Ninjago (sets)

:This article is about the line of sets. For other uses, see Ninjago (disambiguation).
Ninjago is a line of LEGO sets developed alongside the TV series of the same name and its sequel, Ninjago: Dragons Rising. Michael Knap is the Design Manager and Simon Lucas is the Senior Creative Director.
==Sets==
===Wave 1: Pilot episodes (2011)===
Released in early 2011, this wave consists of ten playsets based on the Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu pilot episodes, featuring the Ninja battling the Skeleton Army over the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	2258 	Ninja Ambush 	Winter 2011
 	2259 	Skull Motorbike 	Winter 2011
 	2260 	Ice Dragon Attack 	Winter 2011
 	2263 	Turbo Shredder 	Winter 2011
100px	2504 	Spinjitzu Dojo 	Winter 2011
 	2505 	Garmadon's Dark Fortress	Winter 2011
 	2516 	Ninja Training Outpost 	Winter 2011
 	2518 	Nuckal's ATV 	Winter 2011
 	2519 	Skeleton Bowling 	Winter 2011
 	2520 	Ninjago Battle Arena 	Winter 2011
===Wave 2: Pilot episodes (2011)===
Released in mid-2011, this wave consists of six playsets, continuing to adapt the pilot episodes of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	2506 	Skull Truck 	Summer 2011
 	2507 	Fire Temple 	Summer 2011
 	2508 	Blacksmith Shop 	Summer 2011
 	2509 	Earth Dragon Defense 	Summer 2011
 	2521 	Lightning Dragon Battle	Summer 2011
 	2254 	Mountain Shrine 	Summer 2011
===Wave 3: Rise of the Snakes (2012)===
Released in early 2012 and consisting of ten playsets, this wave features sets from Season 1: Rise of the Snakes, featuring the Ninja fighting against the five Serpentine Tribes over the tribe generals' staffs which contain the anti-venom to cancel the snakes' powers.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	9440 	Venomari Shrine 	Winter 2012
 	9441 	Kai's Blade Cycle 	Winter 2012
 	9442 	Jay's Storm Fighter 	Winter 2012
 	9443 	Rattlecopter 	Winter 2012
 	9444 	Cole's Tread Assault 	Winter 2012
 	9445 	Fangpyre Truck Ambush 	Winter 2012
 	9446 	Destiny's Bounty 	Winter 2012
 	9455 	Fangpyre Mech 	Winter 2012
 	9456 	Spinner Battle Arena 	Winter 2012
 	9457 	Fangpyre Wrecking Ball	Winter 2012
===Wave 4: Rise of the Snakes (2012)===
Released in mid-2012 and featuring only four sets, this wave continues to feature sets from Season 1, showcasing the Ninja's battle for the four Silver Fangblades, which together can revive the monstrous Great Devourer. However, these sets also feature majorly in the first half of Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja. This wave also introduces Lloyd as the Legendary Green Ninja.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	9447 	Lasha's Bite Cycle	Spring 2012
 	9448 	Samurai Mech 	Spring 2012
 	9449 	Ultra Sonic Raider	Spring 2012
 	9450 	Epic Dragon Battle	Spring 2012
===Wave 5: Legacy of the Green Ninja (2012)===
Released in December 2012, consisting of just six sets, this wave is based on the latter half of Season 2, featuring the Ninja's battle against The Overlord and his Stone Army. The collectible items this wave are the four Elemental Blades. The wave features Lloyd as the Golden Ninja/Ultimate Spinjitzu Master.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70500 	Kai's Fire Mech 	Fall 2012
 	70501 	Warrior Bike 	Fall 2012
 	70502 	Cole's Earth Driller	Fall 2012
 	70503 	The Golden Dragon 	Fall 2012
 	70504 	Garmatron 	Fall 2012
 	70505 	Temple of Light 	Fall 2012
===Wave 6: Rebooted (2013-2014)===
Released in late 2013/early 2014 and containing seven sets, this wave is based on Season 3. It depicts the Overlord's return in digital form in control of an army of Nindroids, and the Ninja fighting him back with Techno Blades: weapons that hack technology. Compared to the Asian Mythology-based theme of past waves, this one takes on a high-tech theme with futuristic vehicles, weapons, and enemies.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70720 	Hover Hunter 	Fall 2013
 	70721 	Kai Fighter 	Fall 2013
 	70722 	OverBorg Attack 	Fall 2013
 	70723 	Thunder Raider 	Fall 2013
 	70724 	NinjaCopter 	Fall 2013
 	70725 	Nindroid MechDragon	Fall 2013
 	70726 	Destructoid 	Winter 2014
===Wave 7: Rebooted (2014)===
Released in the Spring of 2014, this is currently the smallest wave of the series, consisting of merely two playsets. It continues to be based on Rebooted, thus continuing the futuristic theme.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70727 	X-1 Ninja Charger 	Spring 2014
 	70728 	Battle for Ninjago City	Spring 2014
===Wave 8: Tournament of Elements (2015)===
Returning to the series' Asian Mythological roots, early 2015 brought a massive 
wave of eleven sets based on Season 4. The wave introduces Master Chen and his cult of Anacondrai worshippers, along with new Elemental Masters aside from the Ninja. It also features the debut of Skylor as the Orange Ninja of Amber and the return of Zane, now the Titanium Ninja. This time, the collectible items are Jade Blades.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70745 	Anacondrai Crusher 	Winter 2015
 	70746 	Condrai Copter Attack 	Winter 2015
 	70747 	Cole's Boulder Blaster	Winter 2015
 	70748 	Titanium Dragon 	Winter 2015
 	70749 	Enter the Serpent 	Winter 2015
 	70750 	Ninja DB X 	Winter 2015
 	70752 	Jungle Trap 	Winter 2015
 	70753 	Lava Falls 	Winter 2015
 	70754 	Jay's ElectroMech 	Winter 2015
 	70755 	Jungle Raider 	Winter 2015
 	70756 	Dojo Showdown 	Winter 2015
===Wave 9: Possession (2015)===
Released in mid-2015 based on Season 5, the wave features ten sets, including the massive Direct-to-Consumer "Temple of Airjitzu". Here, using the ghost-slaying Aeroblades, the Ninja battle ghosts from the 
Cursed Realm, the ghost of former Master of Wind Morro in possession of Lloyd's body. The wave also has Nya giving up her mantle of Samurai-X to become the Water Ninja.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70730 	Chain Cycle Ambush 	Summer 2015
 	70731 	Jay Walker One 	Summer 2015
 	70732 	City of Stiix 	Summer 2015
 	70733 	Blaster Bike 	Summer 2015
 	70734 	Master Wu Dragon 	Summer 2015
 	70735 	Ronin R.E.X. 	Summer 2015
 	70736 	Attack of the Morro Dragon 	Summer 2015
 	70737 	Titan Mech Battle 	Summer 2015
 	70738 	Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty	Summer 2015
 	70751 	Temple of Airjitzu 	Summer 2015
===Wave 10: Skybound (2016)===
Released in early 2016, the wave features seven sets based on Season 6. It depicts the ninja facing off against a crew of Sky Pirates commanded by Nadakhan the djinn. The collectible items are Djinn Blades, various depictions of a weapon known as the Sword of Souls which has entrapped various members of the ninja team. The wave introduces Cole's ghost form after he became such in Season 5.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70599 	Cole's Dragon 	Winter 2016
 	70600 	Ninja Bike Chase 	Winter 2016
 	70601 	Sky Shark 	Winter 2016
 	70602 	Jay's Elemental Dragon	Winter 2016
 	70603 	Raid Zeppelin 	Winter 2016
 	70604 	Tiger Widow Island 	Winter 2016
 	70605 	Misfortune's Keep 	Winter 2016
===Wave 11: Day of the Departed/Skybound (2016)===
In honor of the 5th anniversary of Ninjago, mid-2016 saw the release of nine sets, six of which tie directly into the "Day of the Departed" special, though appear prominently in Season 7, featuring the Ninja fighting deceased villains who attempt to take the heroes' places amongst the living using Departed Blades. Cole's RX form debuts here, depicting his return to the corporeal with a ghostly scar and a new ability known as the Earth Punch. The other three sets continue to be based on events from Season 6.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70588 	Titanium Ninja Tumbler 	Summer 2016
 	70589 	Rock Roader 	Summer 2016
 	70590 	Airjitzu Battle Grounds 	Summer 2016
 	70591 	Kryptarium Prison Breakout	Summer 2016
 	70592 	Salvage M.E.C. 	Summer 2016
 	70593 	The Green NRG Dragon 	Summer 2016
 	70594 	The Lighthouse Siege 	Summer 2016
 	70595 	Ultra Stealth Raider 	Summer 2016
 	70596 	Samurai X Cave Chaos 	Summer 2016
===Wave 12: The Hands of Time (2017)===
Released in Winter 2017, this wave consists of 7 sets based on the Season 7. It depicted the Ninjas fight against the new enemies, The Hands of Time and the Vermillion. The collectible items are the Time Blades.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70621 	The Vermillion Attack	Winter 2017
 	70622 	Desert Lightning 	Winter 2017
 	70623 	Destiny's Shadow 	Winter 2017
 	70624 	Vermillion Invader 	Winter 2017
 	70625 	Samurai VXL 	Winter 2017
 	70626 	Dawn of Iron Doom 	Winter 2017
 	70627 	Dragon's Forge 	Winter 2017
===Wave 13: Sons of Garmadon (2018)===
Released in Winter 2018, this wave consists of 6 sets based on Season 8. The collectible items are the Oni Masks.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70638 	Katana V11 	Winter 2018
 	70639 	Street Race of Snake Jaguar	Winter 2018
 	70640 	S.O.G. Headquarters 	Winter 2018
 	70641 	Ninja Nightcrawler 	Winter 2018
 	70642 	Killow vs. Samurai X 	Winter 2018
 	70643 	Temple of Resurrection 	Winter 2018
===Wave 14: Hunted (2018)===
Released in mid-2018, this wave consists of 7 sets based on Season 9. It depicted the 4 Ninja: Kai, Jay, Cole and Zane along with the de-aged Wu trying to fight the Dragon Hunters in the Realm of Oni and Dragons. While the rest tried to fight Garmadon in Ninjago. The collectible items are Dragon Armor, Dragonbone Blade, and Shield.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70650 	Destiny's Wing 	Summer 2018
 	70651 	Throne Room Showdown	Summer 2018
 	70652 	Stormbringer 	Summer 2018
 	70653 	Firstbourne 	Summer 2018
 	70654 	Dieselnaut 	Summer 2018
 	70655 	The Dragon Pit 	Summer 2018
 	70658 	Oni Titan 	Summer 2018
===Wave 15: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu (2019)===
As of the 15th wave, the line begins to be called only Ninjago, without the subtitle of the series. Cole and Kai are the only ninja who aren't exclusive in any set. The collectible items are the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu, Aspheera's staff, and Zane's scepter.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	70671 	Lloyd's Journey 	Summer 2019
 	70672 	Cole's Dirt Bike 	Summer 2019
 	70673 	ShuriCopter 	Summer 2019
 	70674 	Fire Fang 	Summer 2019
 	70675 	Katana 4x4 	Summer 2019
 	70676 	Lloyd's Titan Mech 	Summer 2019
 	70677 	Land Bounty 	Summer 2019
 	70678 	Castle of the Forsaken Emperor	Summer 2019
===Wave 16: Prime Empire (2020)===
Released in Winter 2020 (January), this wave consists of 8 sets based on Season 12. The collectible items are the Key-Tanas.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	71706 	Cole's Speeder Car 	Winter 2020
 	71707 	Kai's Mech Jet 	Winter 2020
 	71708 	Gamer's Market 	Winter 2020
 	71709 	Jay and Lloyd's Velocity Racers	Winter 2020
 	71710 	Ninja Tuner Car 	Winter 2020
 	71711 	Jay's Cyber Dragon 	Winter 2020
 	71712 	Empire Temple of Madness 	Winter 2020
 	71713 	Empire Dragon 	Winter 2020
=== Wave 17: Master of the Mountain (2020) ===
Released in Summer 2020 (June), this wave consists of 6 sets based on Season 13. The collectible items are the Blades of Deliverance.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	71717 	Journey to the Skull Dungeons	Summer 2020
 	71718 	Wu's Battle Dragon 	Summer 2020
 	71719 	Zane's Mino Creature 	Summer 2020
 	71720 	Fire Stone Mech 	Summer 2020
 	71721 	Skull Sorcerer's Dragon 	Summer 2020
 	71722 	Skull Sorcerer's Dungeons 	Summer 2020
=== Wave 18: The Island (2021) ===
Released in Spring 2021 (March), this wave consists of 4 sets based on The Island. The collectible item is the Storm Amulet.
Image	Reference	Title 	Introduced
 	71745 	Lloyd's Jungle Chopper Bike	Spring 2021
 	71746 	Jungle Dragon 	Spring 2021
 	71747 	The Keepers' Village 	Spring 2021
 	71748 	Catamaran Sea Battle 	Spring 2021
===Wave 19: Seabound (2021)===
Released in Summer 2021 (June), this wave consists of 5 sets based on Season 14. The collectible item is the Wave Amulet, and the Storm Amulet (for one set).
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71750 	Lloyd's Hydro Mech 	Summer 2021
 	71752 	Ninja Sub Speeder 	Summer 2021
 	71754 	Water Dragon 	Summer 2021
 	71755 	Temple of the Endless Sea	Summer 2021
 	71756 	Hydro Bounty 	Summer 2021
=== Wave 20: Crystalized (2022) ===
Released in Summer 2022, this wave consists of 8 sets based on Season 15. The collectible items are the Golden Weapons.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71768 	Jay's Golden Dragon Motorbike	Summer 2022
 	71769 	Cole's Dragon Cruiser 	Summer 2022
 	71770 	Zane's Golden Dragon Jet 	Summer 2022
 	71771 	The Crystal King Temple 	Summer 2022
 	71772 	The Crystal King 	Summer 2022
 	71773 	Kai's Golden Dragon Raider 	Summer 2022
 	71774 	Lloyd's Golden Ultra Dragon 	Summer 2022
 	71775 	Nya's Samurai X MECH 	Summer 2022
===Wave 21: Dragons Rising, Season 1 (2023)===
Released in Summer 2023, this wave consists of 11 sets based on Season 1 of Dragons Rising. The collectible items are the Dragon Cores.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71789 	Kai and Ras's Car and Bike Battle 	Summer 2023
 	71790 	Imperium Dragon Hunter Hound 	Summer 2023
 	71791 	Zane's Dragon Power Spinjitzu Race Car	Summer 2023
 	71792 	Sora's Transforming Mech Bike Racer 	Summer 2023
 	71793 	Heatwave Transforming Lava Dragon 	Summer 2023
 	71794 	Lloyd and Arin's Ninja Team Mechs 	Summer 2023
 	71795 	Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores 	Summer 2023
 	71796 	Elemental Dragon vs. The Empress Mech 	Summer 2023
 	71797 	Destiny's Bounty - race against time 	Summer 2023
 	71798 	Nya and Arin's Baby Dragon Battle 	Summer 2023
 	71799 	Ninjago City Markets 	Summer 2023
===Wave 22: Dragons Rising, Season 2 (2024)===
Released in Winter 2023, this wave consists of 9 sets based on Season 2 of Dragons Rising. The collectible items are the Mallet and Gong of Shattering, as well as the Dragon Cores for the Rising Dragon launchers.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71801 	Kai's Rising Dragon Strike 	Winter 2023
 	71802 	Nya's Rising Dragon Strike 	Winter 2023
 	71803 	Arin's Rising Dragon Strike	Winter 2023
 	71804 	Arin's Battle Mech 	Winter 2023
 	71805 	Jay's Mech Battle Pack 	Winter 2023
 	71806 	Cole's Elemental Earth Mech	Winter 2023
 	71807 	Sora's Elemental Tech Mech 	Winter 2023
 	71808 	Kai's Elemental Fire Mech 	Winter 2023
 	71809 	Egalt the Master Dragon 	Winter 2023
===Wave 23: Dragons Rising, Season 2 (2024)===
Released in Spring 2024, this wave consists of 6 sets based on Season 2 of Dragons Rising.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71810 	Young Dragon Riyu 	Spring 2024
 	71811 	Arin's Ninja Off-Road Buggy Car	Spring 2024
 	71812 	Kai's Ninja Climber Mech 	Spring 2024
 	71813 	Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo 	Spring 2024
 	71815 	Kai's Source Dragon Battle 	Spring 2024
 	71817 	Lloyd's Elemental Power Mech 	Spring 2024
 	71819 	Dragon Stone Shrine 	Spring 2024
=== Wave 24: Dragons Rising, Season 2 (2024) ===
Released in Summer 2024, this wave consists of sets based on Season 2 of Dragons Rising.
Image	Item Number	Set 	Introduced
 	71814 	Tournament Temple City 	Summer 2024
 	71816 	Zane's Ice Motorcycle 	Summer 2024
 	71818 	Tournament Battle Arena 	Summer 2024
 	71820 	Ninja Team Combo Vehicle	Summer 2024
 	71821 	Cole's Titan Dragon Mech	Summer 2024
 	71822 	Source Dragon of Motion 	Summer 2024
==Subthemes==
===The LEGO Ninjago Movie===
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	70606 	Spinjitzu Training 	Summer 2017
 	70607 	Ninjago City Chase 	Summer 2017
 	70608 	Master Falls 	Summer 2017
 	70609 	Manta Ray Bomber 	Summer 2017
 	70610 	Flying Jelly Sub 	Summer 2017
 	70611 	Water Strider 	Summer 2017
 	70612 	Green Ninja Mech Dragon 	Summer 2017
 	70613 	Garma Mecha Man 	Summer 2017
 	70614 	Lightning Jet 	Summer 2017
 	70615 	Fire Mech 	Summer 2017
 	70616 	Ice Tank 	Summer 2017
 	70617 	Temple of the Ultimate Ultimate Weapon	Summer 2017
 	70618 	Destiny's Bounty 	Summer 2017
 	71019 	The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series 	Summer 2017
 	70620 	Ninjago City 	Autumn/Fall 2017
 	70629 	Piranha Attack 	Winter 2018
 	70631 	Garmadon's Volcano Lair 	Winter 2018
 	70632 	Quake Mech 	Winter 2018
 	70656 	garmadon, Garmadon, GARMADON! 	Winter 2018
 	70628 	Lloyd Spinjitzu Master 	Winter 2018
 	70657 	Ninjago City Docks 	Summer 2018
=== Ninjago: Legacy===
====Wave 1 (2019)====
Released in early 2019, the first wave consists of the re-imagined versions of concepts used in the pilot episodes and first two seasons (Season 1 and Season 2). The sets also appeared in some short episodes of Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu, which takes place after Season 9.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	70665 	Samurai Mech 	Winter 2019
 	70666 	The Golden Dragon 	Winter 2019
 	70667 	Kai's Blade Cycle & Zane's Snowmobile	Winter 2019
 	70668 	Jay's Storm Fighter 	Winter 2019
 	70669 	Cole's Earth Driller 	Winter 2019
 	70670 	Monastery of Spinjitzu 	Winter 2019
 	70679 	The Ultra Dragon 	Winter 2019
 	70680 	Monastery Training 	Winter 2019
====Wave 2 (2020)====
Released in early 2020, this wave consists of the re-imagined versions of concepts used in the pilot episodes, Season 2, Season 3 and Season 4.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71699 	Thunder Raider 	Winter 2020
 	71700 	Jungle Raider 	Winter 2020
 	71701 	Kai's Fire Dragon	Winter 2020
 	71702 	Golden Mech 	Winter 2020
====Wave 3 (2020)====
Released in the middle of 2020, this wave consists of the re-imagined versions of concepts used in Season 1 and Season 3.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71703 	Storm Fighter Battle	Summer 2020
 	71704 	Kai Fighter 	Summer 2020
 	71705 	Destiny's Bounty 	Summer 2020
====Wave 4 (2021)====
Released in early 2021, this wave consists of the re-imagined versions of concepts used in pilot episodes, Season 1, Season 3, Season 4, and Season 5. 10 sets were released in January 2021, while the last one was released in March alongside The Island wave.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71730 	Epic Battle Set - Kai vs. Skulkin 	Winter 2021
 	71731 	Epic Battle Set - Zane vs. Nindroid 	Winter 2021
 	71732 	Epic Battle Set - Jay vs. Serpentine 	Winter 2021
 	71733 	Epic Battle Set - Cole vs. Ghost Warrior	Winter 2021
 	71735 	Tournament of Elements 	Winter 2021
 	71736 	Boulder Blaster 	Winter 2021
 	71737 	X-1 Ninja Charger 	Winter 2021
 	71738 	Zane's Titan Mech Battle 	Winter 2021
 	71740 	Jay's Electro Mech 	Spring 2021
 	71741 	Ninjago City Gardens 	Winter 2021
 	71742 	Overlord Dragon 	Winter 2021
====Wave 5 (2021)====
Released in the middle of 2021, this wave consists of the re-imagined versions of concepts used in pilot episodes, Season 1 and Season 5.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71734 	Kai's Blade Cycle 	Summer 2021
 	71739 	Ultra Sonic Raider 	Summer 2021
 	71749 	Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty	Summer 2021
 	71753 	Fire Dragon Attack 	Summer 2021
===Ninjago: Core===
====Wave 1 (2022)====
Released in 2022, this wave is dedicated to getting younger children interested in the Ninjago franchise. This wave is the first wave of sets that only has shorts for the cinematic representation.
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71757 	Lloyd's Ninja Mech 	Winter 2022
 	71760 	Jay's Thunder Dragon EVO 	Winter 2022
 	71761 	Zane's Power Up Mech EVO 	Winter 2022
 	71762 	Kai's Fire Dragon EVO 	Winter 2022
 	71763 	Lloyd's Race Car EVO 	Winter 2022
 	71764 	Ninja Training Center 	Spring 2022
 	71765 	Ninja Ultra Combo Mech 	Winter 2022
 	71766 	Lloyd's Legendary Dragon 	Winter 2022
 	71767 	Ninja Dojo Temple 	Winter 2022
 	71776 	Jay and Nya's Race Car EVO	Winter 2022
====Wave 2 (2022)====
Image	Item number	Set 	Introduced
 	71759 	Ninja Dragon temple	June 1, 2022
====Wave 3 (2023) ====
Image	Item Number	Set 	Introduced
 	71780 	Kai's Ninja Race Car EVO 	Winter 2023
 	71781 	Lloyd's Mech Battle EVO 	Winter 2023
 	71782 	Cole's Earth Dragon EVO 	Winter 2023
 	71783 	Kai's Mech Rider EVO 	WInter 2023
 	71784 	Jay's Lightning Jet EVO 	Winter 2023
 	71785 	Jay's Titan Mech 	Winter 2023
 	71786 	Zane's Ice Dragon Creature	Winter 2023
 	71787 	Creative Ninja Brick Box 	Winter 2023
 	71788 	Lloyd's Ninja Street Bike 	Winter 2023
 	71800 	Nya's Water Dragon EVO 	Winter 2023
==Minifigures==
==Trivia==
* There are three divisions for designing the sets: the set designers, who build with physical LEGO bricks to design the models; the graphic designers, who design the Minifigure printing; and the element designers, who create the new LEGO brick designs with 3D modeling.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bamamSBtONw
* Producing a set, from the idea stage to being on shelves, takes around sixteen months. 
*Despite the ninja's hair being shown since the beginning of the TV series, their hair pieces were not included in the sets (though they did appear on some Ninjago Spinners cards) until 2014 with the Rebooted wave as part of their gi designs. Before that, Jay, Cole, and Zane's hairpieces existed in other LEGO themes, while both of Lloyd's existed but not in blond, and Kai's did not exist at all, as it had been designed by WILFilm ApS specifically for the series.
**All of their current hair pieces have been included in The LEGO Ninjago Movie sets. For the sets based on the TV show, all hair pieces were released, with Zane's titanium hair finally being released in 2021.
**As of the third Legacy wave, all of the ninja's current hair pieces have been included in sets outside of The LEGO Ninjago Movie, and Kai and Jay have had different colored ones in their outfits.
*The product commercials for the early sets were animated by M2Filmhttps://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1350929993942097923 (the same studio that does the animation for Legends of Chima and Nexo Knights).
*A few sets have included both the headgear and hair pieces for some of the characters: 70738 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty, 853687 LEGO NINJAGO Accessory Set, 70626 Dawn of Iron Doom, 70627 Dragon's Forge, 71738 Zane's Titan Mech Battle, 71756 Hydro Bounty, and 71809 Egalt the Master Dragon. The Hydro Bounty even includes a pedestal for the hair pieces. 
**The reason hair is not included in every set is because having the hair pieces could mean having less bricks for the rest of the set. 
*Not counting the various mini-movie series, Ninjago: Decoded is the only multi-episode installment not to coincide with a wave of sets.
*Cyrus Borg is the only main ally of the ninja to be included in one set, and Acronix and the Omega are the only main villains to be included in one set.
*Some of the ninja get more of a spotlight in the sets than others:
**Kai is the most prominent ninja in the sets overall. He has received some sort of vehicle or creature in almost every wave.
***The only seasons, where he did not received any full-sized vehicle/creature set were Season 4 (he got a small dirt bike in 70750 Ninja DB X) and Season 5 (he got a small hoverboard in 70736 Attack of the Morro Dragon).
***In Day of the Departed, he shared 70595 Ultra Stealth Raider with Jay, Cole and Zane, in Season 7, he shared the Fusion Dragon from 70627 Dragon's Forge with Nya, and in Season 13, he shared 71720 Fire Stone Mech with Cole.
***Kai got 4 bikes: Blade Cycle from 9441 Kai's Blade Cycle and 70667 Kai's Blade Cycle & Zane's Snowmobile, a small dirt bike from 70750 Ninja DB X and his bike from 70600 Ninja Bike Chase.
***He also got 5 dragons: Flame from 2507 Fire Temple, 71701 Kai's Fire Dragon and 71753 Fire Dragon Attack, the Fusion Dragon from 70627 Dragon's Forge and 70653 Firstbourne.
***He got 4 cars: 70727 X-1 Ninja Charger, 70675 Katana 4x4, 71737 X-1 Ninja Charger and 71773 Kai's Golden Dragon Raider; and 3 jets/planes: 70721 Kai Fighter, 70650 Destiny's Wing and 71704 Kai Fighter.
***He got 4 mechs: 70500 Kai's Fire Mech, 70615 Fire Mech, 71707 Kai's Mech Jet and 71720 Fire Stone Mech.
***Ironically, despite being ninja of fire, he got the most watercrafts of all of the ninja: 70638 Katana V11, his catamaran from 71748 Catamaran Sea Battle and his mini submarine from 71755 Temple of the Endless Sea.
***Some of the sets portrayed their vehicle/creature as Kai's despite them never specifically belonging to him in the TV series.
****In Hunted wave, both 70650 Destiny's Wing and 70653 Firstbourne were portrayed as Kai's.
****In Master of the Mountain wave, 71720 Fire Stone Mech was portrayed as Kai's.
****In The Island wave, a catamaran from 71748 Catamaran Sea Battle was portrayed as Kai's.
**** In Dragons Rising, Season 1 wave, 71793 Heatwave Transforming Lava Dragon was portrayed as Kai's.
**Lloyd is another very prominent character in the sets. He got multiple vehicles ranging from bikes to mechs. He also recieved the most dragons of all of the ninja.
***Lloyd got 8 dragon sets: 9450 Epic Dragon Battle, 70503 The Golden Dragon, technically 70736 Attack of the Morro Dragon, 70593 The Green NRG Dragon, 70612 Green Ninja Mech Dragon, 70666 The Golden Dragon, 70679 The Ultra Dragon and 71746 Jungle Dragon.
***He got 3 bike sets: the Green Ninja Cycle from 70722 OverBorg Attack, a racing bike from 71709 Jay and Lloyd's Velocity Racers and 71745 Lloyd's Jungle Chopper Bike.
***He got 4 mechs: the Golden Mech from 70505 Temple of Light and 71702 Golden Mech, 70676 Lloyd's Titan Mech and 71750 Lloyd's Hydro Mech.
***He also got 5 four-wheel vehicles: Proto Sam-X from 70725 Nindroid MechDragon, 70755 Jungle Raider, 70641 Ninja Nightcrawler, 71700 Jungle Raider, and 71763 Lloyd's Race Car EVO.
***He was also the first ninja to received his own personal watercraft, 70623 Destiny's Shadow. He then received another, his mini submarine from 71756 Hydro Bounty.
**Jay is also very prominent character in sets. Before The LEGO Ninjago Movie came out, he was alongside Kai the most featured ninja in sets. After the movie, his appearance in sets was decreased (with exception of Prime Empire).
***Jay got 4 dragons: 2521 Lightning Dragon Battle, 70602 Jay's Elemental Dragon, 70652 Stormbringer and 71711 Jay's Cyber Dragon.
***He also got 5 jets, the most of all ninja: 9442 Jay's Storm Fighter, 70614 Lightning Jet, 70668 Jay's Storm Fighter, 71703 Storm Fighter Battle and a flying speeder from 71709 Jay and Lloyd's Velocity Racers.
****Ironically, 3 of these sets are different interpretation of the same vehicle, the Storm Glider.
***He got 2 mechs: 70754 Jay's ElectroMech and 71740 Jay's Electro Mech; 2 cars 70731 Jay Walker One and 71752 Ninja Sub Speeder; and 2 tanks: 70723 Thunder Raider and 71699 Thunder Raider.
***He was the last original ninja to receive his own bike, 70622 Desert Lightning. Later, he recieved another, 71768 Jay's Golden Dragon Motorbike.
***Interestingly, in spite of his prominence in the early sets, he was the least featured of the original ninja in the original Spinner sets.
**** He was the only ninja who did not get his DX card. His DX spinner was however released in 2519 Skeleton Bowling.
**** In 2012, he got only 1 physical spinner.
*****His ZX card was released in Booster pack 9553 Jay ZX.
*****His Kendo card was the hardest ninja card to get, since it was released in promotional set 5000030 Kendo Jay Promotional Set.
*****Ironically, his only spinner set from 2012 9570 NRG Jay was extremely difficult to find.
**Cole has always been averagely featured in the sets.
***He got 2 dragons: 2509 Earth Dragon Defense and 70599 Cole's Dragon; 4 mechs: Earth Mech from 70723 Thunder Raider and 71699 Thunder Raider, 70632 Quake Mech and 71720 Fire Stone Mech; 2 bikes: 70733 Blaster Bike and 70672 Cole's Dirt Bike; 2 jets: 70747 Cole's Boulder Blaster and 71736 Boulder Blaster; and 1 watercraft: his mini submarine from 71756 Hydro Bounty.
***He got 6 four-wheel vehicles, the most of all of the ninja: 9444 Cole's Tread Assault, 70502 Cole's Earth Driller, 70589 Rock Roader, 70669 Cole's Earth Driller, 71706 Cole's Speeder Car, and 71769 Cole's Dragon Cruiser.
*** Out of Cole's first first four vehicles, two (the Earth Driller and Roto Jet) were not specifically his in the show but were marketed as such in the sets.
****Conversely, the Stone Mech was his in the show but marketed as primarily Kai's in the set.
** Zane has got the most complicated set presence of all of the ninja.
***From Pilots to Rebooted, he appeared in sets quite frequently. However, since his redesign in Season 4 to his another redesign in the movie, he was the least featured ninja (even counting Nya). He mostly appeared in 1 set per a suit (2 at best). Since the movie, his appearance in sets returned to normal (with exception of Prime Empire, where he did not appear at all).
***Zane got 3 dragons: 2260 Ice Dragon Attack, 70748 Titanium Dragon and Boreal from 70678 Castle of the Forsaken Emperor.
***He also got 2 mechs: 70737 Titan Mech Battle and 71738 Zane's Titan Mech Battle; 3 bikes: Snowmobile from 9445 Fangpyre Truck Ambush, 70667 Kai's Blade Cycle & Zane's Snowmobile, and his bike from 70639 Street Race of Snake Jaguar; 3 aircraft: 70724 NinjaCopter, 70673 ShuriCopter and 71770 Zane's Golden Dragon Jet; 2 armored vehicles: 70588 Titanium Ninja Tumbler and 70616 Ice Tank; and 2 watercrafts: his surfboard from 71746 Jungle Dragon and his mini submarine from 71754 Water Dragon.
*** He was the first ninja to receive a creature other than a dragon in 71719 Zane's Mino Creature.
**Nya is the third to last ninja to have least amount of vehicle sets.
***She got 5 vehicles as Samurai X: 9448 Samurai Mech, 70750 Ninja DB X, a speedboat from 70732 City of Stiix, 70665 The Samurai Mech and 71775 Nya's Samurai X MECH. She also got a couple of small vehicles in 70596 Samurai X Cave Chaos.
***If not counting The LEGO Ninjago Movie sets and sidebuilds (like the airbike from 70738 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty), Nya has received only 1 vehicle as Water Ninja, her bike from 70600 Ninja Bike Chase. She also shared the Fusion Dragon with Kai in 70627 Dragon's Forge and got alternative form in 71754 Water Dragon.
*** Many of the vehicles originally designed by Nya were used by someone else in sets. Some examples are Proto Sam-X from 70725 Nindroid MechDragon and 70625 Samurai VXL.
****She also used Ninja Tuner Car in the show, but was replaced by Kai in the set.
**The ninja's catamarans and Jungle Choppers are marketed as Kai's and Lloyd's in their respective sets.
**After the 2019 Legacy spinners, Kai has appeared in all four collectible set series (Spinjitzu Slam, Arcade Pods, Spinjitzu Burst, Epic Battles), Lloyd and Jay have appeared in three, Zane and Cole have appeared in two, and Nya has appeared in none.
***Although Nya, Cole and Zane did not get their own Arcade Pods, their Avatar minifigures were nevertheless released in 71708 Gamer's Market. Nya and Cole's avatars reused pieces from other Lego themes and Zane's avatar was not actually representing him, but another player taking on his appearance.
*The ninja have distinctive eyebrows in order to easily identify them when they have their masks on.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7z1JA7sGD0 
*The only waves of sets to have no dragons are Day of the Departed and Season 8: Sons of Garmadon.
** The Skybound set 70593 The Green NRG Dragon was, however, released alongside the Day of the Departed wave.
**The absence of dragons in Sons of Garmadon may be due to the abundance and heavy focus on dragons in Hunted.
*Promotional sets such as 5002144 Ninjago Battle Pack have more freedom because of how many prints need to be made.https://youtu.be/oPuPNMlIAWI?t=5873 (live-chat)
*The Fangpyre Wrecking Ball and Colossus are two examples of sets that were based on the show as opposed to vehicles or creatures from the sets that were written into the series.https://youtu.be/S3FqrPHYUmc?t=2596Lighthouse Island and Kryptarium Prison are two examples of location sets released multiple seasons after the location's debut in the show.
*Every main/major villain from WildBrain except Unagami and Ronin looks a little different in the sets than in the show.
**Aspheera has a fire ghost tail instead of a fire snake tail, probably because she could be placed on Fire Fang. She also doesn't have pupils as she does in the show.
**The Ice Emperor uses white instead of gray coloring and has a mask printed on his face rather than the 3D mask seen in the show.
**The Skull Sorcerer only has two black eyes on his mask, while in the show he has green eyes as well as a mouth and lines on the mask.
**Kalmaar has yellow-green eyes in the show, while in the sets they are blue-pink. He also has gold armor in the sets, and he is teal than cyan. 
***According to Michael Knap, the reason for this is that "we did not have the option to make the eyes yellow and the tv show need more detail."https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1391440418290774027
** The Overlord in his Crystal King form has grey hands in the show, but black hands in the sets. He also has white teeth in the show but in the sets, they are in the same color as the mask.
* The reason why many minifigures such as Samukai were not included in Legacy sets is that the elements that were created for them were unique, all of them are now retired and this complicates the integration of them in to the current lineup.https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1352720349356560384
*The reason why there aren't so many new characters is that designers have a limited amound of elements they can create, so creating an alternate element for a character will stop them from making a new character.https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1081890403106865157
*According to Michael Knap, the production of the Mechanic's minifigure would require too many new elements, which is why his minifigure uses an ordinary hat without a nindroid eye and an ordinary arm.https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1045916018386894848
*The reason Tox and Mr. Pale were taken from LEGO Ultra Agents is to make more Elemental Masters minifigures available in sets.https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1036862093847343105
*Designer Niek van Slagmaat explained, "We design the sets together with the rough outlines for the episodes. Sometimes things in the show change afterwards."https://twitter.com/Toothdominoes/status/1389223687329570819 "As toy designers, the play and the build is the most important feature of the sets. That is why there are plenty of features in the Hydro Bounty for instance that were not used in the TV show."
*There was scrapped set that "was never integrated in to any written story", involving "a new location that housed a sort of scientist" who "would work with combining elemental powers in his lab. The build [had] many traps but also a basement full of lab equipment old scrolls etc."https://twitter.com/KnapDK/status/1391439565899055107
*There have been several times when the show has briefly used a style more similar to that of the sets in some way: 
**The map of the Golden Weapons pictures the Golden Weapons with their set counterparts' designs.
**Wu's silhouette in the opening narration of "Rise of the Snakes" has the neck attachment section of his beard from the sets, which isn't normally present on his design.
**The Scythe of Quakes resembles its set counterpart's design in the recurring scene transition used throughout the first two seasons.
**Wu's beard in the intro for the first half of Legacy of the Green Ninja and the intro for The Hands of Time takes on the more curved appearance of his beard from the sets.
**The Nindroid MechDragon's facial recognition for Lloyd toward the end of "The Art of the Silent Fist" more resembles Lloyd's face print used from Rebooted to The Hands of Time despite its relative inaccuracy to his face in the TV series.
**Kai's hair appears in its set-accurate height in a silhouette on Jay's Prime Empire board in "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" as opposed to its shortened version used for the 3D models.
**Vania's cardboard cutouts of the ninja in "The Two Blades" use the ninja's exact face print designs from the sets.
*Sets will sometimes reference crew members who have worked on the sets or TV series. These instances include Michael Knap's name and statue in 70617 Temple of the Ultimate Ultimate Weapon, Peter Hausner's name replicated on a certain Whack Rat, Cerim Manovi's name on the scoreboard in 71712 Empire Temple of Madness, and Markus Rollbühler's likeness in a painting 71722 Skull Sorcerer's Dungeons.
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