70678 Castle of the Forsaken Emperor

Not to be confused with the actual castle.

70678 Castle of the Forsaken Emperor is a LEGO Ninjago - Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu set that released in most countries on June 1, 2019, and on August 1st, 2019 in the United States and Canada. It includes the Ice Emperor, Lloyd FS, Armor Cole, Akita in her human form, General Vex, a Blizzard Archer, a Blizzard Sword Master, Boreal, Lloyd's Forbidden Spinjitzu Tornado, Zane's scepter with a Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu, a watchtower with a prison underneath, and a large crossbow on top and a segment of the Castle of Ice.

LEGO.com description

LEGO.com description[]

Play out ninja battles against the Ice Emperor, General Vex and the Blizzard Samurai warriors with this ice castle toy playset for boys and girls. The LEGO NINJAGO 70678 Castle of the Forsaken Emperor building features the Ice Emperor’s throne with a throne-reveal function, 2 towers—1 with a stud-shooting crossbow—and a separate ice tower with a spring-loaded shooter and an opening ice prison. Kids will love recreating scenes from the NINJAGO TV show and role-playing their own stories with 7 minifigures, a posable Ice Dragon toy and lots of cool weapons and accessory elements, including the Ice Emperor’s Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu weapon and Lloyd FS’s new-for-June-2019 tornado spinner toy.

This castle toy playset includes 7 new-for-June-2019 LEGO NINJAGO minifigures: Lloyd FS (Forbidden Spinjitzu), Cole, Akita, Ice Emperor, General Vex, Blizzard Sword Master and Blizzard Archer.
Castle of the Forsaken Emperor building features the Ice Emperor's throne, ice arch and a throne-reveal function with an attachment point for Lloyd FS's tornado spinner, 2 towers, a stud-shooting crossbow, weapon storage and assorted weapons and accessory elements including ice skates, ice hockey stick, shovel, katana and a dagger.
Ice tower features a spring-loaded shooter and ice prison with bone element and room for a minifigure inside and a lever-operated opening door.
This cool toy for kids includes an Ice Dragon with a posable head, legs and tail.
Weapons include Cole's silver-coloured katana and gold-coloured hammer, Akita's dagger, the Ice Emperor's Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu weapon, General Vex's ice spear, Blizzard Sword Master's 2 ice katanas and Blizzard Archer's crossbow.
Accessory elements include Lloyd FS’s new-for-June-2019 tornado spinner toy and ‘powered-up’ hood element, Cole’s katana holder, Akita’s wolf head and cape, and ice armour for the Ice Emperor and General Vex.
A great holiday gift for kids to recreate exciting action from the NINJAGO TV show.
Add 70671 Lloyd's Journey and 70676 Lloyd's Titan Mech LEGO toy building sets to play out more adventures with Lloyd in the Never-Realm.
Castle of the Forsaken Emperor measures over 8” (22cm) high, 12” (32cm) wide and 8” (22cm) deep.
Ice Tower measures over 7” (19cm) high, 2” (6cm) wide and 2” (7cm) deep.
Ice Dragon measures over 5” (14cm) high, 14” (37cm) long and 20” (51cm) wide.^[1]

Designer's notes

Designer's notes[]

"For this lineup of products, we wanted to go close to what a castle line could be. The good thing about Ninjago is that it can be both high-tech and low tech at the same time.

The castle was inspired by the iconic Japanese castles And taking inspiration of classic Ninjago Fire castle with having a build-in transformation feature.

The "dragon" (or wyvern) was created in a way where scale should play in, that's why it has a smaller head than normal. I created the dragon so if you place it behind the throne and fold out the wings it will create a backdrop for the full castle like the Fire dragon did in the fire temple. This was never comunicated on the box or elswear."^[2]

Trivia

Trivia[]

Boreal's position behind the castle is not featured in the show. This was explained by Michael Knap, who stated, "It was never communicated but is still adding display value to the set."^[3]
Lloyd FS and Akita's human form are exclusive to this set.
- The Ice Emperor is also exclusive to this set in regions where the Ninjago Magazine isn't available, such as the US.
This set first appeared in Zane's dream in the episode "Wasted True Potential" but makes its first physical appearance in the episode "The Never-Realm."
Despite being included in the set, Lloyd's golden sword and Cole's golden hammer were never taken with their respective owners when the Ninja traveled to the Never-Realm in the show.
This set is very similar to 70643 Temple of Resurrection. Both have Lloyd and Cole as the only Ninja, a non-ninja protagonist, the main antagonist, someone manipulated by the main antagonist, and two other antagonists. They also have a building that has a "reveal function" of an emperor.
On the sides of the throne, there are cockpit pieces first seen in Nexo Knights, recolored in blue.
This set has more pieces than 70677 Land Bounty but costs less.