70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu

70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu is a Ninjago: Legacy set released in 2019. It is based on 2504 Spinjitzu Dojo, which was released in 2011.
==Official Description==
==Background==
The monastery is located high above Ninjago on top of the Mountain of Impossible Hieghts. It was originally where the First Spinjitzu Master once lived. Later, Sensei Wu lived there and trained his ninja. The monastery had a training course that can be activated once pressing a button located inside a dragon statue. It was later destroyed by the Hypnobrai when they reclaimed their tribal staff, and the ruins were left desolate for some time.
The Monastery once hosted a celebration of the defeat of the Serpentine by the Elemental Masters, though it also served as the site of their final battle with the traitors Acronix and Krux. After Garmadon and Wu stole their powers with the Time Blades, the blades were thrown into a time vortex above the monastery, with the Time Twins swiftly following. Forty years later, Acronix returned to the ruins of the monastery, and briefly battled Wu and the Ninja there. When he and Krux traveled back in time with the Iron Doom, they and their Vermillion attacked the Monastery and the Elemental Masters. After being thwarted by their old allies-with help from Kai and Nya-the pair attempted to travel into the future.
After the defeat of the Sons of Garmadon and the Colossi, the Monastery was rebuilt and once again became home to the Ninja. The courtyard wall was decorated with murals depicting the various foes they had faced and defeated. The Omega later led his army of Oni to the monastery to attack it, and the Ninja and their allies fought them on the heights leading to the monastery. Eventually, they achieved victory by performing a joint Tornado of Creation, which caused the Oni army to vanish.
The Ninja were later subjected to grueling exercises in the monastery after sixth months of laying about, with a fed-up Wu setting traps and unleashing an electrically powered chicken against them. Later, he and P.I.X.A.L. revealed to the Ninja that they had built a secret hangar in the mountain beneath which contained a number of new vehicles. Antonia and Lil' Nelson later made their way here to alert Wu to the peril the Ninja had gotten into in Aspheera's tomb. Kai, Jay, and Cole returned to the monastery to warn him of Aspheera, and learned that he was responsible for her imprisonment. The Ninja later had a final battle with Aspheera in the vehicle hangar, from which the Ninja also departed for the Never-Realm.
During Wu and Pixal's attempts to open a portal to the Never-Realm, they accidentally unleashed the Preeminent, which departed the monastery for Ninjago City; fortunately, Pixal was able to defeat the creature and bring it back. Later, the Ninja were able to open their own portal from the Never-Realm and returned to the monastery courtyard. They were present at the monastery when an invitation from King Vangelis of Shintaro arrived and set out from there to visit the mysterious kingdom. Later, the Ninja were present there, coordinating a search for various escaped criminals, when Cecil Putnam arrived with news of Wu and Misako's disappearance on the Island of the Keepers.
When Nya's powers began to malfunction, Ray and Maya came to visit the Ninja at the monastery. When it was discovered that Nya's powers were being affected by an energy signal from the Tartarus Trench, Kai and Ray remained at the monastery with Wu and Cole while the others traveled into the sea using the Hydro Bounty. Benthomaar briefly took up residence at the monastery after joining the Ninja against Kalmaar. Later, the monastery played host to a ceremony honoring Nya's sacrifice in the battle against Wojira, which was attended by many inhabitants of Ninjago Island.
A year after the battle with Wojira, Cole and Zane were apparently the only Ninja still staying at the monastery, but persuaded Kai, Lloyd, and Jay to rejoin them in order to deal with the ongoing Vengestone smuggling operation. Nya, having regained her memories, appeared there seeking help in returning to human form. The other Ninja soon set out on a plan to break Aspheera out of prison and have her extract Nya's elemental powers and used the monastery as a base for several clandestine operations. They eventually succeeded and arranged for Aspheera's escape as agreed but were themselves arrested after Nya became human again.
Aspheera later returned to the monastery in the company of Pythor, Vangelis, and the Mechanic in order to obtain the Four Golden Weapons for the Overlord. After an intense battle between them and their Crystal Spiders against Wu, Nya, Pixal, Skylor, and the MiniPix, they succeeded in obtaining the weapons. The spiders were then set to self-destruct, and the heroes narrowly survived the ensuing explosion. The monastery was left a charred ruin once again, forcing the Ninja to relocate to the Samurai X Cave. Once the Overlord was defeated yet again, the Ninja set about rebuilding the monastery with the help of their various allies.
==Minifigures Included==
==Notes==
*Wyplash is new and the only exclusive figure in this set:
**Wu also appears in 70663 Spinjitzu Nya & Wu and 70679 The Ultra Dragon
**Lloyd appears in 70664 Spinjitzu Lloyd vs. Garmadon and 70679.
**Jay appears in 70660 Spinjitzu Jay and 70668 Jay's Storm Fighter.
**Cole appears in 70662 Spinjitzu Cole and 70669 Cole's Earth Driller.
**Zane appears in 70661 Spinjitzu Zane and 70667 Kai's Blade Cycle & Zane's Snowmobile.
**Kai appears 70659 Spinjitzu Kai, 70667, 70669, and 70680.
**Nya appears in 70663, 70668, and 70680 Monastery Training.
*The chicken that can be launched as one of the set's play features is a reference to "The Master", a theatrical short that was a companion to The LEGO Ninjago Movie.
==Gallery==
70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu Backwards.jpg|The back of the box
70670-1.jpg|The entire set
70670-2.jpg|The inside of the monastery 
==External links==
Category:2019 sets
Category:Ninjago
Category:70000 sets