Summer NINJAGO sets announced!

So many beautiful minifigs everywhere... I like the new two parts hoods, baby dragons, vibrant colors on the whole... Curious to discover the Bounty's secrets, as secrets there must have.

I don't understand why Ninjago needed new characters. But at least they didn't cancel the originals like Friends. I'm not a Ninjago fan, but these new sets seem more Monkie Kid than Ninjago to me. Not a fan at all. (note that although I don't collect Ninjago I respect it as a lego theme and do like how some of the sets look)

Very pleased with the selection (sets and minifigures) in particular destiny bounty, temple and mech bike as well as commanders and hunters.
It is true the boundaries btw Ninjago and Monkie Kid are blurring with this wave.

@Brickalili said:
"For a theme that claimed to be focusing on new characters, that’s a lot of Kai and Lloyd"

Well, they’re not going to cut out their two biggest cash cow characters, are they? I just hope the Lava Dragon and Jiro (the “Elemental Dragon”) don’t bond with Kai and Jay in the series as the sets make it look like they will. Those two already have more dragon sets than the other Ninja, as does Lloyd.

Nice to see Nya get a gimmick set again at long last and another dragon, though once again she misses out on a vehicle. I wish Legacy hadn’t ended so we could get a set of her original Elemental Dragon. I know Jay’s Elemental Dragon set is supposed to be a combination of his and hers story wise, but it looks purely Jay to me. Cole’s neglected again as well, but at Zane is getting a car.

@Brick_t_ said:
"So many beautiful minifigs everywhere... I like the new two parts hoods, baby dragons, vibrant colors on the whole... Curious to discover the Bounty's secrets, as secrets there must have. "

I wholeheartedly agree. Those minifigs and baby dragon really steal the show.

Otherwise, all I can say is... nice balls!

I like the temple and wolf. I'm not convinced about the dragons and mechs. They seem a bit thin on first viewing. I do love the mech's traditional footwear!

Wow.. really cool stuff. The lightning dragon? Sold. The temple? Give it to me. Dark green mech with yellow baby mech? Sure.

Even the bad guys stuff is pretty cool, especially the wolf.

It's nice that lego finally manages to make transformable/combinable vehicles, dragons and mechs across the board! Next step: make it possible to combine things from different sets. ;)

Transforming? Well they've certainly got my attention.

Is Wyldfyre Wyldstyle from the Lego movie?

Best looking run since the movie.

The mech bike reminds me of the Motoslave from Bubblegum Crisis. Sold!

@Iguanaboy doubtful; just similar names. And Wyldstyle’s real name is Lucy, whereas for all we know Wyldfyre is actually named Wyldfyre.

@Leibowtz92 don’t you mean Motoboba Fett’s Starship?

71795 Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores - ideal display companion for 70751.

Don’t normally dip into Ninjago standard sets, but 71795 is beautiful

RIP Jay you will be missed. I can't believe Jay isn't in any of the set's.

Transforming mechs? Wow I am all over this!

Probably gonna need more dragons, though.

The sets look great! I love the new dragons and minifigs. We also have two characters now with arm printing. I'm probably going to skip these sets and pick up the polybag instead. It looks like a much better wave than crystalized though. I'm curious if Wyldfyre is a part of the Monkie Kid realm...

Would probably get 71792 for the new characters plus baby dragon.

the new destinies bounty is looking good

There's a couple of good ones here: The temple would have to be my favourite, but I'm quite surprised to say that I like the Mech Bike Racer as well. I'm a little burnt out from LEGO Ninjago mechs, but it's a nice way to get the new minifigures and the build looks a little more unique than before.

That's all I really have to say, and I doubt I'll get any of them.

What color are those panels on Lloyd’s mech? Copper?

@jaredhinton said:
"What color are those panels on Lloyd’s mech? Copper?"

Looks like Dark Orange, but the sticker makes it look extra reflective.

I got a little irritated reading that press release, as the proper plural of "ninja" isn't "ninjas." It's "ninja." Grammatical nitpicking aside, these are nice! Not sure if I'll get 71792 or 71793, but I do love transforming Lego sets. (One reason I loved Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze so much.) Loving the geta sandals on 71794.

Those 10- er, $11 Dragon Power things are giving me some vaguely Chima vibes, with the colored orbs, you know?

Love the temple!
And I'll never get the mecha-thing but that bubblegum transformer trike thing is bonkers in a good way. I'd say this is my favourite Ninjago year since the sky pirates.

Couple of things: the Bounty's dragon can slot in the front to form the figurehead/turret, Zane's car can do 360s with the balls, electro dragon has weird proportions, the Temple's interior is like 2-3 studs deep, Lloyd and Arin mechs combine (really hope they continue this trend of slim, unique mechs started by 71785), and the bike mech in bike form doesn't look half bad.

Hope that baby dragon shows up eventually on PAB. That's the only thing I'm Interested in from this theme.

I haven’t bought a Ninjago set in awhile but I NEED Sora’s Mech Bike, so cool!

It's Aaron @CapnRex101 A-A-R-O-N, Aaron!

Jump up, flip back, drift around and spin! And then we jump back do it again. Ninja go! Ninja, come on, come on, come on and do the weekend flip!

It's good to see that they are doing the cheaper sets of something else than just spinjitsu for a change! Also, 71792 really appeals to me. It's a cheaper way to get all three of the main characters and it's a transforming set that looks great in either form!

It's a shame to hear that the villain isn't Krux after all. It's a new guy called Rapton instead. I would have prefered Krux's return though.

71795 Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores and 71796 Elemental Dragon vs. The Empress Mech look like the best sets in the wave, personally. Also, that baby dragon piece is pretty cool!!

Between this and Monkey Kid my wallet is going to cry. Is it only me but does the Empress Mech from 71796 look like something from Warhammer 40K?

Besides the baby dragon, BrickLink, nothing calls out to me.

Is it just me or the Empress Mech looks like sister of battle in disguise?

@bheil said:
"Is it just me or the Empress Mech looks like sister of battle in disguise?"

It's not just you. I instantly thought Warhammer 40K the moment I saw the set.

Some of the prices on these suck, but overall it’s a pretty great wave. The figures are amazing! The Elemental Dragon vs. The Empress Mech is probably my favorite of the wave, but it’s a little steep at $130. Hopefully I’ll find some of these on sale.

But where is the remake of 70505 Temple of Light?

@MeisterDad said:
"But where is the remake of 70505 Temple of Light?"

They haven't really been doing remakes anymore since the "Legacy" subtheme ended.

Some of these sets have goof ideas, temple looks nice but because its so flat inside (2 studs wide???) Its a joke. Only good set for me would be 4+ one

Sora is the new Akita

I think ninjago is getting kinda stale and I wish they would really stop with the weird pricing for all the sets and give us better value because some sets are really overpriced! I love the temple of dragon cores but it’s very empty inside which sucks :(

71796 Elemental Dragon vs. The Empress Mech looks so awesome!