71748 Catamaran Sea Battle

LEGO.com description[]

Exciting high-sea adventures await ninja fans with this unique and super-cool LEGO® NINJAGO® Catamaran Sea Battle (71748) playset. One of the 2 included catamarans splits into 3 separate boat toys, one of which features a mini prison, so kids have all they need to enjoy hours of imaginative play.

Premium NINJAGO playset
This ninja toy comes with 6 minifigures: Island Jay, Island Kai and Island Zane and their enemies Chief Mammatus, Thunder Keeper and Rumble Keeper, all of whom are armed with an array of spears, swords and shields to enhance the battle action for kids.

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NINJAGO toys open up a world of exciting adventures. Little builders will love putting together these cool toys before teaming up with their ninja heroes to learn crucial life skills as they battle a cast of evil villains with an amazing collection of dragons, mechs and temples.

• LEGO® NINJAGO® Catamaran Sea Battle (71748) is an action-packed ninja playset featuring 2 catamarans, one of which splits into 3 boats, so kids can stage thrilling clashes at sea.

• Includes 6 minifigures from the NINJAGO® TV series: Island Jay, Island Zane and Island Kai, who take on Chief Mammatus, Rumble Keeper and Thunder Keeper – all with cool weapons!

• The Keepers' battle catamaran has 2 spring-loaded shooters and can split into 3 separate boats, one with a mini prison for the ninjas, and one featuring 2 stud shooters and a casket of diamonds.

• The ninjas’ own catamaran toy features 2 spring-loaded shooters and can fold up into speed mode and fold back out for attack mode.

• This 780-piece battle set provides a fun-filled build for kids aged 9 and up and makes a great birthday or holiday gift that will wow their friends.

• The Keepers' catamaran measures over 8.5 in. (22 cm) tall, 13 in. (33 cm) long and 9.5 in. (24 cm) wide – a great size to display in a child's bedroom between playtime battles.

• Look out for more NINJAGO® sets inspired by the TV series, including Lloyd’s Jungle Chopper Bike (71745), Jungle Dragon (71746) and The Keepers’ Village (71747).

• LEGO® NINJAGO® offers an amazing collection of cool playsets any ninja fan will be proud to own and lets them learn positive life skills through exciting adventures with their heroes.

• For more than 6 decades, LEGO® bricks have been made from some of the highest-quality materials, ensuring they connect and pull apart consistently every time – ninja skills not needed!

• LEGO® building bricks meet stringent safety standards, which means kids are in safe hands.^[2]

Designer's notes[]

"I had the privilege of working on this set with my mentor Leonardo Francisco Lopez (leo026). I was tasked with the design of Kai's catamaran, with the goal of creating a speedboat that transforms into a catamaran complete with shooters and a sail. The function ended up taking a month to figure out cleanly, and I'm pretty happy with the final result! Credit goes to Niek van Slagmaat (toothdominoes) for the clever solution for angling the catamaran outriders. Triangles, man!

Graphic design was done by Angel Grau.

Building instructions were done by Brian Kristoffersen.

EDIT: I forgot to mention a fun detail that many people probably won't notice but I was quite proud of: when the catamaran has its pontoons extended, the flame-yellow flag pieces line up and Angel designed stickers for them that align too!"^[3]

Trivia[]

• Despite the name of the set, the boats were never used to battle each other in the show, since the ninja used their catamarans only as means of transport to the Island of the Keepers.
• This is the first villain vehicle set since 70654 Dieselnaut, which was released almost 3 years before this set.
  • The only other villain vehicles released in this time were quad bikes; one from 71703 Storm Fighter Battle and one from 71740 Jay's Electro-Mech. Both are 4+ Legacy sets.
• This is the most expensive set of The Island wave.
  • This is the first most expensive set of a wave that has no exclusive minifigure since 70679 The Ultra Dragon.
    • However, set 70679 tied with 70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu for the most expensive set of it's wave.
• On the sail of Kai's catamaran, the set's number, 71748, is written in Ninjargon. This is similar to sail of 71745 Lloyd's Jungle Chopper Bike.
• This is the second set in which Kai has a boat. The first being 70638 Katana V11.

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Building instructions[]

• 71748 Catamaran Sea Battle (1)
• 71748 Catamaran Sea Battle (2)

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