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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