Random minifig of the day: njo498

Every single one of the Legacy serpentine is a downgrade imo. They couldn't even change Pythor's arms from black to purple.

I can see this fuy getting all the girls.

Check out my ssssssssixpack! *hork*

Thisssssssssss isssssssssss the way!

I'm basically just gonna copy-paste my Lasha lore

Long ago the Serpentine and Humans lived in separate parts of Ninjago. Desiring drama and "fun" the cultist Master Chen began spreading rumors among the people. He convinced the Humans that the Serpentine planned on releasing a giant snake that would consume the world, and he convinced the Serpentine that he Humans planned to give one of their own a suit of Golden Armor that would make them all powerful.

The Humans and Serpentine ended up going to war. At the end of this Serpentine War, each of the five Serpentine tribes were sealed in underground tombs throughout the land.

Fast forward 30-40 years and the events of Ninjago Season 1 take place. During this story Lloyd Garmadon freed the Serpentine in order to become a dark lord like his father, only to be betrayed by Pythor P. Chumsworth. Pythor became king of the Serpentine, and planned on locating the four silver fang blades to unleash The Great Devourer, a giant snake that would consume the world.

In the end Pythor was eaten by his own monster (though, we'd eventually learn he survived) and the Devourer was slain. Sometime latter the Serpentine were tunneling under Ninjago City, plotting revenge against the Ninja. The ended up discovering the tomb of the Stone Army just as they awakened. The Stone Army seemingly sealed the Serpentine in their own tomb.

Turns out though, the Stone Army didn't actually lock the door. The Serpentine escaped, but that brush with more imprisonment prompted a change of heart. From that point on the Serpentine became the underground guardians of Ninjago City. They would wander its sewers and catacombs to help lost travelers, and in times of danger would funnel Humans to underground bunkers for safety.

The Venomari were the green Serpentine tribe. They were noted for their four eyes and hallucinogenic venom that could cause their target to see their worst fear. After the Serpentine War the Venomari were sealed beneath a giant tree in the Toxic Bogs.

Spitta was a Solider Class Venomari. I had to look up what his exact deal was on the wiki, but his large fangs had a tendency to produce excess venom, which he would bottle and sell to other Venomari

@GSR_MataNui said:
"I had to look up what his exact deal was on the wiki, but his large fangs had a tendency to produce excess venom, which he would bottle and sell to other Venomari."

Venom, get your venom! Free excess venom with which to blind your enemies!
We can't give this stuff away!

@Murdoch17:
I am not aware of a single place in the US where spitting is illegal.

I like, borderline love Ninjago...but every time I see these guys, I keep expecting: Hawk, Duke, Scarlett, Snake-Eyes and rest to show up...

Also:
Ninjago Staff: "Ok, finished season 1, they beat the skeletons, now on to fighting some people..."
B.S.n'P.: "No people..."
N.S.: "Right...Snake...People...?"
B.S.n'P.: *Nods*

@GSR_MataNui said:
"
Spitta was a Solider Class Venomari. I had to look up what his exact deal was on the wiki, but his large fangs had a tendency to produce excess venom, which he would bottle and sell to other Venomari

"
Does the wiki also explain why he has four eyes? Or is that just normal among Serpentine, I confess I never really followed Ninjago all that closely

He does have a massive overbite though, and I imagine he'd have trouble actually properly closing his mouth.

Is he even able to pronounce his own name, or do all his friends (and enemies) think he's called "Thpitta"?

@Brickalili said:
" @GSR_MataNui said:
"
Spitta was a Solider Class Venomari. I had to look up what his exact deal was on the wiki, but his large fangs had a tendency to produce excess venom, which he would bottle and sell to other Venomari

"
Does the wiki also explain why he has four eyes? Or is that just normal among Serpentine, I confess I never really followed Ninjago all that closely
"

The serpentine are divided in five tribes. The ones from the Venomari tribe have four eyes (unless you're Lasha and had one clawed out).
There's no lore reason for this AFAIK. They're bog dwellers so maybe it's for extra sight or something? Maybe it can help them with spitting their venom in other people's eyes by gauging distance?

Anyway, I vastly prefer the originals of these serpentine figs. The torso looks more turtle-like than snake-person like. The yellow doesn't even look like it goes well with the other colors IMHO.

Btw the venom can cause hallucination. It works like spitting LSD straight in the eyes.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Murdoch17:
I am not aware of a single place in the US where spitting is illegal."

You learn something every day!

Riverbank, California has such a statute:

§ 130.07 SPITTING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/riverbank/latest/riverbank_ca/0-0-0-28126

“Spitbrix here, back with another Lego Ninjago video.”

He's especially good at expectorating?

I suppose, too, that:
when he was a lad he ate four dozen eggs
every morning to help him get large...

@Brickalili:
Clearly they were cross-bred with venomous spiders at some point in their past.

@Ridgeheart:
You know they call him Droola behind his back.

@StyleCounselor:
I mean, I’m not surprised there’s _one_ community where spitting is illegal (there have been places that banned tying alligators to fire hydrants, or carrying ice cream cones in your back pocket), but I think most places in the US it would be a matter of whether or not they could charge you with littering. If gum was involved, that might be more likely.

@Murdoch17
@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor:
I mean, I’m not surprised there’s _one_ community where spitting is illegal (there have been places that banned tying alligators to fire hydrants, or carrying ice cream cones in your back pocket), but I think most places in the US it would be a matter of whether or not they could charge you with littering. If gum was involved, that might be more likely."

Another cursory search shows it's illegal in Virginia, and was (perhaps is) illegal in New York City and was historically enforced to try to prevent the spread of TB and Spanish Flu.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/19/807435310/centuries-old-law-against-cursing-in-public-repealed-by-virginia-legislators

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/19th-century-public-health-campaign-made-it-illegal-spit-public-new-york-city-180974023/