I love that I've now got to the point where the boys can just use their imaginations and create blog posts for me. Opeie received two great LEGO Ninjago kits for his Birthday and he was so excited about getting them built and creating a story for them. He called in the help of his big brother and they sat, played and created. It's what being a kid is all about and I love watching them play together.
Anyway over to them two...
Samurai VXL and Dragons Forge are just two of the great new kits from the Ninjago range. The full selection can be found HERE.
If you could be anything, what would you be? hmmmm.... a LEGO minifigure! was how the start of a conversation went with me and Opeie recently. He then went on to explain his reasoning. "I can build my house to look however I want", "I could fly in a spaceship and I could ride a dinosaur!". Come to think of it, I'd love to be a minifigure myself, it would be amazing. And then that awesome email came through, 'can we send you a LEGO Ninjago dress up costume?'... being a blogger is the best. I won't lie, when I clicked on the link and saw the Deluxe Lloyd costume by Disguise, I was a little jealous. Jakks Pacific have designed these children's costumes perfectly. To look at, they are like scaled down versions of the costumes you see at LEGO events and around the parks, which the kids always love.
With Kai, Lloyd, Jay and Nya to choose from these are a must for any child interested in the world of Spinjitsu. Opeie couldn't wait to transform himself into Lloyd and everything about becoming a LEGO minifigure was as exciting as he imagined it would be, that was until he attempted to open a LEGO packet to start building his Ninjago Ninja bike chase kit. It turns out those LEGO clawed hands aren't great for opening up those packets, but Opeie didn't let that stop him.
Opeie attempted to build the kit in full suit but eventually gave in and slid the mask back. The boys love the Ninjago LEGO kits so being able to be a ninja while he built was a lot of fun for him.
There was a moment at Halloween where I thought there was going to be tears. We had been asking Seth for weeks if he wanted a costume and he had just shrugged his shoulders and not really shown any interest. When all hallows eve was upon us though it was a different story and when Opeie ran out to go trick or treating with his friends on our street, Seth didn't look happy. The trousers on the Lloyd costume were slightly too big for Opeie so for safety reasons we thought it best to not wear them walking the streets in the dark. I asked Seth if he wanted to try the costume on and it fit perfectly, so we had a happy two boys carving pumpkins and doing Halloween crafty with their friends.
With season 4 of Ninjago just starting on Cartoon Network the world of LEGO has been going Ninja crazy. Seth has been telling me that it is all the kids at school are talking about. I've been meaning to review one of the boys favourite kits which happens to be the Ninjago x-1 ninja charger for a while now. So this seemed like the perfect time.
What I loved about this kit as soon as I saw the box, is that I imagined changing it all in to black, as the motorbike that shoots out of the front would be perfect for our own take on the Lego tumbler. But first we needed to see how the Ninjago kit had been created and what fun and clever extras it had to offer.
All Lego kit builds start out the same at the Gifts from the pirates HQ. You can't possibly go bag by bag as our littlest builder insists on opening all the bags so that he can get at and build all the minifigures first. I was drawn in by the hair on the Ninjago figure. I think Opeie's own minifigure will be getting a new hair do. The kit comes with Kai and two Nindroids with rocket packs and a great vehicle that looks like a giant circular saw.
There are quite a few LEGO Technics pieces on this build so lots of pegs and posts to hold it together. This means it takes a little longer to build but the extra time is so worth it for the completed build. Who doesn't want a cool looking sports car with a motorcycle that shoots out the front. If only our Peugeot had the same specs.
The kit is awesome when it is completed, a lot of thought has gone in to the design of this kit. Its definitely worth the money and there are some great parts that (like all LEGO) can be used for future builds. There are a great selection of buildings, vehicles and minifigures from the Ninjago range, my favourite being the Titanium Dragon set. So if like my boys, your children like acting out the TV shows with there figures there are plenty of characters and vehicles to chose from.
We went to visit friends last week in London and while adventuring around on the tube we popped to Hamley's. They had great Ninjago window displays promoting the new series and LEGO range.
Sadly we missed the London premiere which looked awesome, check out the video below.
