Random minifig of the day: njo0003
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random minifigure is njo0003 Nuckal (Skulkin) - Vertical Grip Hands, a NINJAGO figure that was first produced during 2011. It can be found in 2 sets.
Our members collectively own a total of 14,202 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $9.60.
Image and minifig data courtesy of BrickLink.com
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And here we see that it's the robust skeletal structure underneath that helps hold a punk rocker's mohawk so high.
Nuckal lacks Knuckles.
A supervillain, an anthropomorphic duck, and an animated skeleton. Wonder how long this kind of stuff will keep coming before the RMotD is just a regular human being?
The skulkins are peak minifigures.
It's odd how the 2011 skulkin look way much more detailed than the reissue ones from that retro-line a few years back.
Gives me some serious Bionicle Stars vibes when thinking about it.
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I like the concept that their colors line up with the Ninjas.
Kruncha and Nuckal remain two of the funniest baddies from Ninjago, and much better than the villains of the later seasons. Nuckal was the silly, dumb one, and Kruncha was the grumpy, less dumb one. Both pretty incompetent as generals in the Skulkin army, but they occasionally got things done.
"Ooh, ooh! I found something!"
"Uh, that's another rock, you bonehead."
"But it's shaped like a donut! Hmm... I wonder if it tastes like one?" *Bites rock* *loses tooth*
Annoyingly, their cameos in later episodes - even those in the original 3 seasons - often got their voices mixed up. This glitch happened to the Ninja on a few occasions as well, which gave young me the impression that the creators didn't care enough to know their own show.
If Nuckal can grow bone hair, who do none of the others? Or can they only grow mohawks and since that Nuckal’s vibe none of the others bother?
Both a knucklehead and a bonehead. Maybe also a bit big-headed. Pointy-haired too. But most of all a big idiot. At least not a spineless one.
All joking aside, he appears in the Spinjitzu Dojo and that's a grest set. So he's got that going for him at least.
Another white Ninja-adjacent character.
Huwbot, are you okay? Are you going through your ninja-phase? Normally I would say "that's fine", but I'm not so sure that I want remorseless robots developing a fascination for assassination and/or time-travel. Look at what happened to the Terminator-franchise, nobody needs that.
@Brickalili said:
"If Nuckal can grow bone hair, who do none of the others? Or can they only grow mohawks and since that Nuckal’s vibe none of the others bother?"
That's not hair, he found some spiky bones he liked somewhere and glued them to his skull.
I can feel the excitement Huwbot has for Ninjas right down in my Nuckal bones.