One of the things that I really missed in this year’s LEGO Ninjago 2014 sets lineup was an elemental dragon for the individual Ninjago ninjas to fly around on (no, the spectacular Nindroid MechDragon–awesome as it is–doesn’t really count). In the olden days the team had amazing dragons like the Ninjago Lightning Dragon and Ice Dragon, but I thought that those were behind us. But in 2015, everything old is new again! The Anacondrai are returning to wreak havoc, and an old friend will be taking up the identity of the Titanium Ninjas and flying into battle atop the LEGO Ninjago Titanium Dragon 70748!

When the leaked list of LEGO Ninjago 2015 sets hit the internet, my eyes immediately jumped to the most exciting name on the list: “LEGO Ninjago Titanium Dragon 70748”. Even when I didn’t like the Ninjago LEGO theme–which was for a surprisingly long time–I always thought that the dragons were super-cool, and I regret not picking up more of them when they were available at retail (and not for astronomical prices on the aftermarket).

I didn’t want to get me hopes up too much, but I think the new 70748 LEGO Ninjago Titanium Dragon looks great and will fit right in the with the classic Ninjago dragons. I love the Titanium’s white and steel color scheme and piercing cyan eyes, which make him one of the coolest LEGO Ninjago creatures released in years!

The last time Ninjago fans got a personal dragon was Lloyd’s LEGO Ninjago Golden Dragon at the end of 2012, so it’s been quite a wait for any member of the crew to get their own private dragon mount again! (Incidentally, the LEGO Golden Dragon is retiring at the end of 2014, so get it now if you want one. It’s fantastic.)

The Titanium Dragon LEGO Ninjago set contains three minifigures: a LEGO Titanium Ninja minifigure (whose identity I won’t spoil–Wiki it if you must know), an Anacondrai minifigure and another random enemy minifigure (who doesn’t look very snakelike at all, now does he?). You also get a small Andacondrai outpost build, which can apparently shoot a bolo at the Titanium Dragon (the tiny bolo really looks like it should be useless against a dragon, but whatever).

The 70748 LEGO Titanium Dragon set contains 360 pieces and will retail for $39.99. The Ninjago Titanium Dragon is expected to hit stores by January 2015, although past experience makes it pretty obvious to me that we’ll be seeing this set arrive in small quantities in some stores before the start of the new year. I’ll post an alert to the Bricks and Bloks Facebook Page once the LEGO Ninjago Titanium Dragon set starts arriving at retail.

Are you amped about the return of personal LEGO Ninjago Dragons, LEGO fans? Are you impressed enough to add the LEGO Titanium Dragon to your bestiary this winter, or will you be giving the Titanium Ninja’s steed a pass?