Spinners

Spinners are apparatuses that real-life players can use while playing Ninjago Spinners. The original spinners from 2011 and 2012 came with three to five LEGO bricks, colors and designs pertaining to the traits of whichever character is included. The spinners themselves are used to represent Spinjitzu used by the ninja. However, the spinner sets came with Serpentine and Skulkin as well. The spinners come with collectible trading cards.
Bricks included with spinner sets include two 1x2 bricks, a 2x2 plate, and occasionally two snaps used for attaching weapons directly to the spinner. These bricks are used to lock the spinner in place, elevate the spinner, and give protection to a character during battle. 
All spinner sets come with some Character Cards and Battle Cards. One can spin longer if a 2x2 plate with a rounded bottom is put on the bottom side of the spinner, which allows better balance for the spinner. Weapons can also be added to the spinner. spinner crowns can also be put on top of spinners for added decoration. The spinner crowns usually consist of a part that can be used to put on top of the spinner.
==Spinner sets==
===2011===
*2111 Kai
*2112 Cole
*2113 Zane
*2114 Chopov
*2115 Bonezai
*2116 Krazi
*2170 Cole DX
*2171 Zane DX
*2172 Nya
*2173 Nuckal
*2174 Kruncha
*2175 Wyplash
*2254 Mountain Shrine
*2255 Sensei Wu
*2256 Lord Garmadon
*2257 Spinjitzu Starter Set
===2012===
====Booster Packs====
*9551 Kendo Cole
*9552 Lloyd Garmadon
*9553 Jay ZX
*9554 Zane ZX
*9555 Mezmo
*9556 Bytar
*9557 Lizaru
====Training Sets and Starter Sets====
*9558 Training Set
*9579 Starter Set
====Spinners====
*9561 Kai ZX
*9562 Lasha
*9563 Kendo Zane
*9564 Snappa
*9566 Samurai X
*9567 Fang-Suei
*9569 Spitta
*9570 NRG Jay
*9571 Fangdam
*9572 NRG Cole
*9573 Slithraa
*9574 Lloyd ZX
*9590 NRG Zane
*9591 Weapon Pack
===2017===
*70628 Lloyd Spinjitzu Master
===2018===
*70633 Kai Spinjitzu Master
*70634 Nya Spinjitzu Master
*70635 Jay Spinjitzu Master
*70636 Zane Spinjitzu Master
*70637 Cole Spinjitzu Master
===2019===
*70659 Spinjitzu Kai
*70660 Spinjitzu Jay
*70661 Spinjitzu Zane
*70662 Spinjitzu Cole
*70681 Spinjitzu Slam - Lloyd
*70682 Spinjitzu Slam - Jay
*70683 Spinjitzu Slam - Zane
====Double Packs====
*70663 Spinjitzu Nya & Wu
*70664 Spinjitzu Lloyd vs Garmadon
*70684 Spinjitzu Slam - Kai vs Samurai
===2020===
*70685 Spinjitzu Burst Cole
*70686 Spinjitzu Burst Kai
*70687 Spinjitzu Burst Lloyd
===2022===
*70688 Kai's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
*70689 Lloyd's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
*70690 Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
===2023===
*71777 Kai's Dragon Power Flip
*71778 Nya's Dragon Power Drift
*71779 Lloyd's Dragon Power Spin
==Trivia==
*During toy development, the first designs for the spinners were built by Tommy Andreasen out of BIONICLE elements and had an appearance more akin to a ninja star.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/892865292346503171Blocks magazine Issue 75, page 61
*Although the Skulkin and Serpentine are unable to do Spinjitzu in the series, they have spinners (with the exception of Samukai, the Serpentine generals, Snike, and any Serpentine character introduced after Season 2). However, they are able do Spinjitzu in the graphic novels.
**Kruncha and Nuckal briefly performed Spinjitzu in the mini-movie, "The New Masters of Spinjitzu," when they held the Sword of Fire and Nunchucks of Lightning respectively.
**Despite not having a spinner set, Samukai was pictured dueling with Kai in an image from a LEGO Club Magazine issue.
*One reason Lloyd was aged up in the episode "Child's Play" was because the product designers wanted to have him on a spinner.https://youtu.be/BNkNtFulMwA?t=4489 (live-chat)
**However, it's unknown why this was the case when Chokun, a character with short legs, had a spinner.
*The Legacy 2019 Spinners have new Spinjitzu molds that are more accurate to the show and work with the Spinjitzu Slam launchers.
*There are currently 64 different spinners existing in the Ninjago toyline.
*Kai is the only ninja to have a spinner for each of the five possible outfits- original, DX, Kendo, ZX, and NRG.
*In the waves of 2012, the spinners were remodeled, with holes underneath for additional weaponry, the studs on top of the spinners became hollow, and each spinner came with a "crown" for usage. These crowns paved the way for Crown Cards.
*Spinners for The LEGO Ninjago Movie (Lloyd) and Season 8 (the other five) came out in 2018.
*Spinners were replaced with a similar new item, the Airjitzu Flyers, in 2015—three years after their sudden discontinuation.
*Spinners first appeared in the game, Spinjitzu Scavenger Hunt.
*Destiny of Doom marks the first appearance of a spinner in the story's supplemental materials (comics, in this case). In it, the first part of Garmadon's Doomsday Weapon resembles a purple 2012 spinner but with its crown attached to the bottom.
**LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin marks the second appearance of spinners in the story.
*The Spinners were originally discontinued by the end of 2012. However, they returned in 2017.
*Wu and Garmadon are the only characters to have spinners who aren't ninja to be shown to use Spinjitzu in the show. Misako, the Overlord, Doubloon, and Aspheera are later shown to use Spinjitzu but do not have spinners.
*The Skulkin mini-figures have arms with horizontally-clipped hands in all their Spinjitzu Spinner set appearances to allow them to hold weapons outward, since unlike normal mini-figures their hands aren't able to move on their own.
*Most 2020 summer sets included spinners for the board game Choose the Path. 
*In the Lego Life Magazine there were pictures of Spinjitzu (2019) .
==Gallery==
===Concept Art===
FirstSpinnerLayout.jpg|First spinner layout
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===Spinners (2011-2012)===
Spinners.jpg|All spinner sets released in the Spring and Summer of 2011
Cole dx figure.jpg|2170 Cole DX
Cole dx figure1.jpg|Cole 
Zane figure set1.jpg|2171 Zane DX
2171 alt4.jpg|Zane DX
2113-0000-xx-33-1.jpg|Zane with a weapon
Zane figure set.jpg|2113 Zane
Ninjago spinner.jpg|Kai's spinner
9563a.jpg|Kendo Zane's spinner
9456 alt2.jpg|Kendo Kai
185px-2172-3.jpg|2172 Nya
Nya on her spinner.jpg|Nya
9456(5).jpg|Rattla's spinner
2115bonezai.png|2115 Bonezai
2116-0000-xx-33-1.jpg|Krazi
2116Krazi.png|2116 Krazi
185px-2173-2.jpg|2173 Nuckal
185px-2174-1.jpg|Kruncha
185px-21741.jpg|2174 Kruncha
Lloyd zx spinner 1.png|9574 Lloyd ZX
SetKraziSpinner.png|Krazi's spinner
98341pb04.jpg|Kendo Zane's spinner crown
Fangdam's spinner crown.png|Fangdam's spinner crown
Fangdam's spinner2.png|Fangdam's spinner
Spitta's spinner1.png|Spitta's spinner
NRG Jay's spinner1.png|NRG Jay's spinner
NRG Cole's spinner1.png|NRG Cole's spinner
Nrg kai's spinner.png|NRG Kai's spinner
Chokun's spinner.png|Chokun's spinner
Nrg kai's spinner crown.png|NRG Kai's spinner crown
Chokun's spinner crown.png|Chokun's spinner crown
Lloyd zx spinner 2.png|Lloyd ZX's spinner crown
853409Legoninjagospinnerstoragebox.png|A storage and carrying case for spinner sets
9456Spinnerbattlearena.png|Kai and Rattla included in a spinner arena set
C26-B004478GBK-2-l.jpg|Jay's spinner
Download15DB28394DC40B0D707AD1962B15637B.jpg|Lloyd ZX spinner
2256.jpg|Lord Garmadon's spinner
2255.png|Sensei Wu Spinner
414DFIbjoOL. SX300 .jpg|Sensei Wu first spinner
81mwBNHgYjL. SL1500 .jpg|Sensei Wu second spinner
2519-skeleton bowling.jpg|Skeleton bowling set
NyaSamurai2.jpg|Nya as the Samurai X spinner
9566.jpg|9566 Spinner set
Lego-ninjago-spinjitzu-spinners-weapon-pack-set-9591-7.jpg|CGI spinner image
6430978 orig.jpg|NRG Cole spinner
7137298a1a72a620e63b696fc3fbd7de.jpg|ZX Kai spinner
Kendo kai training set.jpg|Kendo Kai spinner set
Lego-ninjago-9563-kendo-zane-minifigure-spinner-misb-legoland-1304-15-Legoland@1.jpg|Kendo Zane spinner set
Starter set 2012.jpg|Cole and Serpentine spinner set
Ninjago-NRG-Zane-Spinner-223x300.jpg|NRG Zane's spinner
Ninjago-NRG-Jay-Spinner-225x300.jpg|NRG Jay's spinner set
Lloydspinner.jpg|Lloyd's Spinner Set
Kai'sspinner.jpg
===Spinjitzu Masters (2017-2018)===
LloydSpinner.jpg|Lloyd Spinjitzu Masters set
Box70633.png|Kai Spinjitzu Masters set
70634 Nya - Spinjitzu Master Box.png|Nya Spinjitzu Masters set
70635 Jay - Spinjitzu Master Box.png|Jay Spinjitzu Masters set
Box70636.png|Zane Spinjitzu Masters set
70637 Cole - Spinjitzu Master Box.png|Cole Spinjitzu Masters set
===Spinjitzu (2019)===
70659 Spinjitzu Kai Box.jpg|Kai Spinjitzu set
70660 Spinjitzu Jay Box.jpg|Jay Spinjitzu set
70661 Spinjitzu Zane Box.jpg|Zane Spinjitzu set
70662 Spinjitzu Cole Box.jpg|Cole Spinjitzu set
70663 Spinjitzu Nya and Wu Box.png|Nya and Wu Spinjitzu set
70664 Spinjitzu Lloyd Vs. Garmadon Box.jpg|Lloyd Vs. Garmadon Spinjitzu set
===Spinjitzu Slam (2019)===
70681 Spinjitzu Slam - Lloyd Box.jpg|Lloyd Spinjitzu Slam set
70682 Spinjitzu Slam - Jay Box.jpg|Jay Spinjitzu Slam set
70683 Spinjitzu Slam - Zane Box.jpg|Zane Spinjitzu Slam set
70684 Spinjitzu Slam - Kai vs. Samurai Box.png|Kai vs. Blizzard Warrior Spinjitzu Slam set
===Spinjitzu Burst (2020)===
70685 Spinjitzu Burst Cole Box.png|Spinjitzu Burst Cole set
70686 Spinjitzu Burst Kai Box.png|Spinjitzu Burst Kai set
70685 Spinjitzu Burst Lloyd Box.png|Spinjitzu Burst Lloyd set
=== Spinjitzu Ninja Training (2022) ===
70688 Kai's Spinjitzu Ninja Training Box.jpeg|Kai's Spinjitzu Ninja Training set
70689 Lloyd's Spinjitzu Ninja Training Box.jpeg|Lloyd's Spinjitzu Ninja Training set
70690 Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training Box.jpeg|Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training set
=== Dragon Power (2023) ===
File:71777 Kai's Dragon Power Flip Box.png|Kai's Dragon Power Flip
File:71778 Nya's Dragon Power Drift Box.png|Nya's Dragon Power Drift
File:71779 Lloyd's Dragon Power Spin Box.png|Lloyd's Dragon Power Spin
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