The LEGO Group revealed LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising, a new era of LEGO Ninjago that will include an animated TV series created with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, as well as an assortment of new building sets. The new world is created from merged realms and will bring back fan-favorite characters in addition to introducing new ones.
The new generation of Ninjago characters will come together and unlock their true potential to find the well-known ninjas who have gone missing in a world of merged realms. The ninjas will need all the help they can get to defend the source dragons who will either unite their world forever or destroy it completely. The new LEGO products will feature original characters, =new ninjas Sora and Arin, and a new baby dragon named Riyu. Here is a look at the upcoming building sets.
The Kai and Ras’s Car and Bike Battle 103-piece set ($19.99) is suitable for kids ages 4 and up, and includes a dragon car, an all-terrain vehicle, Kai, and Lord Ras minifigures, blue lightning in a display holder, and two flame elements for kids to play out exciting moments from the series.
The Nya and Arin’s Baby Dragon Battle set ($34.99) features two dragons, a jet plane, and a hideout cave with energy crystals, plus three minifigures to inspire hours of role-play with 157 pieces. This set is recommended for kids ages 4 and up.
With the Kai’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Flip 72-piece set ($10.99), the Nya’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Drift 57-piece set ($10.99), and the Lloyd’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Spin 56-piece set ($10.99), kids can master Spinjitzu skills with interactive flipping and spinning toys. These sets are suitable for kids ages 6 and up.
The Imperium Dragon Hunter Hound set ($19.99) features a monster toy and three minifigures. The 198-piece set will have fans ages 6 and up traveling to Imperium for a daring mission with Jay and Lloyd as they take on the Imperium Claw General, who is riding a fearsome Photac Beast.
The Zane’s Dragon Power Spinjitzu Race Car set ($34.99) comes with 307 pieces and features a ninja car, two hover flyers, and four minifigures. Fans ages 7 and up can push down the car’s spoiler to activate its dragon power and launch a stealth attack.
The Sora’s Transforming Mech Bike Racer 384-piece set ($47.99) features a mech, a dragon, and three minifigures. Fans ages 8 and up can jump in the mech’s cockpit before transforming it into a bike to enter a high-speed chase with Rapton on his glider.
The Heatwave Transforming Lava Dragon ($79.99) comes with 479 pieces and features a ninja dragon, a hovercraft vehicle, and five minifigures. With Kai, Lloyd, and Wyldfyre, kids ages 8 and up can transform Heatwave into battle mode and fight back by firing its purple dragon power element at the dragon hunters.
Recommended for kids ages 9 and up, the Lloyd and Arin’s Ninja Team Mechs 764-piece set ($79.99) features two battle mechs and five minifigures. Fans can help Lloyd and Arin jump inside a pair of mech suits or combine the two mechs to create one larger fighting mech.
The Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores ($94.99) is a Ninjago temple set that features six minifigures including Cole, Kai, and Nya. The set comes with 1,029 pieces and will bring fans ages 8 and up on a trip into the World Forest to explore the Temple of the Dragon Energy Cores.
The Elemental Dragon vs. The Empress Mech ($129.99) features a dragon, a mech, a ninja flyer, and six minifigures. With this 1,038-piece set, kids ages 9 and up can team up with baby dragon Riyu, Sora, Zane, and Jay to battle Lord Ras, Empress Beatrix, and an Imperium Guard.
The Destiny’s Bounty — Race Against Time set ($159.99) will take fans to the skies with 1,739 pieces to fly above the merged world. Recommended for kids ages 9 and up, this set features the Ninja Airship, two Dragons, and six minifigures.
LEGO Ninjago City Markets ($369.99) is a highly detailed set with 6,163 pieces. Standing at 20 inches tall, this is Ninjago’s biggest building set with four floors. It includes a cable car, a bakery, a boat, apartments, an elevator, a rooftop food court, and more. The set comes with 21 minifigures and is suitable for teens ages 14 and up.
The LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising sets will be available on June 1 at lego.com/ninjago and globally in LEGO stores and select retailers. The accompanying multiplatform TV series will also launch on June 1 with its first batch of 10 episodes. An additional 10 episodes are slated for release this fall.
