Tonight I was going through my unused cache of photos from the LEGO Booth at New York Toy Fair 2015, and was totally stunned by the sheer number of sets I still haven’t talked about, despite the dozens of articles I’ve already written based off the reveals from the event! And thus, I decided it was time to knock out another half-dozen sets right away by talking about this summer’s new LEGO Ninjago Summer 2015 sets sub-line: the LEGO Ninjago Airjitzu Flyer sets!

Way back when, the Ninjago toys were based around the central idea of spinning and spinners (hence why the theme has the subtitle of “Masters of Spinjitzu”). But for the past several years, there hasn’t been a single spinning LEGO Ninjago toy to be found, defying the initial gimmick for the line. Ninjago fans began to wonder if, perhaps, the age of the spinning minifigure ninja had indeed passed.

But that all will be changing this summer, when a new type of Spinjitzu arrives in the land: Airjutzu!

When I was a kid I remember cheap little toys where you’d pull a ripcord and shoot a rotor spinning into the air. I was never very interested in these sorts of toys, as they lacked character–but I would have been a whole lot more interested if those toys had had flying LEGO ninja minifigures on them!

LEGO will be taking advantage of the untapped potential in the ripcord launched toy market this summer, when they launch a half-dozen LEGO Ninjago Airjitsu Flyer sets!

The six Airjitzu 2015 Summer sets are as follows:

2015 LEGO Ninjago Airjitzu Kai Flyer 70739

LEGO Airjitzu Jay Flyer 70740

70741 Airjitzu Cole Flyer LEGO Ninjago Summer 2015 Set

LEGO Ninjago Airjitzu Zane Flyer 70742

LEGO Ninjago Summer 2015 70743 Airjitzu Morro Flyer

70744 LEGO Ninjago Airjitzu Wrayth Flyer Summer 2015 Set

This is actually a very good assortment of figures, as it includes all four of the main ninjas from the cartoon series–so that kid can get a specific ninja they’re lacking if they want a specific one–as well as the two main villains of this year’s LEGO Ninjago cartoon series: Morro and Wrayth.

Both the LEGO Morro minifigure and Wrayth minifigure are otherwise only available in expensive ($70 and up) sets, so this is a terrific way for kids and collectors to get villainous characters they need without having to buy the (awesome) LEGO Ninjago Morro Dragon set to do so.

On paper the LEGO Ninjago Airjitzu sets look like a terrible value, as every set costs $9.99 and contains under 50 pieces. However, each set does contain a minifigure and a whole arsenal of weapons, which I think makes these sets a fair (not great) value when combined with each set’s large, ripcord assisted spinning flyer.

The LEGO Ninjago Summer 2015 sets, including the six Airjitzu Flyer sets, are scheduled to be released in August 2015. None of the sets in this range are exclusives, so they all should be readily available at your favorite chain stores by the middle of August.

How do you like the new Ninjago LEGO Airjutzu sets, ninja fans? Are you happy to see Ninjago return to its spinning roots, or would you just as soon never see another spinning Ninjago set again?