The Electric Flight Of The Storm Fighting Glider Jet By VBaskin2010
Being a inventor's son isn't easy, just ask Jason "Jay" Walker son of Edward and Edna Walker and the Ninja Of Lightning he loves his dragon Wisp but he's more of a jet type of guy.
So when his sensei realized that these Golden Weapons can do a whole lot more than just fighting against the Fangpyres, the Hypnobrai, the Serpentines, and their leader Pythor P. Chumsworth, they can also transform into vehicles, and somehow his Golden Nunchucks can be a fighting jet thus the Storm Fighting Glider Jet A.K.A. the Storm Fighter Jet was created from those electric Nunchucks.
Now it's up to Jay and his new vehicle to zapped all those snakes into smithereens, but will it be enough to stop their queen, the Great Devourer?
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Great for Christmas
I realy can not think of any better ways to get Jay ZX and get an awsome set, unless of course you buy the Great Devouerer set. One of the only cons is that it did not come with a blue snake like pictured above, but not like it would realy help the playability. Jay is my favorite of the four (now five) ninjas and I wish he had come with his shoulder pads. Snappa was included but I wish someone else who looked better could have been in his place. Dispite all that, it is a realy cool set. The Jet's converting feature is realy cool and the function is cleaver! It is worth it's money, although there are those nagging cons that would have made the set worth more than the price!
3 out of 3 people thought this review was helpful.
Most Swooshable Set of Early 2012
I am not a NinjaGo fan--but I am a fan of this set.
Great playability--SO swooshable. And the transforming sword-wing trick is very clever.
The real highlight is the terrific selection of blue parts here. This set has seven 2x4 blue bricks in it--classic blue bricks! (Not that those are rare, but it is rare to see them in a set like this.) The big blue wing plates, the new long 1x8 slopes--great stuff here.
You won't find a better blue jet for under $30. 5/5
6 out of 6 people thought this review was helpful.
Nice
Well, this set is pretty good. This was my first Ninjago set of 2012. It has a good ppp ratio.(Price per piece.)
Box/Instructions
The box is very good for traveling the whole set. Even with the extra fin things fit perfictally. The instructions are the average instruction size. The only thing is that in the middle of the instructions, it showed all the weapons and sets they come in. I liked that but I only wish that the information came at the end of the instructions like most information like that does
Parts
The parts in this set are flat out amazing. All the minifigures come with printed legs and torsos which are always good. There is a no stud stud element, and new weapons. My favorite element was the cement brick looking brick or the snake hypnostaff. The snake hypno staff would be good with out the non studed stud for the Pharoah's Quest snake. It would look cooler on that but anyways, it is still cool.
Minifigures
The minifigures aren't that good. They kind of stink. You get a Jay ZX without a shoulderpad piece. And, you get Snappa looking cleaver thing. I was hoping for a little walker/speeder for Snappa.
The build
The build is very simple. You get a lot of hinges to make the jet have opening swords underneath the wings. Otherwise, it wasn't that fun to build.
The completed model
It is very solid. The sword function works pretty well. The jet has so many details, considering the fact it only had three stickers. The shrine is so cool! It's fairly big and has a brick wall element. So, this was a huge success.
Summary
This set is worth your money to buy. Only buy it for the parts or the jet.
5 out of 7 people thought this review was helpful.
Buy it for the Model or for the Parts
This is one of the new 2012 Ninjago sets, and it's a great set for the excellent selection of parts, as well as a great model once put together.
Box/Instructions
The box is okay, but honestly when I've seen it on the shelf it never drew my attention to how awesome this set really is. The instructions suffer from the common problem of coming folded in the box. While building the set, 3-4 times the instructions rolled off my table. At least the sticker sheet wasn't creased/rolled.Parts
The parts are where this set really shines. First, it has lots of new 2011/2012 parts, like the 4x1 double slope, the 'Stafford slope,' the 1x2 brick with a masonry pattern, and the 1x1 round tile (in several colors as well as printed). It also has two giant sword like pieces that I haven't seen before and I think are new. The set also has lots of plates and tiles in various sizes and colors, as well as plates with clips and 12 blue hinge plates. If that isn't enough, there are also some useful bricks - such as slopes and inverted slopes. For the parts alone, this set is well worth the money.
Minifigures
The set comes with two minifgs. First up is Jay ZX. The printing on this minifig seems a bit more high-tech than the older waves of Ninjago, which seems to fit with the jet included in this set. The set also includes Snappa, whose printing is reminiscent of a shaman of some type. This is an interesting switch from last year's Ninjago, where the skeletons had the technology and the Ninjas were more traditional. It makes me wonder why the Ninjas switched from dragons to jets... maybe the snakes turned the dragons against them?The build
There are some things I liked about the build and some things I didn't. Due to the symmetrical nature of the model, some parts of the build are repetitive. However, the mechanism to extend the wings is interesting and it is fun to watch the model come together. There are a few stickers, and unfortunately they all seem to be on pieces that are hard to place stickers on.The completed model
The model seems fairly solid, although there are two headlight bricks in the cockpit that aren't 'trapped' so they tend to fall off fairly easily. Once completed, this jet is a lot of fun to play with. By pushing the engine forward, the wings unlock and snap open. Lots of fun to swoosh around.Summary
Overall, if you are a fan of Ninjago this is a great set because it's a lot of fun to pay with. If you aren't a Ninjago fan, you should still consider this set for the great selection of parts.19 out of 19 people thought this review was helpful.
