Ninjago

Ninjago (subtitled "Masters of Spinjitzu") is a current theme introduced in January 2011 and will continue on into 2015 as announced on the San Diego Comic Con and will have a movie in 2016, along with a sequel in 2018. It was going to be replaced by Legends of Chima originally, but after the announcement of its continuation the two themes will both exist simultaneously.

The theme takes very little influence from the previous Ninja theme, instead introducing a variety of elements such as a more modern setting, enemies such as Lord Garmadon, Skulkin, the Serpentine, Stone Army, the Overlord, and Nindroids and a battle game known as "Spinjitzu", with spinner sets for in 2011 and 2012, which were discontinued in 2013.

Season 4 (2015)

A new season and wave of sets will be released in 2015. The new villains will be primarily human tribesmen who will have new skeleton snake heads. The season will include a yellow ninja, Skylor whose story is currently unknown, as well as 2 anacondrai generals The plot will adopt a balanced futuristic/historical design for Ninjago City, and will revolve around the ninja discovering that they are not the only ones with elemental powers. The ninja will also move to the jungles, where their new enemies and allies reside. It has announced that Zane will return for season 4.

Ninja Variants

Ninja Trainee

Ninja Trainees are the first variation. They include the Ninja in normal outfits with their symbols attached to a rope.

 

DX Ninja

DX is the second type of suit the ninja wear. These ninja wear dragon clothing. The dragons on their suits are all breathing different kinds of elements (Cole, dragon breathing rock; Zane, dragon breathing ice; Jay, dragon breathing lightning; Kai, dragon breathing fire). The ninjas in their DX attire also have gold and red spinners. Ninjas become DX rank once they tame their respective dragon.[source?] Strangely, though all DX ninjas are sold in a Spinner Battle Pack (except for Jay), no dragon was included. DX stands for Dragon Xtreme

Kendo Ninja

Kendo Ninjas are the third variation of the ninja. Kendo uniforms are the original ninja robes with new helmet pieces with chest armour. In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, the ninja use the Kendo armour for training[source?], however in the sets, they are often seen in combat with the Serpentine.

ZX Ninja

ZX is another type of suit worn by the ninja. These ninjas have shoulder pads that also include a round piece (representing a scabbard) to put Katanas in. They also include a different ninja mask that has a gold or silver crest. Lloyd Garmadon has a ZX variation to represent the Green Ninja. ZX stands for Zen Xtreme

NRG Ninja

NRG is another suit the ninja wear as minifigures. This variant depicts the ninja when they unlock their true potential. They appeared in summer 2012 spinners. In NRG form, ninja are made of pure energy of their element.[source?] The emblems depict the symbol in the top left corner with the element coming from it in a vertical line, a horizontal line and a diagonal line. They look similar to the DX form. The first episode NRG appeared in was "Tick Tock" and the first ninja to use it was Zane. In the episode "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" Jay unlocked his full potential. In the episode "The Royal Blacksmiths" Cole unlocked his full potential. And in the episode "The Green Ninja" Kai unlocked his full potential. Lloyd Garmadon full's potential was The Golden Ninja, although this was revealed over a whole season later.

Kimono

These Robes was first introduced with Lloyd in LEGO Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia. It was known in the book as another ZX robe but when they get their new suits in the episode Island of Darkness they get them in the Temple of Light when Kai, Zane, Jay, Cole get their elemental powers back and Lloyd gets the power of the golden dragon fighting style, only practiced by The First Spinjitzu Master.

Techno

The Techno variants were introduced in the Rebooted series and the Sets 70720 - 70728. It is a new robe for the five ninja, for more style and strength. In the sets, they include a new weapon known as the Techno Blades. Those will be more updated to hack into the Overlord's systems. The Techno Robes and Blades were made by Cyrus Borg. In the later wave, newer versions of suits were introduced, which are more armored and have different body. Ninjas got them putting on the ancient Stone Army armor on to protect themselves from the Golden Master. Zane has his exclusive version of Techno Robes (damaged), included in 70724 and The Visual Dictionary.

Zukin

In the fifth season, the four ninja, along with Skylar this time, will wear suits similar to the ZX ones. However, the printed armor is leather-based and include a badge with the ninja's respective elemental symbol. The masks are all a single color and replaces the armored headband with a symbol lined in gold.

Tournament

The tournament suits are similar to the Kimono suits, but with slightly different torso printing and reversed colors. They all have masks like the Techno Robes, and the suits are sleeveless except for the remaining gloves.

source: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Ninjago

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