Ninjago City (70620) - We're going fishing!

Mum worked really hard on her Lego homework this weekend and finished Chapters 2 and 3. We are still very much laying the foundation for the set but a few notable things that got put in were a cute fishing sampan and the waterway for it to travel and fish along.

The sampan is pretty detailed. You can see what looks like comfortable padded cushion where the fisherman can sit as he waits for a fish to come along. It looks like he is a spear fisherman - which definitely adds more challenge to things! The one thing I couldn't quite figure out was what the portion on the back of the sampan was. Underneath the covering are some gears (which would lead one to believe that it was a motor) but from the rear, it looks much more like a hydrofoil as there is a big fan at the back.

The water detail has some real depth to it thanks to the varying colors of the layer underneath. You'll recall that the areas closed to the "shore" were a lighter shade of green while the deeper sections were either dark green or black.

There is a small bamboo dock nestled into the side of the building where the sampan can dock and the fisherman unload his catch. It can only accommodate one boat at a time so people will need to learn how to share!

Another item of interest that we started on is what I believe to be the elevator. It looks like there are some mechanical components that have been installed at the base of the shaft and the control panel has also been installed.

Something else that we were really impressed with is the sheer detail of the stickers that came with the set. Typically the stickers we see are fairly nondescript but these are super colorful and extremely detailed. We got to put the first 2 on - they look like signage for the canal.

We normally don't apply stickers because in the interests of re-playability, we want to keep the pieces as generic as possible. Often stickers also span more than one piece, which also either necessitates keeping the chunk of pieces of together or going through the messy prospect of trying to remove the stickers. However, in the case of this set, we felt that we had to use the stickers, otherwise we would be missing a lot of the detail and color that really make this set stand out.

In the picture below, you can see the two placards which presumably notify passersby of the entry to the waterway. These are not the most colorful of the stickers but you can definitely see the detail that has gone into them.