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2016 LEGO Ninjago pictures & descriptions

by Thita (admin) on December 18, 2015

in LEGO Ninjago

LEGO Ninjago fans can rejoice as images of many of the 2016 LEGO Ninjago sets are now available. As we have discussed previously (see links at the end of this post), next year pirates are going to be back, and as you can see from the pictures, the sets have an interesting pirate-ish, steampunk-ish, vibe. Kind of like what we have seen with MetalBeard from The LEGO Movie. Below is are the pictures and description of the 2016 LEGO Ninjago sets. 🙂

➡ #70599 LEGO NINJAGO COLE’S DRAGON: Face-off against sky pirate Bucko with Ninja warrior Cole’s Dragon, featuring a posable neck, wings and legs. Free the trapped Zane’ element from the special Djinn blade and ride away victorious! Includes 2 minifigures: Cole and Bucko. Cole’s Dragon measures over 2″ (7cm) high, 7″ (18cm) long and 7″ (18cm) wide.

➡ #70600 LEGO NINJAGO NINJA BIKE CHASE: Set off in pursuit of sky pirate Sqiffy’s flyer with Kai and Nya’s bikes. Kai’s bike features fold-out cutting’ golden Ninja blades and hidden cannons/boosters, while Nya’s bike is equipped with an adjustable elemental water cannon to target the flyer. Evade the flyer’s bombs and battle to free the trapped Cole’ element from the special Djinn blade. Includes 3 minifigures with assorted weapons: Kai, Nya and Sqiffy. Kai’s bike measures over 1″ (5cm) high, 5″ (14cm) long and 2″ (6cm) wide. Nya’s bike measures over 1″ (5cm) high, 5″ (15cm) long and 2″ (7cm) wide. Pirate flyer measures over 1″ (3cm) high, 3″ (8cm) long and 5″ (13cm) wide.

➡ #70602 LEGO NINJAGO JAY’S ELEMENTAL DRAGON: Target Cyren’s pirate flyer with the spring-loaded shooters of Jay’s fully posable Elemental Dragon. Evade the flyer’s six-shooting rapid shooter and the sky pirate’s harpoon hook shooter. Win the battle and free the trapped Nya’ element from the special Djinn blade. Includes 2 minifigures: Jay and Cyren, plus Monkey Wretch. Jay’s Elemental Dragon measures over 4″ (11cm) high, 12″ (31cm) long and 11″ (30cm) wide.

➡ #70603 LEGO NINJAGO RAID ZEPPELIN: Stage an aerial conflict between Doubloon’s Raid Zeppelin airship and Zane’s flyer. The Zeppelin is armed with a firing front cannon, 2 stud shooters and has a trapdoor function to drop barrels of dynamite (and captured Ninja warriors!). Retaliate by firing the flyer’s elemental ice stud shooters and battle for the special Djinn Blade with trapped Jay’ element. Includes 3 minifigures: Zane, Doubloon and Clancee. Raid Zeppelin measures over 5″ (15cm) high, 11″ (29cm) long and 6″ (16cm) wide. Zane’s flyer measures over 3″ (1cm) high, 1″ (5cm) long and 4″ (11cm) wide.

➡ #70604 LEGO NINJAGO TIGER WIDOW ISLAND: The action-play possibilities are endless with this detailed Tiger Widow Island model, featuring a tower with a Ninja mission room and opening cave, plus a falling palm tree function and posable spider. Defend the island from Sqiffy’s pirate flyer and the Dogshank big figure’s attacks, dropping coconuts on her from the tower and Sensei Wu’s hot air balloon. Includes 4 minifigures: Nya, Cole, Sensei Wu and Sqiffy, plus a Dogshank big figure. Tiger Widow Island measures over 9″ (25cm) high, 12″ (33cm) wide and 6″ (17cm) deep. Sensei Wu’s hot air balloon measures over 3″ (8cm) high, 1″ (5cm) long and 1″ (3cm) wide.

➡ #70605 LEGO NINJAGO MISFORTUNE’S KEEP: Stage a sky pirates vs. Ninja battle with Misfortune’s Keep, featuring rotating engines for launch and flight modes, fold-out cannons and disc shooters, plus a pirate jet and launchpad. Ninja Lloyd has a booster jet featuring a winch to lower Jay into battle for the golden Djinn Blade with trapped Wu’ element. Includes 6 minifigures: Jay, Lloyd, Kai, Bucko, Nadakhan and Flintlocke, plus Monkey Wretch. Misfortune’s Keep measures over 9″ (23cm) high, 17″ (44cm) long and 17″ (45cm) wide.

I very much like the color-scheme of these sets. The #70603 LEGO Ninjago Raid Zeppelin and the #70605 LEGO Ninjago Misfortune’s Keep are particularly interesting, and could be used even outside of the LEGO Ninjago universe for some steampunk-type explorations. Also, nice to have three new dragons! There are many other LEGO Ninjago sets scheduled for next year, and while we don’t have pictures yet, you can find their names and set-numbers under the 2016 LEGO Ninjago section of the Brickset database. And you can find the currently available sets under the LEGO Ninjago section of the Online LEGO Shop.

So what do you think? How do you like the 2016 LEGO Ninjago sets so far? Do you have a favorite? And how do you like the return of the pirates? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!

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Customize your LEGO holiday greeting card!

by Thita (admin) on December 17, 2015

in Community News

LEGO started a tradition a couple of years ago with an online app that allows you to make your own customized holiday greeting cards by creating a minifigure version of your family. Once you are done, you can share your greeting card on various social networks, send it by email to family and friends, or download it and print it out to make a real greeting card. 🙂

Instead of just sending a traditional Christmas card, making a customized LEGO version of your family, friends, or coworkers is a fun way to share your hobby and also give something unique and interesting to others. After all, I don’t think there is anyone who doesn’t like to see themselves in minifig form!

If you would like to make your own LEGO holiday greeting card, first go to LEGO.com/MinifigureFamily. Once you are there, you will go through three simple steps to set up your greeting card.

In step one you will set the scene. Here you can select a message from the dropdown menu on the left. You can choose anything from “Merry Christmas” to “Happy New Year”, a simple “Thinking of You”, and many more. If you choose to, you can also opt out of displaying any message at all. In this step you can also select the background for your card by clicking on the arrow at the right of the card. There are many designs to choose from including holiday settings, winter scenes, and even the beach!

Once you have set the scene and added your message, you will go to step two to add members of your family. You can choose an adult (regular size minifig) a child (short legs minifig), a baby in a stroller, or a person in a wheelchair. You will be walked through the steps to select faces, skin color, shirts and pants to fully customize each person. For pets you can choose dogs, cats, snakes, chickens, and other LEGO animals. In this step you can also add the name of each member of the family (including pets), which will be displayed on your greeting card, or you could just leave the name fields blank.

In step three you have a chance to take a final review of your greeting card. If you are not happy with something, you can go back to any of the previous steps to make changes and corrections. When you feel that everything is right, you can either download the finalized greeting card to your computer to print it out or send it by email, or you can also share it on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

See? That was easy! And if you would like to make more LEGO holiday greeting cards you can start again and make a completely different one! The app allows you to make as many cards as you like. So go ahead and visit LEGO.com/MinifigureFamily to create your own greeting card. If you do print out the cards you can also use them as a fun way to decorate Christmas presents, and of course you can also mail them in the traditional way.

So what do you think? How do you like these LEGO Christmas greeting cards? Did you make your own yet? Who are you planning to send them to? Feel free to share in the comment section below! Happy holidays! 😉

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