Maybe My New Favorite LEGO Ship!
This is a great set, and I'm glad I didn't miss out on getting it. I just cracked into the box to review the set for my YouTube channel, only wish I had done so when I first purchased the set.
Box/Instructions
The box for this set is well designed. The set contains two instruction booklets, which were not folded in half (a rare treat with LEGO sets). The instructions were easy to follow as usual, however I did have a hard time determining which head to use for Zane and Jay as it was hard to tell in the instructions.
Parts
As usually there were a few extra tiny pieces, but none missing (there never are...)
Sensei Wu's hat... While it looks cool, it honestly doesn't feel like a LEGO piece. I suspect the designer's attempt was to make it look as realistic as possible, but it just feels foreign, and doesn't have the feel of a regular LEGO piece.
The build
The build went smoothly. I did a time-lapse build video for my channel on YouTube, unfortunately my camera kept overheating (obviously not a LEGO problem...)
My disdain for stickers was amplified by this set, there were round stickers to place on the round tile pieces for the jet engines, however getting a round sticker on a round tile perfectly is impossible... so they are all uneven...
Overall opinion
My overall opinion of this set is that the set is AMAZING. Despite my sticker problem, I did enjoy building this set... I am keeping this one constructed and placing it on my shelf!
4 out of 4 people thought this review was helpful.
The Legend Of S.S. Destiny's Bounty By VBaskin2010
Long ago there was 1 vehicle that was the heart and soul of the Ninjago world, & that vehicle is the late great S.S. Destiny's Bounty.
The vehicle that became the S.S. Destiny's Bounty was once the S.S. Black Bounty, a powerful pirate shipwreck type of a sailing ship and it was owned by Captain Soto and his crew.
Years later the NinjaGo Ninjas found the S.S. Black Bounty and make it into their very own high flying mobile shipwreck fortress and renaming it the S.S. Destiny's Bounty.
Throughout every episodes of NinjaGo's 1st Season, the Bounty has went to each part of the NinjaGo world, but the Serpentine Snakes' queen, the Great Devourer destroying their floating home.
In NinjaGo's 2nd Season, former evil villain turned new sensei Lord Garmadon resurrect to Bounty to it's true form as the newly revamped S.S. Black Bounty, as well resurrect Captain Soto and his evil pirate crew.
But the NinjaGo Ninjas fought and gain back their ship and rebuilding the S.S. Destiny's Bounty, when Zane Tinkerer realized that his father and creator Dr. Julien Tinkerer was alive and well in a prisoned lighthouse far away, the Bounty set sail to find him.
Somehow the Bounty was stuck on the prisoned lighthouse and somehow they found Zane's father and he rebuilding the Bounty as a blimp type sailing ship.
But somehow Lord Garmadon decided to destroy the Bounty once and for all.
After that the S.S. Destiny's Bounty was gone, but the sailing ship's legacy lives on through all of the members of the NinjaGo Ninjas and us fans.
I was 1 of the fans that saw the loss of the Bounty last year, but lately I've been upgraded my toy version of the S.S. Destiny's Bounty and I know that if the TV version of the Bounty was here now she be so proud of me, and you know what? I think she is!
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A surprisingly brilliant set!
I picked this set up recently because I was craving another Lego ship after building the imperial flagship, queen anne's revenge and the black pearl. I did not have high hopes as it is from the Ninjago series, which strikes me as a pretty silly little series to be blunt. Well, I use to anyway!
This set is a very interesting build, with some great pieces and construction techniques, that then makes for a very playable set with some great swoosh factor too! Very swooshable in fact as it can work as both a ocean going vessel and an airship.
Beyond these surprises, the dragon prow, ram, moving sails with a really elegant rig, hidden compartments, stylish railings with weaponry, rotating firing cannon, deck canopy that can flip open, rotating wings for flight or sea mode, and a couple of very good licking printed banners! Wow!
Even full priced, this is a brilliant set! At the discounted price it seems to be kicking around though it is an amazing bargain! Very impressive!5 out of 5 people thought this review was helpful.
A Definitive Set for 2012
As an avid, but selective, NinjaGo buyer I quickly came to like and acquire Destiny's Bounty. What seems like a design straight out of a Japanese-RPG became a modern hallmark for Lego's desire to inspire young builders. The Dragon-winged sails come protected in plastic with a small sheet of cardboard to keep them straight in the box. The sail's function is sophisticated yet easy to comprehend at the same time... what remains engraved to memory is predominantly its beauty! There are no hidden compartments (aside from obvious weapon stashes) for playability, so you should know exactly what you're paying for before you buy it. I bought this set for just under $80 CAN, which to me is about right (Considering American buyers would be paying just above that amount).
Building the set was fun and, as memory and appearance serves, has no repetitive steps like we see in various winged symmetrical models. Kids are more than capable of putting this together in one sitting if supervised and should have no trouble grasping the wing/sail function element(s). Buyers like myself should be highly CAUTIONED because the new kendo minifigures do not actually come with new outfits. This is still a great set, however, don't feel the desire to buy separate sets (9558 & 9551) because of the need to "complete" your ninja collection. The armour they're wearing is instantly recognizable as the old-school samurai design, while the kendo helmets (being new) look alike on all four ninjas... in other words what you're looking at is their original outfits featured in NinjaGo's first release! At the very least owning this set does give you two kendo outfits for play-sparring between two ninjas, etc. There's really not much else in the set for "mystery", so what you see is exactly what you'll have to look forward to come purchase time!
My only complaint (for which I provided my own artificial remedy) is that the Dragon boat has no stand/base for its flying mode. This might not strike kids as all that important given the fact that you can easily pick it up and fly it around in your hands, BUT if you want to display it I suggest using practical stands of your own. What I found to work quite well was the stands from the old space monorail playset. Pricing... when is that not ever a CON these days!? If retired, I myself would still feel comfortable paying just above the Canadian retail of $100, but then again, nobody yet knows the future sell value of NinjaGo. I know I will hold onto Destiny's Bounty until the day I part with my entire collection... so you won't ever be bidding on mine!
8 out of 8 people thought this review was helpful.
One of the top Ninjago Sets
We started collecting Ninjago sets few months back. But this is one of the best Ninjago sets out
there. My Son, 7 years, was able to
build most of it with little help. The
set is well designed and offer lots of imagination for role playing. Highly recommended for Ninjago fans.4 out of 7 people thought this review was helpful.
