Your head canon of the rts reminded me of Lego Battles and Lego Battles Ninjago! Great episode and great overhauls!

as someone who loved the ninjago vehicles,this moc is a true masterpiece,especially the unique pieces and the color scheme,this moc reminds me of jay thunder raider,which is cool as hell

Prime Empire absolutely rocks! And wow this mod does so well. Love what you’ve done!

It's a fitting base seeing that year's Legacy ground vehicle sets were featured in Prime Empire as competing racers.

I love that group shot at 2:36. Reminds me of galaxy squad.

1:17 - 1:35 it's funny you bring this up because something like this kind of happened in the show though little differently instead ninjas controlling these different versions of themselves it was people where fans of the ninjas who use ninja Avatar skins in the digital world, sadly it was only done for jay but I find it funny how you came up with a interesting way to add this idea into your build! I love it!😁👍 (Also I'm glad to finally see this build it looks great)

Excellent as always! Really wish Cole got more vehicle love in Ninjago waves - this feels like it fits right in with the aesthetic!

Oh I had so much fun modding based on Prime Empire, I first wanted to skip the sets, then they became my favorites. I made 2 more bikes for Cole and Kai, mod of the D.Va mech in blue for Jay, a Bee mech for Kai, a dragon for Nya and I used the parts from Jay's dragon to build a Titan mech for Jay. With the stickers it all looks so good and dare I say, as good as the official sets. And this looks so good!

Every Nick's Mod is cool to see, but this one (or should I say "these" 😏) just has that little extra coolness👌 The Prime Empire astetic and the "team play" gimmick, are a winning combo👍 Great work man🤝

Hi Nick. Great mod here, maybe try a life on mars mashup? Thatll be pretty cool

Cole's Rock Raider looks so slick. Legacy Thunder Raider is great but this is something else!

Hey! Really glad to see you’ve enjoyed a Ninjago wave, all the way through at that! I think the last wave I truly loved was Hunted, just killer sets, an amazing setting- switching it up from the normal set of locals- nice story, and my favorite figure designs of all time. What a spectacle. Anyway, thanks Nick for the awesome mods, keep em’ coming!

Love seeing the subtle (maybe unintended) subtheme overlap too between Prime Empire and Digiverse by using the Thunder Raider... It just feels right!

I really liked prime empire as a ninjago fan since my childhood you did it justice

wow! I didn't expect nick's mods today! always a welcome surprise!

I am a big fan of ninjago and I think Cole has a lot of potential, this is a great example of that. And this really does remind me of the tread assault vehicle from 2012. Anyway, this is just cool.

Ninjago for me is a theme that I really like the look of but I haven’t gotten a single set because I think I’ll fall in love with and become broke trying to get them all.

Your prime empire dragon mod looked cool! I thought I was the only one on earth who bought this set. Prime Empire is such a good theme, I wish it had more sets. Love your mods, keep it up! 👍🦖👍

Man I love the Digital aesthetic and pieces too.

This is such a good idea, making Ninja factions rather than one Team works great with this season, considering you dont even see their faces at all this time! For the Green Team i Think the Ninja Nightcrawler from 2018 or even this years Evo car could work pretty well with a few changes and some of those Prime empire stickers tucked on.

That's pretty awesome! Love the subtle nod to OG Rock Raiders!

*I'm not really a big fan of Ninjago, but I really like this wave because of all the transparent neon pieces in it. :))*

Just want to say Nick, this is a very cool moc and you have inspired me to try my own take on revamping a vehicle like this.

Not gonna lie, the Rock Raider and Nya car updates are quite fun. And I cain't wait to see more of your mods later. .

I think this might be my favorite of your mods yet (aside from the Raven Misfortune's Keep which hasn't gotten an official yet). I've been rewatching the entire Ninjago series for the new season this summer and Prime Empire has been a really standout season. Very cool to see Cole get something more substantial.

yes that season was super good I regret I did not buy more sets from this season. you are really good at making the lego things nicer

When I saw the title I thought you were combining Ninjago with the old Rock Raiders set. Still. Cool

i love the double vehicle transformations good job👍🏼

I honestly like the vibe it has. Gives me a real cyberpunk, yet I guess you can say Metal Gear Rising sort of vibe. I love that type of aesthetic you got going for it. I kinda hope ninjago gets a sort of Metal Gear Rising/Dark Fantasy sort of theme.

Sweet dude awesome

We can all agree that the Ninja tuner car is just the ninjago version of the DeLorean lol😂😂😂 (also, the rock raider is an awesome build for Cole)

Prime Empire’s definitely one of my favorite seasons of the show. Didn’t expect to get one so good this far into the series run!

Oooh and now I want a lego prime empire strategy game…

Keep up rhe good work!

This mod was amazing

2:49 - 2:51 As for Zane, there's actual an in show reason for why is Zane wasn't in any of the Prime Empire sets in the show it's stated that is Zane and pixal were to go into the digital world it could fry their system and kill them so that why they aren't in this wave. As for why they added the pink ninja, that was just fan service to give the ninjago fans what they've been asking for years so yeah

Wish this became its own theme the astetics are just cool

The only Ninjago line I truly got into was Skybound, because I loved the sky pirates. I also got into the Ice Samurai season, but the Castle of the Forsaken Emperor was stolen before I got around to building it, so I only have the Titan Mech & Llyod's Journey.

You could add in a 2x2 printed tile with the Rock Raider logo, which is rather cheap and more abundant than in one set.

*The Ninja Tuner Car reminds me of the M577 APC Vehicle from Aliens.*

Ok, I just gotta say I love this moc. Please do more Ninjago Mocs/mods if you feel up to it ofc

How is it we keep having the same headcanons about how the story should be?! I also was telling my friends Prime Empire would have been awesome if it was more of an MMORPG or MOBA style game and I even thought of how people would theme clans around the ninja and all take to wearing similar skins to fit in and show their pride for it. so you could totally have all these vehicles together. And the story could easily have been about how all these faction wars are obscuring the *true* villain and everything! Your mods continue to impress me, we have a very similar philosphy of wanting to keep the general shape and concept of a set, but change it to work and add something new. A new story or new spin on it. I never thougth to convert the thunder raider, but now I really want to try my own take on it. Great video again, Nick, looking forward to more of this and your books!

Wow what a great one I don’t know if you remember telling me but i tried making a white vulture plane and it didn’t turn out as bad as I expected

BTW nice mods for the scorpion tribe

I have the og thunder raider (although, now in peaces) and i see this as the end of its evolution.

Once I know I will see a wonderful hopefully masterpiece of what you do with LEGO Minecraft’s rewind because that series of sets never gets old but other sets I had that I enjoyed was chima and ninjago manly chima I enjoyed the speedorz sets and getting my favorite characters but on birthday right when bionicle was coming to a close I had recieved one of fire gaurdians and now after watching your mods made me change it up into a fictional character huleva Phoenixas thank you for your inspiring ideas and I hope you grow as a memorable LEGO historian, modder, and great author

3:09 This is also repeated in the Core EVO 2022 Wave, kai gets a dragon and a mech, lloyd gets a dragon, a mech and a car, zane only gets a mech, and jay gets a dragon and a car, while Nya and Cole get nothing (Ninja Megazord does not count). So I thought I'd take Jay's Car Evo and change the colors to Nya's palette (grey and blue) and it actually came together quite nicely. Cole would probably be a Mech, with some rock details and a drill weapon on his arm (like the shuriken on Zane's mecha), but not out of place with the other Evo sets with big parts or whatever. How I wish the set selection for each ninja was more balanced.

Looks good I just need a partlist

4:54 cant wait

This rocks

good MOC

Your turn based rpg headcanon is amazing - totally changed how I was thinking about this sub theme I have to say, I didn’t understand the connection to Rock Raiders. Though it’s one of my favorite themes ever I don’t follow the comparison. Guess an excuse to rewatch the video!

I’ve Been On A Lego Adventures Kick Recently And I’d Love To See Your Take On A Sphinx Because I’m Working On One But It’s Going Pretty Slow Finding Beige Pieces

I personally modded the Riddler's car from the Lego batman movie for digi-lloyd

Sams cole vehicle looks like the x1 ninja charger

Yes sir

Did you ever get the Prime Empire Temple? The sets play pattern is a legit video game level with minibosses and even a Donkey Kong reference

Mah dude knows his lego lore then suddenly pulled out a super Sentai name

you should mod Loyd's jungle buggy from season 4 for the green team

Suggestion but maybe you could try designing some Ninjago villain vehicles

i see your lego boxes in the background i have a ton my self I want to know if you have any plans for them like wall decor or a display

Is that a siege ultra magnus I spot in the background

As great as this mod was, I just want to know more about those Chima mods at the end (especially the misfortunes keep modified into a ship for the ravens). 🤩

I'm interested to know what compelled your interest into prime empire over any other wave. It was one of my least favourites personality but that may just be because I generally prefer more fantasy stuff over futuristic.

I want to make a pink cyber vehicle for Zane

they gave a reason why Zane isn't in this wave, entering the prime empire would mess up anything non human

Do you mind during more chima mods such as that raven airship made from misfortunes keep

ok im not one for real time strategy rpg's, but I absolutely love the thought of clans of digi-ninja all grouped together on a table, warhammer style

I remember when this was first revealed you did not like it. What made you change your mind?

3:48 what'd u say there

Maybe try modding the winter 2022 Lloyd car or the 2020 Legacy Jungle Raider for the green clan. I can see the former working more so than the latter. Also, I dig your Prime Empire ninja clan headcanon. The show already had a "League of Jays", so why not have a Kai Club, a Lloyd League or a Cole Clan?

Power Rangers super sentai

Instructions?

I'm just really, really tired of Ninjago, in general