Ninjago City (70620) - Time For Story Telling

As with all of our sets, we try to tell a story using the minifigs - sometimes this isn't possible but with the breadth of areas to explore in this set as well as the large number of minifigs, we had a lot of fun trying to decipher what each of the characters might have been up to.

Starting with the picturesque bridge over the canal, we have 2 sisters who are just out for a stroll. The older one is holding an ice cream. There is a police officer at the edge of the bridge directing traffic and alerting people to head in the other direction. Just coming off the bridge is an old farmer who has a basket full of crops on his back as he heads off to try and sell them at the market or to one of the restaurants.

 

The path with the telephone is empty aside from a little girl busy catching frogs at the water's edge. Hope she doesn't fall in! 

On the second level, the clerk from the comic store is taking his morning break and enjoying a croissant and some fresh air.

 

Around the back of the city, the old fisherman is just returning to shore from his fishing trip. Looks like he has a good-sized catch to show for the morning's work! The sushi restaurant is sure to be happy with the fresh produce.

Sweep, the maintenance robot, is also out and about picking up garbage and keeping the streets if Ninjago City spotlessly clean.

 

Meanwhile, tucked away into the corner,  the chef from the BBQ Crab restaurant upstairs has come down to do his shopping for the day. It looks like he has picked out a nice looking crab and is ready to complete his transaction.

  

Meanwhile, on the second floor, we see an aspiring cook peering into the kitchen window of the BBQ Crab restaurant, trying to see what is going on in there and picking up some tips that she can try out at home (this character was placed in homage to mom who LOVES to peer into kitchens to see what is happening!). 

Meanwhile, we have a hungry customer who is heading into the crab restaurant with fistfuls of cash, ready to indulge! (This character is modeled after me haha).

 

And last but not least, we have a full blown assassination attempt happening on the roof in the sushi restaurant!  

There are 2 masked ninja's who have made a surreptitious climb up to the roof. The one from the right side of the building has already made it up and is already brandishing his kusarigama (or chain-sickle) while the one on the left seems to be struggling to get over the handrail. Their target is the man in the woolknit cap who is wielding the odd-looking fish weapon. Amidst all this are 2 customers who were rudely interrupted in the middle of their meals!