Lego Ninjago Snakes! Snake People Sets 2012

There are four new Ninjago model sets for Summer 2012. The story has moved on to the Serpentine collecting the four fang blades to release The Great Devourer! But don't worry, the ninjas have the huge four-headed dragon and a new green ninja on their side.


LEGO Ninjago 9448 Samurai Mech
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We've all been waiting for Samurai X's cool Samurai Mech.

This set is also interesting because we get two members of the Constrictai snake tribe - they're the orange and black guys.




LEGO Ninjago Ultra Sonic Raider Set 9449 Dragon 6 Figures Cole ZX, Jay ZX, Kai ZX, Zane ZX, Exclusive Pythor & Spitta
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This set includes the ninja flying Ultra Sonic Raider vehicle and all four of the original ninjas in their ZX uniforms.

You also get Pythor P. Chumsworth in this set. The last remaining member of the Anacondrai tribe.




LEGO Ninjago 9450 Epic Dragon Battle
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This is the really big set for Summer 2012! It features the four-headed dragon and The Great Devourer - the beast that the serpentine collected the four fang blades to release.

You get 7 minifigures with this set Lloyd ZX (yes, he's green!), Jay ZX, Sensei Wu, Lord Garmadon, Venomari General Acidicus, Constrictai General Skalidor and Constrictai Chokun.



LEGO Ninjago 9447 Lasha's Bite Cycle
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And there's also another great snake vehicle available: Lasha's Bite Cycle which comes with Lasha and Cole ZX and also the Blacksmith Forge.

LEGO Ninjago Venomari Shrine 9440
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The LEGO Ninjago Venomari Shrine 9440 set includes a very snakey shrine to built. The shrine hides the golden Venomari staff (one of the new golden weapons for the snakes theme) and anti-venom.

The set comes with a Zane ZX minifigure - ZX denotes the new costume that the Ninjas wear after their training to fight the snake people. The story is that Zane must retrieve the golden Venomari staff and anti-venom.

But of course, it's not straightforward, the shrine is protected by two snakes who will lunge at him when he approaches - they have razor-sharp fangs and spit acid. And watch out for the toxic snake slime!

Minifigures: Zane ZX with silver sword
Bricks: 86 pieces

LEGO Ninjago Kai's Blade Cycle 9441
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LEGO Ninjago Kai's Blade Cycle (9441) features Kai ZX - Kai the red Ninja of fire is the main hero in the Ninjago universe and here he's in his new ZX costume for fighting the Snake People. Kai on a red motorcycle, this one will be popular!

The set includes Kai's big red blade motocycle with a blade attack feature for battling those pesky snake people.

The set also includes a Rattla minifigure, he's one of the snake people. Rattla uses mind-control. Kai must stop him from getting away with the golden Hypnobrai staff with anti-venom hidden inside!

2 MiniFigures: Kai ZX and Rattla
Bricks: 188 pieces

LEGO Ninjago Jay's Storm Fighter 9442
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LEGO Ninjago Jay's Storm Fighter (9442) features Jay ZX and his big storm fighter plane. Jay's Storm Fighter is over 12" (31cm) long by 13" (34cm) wide. The plane has an opening cockpit and a wing attack. Jay must retrieve the golden Fangpyre staff with its powerful anti-venom. Fangpyre Scout Snappa of the snake people is the enemy in this set. There's a snake staff shrine included too.

This is a bigger set with a big model plane to build and a good story to act out.

MiniFigures: Jay ZX and Snappa
Bricks: 242 pieces

LEGO Ninjago Rattlecopter 9443
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LEGO Ninjago Rattlecopter (9443) includes Kai ZX and his jetpack in a large set with other central characters Lloyd Garmadon and Fang-Suei. The centerpiece of the set is Fang-Suei's very cool Rattlecopter - it's big, green and snakey! The rattlecopter has an opening cockpit, a mini-snake bomb function, 4 flick-missiles, rotating blades and 2 snake spinner crowns.

In the story, Lloyd Garmadon (Lord Garmadon's son) has the golden Constrictai staff and gets caught by Fang-Suei or the Fangpyre snake tribe (snake people). Kai needs to take to the sky in his jetpack (included in the set) and rescue Lloyd and get the golden Constrictai staff back.

MiniFigures: Kai ZX, Lloyd Garmadon and Fang-Suei
Bricks: 327 pieces

LEGO Ninjago Cole's Tread Assault 9444
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Lego Ninjago Cole's Tread Assault (9444) include Cole ZX and his Tread Assault vehicle which is black like Cole's outfit. The Tread Assault has a rock shooter, ninja blades, 2 ninja spinner crowns in rear wheels and a flip-function.

The set also includes General Skales of the Hypnobrai snake tribe. Skales uses mind control to try and stop Cole from taking the golden Hypnobrai staff. Cole must attack in his Tread Assault vehicle and get the Hypnobrai staff.

MiniFigures: Cole ZX and Skales
Bricks: 286 pieces