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LEGO NINJAGO Catamaran Sea Battle 71748 Building Kit; Ninja Playset Featuring Catamaran Toys and NINJAGO Kai, Jay and Zane; Best Gift for Kids Who Love Creative Play, New 2021 (780 Pieces)

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• 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

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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 in to 3 separate boat toys, one of which features a mini prison, so kids have all they need to enjoy hours of imaginative play. 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. 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.

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NINJAGO sea battle building set

Kids have all they need to re-enact thrilling sea battles from the NINJAGO TV series with this fantastic playset.

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This unique set offers a world of exciting play possibilities for imaginative kids who love staging awesome ninja stories.

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Kids enjoy a fun building project with this 780-piece set, before recreating battle scenes from the NINJAGO TV series.

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Playset features 6 minifigures, including Island Zane and Chief Mammatus, to make this a great gift for kids aged 9 and up.

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71748 Catamaran Sea Battle

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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.

Best gifts for creative play 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]

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

References [ ]

• ↑ https://brickset.com/sets/designer-Theo-Bonner
• ↑ https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/catamaran-sea-battle-71748 (retired product)
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Catamaran Sea Battle

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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 in to 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.

Best gifts for creative play 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.

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LEGO invites you to take a tropical vacation with a number of sets based on the latest season of Ninjago . Sounds nice, but knowing Ninjago themes, by “vacation” they probably mean “a trip into very dangerous waters”. Today we’re taking a look at 71748 Catamaran Sea Battle which will be available March 1st from the LEGO Shop Online. At US $69.99 | CAN $99.99 | UK £59.99 for 780 pieces, this is the largest and most expensive offering in this wave of sets. It comes with six minifigures and two pretty swanky boats. Let’s brave the rapids and take a close look at what this set has in store for us.

The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

The box and contents

The Island-themed packaging has a slightly more subdued approach than the previous season’s more cinematic package art . I think this is an improvement, as letting buyers easily see what is included in a set seems to be pretty key.  Both catamarans are shown to good advantage, and the long list of characters along the bottom right should tempt people to take a closer look. This set has a suggested age range of 9+, a year “tougher” than the 7+ and 8+ ranges for the other sets in the Island theme.

As sometimes happens with kits with very distinct sub-models, this one has two instruction books. The first is an 84-page booklet to make the ninja’s boat, the second is a 120 page perfect bound manual for the Keeper’s catamaran.

This set contains a good range of parts, several of which are worth spotlighting early. The most obvious unique parts are the cloth sails provided for the boats. LEGO has made sure they arrive in good shape by bundling them in a cardboard-backed package along with the cloth cape for the Chief Mammatus minifigure. Although the printing is one-sided, the designs are great.  The tattered sides of the Keeper’s sail are also well done, with die-cut holes along the bottom edge adding texture.

There are also several interesting teal parts, including a Bionicle wing and a 6×6 wedge cutout that are both new in that color.  There’s a dark tan 8×6 curved windscreen (also a new color for that part) and a couple of interesting (to me, anyway) rigging bits and support struts in reddish-brown.

My favorite new part is the Storm Amulet , a four stud wide, dual-molded disc in transparent purple and gold. It has standard-sized bar sections around the rim, allowing it to be grasped by minifigures or standard LEGO clips. It appears in all four of the main Island Ninjago sets, so completists will end up a few duplicates.

The first catamaran to be built is one piloted by the heroic ninjas. It is done up in Kai’s fiery color scheme,  predominantly in red and bright light orange. The center hull is made from a solid beam of brick and plate with some Technic connection points exposed on the sides.

The two outriggers are connected with pivoting Technic beams. An interesting bit of build is the modified 1×4 plate with rod elements that anchor the assembly. The downward-facing rode sticks through an open-stud 1×1 round plate to add more stability. This small but cool detail is almost completely hidden in the final model.

The control surfaces and clip-flags on the main hull are decorated with stickers. The rear spoiler is mounted on frictionless Technic pins and has a decent range of motion.

That range of motion is key, as adjusting the position of the spoiler will move the outriggers in and out with respect to the main hull. It’s not a super complicated bit of gearing, but it’s fun to see it in operation. The same motion could be adapted for a lot of different creations, like flapping bird wings or extending weapons on a spaceship.

The cloth sail is mounted on a Technic beam mast, which in turn mounts to a click-hinge connection point on the front of the main hull. This is somewhat unfortunate, as that means the sail can’t turn from side to side, but rather can just lean forward or smack the pilot on the head.  The two outriggers are mirrored builds with a propeller engine built into the rear of each. More sticker-based details help keep the look interesting, breaking up the large runs of solid red.

Those propellers on the outriggers make the sail kind of redundant. While it looks great with it, leaving the sail off entirely means you can also have a more aerodynamic motorboat. I’m treating this as a “super easy alternate build.”

The Keeper’s Catamaran is a bit larger than the Ninja one.  The core of this boat is built around a rail-based slider.

The sides of the main hull are extended out thanks to some hefty Technic beam construction. These arms will be where the outriggers will attach.  This catamaran also makes use of a dozen transparent purple energy-effect lightning bolts as part of the engines and weaponry. Getting a bunch of those feels like a nice little bonus from the designer.

The central slider gets festooned with some bigfig sword elements in white, with added claw and tooth elements giving it a wickedly serrated edge. We’ll see the related play feature in action shortly.

The front end of the boat gets a heavy coating of stickers to create a bestial face. It reminds me a bit of the 71746 Jungle Dragon , as do the gold and teal accents across the hull.

There’s also a small play feature integrated into the sides of the main hull.  Two missile launchers with transparent purple missiles add a bit of attack value to the ship. The white pentagonal tiles that decorate them get the last of the stickers.  Like the ninja’s boat, the sail for this catamaran is based on a Technic rod superstructure. The connection to the boat is on a ball joint, however, giving it a much better range of motion.

Each of the outriggers is also a stand-alone vehicle. Thanks to Technic pin connections on both sides, you can swap their moorings around if you want to.  The first outrigger features some storage barrels and a pair of stud shooters.

The other outrigger is a floating prison. A gripping hand of five claw-tipped robot arms can hold a minifigure captive in the fore of the craft.

The finished models

The completed ninja catamaran looks really nice. I like the subtle touches like using red Technic ball pins to stabilize the sail, as well as the gold dragon-head accents on the outriggers. It looks high-tech and very fast.

The main play feature here is the moving outriggers. The difference between “collapsed” and “extended” isn’t huge, but it’s enough to make for a fun profile change.  A small complaint is that the sail looks a little weak from the backside. Having the mast assembled from the same color of Technic elements might have helped here.

When seen head-on, you can get a better feel for how far out the outriggers can extend. The ship also looks pretty good from the rear.

The pilot’s seat is not extravagant, but works very well with the Kai figure…provided you take off his backpack-mounted sword. There are also a couple of exposed studs right behind him that would probably have looked more finished with a 1×2 tile obscuring them.

The Keeper’s Catamaran is a pretty sweet model, too. I like the huge, slightly tattered sail with its dragon logo. The overall colors are bold and crisp, with enough teal and transparent purple to earn bonus points from me.

The ship looks great from just about every angle, too. Again the main weak spot is the underside of the sail, but there’s not much that could be done there. Double-sided printing might have helped, but probably not enough to justify the expense.

The play feature built into the main hull is pretty nice. The slider in the center can be pushed forward to attack with those sword/teeth things. It can lock in place thanks to integrated clips, and it doesn’t seem prone to jamming.

The removable outriggers are another great play feature. The cargo-pod comes with some transparent-purple gems hidden in the barrels. It’s a nice little touch that isn’t called out in the packaging. The only gripe is that there really aren’t any control surfaces for the pilot to work. Maybe they steer with their weapons or something. Or through sheer personality.

The prison-pod works okay in “capture mode”, although it does better if you again strip the Ninja of their backpack-based weapons. The lack of control surfaces also feels like a small oversight here.  I like that you can “dock” the outriggers on either side of the main hull. That open-plan connection point could be a fun place for people to build their own outrigger variations. Sort of like an Island Voltron.

The captain’s seat on the main hull also lacks any sort of controls. So maybe that’s by design, as these bad guys feel like they could probably cast a spell to change the direction of the wind or something. Still not a great answer for the outriggers, but the main boat is definitely ready to catch a breeze.

Overall, the two catamarans can make for a pretty cool battle/chase scene.  And have I mentioned that I really like those energy-effect thrusters on the Keeper’s ships? ‘Cause I do.

The minifigures

This set comes with six minifigures; three ninjas and three baddies. Strangely, none of them are exclusive to this set. Island Zane and the Thunder Keeper are both in 71746 Jungle Dragon , Island Kai, Jay and Chief Mammatus are in 71747 The Keeper’s Village , and the Rumble Keeper is in 71745 Lloyd’s Jungle Chopper Bike .  The only difference is the set’s weapon assortment for the characters may vary a little.  They are all new for the Island theme, though. So if you’re not picking up all the sets, the duplication may not be an issue.

Island Jay has new hair, as well as new leg and torso prints. He comes with shoulder armor, a golden knife-on-a-chain, a silver sword, and a blue mask.

Island Kai also has new torso and leg prints, but his hair isn’t exclusive to the Island theme. It also appeared in 2021’s 71730: Epic Battle Set – Kai vs. Skulkin. Kai is equipped with two golden swords, a silver sword, shoulder armor, and a red mask.

The Thunder Keeper features a new cool printed mask, new leg print, and new dual-sided torso and head prints. In this set, the Keeper wields a pretty hefty scythe.

The Rumble Keeper uses many of the same core parts as the Thunder Keeper but has a different dual-sided head print, and a snappy hat. He comes with a white spear (a somewhat rare color for that accessory) as well as a printed shield with graphics that match the catamaran’s sail.

The final figure in this set is Chief Mammatus . As befits a leader, the Chief has a lot of great accessories, including a cloth cape. This figure has unique printing on the dual-sided head and torso, as well as a unique leg print not shared with other Islanders.

The accessories are also very regal. The lightning-tipped staff is great but pales in comparison to the awesome dual-molded teal and gold headpiece. It has removable white horns, allowing for customization if you have other colors of that part on hand.

The headpiece also looks great from the rear. Chief  Mammatus is probably my favorite figure from the Island theme, so it’s nice that you can pick one up in multiple sets.

Conclusion and recommendation

This is the most expensive set in the Island theme, and unfortunately, that price point introduces a few issues. Running $69.99 US for 780 pieces, the price-per-part is just under 9 cents, which a little on the high side for an unlicensed set. Another ding on the value is that none of the included minifigures are exclusive to this set. While there’s a good range of parts, the rare and unique elements aren’t ones that are likely to see a lot of use in custom creations.  That said, this is still a pretty engaging set. The catamarans are both well built and full of fun details. The action features are varied and feel like they should inspire a lot of play. While the figures aren’t unique, they all look good and come with a good variety of accessories. (And, if you’re on a budget or would rather not pick up all the sets in this theme, the exclusivity of the figures might not be an issue for you at all.) This would be an ideal set if you can get it on sale (or defray the cost with a gift-with-purchase or something), but it’s fun enough that paying full price wouldn’t be terrible either.  It’s a solid Ninjago set, and a fun look into the Island theme.

71748 Catamaran Sea Battle will be available March 1st from the LEGO Shop Online for US $69.99 | CAN $99.99 | UK £59.99 . It will also available via third-party sellers on Amazon and eBay .

The LEGO Group sent The Brothers Brick an early copy of this set for review. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.

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[LEGO Review] Ninjago 71748 – Catamaran Sea Battle

Pictures and written words by: Akira

Thanks to The LEGO Group for sending us the full wave of NINJAGO “The Island” sets.

Brace yourself for the review of set 71748 Catamaran Sea Battle.

Onto what’s inside the box, there are 6 numbered plastic bags, 1 instruction booklet, 1 sticker sheet,  and a set of cloth sails with a minifigure cape.

It is a great surprise that these sails are made of fabric, just like in 71745 (Lloyd’s Jungle Chopper Bike)

Bag 1 consists of parts for the core of Kai’s catamaran, Island Kai and Island Jay while bag 2 has the remaining parts needed to complete the model.

The Ninjargon written on the stickers and  sail is nothing but “71748” and the asterisk looking symbol is just “K” for Kai.

Bag 3 contains a Rumble Keeper, bag 4 has Island Zane, bag 5 has Chief Mammatus and bag 6 has a Thunder Keeper.

In bag 5, be ready to apply 3 stickers on the curved surfaces of the large tan windshield piece.

While it adds more oomph to the graphical design, having to apply humongous stickers on curved surfaces should be called illegal technique as well because it creates a lot of  frustration not only to kids, but to some adults alike, who can’t apply stickers decently on a flat surface let alone curved elements.

The last bag contains parts for the satellite hulls which serve as outriggers too.

The completed model looks bigger than what is used in the marketing materials because for whatever reason, the photography used in the front of the box appears to be compressed which makes it appear shorter, while the one used at the back side of the box appears to be smaller than Kai’s catamaran due to perspective distortion.

The first one has stud shooters and barrels, while the other one has a mini prison for captives.

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Comment below and share what you think about this set review. Take your time. This is Akira signing off.

The set used for the review was sent to us by The LEGO Group for the purpose of a review. Provision of sets do not in any way influence or guarantee a positive review.

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LEGO 71748 NINJAGO Catamaran Sea Battle Building Set with 4 Boat Toys and Kai, Jay and Zane Minifigures

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• The action-packed ninja playset features 2 catamarans so kids 9+ years old can stage multiple thrilling clashes at sea
• The Keepers’ battle catamaran has 2 spring-loaded shooters and can split into 3 separate boats for buddying ninjas to take a part in battles
• One of the boat toys houses a mini prison for the ninjas, and one features 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 or fold back out for attack mode
• Includes 6 minifigures: Island Jay, Zane and Kai, to take on Chief Mammatus, Rumble Keeper and Thunder Keeper – all with cool weapons!

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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 9+ years old have all they need to enjoy hours of imaginative play. 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. 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.The Keepers’ catamaran measures over 8.5 in. (22 cm) tall, 13 in. (33 cm) long and 9.5 in. (24 cm) wide.Contains 780 pieces.

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71748 Catamaran Sea Battle is a Ninjago set that was released on March 1, 2021 .

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Catamaran Sea Battle

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Skipper the ninjas’ awesome catamaran in an amazing sea fight against the Keepers! Go into attack mode and fire your spring-loaded shooters. Woah! The Keepers’ powerful battle catamaran, which splits into 3 separate boats, one with a prison, tries to sink you with its sharp blades and deadly shooters. You must triumph in this nautical battle to claim the precious storm amulet.

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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 in to 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.

Best gifts for creative play 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 childs 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!
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U.S. Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location : a small, remote territory just 100 miles off the southern tip of the contested island of Taiwan.

The combat drill is part of the weekslong Exercise Balikatan that has brought together naval, air and ground forces of the Philippines and the United States, with Australia and France also joining some maneuvers.

With a planned “maritime strike” on May 8 in which a decommissioned ship will be sunk and exercises at repelling an advancing foreign army, the aim is to display a united front against China, which Washington and Manila perceive as a threat to the region. Balikatan is Tagalog for “shoulder to shoulder.”

Joint Philippines-U.S. naval drills have become an annual event. But as an expert in international relations , I believe this year’s drills mark an inflection point in the regional politics of the South China Sea.

For the first time, warships taking part in the exercise ventured outside the 12-mile boundary that demarcates the territorial waters of the Philippines. This extends military operations into the gray area where the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone rubs up against the territory claimed by China and designated by its “ nine-dash line .”

Also for the first time, the U.S. deployed an advanced mobile launcher for medium-range ballistic and cruise missiles of a type that had been banned under the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty . In addition, the Philippine navy is showing off its newest acquisition, a South Korean-built missile frigate.

The South China Sea has long been the source of maritime disputes between China, which claims the vast majority of its waters, and nations including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. In addition, heightened tensions over the status of Taiwan – a territory that the Biden administration has pledged to defend militarily in the event of a Chinese invasion – have made the South China Sea even more strategically important.

Containment at sea

The latest joint maneuvers come amid two developments that could go some way to influence the future trajectory of tensions in the South China Sea. First, the Philippines has grown increasingly assertive in countering China’s claims in the region; and second, the U.S. is increasingly intent on building up regional alliances as part of a strategy to contain China.

The Philippines-U.S. alignment is more robust than ever. After a brief interval during the 2016-22 presidency of Rodrigo Duterte , U.S. warships and military aircraft once again operate out of bases in the Philippines.

Joint naval patrols resumed in early 2023. At the same time, Manila granted U.S. troops unprecedented access to facilities on the northern Batanes islands , which have become the focus of current joint operations.

Meanwhile, Washington has become more vocal in condemning challenges to the Philippines from China.

U.S. officials had carefully avoided promising to protect the far-flung islands, atolls and reefs claimed by Manila for seven decades following the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty with the Philippines in 1951 .

Only in March 2019 did then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assert that the treaty covers all of the geographical area over which the Philippines asserts sovereignty.

In February 2023, Presidents Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Joe Biden doubled the number of bases in the Philippines open to the U.S. military. That May, the two leaders affirmed that the Mutual Defense Treaty applies to armed attacks that take place “anywhere in the South China Sea.”

Causing waves, rocking the boat

Firmer ties to the U.S. have been accompanied by more combative behavior on the part of the Philippines. In May 2023, the Philippines coast guard introduced demarcation buoys around Whitsun Reef – the site of an intense confrontation with China’s maritime militia a year earlier.

Reports circulated three months later that Philippine marines planned to construct permanent outposts in the vicinity of the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal. And a Philippine coast guard ship, with the commander of the country’s armed forces aboard, approached Scarborough Shoal in November , before being forced to retreat by Chinese maritime militia vessels.

Then in January 2024, the Philippines broke with its adherence to a prohibition on erecting structures on disputed territory, which was part of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea , by installing electronic surveillance equipment on Thitu Island, which sits beyond Scarborough Shoal in the heart of a cluster of disputed formations. This was followed by announced plans to put water desalination plants on Thitu, Nanshan Island and Second Thomas Shoal, making it possible to maintain permanent garrisons on these isolated outposts.

Manila has continued to assert its maritime rights by announcing that armed forces would escort exploration and mining activities in the exclusive economic zone.

Further acts that could be seen as provocative in Beijing followed, including the stationing of a Philippine navy corvette at nearby Palawan Island and a joint flyover by Philippine warplanes and a U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bomber .

A raft of Chinese responses

It is clear that the deepening of Philippines-U.S. ties has given Manila the confidence to undertake a variety of combative acts toward China. The question is, to what ends?

A more assertive Philippines may end up contributing to the U.S. strategy to deter Beijing from extending its presence in the South China Sea and launching what many in Washington fear: an invasion of Taiwan .

But it is possible that heightened truculence on the part of the Philippines will goad Beijing into being more aggressive, diminishing the prospects for regional stability.

As the Philippines-U.S. alignment has strengthened, Beijing has boosted the number of warships it deploys in the South China Sea and escalated maritime operations around Thitu Island, Second Thomas Shoal and Iroquois Reef – all of which the Philippines considers its sovereign territory.

In early March 2024, two Chinese research ships moved into Benham Rise , a resource-rich shelf situated on the eastern coast of the Philippines, outside the South China Sea. Weeks later, a Philippines coast guard cutter surveying a sandbar near Thitu was harassed not only by Chinese coast guard and maritime militia ships but also by a missile frigate of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, which for the first time launched a helicopter to shadow the cutter.

Washington has taken no public steps to dampen tensions between Manila and Beijing. Rather, Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed full-throated support for “our ironclad defense commitments” during a mid-March 2024 stopover in Manila.

Reassured of U.S. backing, Marcos has amped up the rhetoric , proclaiming that Manila would respond to any troublemaking on Beijing’s part by implementing a “countermeasure package that is proportionate, deliberate and reasonable.” “Filipinos,” he added, “do not yield.”

Such an approach, according to Marcos, was now feasible due to the U.S. and its regional allies offering “to help us on what the Philippines requires to protect and secure our sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction.”

The danger is that as the Philippines grows more assured by U.S. support, it may grow reckless in dealing with China.

Rather than deterring China from further expansion, the deepening Philippines-U.S. alignment and associated Filipino assertiveness may only ramp up Beijing’s apprehensiveness over its continued access to the South China Sea – through which virtually all of its energy imports and most of its exports flow.

And there is little reason to expect that Washington will be able to prevent an emboldened Manila from continuing down the path of confronting China in the South China Sea.

To Beijing, the prospect of an emboldened Philippines forging active strategic partnerships with Australia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and – most troublesome of all – Taiwan makes the situation all the more perilous.

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Fresh out of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos’s “ Kinds of Kindness ” is one of the titles headed to this year’s Mediterrane Film Festival , taking place in Malta between June 22-30. 

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