These look awesome! Nice to see the theme returning to it's past. My favorite is the samurai mech, but I also really like Cole's earth driller as I had the original set.

I do like the small Samurai mech and the golden dragon ... but, and I say this with much love, but have they just started to run out of ideas?

Liking the look of these. Any idea what the cylinder devices are for?

As a fan of the first few seasons, I am beyond hyped for these. The samurai mech is dissapointing, but the golden dragon looks better than I was expecting. The three largest sets all look fantastic. This wave is a Ninjago fan’s dream come true! I just can’t wait to see the ultra dragon that wasn’t revealed yet. All aboard the hype train!!

@Zordboy to be fair, this theme has been going for 8 years now; I guess you can only stretch the idea so far, especially when you have to draw inspiration from a TV show in the process.

Personally I think these new sets look great. I wonder how many other old sets would benefit from a refresh like this.

Cool, wasn't able to grab a couple sets like these when I was younger, can't wait to snag these if I can.

Oh wow, I'm most hyped for the sets with things from the show that never had show-accurate toys, such as the giant Stone Warrior or the smaller Samurai Mech from Rebooted (which I believe is what that set is trying to evoke) and especially the Spinjitsu Monastery.

I also like that with the ones which are more remakes of old sets they've gone for taking inspiration rather than a direct translation of the original designs.

@CapNrex101 great job on adding the links, saw other sites just rushed out the images without context.

Makes sense to “mine the gold”, and let new kids explore the early seasons. Especially with streaming the archives easier than getting the new seasons way later than the sets are dropped ...

Jay's Storm Fighter looks awesome! I'm not a Ninjago fan, but if I was to get a Ninjago set, it would be that fighter

The new spinners are super cool.

They all look great, though I think that the skeletons look hideous and the Golden Dragon's legs look
kind of weird.

I don't know, they're all solid builds, but are all kinda boring. And there's no antagonist builds at all. And why do we have to have a set with two motorbikes every year?!?!

I don’t know why people keep thinking that Ninjago is ending. The show creators and Lego designers have given no indication that the theme is going to be cancelled anytime soon. It continues to perform well, so we’ll continue to see the adventures of Lloyd, Kai, Nya, and the other ninja for years to come.

I think the sets are great improvements on the originals. The spinners look great and are also improvements on the ones from 2011-2012, even if I most likely won’t buy any of them. I will definitely be picking up the Monastary, Golden Dragon, and mini Samurai Mech from this wave.

@Zordboy: Nah, I don't think I'd say that. For one thing, repetition is pretty normal in any theme that's really successful and lasts long enough. But also, this "Ninjago: Legacy" wave seems specifically aimed to celebrate the milestone of Ninjago reaching its 100th episode with its upcoming four episode special event/TV movie. 100 episodes is a big deal for any TV show, especially a kids' animated show, and so it's nice that the designers are pulling out all the stops. As a bonus, this opportunity to revisit some of the most iconic stuff from the first two seasons both makes those sets more accessible to people who didn't get into the theme until after season two, and brings them up to date with modern design standards.

@TheOriginalSimonB: Those handles are designed so you can attach a figure or a Spinjitzu tornado to the end with the studs. There's a wheel on the bottom of that end, and by rolling the edge of it along the ground the figure or tornado will rotate to swing their sword. So sort of like the type of play features that were in the LEGO Sports Gravity Games sets, Hockey sets, and LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Lightsaber Duel set in the mid-2000s, but with a more brick-built design that doesn't depend on bulky, expensive, pre-assembled parts. It seems like a really clever way to introduce a new style of play we haven't seen in previous Ninjago sets!

@TransNeonOrangeSpaceman @Squicman: Last we heard from its Creators, Ninjago is still extremely popular and isn't going anywhere anytime soon:
https://twitter.com/simonlucas80/status/1021450147438432261
https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1028358192953274370
https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1021274712960192513

@Hexx: I've seen an interview somewhere (I forget where) where the designers talked about how sets with two motorbikes tend to be really popular with kids.

Anyway, overall I'm super impressed by this upcoming wave! The Golden Dragon and Samurai Mech are perhaps a little underwhelming consider their greatly reduced size compared to the originals (though still fairly good designs on their own merits), but I am REALLY glad to see that the new Storm Fighter and Blade Cycle not only live up to but arguably surpass the 2012 originals in terms of both looks and functionality, since one of my biggest disappointments with subsequent Ninjago planes and motorcycles was that sense that they never quite measured up to the awesomeness of those two sets' transformation functions! The Earth Driller likewise maintains the function of the original while bringing a major aesthetic upgrade, as well as giving the Giant Stone Warrior (which previously only appeared in the TV show and as a minifigure in the Kryptarium Prison Breakout set from 2012) an appropriate set depiction!

The new spinners seem brilliant, being the most authentic depiction yet of how Spinjitzu is described and portrayed in the show and story, with the user moving so fast that they whip up a tornado of energy around them. It's nice to see them return to a style that can be customized after the Airjitzu, Spinjitzu Masters, and Dragon Masters sets that were less customizable and more geared towards indoor or outdoor stunts. Giving each set swappable attachments for Attack, Defense, and Speed modes is a really cool way of making sure each one has a decent building experience that doesn't feel as segregated from the actual play patterns of the spinners as the weapon stands in the Spinitzu Masters sets or the elaborate weapons of the Airjitzu sets.

And of course, the Monastery of Spinjitzu is amazing to see! It's far more authentic to the Monastery's appearance in the show than the original set the show version was inspired by, https://brickset.com/sets/2504-1/Spinjitzu-Dojo. It's got some great play features to represent the Monastery's training equipment, including the use of the new gear plates also seen in The LEGO Movie 2's Party Bus. Like many past Ninjago locations, it's got really beautiful architecture using creative techniques that we haven't seen in previous sets. And while it's light on en

Similar to the Day of the Departed, early 2019 Ninjago wasn't going to release any new on-screen content, so the sets take focus from all around the timeline, which personally is my favorite kinda wave. UNLIKE Day of the Departed, no half-assed money-groping holiday special is gonna be released to try to fill the gap.

These sets don't look perfect: the Golden Dragon and Samurai Mech, while cool for sure, are undoubtedly inferior to the models they're based on.

Also, this wave can't seem to make up it's mind on whether it's going for more detailed versions of old sets, or unused concept art. Both would have been fine if Lego stuck to one. Together, it's a little weird.

Specifically, the ninja minifigures, which are wack. They seem to be based on the drawings Tommy Andraesan does on his twitter page, which don't translate well to actual plastic. Updated versions of the ZX suits would have been SO much nicer.

But despite my negativity, I'm overall happy with this wave.

@AgentKallus: Oops! I hate when that happens. That's what I get for making my posts so long. Picking up from where I left off…

…while [the Monastery of Spinjitzu is] light on enemies, it's nice to see that it includes all six ninja.

As far as the figures go, I have seen some disappointment that they are all re-imagined versions of the ninja and their foes rather than more show-accurate likenesses of the classic characters/figures. But I actually quite like this since show-accurate versions would feel pretty redundant after the figures from the 2011–2013 who were mostly show-accurate to begin with. Also, I suspect that the new ninja costumes at least will be used for the upcoming four-episode special event/TV movie, which will be telling a new story while also bringing back some of this stuff in order to tie in with the sets (for example, an upcoming Ninjago chapter book description on Amazon suggests that the Ninja will be rebuilding the monastery, which was destroyed in the second episode of Season 1 and was last seen in ruins at the beginning of Season 7).

As for the villains, the Skulkin generals are a mixed bag… I feel like not having their boots or armor takes away some of their original personality, but I like that they now have a more standardized head that is compatible with a wider range of minifigure headgear. I'm not really sure what to think of the Serpentine, either, since their new torso designs suggest a more human-like rather than snake-like musculature. If these were the first versions of them I saw, I'd have no problem with them, but while I appreciate the uniqueness, I do think I preferred their previous portrayals. But the Stone Army figures look great, with some new face prints/colors and headgear that will be fantastic for collectors who want to diversify their armies. I appreciate that their ranks (Scout, Soldier, and Warrior) also remain recognizable. The Overlord seems to blend attributes of his Season 2 and Season 3 portrayals to amazing effect. While not show-accurate I have no complaints about the changes. And Garmadon? Well, Garmadon mostly looks the same as he did in Seasons 1 and 2, but with some of the updated printing from the movie wave… and that's fine by me!

Really excited to see what's still to come. One set I know is coming and that is rumored to be a Target exclusive is a redesign of the Ultra Dragon from https://brickset.com/sets/9450-1/Epic-Dragon-Battle, something I've hoped to see since the Destiny's Bounty and Ultra Sonic Raider (2012's other two standout builds) were redesigned with great improvements in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Overall it's amazing to see such a beautiful celebration of how far Ninjago has come since it first began!

@PsychicTempestZero: Err, from my understanding there WILL be new on-screen content for Ninjago in the first half — a four-episode special event counting down to the 100th episode, which according to Ninjago's creators has also more recently been edited into a TV movie.

The monestary, Storm Fighter, Earth Driller, and Spinjitzu sets are perfect. The rest are meh. I do like the new figures, other than the skeletons.

From what I can see, the new Jay’s fighter has a really vintage control console! Nice sets btw.

A full scale Giant Stone Warrior, a proper recreation of the Monastery, and spinners that actually look like they're tornados? SIGN ME UP!

Cool to see the giant stone warrior finally get a set! It's been a long time coming! In the words of a true legend "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one".

Dang that update to Jay’s Storm Fighter is something else. I have the original and this looks amazing!

Slight problem with the Jay’s Storm Fighter Nya was not a ninja during season 2. Other than that the sets seem fairly good the golden dragon doesn’t look as good as the original.

@checkmate05: These sets are inspired by earlier seasons but not strictly based on them. There are a lot of creative liberties taken either based on the preferences of the current designers or to account for changes and improvements since those seasons, like Nya becoming an equal member of the team, the ninja's faces being given a design update for The LEGO Ninjago Movie, and the introduction of an actual Ninjago writing system around that same time. Some other notable changes that might seem to contradict the actual chronology of the first two seasons:

• The Overlord's appearance in the Golden Dragon set more closely resembles his Golden Master depiction in Season 3 than either of the forms he took after possessing Lord Garmadon in Season 2
• Kai, Zane, and Jay are wielding or attempting to obtain their Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu in the same set as the vehicles that are transformed versions of the same three Golden Weapons
• Cole is wielding his Scythe of Quakes against the Overlord's Stone Army in the Earth Driller set, whereas in the show the ninja lost their Golden Weapons to Lord Garmadon at the end of Season 1, and they were more or less melted/destroyed one episode before the Ninja confronted the Giant Stone Warrior in the Museum of History, two episodes before the rest of the Stone Army was awakened, and four episodes before Dr. Julien and Nya constructed the Earth Driller.
• The Monastery has conspicuous murals on the courtyard's interior walls that reference the battles with the Serpentine, the Stone Warriors, and even Master Chen, none of which were visible or referenced in the show at any point before the Monastery's destruction.

Chances are some of these inconsistencies will be reconciled by the scenarios in question re-contextualizing things from both past and future episodes of the show. For example, as I think I mentioned, the monastery is apparently going to be rebuilt at some point after the resolution of Season 9 according to an upcoming book synopsis on Amazon.com, and I expect the ninja's gold dragon patterned costumes will be new ones for the upcoming four-episode special event and not a re-imagined version of any of their Season 1 or 2 outfits.

Whether the returning enemies and vehicles appear via dreams, flashbacks, etc. or actually make new present-day appearances in the show by some means remains to be seen.