Ninjago City (70620) We're Back!!

It's been a horribly long time since we made any progress on this set (or on any Lego in general). Unfortunately, summers tend to be like that. There are vacations to go on, family visiting and of course lots of work in the yard and garden. After all that, it's tough to find the motivation and energy to do Lego, even though it's a lot of fun.

I finally managed to drag mom back to the table for a little bit of work by showing her a neat minion MOC I found online. She loves minions and has always wanted to do a large minion that she can put by the front door. And it just so happens that I came across a MOC. However, we still have multiple sets waiting to be built so I told her we couldn't in good conscience look into building the MOC until we had finished off our current collection. That seemed to spur her into getting back in the Lego groove.

Over the course of a few days of building (an hour here and there), we finished off the 3rd floor of Ninjago City. As with the previous floors, the detail is excellent - very colorful, very authentic and full of play functionality.

Naturally, the elevator extends up to this floor as well, allowing shoppers to access the clothing store located on this level.

As expected, the clothing store has a ton of detail to it. Below, we can see the outside display where large "glass" windows allow the store's good to be put on prominent display. On the right side, you can just make out a mannequin in one of the windows, sporting a fancy orange sampan hat and a traditionally patterned Asian outfit.

In the other windows, you can see an arrangement of headware and a few houseware items on display as well.



Here, we get a glimpse of the inside of the store. As with the other stores in the city, there is no corner that is wasted and there are items jam packed into a small area. There are hats of all varieties, a few houseware items and mannequins displaying some of the clothing.

 There are also a number of smart phones on sale - because everyone needs one of those right?

And last but not least, there seems to be a skateboard or surfboard on display as well. To the left of the board, you'll see shelves with some golden tiles on them. I believe these are meant to be folded stacks of clothes.

Something else that was located on the 3rd floor that we could not decipher was the below structure. At this point, there doesn't seem to be a way to access it (no walkway, ladder, etc.) and we are at a loss as to what it could be. I'm sure we will find out as we progress further in the build.