9450 Epic Dragon Battle 9450 Epic Dragon Battle is a Ninjago set released in May 2012 . It contains 915 pieces , and seven minifigures : Lord Garmadon , Lloyd Garmadon , Jay ZX , Sensei Wu , Acidicus , Skalidor , and Chokun . It is intended for ages 8 – 14 , and features models of the Great Devourer , Ultra Dragon , and a Serpentine prison building . Epic Dragon Battle is essentially made up of three parts ; the Serpentine prison , the Great Devourer , and the four - headed ultra - dragon . It also includes a total of seven minifigures : Lord Garmadon , Sensei Wu , Jay ZX , Chokun , Generals Skalidor and Acidicus , and introduced Lloyd Garmadon in his green ninja garb . In addition , it also includes a red spider , twelve weapons , including the Hypnobrai Fang Blade , all of the Four Golden Weapons , and an orange brick separator . Description . The prison is raised off of the ground by two light grey arches and can be accessed by a black ramp which leads right up to the cell door . Two tall , dark red rocks are on either side of the ramp ' s point of depression . The cell door itself is barred and light grey and may be lifted to remove or place a prisoner , normally depicted as being Sensei Wu . A sticker on the inside shows that Wu has been imprisoned for thirteen days . The walls to the side of the cell are made up of tan bricks depicting masonry and older grey pieces . On the roof of the cell are dark brown arches which support a tan pillar with stone snake heads dripping a green substance to each side . At the base of the pillar are two metallic scimitar swords for decoration . A sticker on the pillar adds a design suggesting the liquid in dripping from the snake heads flowing down from the top into them . The structure is topped with a grey dish that has a plume of the green substance and two decorative , golden snakes to the side . The top of The Great Devourer ' s head is coloured mostly lime green with the exception of two of his three plumes , which are dark green . Its eyes are slit - like and red . It has four silver fangs in his mouth , two larger ones protruding from the top and another two smaller ones from the bottom . Its lower jaw is coloured dark grey and is a reused rock piece . In contrast to its head , the rest of the devourer ' s body is dark green with lime highlights , though changes back to the pattern of the head at the end of his tail . Each of his body sections are movable allowing him to be posed , as well as his plumage . Its mouth may also be opened to fit a regular minifigure . The main part of the set , the Ultra - Dragon has four black , clawed feet and matching legs in the front which can be bent at the foot , knee and where it meets the body . The back legs are broader and are white , with golden rice hats acting as scales ( the same mould as Sensei Wu ' s ) . The dragon ' s wings , one on each side of his body , have white feathers of varying sizes decorated with black , transparent brown , and transparent green pieces . The feathers sprout from a stumpy , brown arm decorated with another golden rice hat and a hand on each side of the dragon with three brown fingers golden talons hangs from them . The tail which sprouts from the back of the body has transparent green scales which slant slightly upward and are decorated with more black pieces . A few white scales in a similar fashion , but without the black decorations , are on the sides . The tail ends with a long black piece . The dragon ' s body itself is mostly white and sleek , except for at the top of the back where it turns grey and a brown seat is perched . Each of it ' s four - heads resemble one of the previous year ' s four elemental dragons , but with white heads and grey beards . The heads decorated with blue and yellow , the one farthest to the left and the one farthest to the right , respectively , have launchers in their mouths to shoot a green " zamor " sphere , though only one is included between the two . Lord Garmadon has a black helmet samurai helmet with white bone in it . His head is black and demonic with red eyes , an opened mouth with white teeth , and various dark metallic lines on his head . Rather than having a single torso as most minifigures do , Garmadon has two . His first one is slightly smaller than usual and has dark grey armour moulded onto it which is fit to go over much of the lower torso also . This torso has black arms and fits onto what is usually the head connector for most torsos . Though most of the bottom torso is covered , it depicts a visible rib cage with a belt sash above his hips . He has two more arms on this torso The black legs have the purple belt extending from the torso into a knot and split into two sashes . He is accessorized with all of The Four Golden Weapons , the Sword of Fire , which resembles a katana , but with the blade erupting from a dragon ' s head , a Shuriken of Ice which has three points , the Nunchucks of Lightning , which is built out of two golden handels and a short golden chain to connect them , and the Scythe of Quakes which is built out of a golden rod , another golden handle , and a golden tooth also used for the dragon ' s fingers . Garmadon ' s brother , Sensei Wu , wears a white kimono and a golden rice hat . He has a long , white beard and mustache which hides his elderly face . He is armed with his brown staff of the dragons . Jay ZX wears blue ninja garb . His cowl has silver decor and he has matching shoulder pads . His torso , while mostly blue , is turns grey on the left side of a dark blue line which slants upward from the lower left . His left arm is grey to match . He is armed with a single sai . Chokun ' s grey head sprouts from a tall , thick neck and has no visible lower jaw . He has an overbite with two large , white fangs . His torso is orange and has two large , grey scales printed centrally on it with various smaller and lighter ones to the sides . His arms are grey , hands black , and his legs are short and orange . He is armed with a golden morning star . Skalidor has a winding snake tail instead of normal minifigure legs . He is coloured in black and has large orange scales , similar to Chokun ' s , going up the front of his body with various dark grey slits and smaller , light scales to the sides . His head hunches over his body and he has two fangs , also similar to Chokun . His head is black with a few dark grey scales and fewer orange ones on his fore head . On the top of his head are grey spikes which extend down his neck and spread to the sides . His eyes are coloured yellow . Skalidor is armed with a double - bladed axe made from a brown spear turned upside down and two black blades on the other end . Acidicus is similar in design to Skalidor , both being Serpentine generals . He is coloured dark green and has the same snake tail piece , but with slightly smaller lime skales going upward with small , black and triangular , dark red ones to the sides . His head once again has no visible lower jaw and two fangs . Unlike the others though , his forehead is sleek and resembles a snake hood , covering his four yellow eyes . His forehead is decorated with more lime scales and three white spikes on either side . He has one more sideways fang on either side of his head , under his eyes . He holds the Hypnobrai Fang Blade made from a silver tooth , a silver handle , and a round , transparent blue , studless piece printed with the Hypnobrai symbol . The green ninja , Lloyd Garmadon , has a similar cowl to Jay , but in green , and the same should pads , just in a darker shade of silver . His torso is green with a ninja robe which splits down the center , showing part of his chest and a white undershirt . On either side are silver sequins and a dark green belt , matching his arms , is printed above the hips with a silver buckle . His legs have more sequins and a continuation of the belt , featuring the knot and the ties . Lloyd is armed with a golden katana . Background . During the " Rise of the Snakes " story - arc , Pythor was trying to release The Great Devourer by collecting the four Fang Blades , one of which is included . Pythor completed his goal , despite the intervention of the ninja , Sensei Wu , and Lloyd , though Pythor and Wu become the first things devoured before it chased after the four ninja . The monster consumes the Destiny ' s Bounty and destroys the Ultra Sonic Raider . It slithered to Ninjago City , where it continued to consume . The Ultra - Dragon saved the ninja after they tried to stall the reptile for more time . The dragon and the snake fought , but the snake won once again . Eventually , Lord Garmadon came back and the ninja give him the golden weapons . Garmadon then reached what seems to be his full potential , and destroyed the Great Devourer . He then disappeared with the Golden Weapons . The set , however , depicts a different story . After the snakes had summoned The Great Devourer and captured Sensei Wu , Lloyd Garmadon and Jay arrive . While Jay fought the Serpentine to attempt to free his master , Lloyd battled The Great Devourer with his Ultra - Dragon as Lord Garmadon arrives and tries to defeat the great serpent . The box art . The box - art shows Lloyd Garmadon in his ZX suit flying his Four - headed Ultra Dragon . Jay battling The Great Devourer , the head of the Lightning - dragon shooting a green ball at Lord Garmadon who is holding all four golden weapons , Sensei Wu in a cage with a snake - like building using two printed sloped pieces of a snake head like the one used in Venomari Shrine , and three Serpentine - Acidicus , Chokun , and Skalidor .