I may become like him." Lloyd asked hesitantly. Wu shook his head. "Not if you don't let your power tempt you into darkness. Not if you remember that your power doesn't make you better or stronger than anyone else." Both Sensei and child turned and looked at the fog covered field one last time. Lloyd wished in his heart that he would never have to come here again. "I brought you here so that you could see the worst in you, so that you appreciate the best in you." Wu went on. "It is a struggle that everyone, myself included, lives with. But if we remember what is really important, we will never be lost in the darkness within ourselves." With that said, Lloyd pulled himself to his feet. The two then began to make their way home, where Lloyd's true destiny awaited. ******* Notes for anyone curious: 1. I would like thank the people who came up with this contest (Ninja in Space). This is the first story I've written in years, and this contest is what gave the inspiration to come up with a story idea and write it out. So again, thanks. 2. In case anyone is wondering, the mysterious area Lloyd went into was based off the area filled with the Dark Side of the Force from the planet Dagobah from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Comments and criticism are appreciated! Edit: Fixing typo in one of my notes.
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Sooooooo, contest! and it's one i can enter for once! even though i have never seen any episodes of that ninja thing, i sorta get what goes on. something something danger something something legendary weapon something something cool vehicle time! so, i guess i just injected the ninjago formula into a new location: the place where the Water Dragon is could have been cleaner, but that was out of my ability to fix, oops. (also i think my topic starter posts look better centered, haha.)
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I've got some good news for you all! Toys "R" Us in the United Kingdom is supplying a brand new exclusive polybag for us Ninjago fans. What is it, you ask? One containing the one and only Dareth (EXCLUSIVE ALERT), one of his fake trophies, and a Nindroid. That's right, THE BROWN NINJA! I know a lot of us are looking forward to getting it. Hopefully, this will appear in the USA soon. Check it out! http://brickset.com/article/12295/new-ninjago-polybag-in-tru-(uk) Also, feel free to discuss Dareth as a character here. What do you think? My opinion, personally: Yaaaay! Now if only we could have Misako, or Dr. Julien (if he were still alive). Or Brad Tudabone. Or the Mailman. Basically, there are a lot of minifigures from the show that they could make, who are just as important as Dareth.
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And here's #2. * * * Episode 1: Rise of the Snakes And the great story begins…with a bunch of boys in a room eating pizza and playing video games. I think this is quite a daring way to re-begin a story based on the Ninja actually doing some real Spinjitzu, although it does provide something that the target audience of the show will relate to instantly. Also: product placement. Also: implicit sarcastic commentary on obvious product placement, which is hilarious. Notice that all of the other four ninja – red, white, black, and blue – are in the picture with the green ninja. This counts as foreshadowing. Also the green 5 on Lloyd’s outfit – he’s the green fifth ninja (also the fact that Lloyd is introduced at the same time as the Green Ninja prophecy is a nod to the savvy). And then Wu slips up, says that none of them are the green ninja, and then channels it into talk about power levels. (I never thought that any of the original four was the green ninja, and in hindsight in was pretty obvious why. And I thought the green five was weird, but didn’t put it together. I was in the camp that thought Nya was the green ninja. But anyway.) If you haven’t caught on already, Kai is supposed to be the brainless one. Generally. Also overly ambitious and running off sans plan. It’s a tradition from Bionicle: fire types get no respect. Always. Episode 2: Home This episode begins with a poke at the last episode. In that, Sensei Wu looks out at the training course for the ninja first, then looks in the TV room. In this episode, Wu looks at the video game room first, then finds the ninja in the training course. "Of course not. Everyone knows that cuckoo birds are not indigenous to these forests." Weird how the “Mud newt” looks like fish. Episode 3: Snakebit This is your standard well-crafted parent humor episode. It’s also rather standard in a lot of other ways. Still, not every episode of every series can be expected to be weird or heartwarming in specific ways. What I like about this part of the series is that it is incredibly focused. Each episode focuses intensely on a specific theme, and uses every subtle detail it can to refer back to the theme. Snakebit is a prime example – every opportunity possible is used to reference the “respect your parents” message. This actually grows out of the messages of “Home” that is “Home is where the heart is.” It’s almost a flip side: Zane is guided by fantastic things in the absence of parents (or rather, his “parents” guide him through strange means) whereas Jay is told to respect his literal parents. Like the Lego Movie, positive parent themes abound. Episode 4: Never Trust a Snake Okay, first off: How did Zane get the vision? On the first viewing, it’s just a fantastic Ninjago thing. But Zane is a robot. So there’s a message that Zane and the falcon shared. Maybe Zane’s dad programmed the message to be sent, or even hit the button himself. But that would mean that he would have access to the data of both the falcon and Zane, through the Ninjago equivalent of 4G. Anyway, fun things to speculate about. This episode does a double theme. The first is the title – blind trust =bad. The second – “The best way to defeat your enemy is to make him your friend” actually flies in the face of the first, because trust is required for friendship. So you can laud this as wonderfully complex storytelling or slam it as ambiguous and contradictory. Personally I like it because it truly means to be careful how you judge people. Lloyd misjudged the Fangpyres and Pythor to his severe detriment; the ninja misjudged Lloyd multiple times, first as a threat, and then as a friend. (Of note: in the first meeting of the snakes, the Fangpyres and the Hypnobrai “defeat” the other tribe by becoming friends, and in the same moment, Lloyd’s trust in the Fangpyres is shattered. This brings the complex theme-ry together neatly without disclosing Sensei’s riddle until the end, and the rest of the episode just serves to bring the two themes apart so the audience can see them and then tie it in a knot again.) Pythor: “I’m sorry, my appearance can have an unsettling effect on people.” That improved with his time in the Great Devourer, I’m sure. Frankly, the extent of Pythor’s treachery with the rebooted series is now incredible. I have no idea why he wanted to unleash the Great Devourer, as that would be nuts, but maybe he wanted an appearance change. In any case, apologizing for his appearance is characteristic Pythor. He’s such a gentlesnake. Episode 5: Can of Worms With the “Samurai” thing, it becomes really obvious that Wu is using appeals to prophecy and ancient Legend not because prophecy and ancient legend actually exist to explain the phenomenon, but because everyone expects him to know everything. In short, he’s making stuff up. Also, why does Zane pull out the Sacred Flute when surrounded? That’s an okay idea if he thought that stunning them with the flute would get them out of there. I guess he underestimated Pythor’s reach. Never a good thing to do. If you look closely at the Samurai, you’ll see Nya’s bracelet. It’s basically an open secret thanks to the set anyway, but knowing the secret doesn’t hurt this sequence nor the sets that follow – it actually makes them more funny. Episode 6: The Snake King Nobody can handle all of the Golden Weapons’ power at once, so why does having them in a bag not fry Nya or Kai? I guess the bag means that they aren’t contacting all of them at once, so they get off the hook. This is one of the funniest episodes if you know who the Samurai is – all of the boys are getting beaten by a girl. Classic. Also, Jay’s attempt to figure it out is hilarious regardless of whether or not you know. There are plenty of “tells” by Nya and other related things if you know to look for them. We get to, in a surprise, see Nya’s true potential before any of the others. Ladies first. Episode 7: Tick Tock In the class of blatant foreshadowing, the first thing we see in this episode is: gears. Lots and lots of gears. We wrongly attribute it to the clock instead of Zane, but you know. Also: everyone likes gears, so that’s definitely the way to start this famously amazing episode that everyone likes. GEARS. Oh, this episode is about Zane, not Jay. Start over. In the class of blatent foreshadowing, Zane stays underwater for a ridiculously long time, which is justified in the fact that robots don’t need to breathe. He even pets a fish for fun. Now, I’m going to stick my tongue out at this episode for two reasons. First, aside from the robot (which looks suspiciously like C3PO), and the treehorns, everybody loves Zane. Which makes everyone overlook the fact that this episode actually has three plot threads: 1) Zane, 2) Pythor, and 3) Wu. Which means that in reality this one is headed for Dark Destiny and Reign of Shadows territory. Secondly, aside from Zane, neither plot thread is really very interesting. Fortunately, neither of those two plot threads is given much screen time, so we ignore it – which makes the latter feel tacked on as an excuse to extend the story for a few more minutes, and also for your “suspense ending”. Pythor knows where the Fang Blades are and Wu ran into Garmadon! SUSPENSE. Also, I generally like aspens, and they tend to be beautiful things, even in the dead of winter. So that aspen-like legs with that incredibly ugly body is…unique, I guess…but it sends the wrong message about the trees. Although the story gets points for realistic portrayal of the real aspens: they really do live at higher altitudes. The “inside” of Zane as shown here is different than in the rebooted series – although that’s probably the fault of the reboot, not this episode. And, if you can design a hidden tree fortress and a robot to protect it, can’t you design a door lock? Episode 8: Once Bitten, Twice Shy Alright, now let me establish this: everyone loves Zane, but I don’t like Jay. For one thing, he’s a womanizer. Second, lightning was canonized in Bionicle as a female element, yo, so it was technically our idea, but when Lego scrapped Bionicle, they made two guys who controlled lightning, which is basically giving BZP no respect. And third, both of those lightning guys, Surge and Jay, are incredibly annoying. The third thing probably has personal bias since I ramble too and it is not a redeeming quality, but whatever. All of these things just make this episode more hilarious. What isn’t funny is how Nya ends up in the supporting role, but I suppose that comes with the territory. Whatever happened to that crowning moment of heartwarming in the rebooted series? Also, Jay’s heart rate could have been raised by impending death instead of what actually happened, or it could have anyway, but no excuse for lazy writing. And how did nobody notice the burning ring of fire? And whether the ring would have actually killed them is debatable…although I think it could have been bad. It’s still a heartwarming episode, as all the True Potential ones tend to be, but I don’t like this one because it comes at Nya (an otherwise strong female character)’s expense. Out. Episode 9: The Royal Blacksmiths One positive point for this episode (and 8) is that they integrate Pythor’s POV more smoothly with the ninjas’. 8 had the other 3 ninja characters tacked in, though – 7 and 8 suffer from too-many-characters syndrome a good deal. Episode 9 solves this problem: every one of the ninja and Pythor and the snakes are all woven seamlessly into the plot. A dance competition lends itself well to lots of characters. Therefore we don’t have the swinging camera problem. Also, good blend of the opening theme and the dance/fight. Episode 10: The Green Ninja And now the The Green Ninja is…not Kai. Everyone can be excused for thinking that his theory from the last episode is correct, but the thirtieth rule of critical reading is this: never trust a character’s theory. So game over. The second thing is: how did Kai know he was wrong? The guy who is the most crazy actually ended up being right. Of course, it took the longest for him to get it – the others didn’t have that as an obstacle. Also, let’s face it: Kai has the coolest power. A flying fire shield. Sweet. Episode 11: All of Nothing This episode starts a tightly wound continuity that leads to the release of the Great Devourer and its defeat, which everyone knew would happen. This episode makes an attempt to trick the audience into thinking that this intuition was wrong, and exchanges it for another one: Of course the ninja will win. So it can make two cliché answers both true at once. Doesn’t Fangpyre venom terraform metal anyway? And why did the snakes attack the exact person who was programmed to defeat them, as opposed to the opposite? I suppose the correct ninja headed straight for the correct set of snakes, but I suspect PLOT might have been at work as well. And I suppose the Anacondrai’s special power is turning invisible, which everyone seems to forget about. That could explain why that particular breed was so terrifying to the others: an invisible army of half of them could sneak up behind you while you were battling the other half. In yonder case, Pythor’s ability is not well emphasized, so when he does use it you forget that he has, and that he has a reason. It also doesn’t make sense for a leader to vanish much, which makes the whole thing ironic. It’s also confusing because he could have used that power to have avoided being eaten by the Great Devourer in the first place, but it explains why he doesn’t appear after the Devourer is destroyed: invisibility. And the ninjas just got ninja’d. Episode 12: Rise of the Great Devourer A reminder that all stories are games of seconds, inches, and character mistakes. “You’re now leaving Billund” sign lol. And many people have rightly pointed out that the ninja forgot about their weapons that turn into vehicles. So they did. Episode 13: Day of the Great Devourer As you might expect, this is one long “RUN! FIGHT!” episode. If the golden weapons can turn into vehicles, I imagine that all four can turn into one, and Garmadon used that. Or he used the Earth scythe to tunnel into the ground and used the subway system to walk out. Kai gets a comeback in here: he’s rallying the team, even when everyone else wants to give up, which is him not being wrong like he has been all season. In the end, they need Kai. As for the fight, it’s splendidly executed, and we all really wanted to see a fight at this point. Final Thoughts This honestly is my favorite season of Ninjago, since it contains the largest amount of mystery and character development. Three mysteries were set up and resolved, the main antagonists remained convincingly evil and dangerous. Other surprising reveals developed Lloyd from an ineffective antagonist (he caused lots of trouble, but he didn’t really get what he wanted) to an uncertain being on the side of good. Lord Garmadon (as is typical for Lego) was developed quite strongly as well, moving from an enigmatic force of darkness to a villain sympathetic to the audience. And the ninja all get developed out in spades, especially Zane…and Kai. Every single character in the story has changed by the end, except for the snakes, and nobody really cares too much about them. (Lego gets major points for concentrating the focus and development bits on Scales and Pythor, smoothly avoiding the “too many characters” problem.)The Great Devourer is destroyed, of course, but other than that. Because of this, season 2 strikes me as the entire series’ high point. While the seasons following aren’t necessarily bad, they tend to be patched together, have episodes clearly meant as filler, or more forced.
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I was thinking of an idea that the NINJAGO storyline could try something new. I was thinking of the show having a timeskip when the character's story archs are finished. Let me explain. Let's say NINJAGO has some kind of series fanalie but it returns but entirley new with a new cast of characters to replace the old ones. We wouldn't feel bad about it because there was closure in the original ending. Maybe the show could keep in Wu, Garmandon, and maybe an older Nya or Lloyd trying to train a new four boys to become the next Masters of Spinjitzu. A lot of action shows and anime do this idea really well! (Like Power Rangers and Digimon) So I think NINJAGO could do it too.
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I'm just going to call this one season 1, and the Serpentine one season 2, and so on to avoid confusion. And I'll see how well this works: feedback on my reviewing style is welcome, since I'm dealing with comedy here. Episode 1: Way of the Ninja We open with Kai and Nya. Kai is super-determined to become a good blacksmith. It’s evident that Kai’s father is dead, perhaps a recent passing, but not too recent. Some other things suggest that Nya might have had more training in actual blacksmithing, and that Kai is trying not to be outdone by his sister in anything. It’s possible that Nya and Kai still have weapons their father made that they’re selling. This especially shows when Sensei Wu shows up. His comment about “the fire that burns inside” obviously refers to Kai’s out-of-control emotions. Wu also wears a hat similar to the agricultural laborers in the scene, which could indicate that he actually did this sort of work for a while to avoid calling attention to himself. There’s got to be brilliant engineer in the Underworld somewhere to make those cool-looking vehicles. Those boneheads didn’t make them (given their level of intelligence), and somehow I don’t think Garmadon is big on mechanics. Garmadon Engineering Inc. Also, why did Garmadon want Nya? Later we learn that Garmadon was turned evil by snakebite; he doesn’t want to be evil. In some cases, I think he wants the ninja to defeat him so he isn’t quite so evil. But mostly, it has to do with an evil motive of wanting to lure the ninjas (particularly Kai), into a trap, using Kai’s greatest weakness. If he really wanted to win though, sincerely, I think he would have kidnapped Kai – with the ninja weakened by a third, the Green Ninja would have been less well-trained and Garmadon probably would have won. Anyway… Why try to take the weapons? If they’re well-guarded by the dragons, why go to the trouble of training ninja, if the weapons’ safety is number one? Are the skeletons such a threat that you need ninja with Golden Weapons? I suspect Wu has some “future-seeing” method that would predict a greater threat than the skeletons that would necessitate training ninja. (We do see the sacred fire later, but the Serpentine seem to take Wu by surprise. I suppose that this is not the case.) Episode 2: The Golden Weapon Dude, that dragon must have some muscular control in the jawbone area. Either that or its muscles were frozen somehow – it is possible to do that. More evidence for the “Garmadon wants the ninja to win” theory, although it can be, again, interpreted to mean G’s plan to exit the underworld. (Which is probably what the writers wanted us to think. ) Episode 3: King of Shadows Okay, this boat appears once in this episode and is never seen again… However, perhaps it turns into the Bounty by the middle of Season 2. It’s also possible that Zane is related to the secret society of engineers in Ninjago that builds stuff like this. Hence the boat’s association with him. (Zane and boats seem to go hand in hand anyway... ) It's also possible that the boat was destroyed during the events of "Home" although it isn't shown. Or maybe Sensei just borrowed it from one of Zane's friends. Who knows.) Also, we have the frozen dragon thing going on again. Someone must be freezing these dragon’s muscles. Although, in this case, it could be due to real ice. * * * As usual, the challenges to obtain the golden weapons reflect the nature of each ninja, as these things tend to do. Cole’s weapon required strength to obtain, and following orders was a part of it, and since Cole is the strong guy, and the leader, it makes sense. Zane’s required his inventiveness, more of the split-second type, whereas Jay’s used his invention. Kai’s required an intensely emotional gambit, which his character has already been established as having that problem. * * * I don’t buy that three ninja going through trees can catch up to high-speed moving vehicles. This is sort of funny on the fact that the chief skeleton can’t get his car to move fast enough to keep up with them, so it’s slightly redeemable, I guess. It’s also possible that all ninja have a super-speed power which is sort of consistent with later stuff, and would save this scene, so I’ll go with that. And what happened to Gamedon’s cool shadow power, which might have helped him later too? Oh well. I guess the shadow-face intimidation thing only works from the underworld. Episode 4: Weapons of Destiny It’s really unclear where this portal transports Garmadon to, exactly. Considering that Sensei Wu has to really get him out of the underworld later. Mini Movies: Secrets of the Blacksmith: If you watch this video in detail, you can notice some of the items that Nya uses to build the Samurai armor/suit thing later. (It’s also sort of implied that Nya is one of the secret engineers that keep contacting Zane.) “Just getting some Samurai helmets and stuff.” Also, rice paddies. Really? The New Masters of Spinijitzu: Jay loves his nunchucks. And Zane fell asleep mediating. Kai is a light sleeper, or a sleepwalker. And those boneheads did not invent those cycles. Dur. An Under Worldly Take Over: Dark Spinjitzu exists. Also the skeletons had an ancient beef with Garmedon over something before he got sent to the Underworld, which was never explored. Also Ninjago has a thing with helmets that allow people to control armies. Return to the Fire Temple: This one doesn’t make any sense. If there was an underworld exit in the Fire Temple, why didn’t Garmadon just use it? Battle Between Brothers: This one’s a good episode, nothing much insightful to say about it. I recommend watching it after the reveal that Garmadon was bitten by the Great Devourer for added effect. Final Thoughts: These early episodes of Ninjago show some of the story’s seams. Some powers/elements of these early bits seem to have been forgotten in later episodes, like the portal that was supposed to get Garmadon out of the Underworld. Also the boat. While they have some amazing moments, like the training course, there are a few logical underpinnings that are a bit loose.
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For some reason, I am unable to participate in the most recent raffle. Is there some kind of cap on how many users may participate? Sorry if I sound REALLY dumb but I'm a bit of a noob here.
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An obligatory "what's your favourite ______" topic. So what's your favourite story arc from Ninjago? I'd probably say the Serpentine, but I haven't seen all of the Rebooted episodes yet (are they on Netflix yet?).
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As the title asks, who is your favorite Ninjago character? It can be a character from the sets or a character who only appears in the storyline. If you like, you can break it up into groups and select multiple characters (like favorite Ninja, favorite Serpentine, you name it!) My favorite has been Zane since I first read the chapter book Zane: Ninja of Ice by Greg Farshtey. It did a great job setting up his personality and the mystery of his origins, and later episodes that explored these same aspects of the character did not disappoint!
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Ninjago Discussion Forum Rules Forum purpose: Ninjago is a pretty popular theme and shows no signs of stopping. Lots of people on BZPower enjoy the series, so why not have a dedicated forum to discuss it? Although it shouldn't have to be mentioned, all BZPower Rules apply in this forum. Things that can be discussed in this forum: LEGO Ninjago Sets The Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV series General Ninjago storyline Any and all other discussion about official Ninjago media Things that do not belong in this forum: Fan stories - they belong in the Library that corresponds to their content MOCs - they belong in the System Based Creations or Bionicle Based Creations forums, depending on the type of creation Art - artwork belongs in the various Artwork forums RPGs - these belong in the LEGO RPG forum Thanks! The Ninjago Discussion Forum Staff Black Six ?? ??
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Personally, if they don't include some version of The Weekend Whip I'm going to be disappointed.
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Review: Ninja Tornado Ninja (Ninjago Knockoffs)
Mr. Cup of Fail posted a topic in Ninjago Discussion
Hello everyone this is my first review and it's on the Ninjago Knockoff sets known as Ninja Tornado Ninja, I can't show you the boxes because when I have gotten them, they never came with there boxes only the parts in there bags. now let me show you what they look like and hope you like my first review on the knockoff sets. The Price I have gotten them all together is $30 but I don't know how much it is for just one of them. Now this is something new because normally of what I know of, knockoff are mainly copy of a original Hero Factory, Bionicle or any other Lego sets but this is different, instead of making copy of set, they made there own set with a copy of a Lego Theme (that is Ninjago). The only sad thing is that there aren't any Black Ninja (Cole) and the Green Ninja. There really nothing much to say about there build because they are mainly the same build as a Normal Ultrabuild sets. also the sets quality are alright but the feet and one of the Yellow Heads cracked the 2nd time I put it on. Instructionsand and Extra Pieces: I mainly would just say "here the Instruction nothing much to it" the end let's party, at the end of that part but I it's different from Lego Ultrabuild Instruction for Normal size. The Instructions are in my opinion better then Lego Instructions of ultrabuild sets (for normal size), it don't use a Instructions book and it a little better to follow and no need to flip page to page and also put the Instruction for the weapon in one part of the page and not in like 3 pages. Also the Extra Pieces for all four of theme are 4 Red Axle (ones without Notches) and 4 Black Pin. Cards: The card look great and look a lot like the same cards that Lego had made the only thing that is different is that the back of the card have Zane and that it feels a little like sand paper. I don't know if they come in as random but if anyone getting these set's please let me know. New Parts and Recolors: The Body Armor recolor look amazing and looks like the Minifigures but have some things different with Jay they used the Rebooted Torso and the difference is that it's not all in a Blue color, Kai they used the ZX Torso and the difference with it is that the Stars are on the left and not the right, Lloyd they used the Gold Ninja Torso and the difference is the same as Jay. With Zane Torso is that it nothing the same from any of Zane torso but used Cole Rebooted Torso. Another amazing thing is that it have a Red and Blue body armor and Red is a good thing because Lego have shown a Red Body armor before and never made it into a set. The other recolor parts look great for making some good MOCs and we are going to have the Brain Attack Sword in Black from Zane and Gold from Kai plus I am going to love using that Black Brain Attack Sword, the gold one we are getting two in a office Lego Ninjago set in the summer of 2014 but it's good that we can get it before it comes out. Another thing that great about Lloyd I MEAN the Golden Ninja is that it have Golden Hand, so you can give Rocka gold hands and you don't have to keep waiting for Lego to make a Gold Hand (where your Gold Hands Lego), there are also Gold Technics pieces, I don't know what use that is for MOCing but if you're crazy about gold (like Lego) then here your Gold Technic parts. The set's also have Blue and White Size 4 Armor, the White from Zane & Kai and the Blue from Jay, plus the armor would be great for HF MOC makers. Last we also get a Breakout Sword in all Silver, Silver Spike, Black Axle 4 with Stop, Axe/Sword thing in Silver and Flame/Lightning Boltin Trans-Blue. Now my favorite thing about this, the Glatorian Head recolor and Ninja Masks, they look awesome a look like they put more in the mask and they can be great for a Ninja MOC, of what you can see they come in Blue, White, Red and Gold but again the sadly there isn't a Cole and Green Ninja so that there is a Green and Black Ninja Mask. The Glatorian Head in Yellow and have Black Eyes look great but don't like that all four of the Ninja have the same eyes (but that just me). Weapons and Upgraded parts 1. The weapons are nothing new and the don't know the name of some of the weapons, one of Kai weapon is mainly Ogrum Weapon but the good thing is if you have a love for Chain Piece like me then you can get more of those Chain from Kai. 2. Of what you can see, HF Hand, Axle Connector 2 x 3 Quadruple, Axle Connector and Half of a Spiked Ball don't have anything from stopping it from going through the axle connector and to me this is a good thing with the Axle Connector 2 x 3 Quadruple and HF Hands because with a MOCer like me, you can do a lot more with something like that. Backpack Thingy: Here how they put the Ninja Sword (aka brain Attack sword) on it's back and I really do like the Idea of this and that just back it with this... moving on. Gold and White Ninja: Set name: Golden Ninja Set Number: 504 Pieces: 53 Set name: White Ninja Set Number: 503 Pieces: 51 Just putting this out there, In my Opinion these two are my favorite out of the four. Blue and Red Ninja: Set name: Blue Ninja Set Number: 502 Pieces: 59 Set name: Red Ninja Set Number: 501 Pieces: 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riaso: RIASOOOOOOOGO Ninja red: WHO IS THIS GUY Ninja White: I have no idea Overall the set's are Alright set's and I give it a 7/10 if you want to have a Ninja Mask, a new color of the Glatorian Head and a lot of new recolor and if you want to have Ultrabuilds of the ninjago Characters then I do recommend it. -
So for those of you who watch/follow Ninjago, which is your favorite Ninja? Mine is Jay, he is funny, fast, and he says things the way they are. (Most of the time) So who is it?
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(I'm pretty sure this belongs here; this is mostly related to the concept and story and not the sets so this seems like the appropriate place.) Ninjago. A story-based LEGO line that boomed in popularity soon after showing up. I've seen praise for its set design, for its in-depth story, for just about anything to do with it. Amidst all the praise, however, one pretty major flaw is always glossed over. Ninjago would be nothing without the Western appropriation of Japanese culture. That's it, plain and simple. The very concept is ripped and mangled straight from Japanese history books, and molded with assorted junk into a line that seeks to please the desire for faux-Asian products in the West. Ninja have gone from spies to warriors who spin in circles and bash into each other. Dragons are a chimera of Western and Eastern influences. Japanese temples become props for NinjaTM WeaponsTM. Quite frankly, it disappoints me that nobody has bothered to think any further about this than "lol ninjaz r cool". Now, I suppose first I should specify what cultural appropriation is. It is, specifically, taking something important from a culture, disregarding the actual importance it has to the culture, and making it your own thing with little to no regard for what it actually is. With that in mind, it becomes easier to see how Ninjago has stomped upon Japanese culture and ground it into something malleable for Westerners who want to make a quick buck off of it. Let's start with the Ninja. First of all, the ninja seen in Ninjago are clearly based on the cultural misconception of ninja as warriors. Their main purpose is to fight. They rarely sheath their weapons and the only purpose to the face mask is to evoke the Ninja image. A warrior doesn't need a face mask. Do you know who does? A spy. That's what ninja were, simplifying it for the sake of keeping things simple. They slunk about, keeping their faces hidden, and usually their weapons sheathed. Obviously, these ninja are ninja in name only. Speaking of names, let's get back to the part where the culture is stolen from its origins. The "ninja"'s names are Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay, and Lloyd. Only Kai and his sister, Nya, have names that sound Japanese, though I cannot confirm that they are. The others are clearly Western in origin, and, to my knowledge, all have American accents in the TV show. These ninja aren't even Japanese ninja. They're American corruptions of the idea. Even Sensei Wu doesn't have a Japanese name; in the Hiragana alphabet, there is no wu sound. (Garmadon is another fraud, obvious in the juxtaposition of the r and the m, the closest Japanese could get is Gaamadon or Garumadon.) Also unable to be made out of Japanese characters is their "power", Spinjitzu. The name is clearly a corruption of ninjutsu ( which is actually a martial art that focuses on, oh glory be, not fighting, but stealth, and disguise, and thrown weapons, almost as if it was used by.... spies!), turning an aspect of Japanese culture into a fun little play feature for toys. I could go on about how temples went from spiritual to weapons caches, and dragons went from wise ancient creatures to the Western idea of brutish beasts (speaking solely from promotional art here, as I have not seen any episodes of the series with dragons), and how much of the lore seems to be a corruption of Japanese legends, but I think that by merely showing how the concept of the ninja was torn apart, sewed back into a Frankenstein monster, and mass produced for the greed of Westerners, I can make my point. This line is not celebrating Japanese culture. It is making a mockery of it.
