Missing Ninja 1998 Minifigure pieces

[Zack Uhlenhuth]

Hello all!,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with getting pieces scanned in for some missing Ninja 1998 characters!

Specifically, LDraw is missing these:
Bandit Chief Kendo (https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-006...mor/#parts), both head and torso.
Blue Samurai 1 and 2 https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-006...lue/#parts, https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-006...and/#parts, both head and torso
Black Ninja Bonsai (https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-000...ack/#parts), head
Red Ninja Master (https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-000...ter/#parts), head and torso (although torso should be same as Grey Ninja but red, which is on LDraw)
White Ninja (https://rebrickable.com/minifigs/fig-000...ite/#parts), head and torso (torso should be same as Grey Ninja but white)

[Chris Böhnke]

I had started completing the Ninja parts earlier this year, but got a bit distracted 

I'll look through what's already there and maybe upload some later this week.

[Chris Böhnke]

Ninja Bonsai's Head:

https://library.ldraw.org/parts/53587

[Zack Uhlenhuth]

Ninja Bonsai's Head:

https://library.ldraw.org/parts/53587

Dude, this is awesome! Now I just need the rest haha, but he is a pretty key one. Kendo and Ninja Master would be awesome.

And do you happen to have any Stingrays or Hyronauts to scan in?? I could open a new thread for that

[Zack Uhlenhuth]

Dude, this is awesome! Now I just need the rest haha, but he is a pretty key one. Kendo and Ninja Master would be awesome.

And do you happen to have any Stingrays or Hyronauts to scan in?? I could open a new thread for that

created a new thread for aquazone https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-29595.html

[Chris Böhnke]

Ninja Princess Head:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/53599

Torso print is exactly the same as for the grey and red ones, so will not get a separate entry:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/14644

For the green version, torso already exists too:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/14645

Yes, I'll look into the Aquazone stuff too.

[Zack Uhlenhuth]

Ninja Princess Head:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/53599

Torso print is exactly the same as for the grey and red ones, so will not get a separate entry:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/14644

For the green version, torso already exists too:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/14645

Yes, I'll look into the Aquazone stuff too.

Those are perfect, only a few left before full coverage of the ninja 1998 minifigs I think!

[Chris Böhnke]

Kendo Head:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/54440

Kendo Torso:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/54409

[Zack Uhlenhuth]

Thank you! One nit is the torso print seems too dark brown? Other than that this is perfect!

Now just the samurai heads/torsos and the ninja master's head, and I believe that completes Ninja 1998 minifigs

[Chris Böhnke]

One nit is the torso print seems too dark brown?

I'll admit it looks a bit off, but Lego's ink color matching for (old) Brown (25 Earth Orange) was rather poor (mostly a bit lighter) in the 1990s. Combine that with Lego's problems with printing on darker plastics, it get's messy. I'll blame it on that (real ones are erroneous   ). Keep in mind that LDraw approximates idealised versions of Lego parts, so printing errors will be ignored.


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When available for 90s prints, I usually refer to the vector-based instruction PDFs from Lego's customer service for colour matching, if the colours are somewhat unclear. In this case the instructions also confirm Old Brown. Besides, there are not that many options in 1998:

• Dark Orange: too light
  
• Fabuland Brown: too pale and reddish
  
• Earth Orange (Lego's "12 Light Orange Brown", the colour of Ron Weasley's Hair and Duplo Lions): too bright and also too light
  
• Fabuland Red (colour of Captain Ironhook's hair): much too Reddish
  

[Chris Böhnke]

Head for Samurai Kata/Emperor:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/54458

Head for Samurai Dojo:
https://library.ldraw.org/parts/54463