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“Prepare the Dieselnaut. We're going hunting.”

The Dieselnaut is a large, tank-like vehicle used by the Dragon Hunters. It serves as a mobile fortress and base when the Dragon Hunters are hunting. Armed with harpoons and chains, along with a communication system and eighteen wheels, it is the main vehicle of the Hunters.

History[]

Radio Free Ninjago[]

After the fight in The Pit, Kai, Jay, and Zane are loaded into the Dieselnaut's prison cell on orders from Iron Baron so that he can use them as bait to hunt Dragons. He then walks off, ordering Muzzle to ready the Dieselnaut and yelling at Arkade, Jet Jack, and Chew Toy. Cole and Wu then climb onto the turret at the top of the rig, only to be yelled at by Daddy No Legs, who was sent away by Wu. Iron Baron then declares the start of the hunt, and the Dieselnaut leaves Dead's End.

Later, the Dieselnaut is parked while the Dragon Hunters wait for a Dragon. When a Wind Dragon appears and tries to flee, Iron Baron orders pursuit of it. Cole gets on the turret and instead of hitting the Dragon, hits the stand where the ninja were held. He then gets off the Dieselnaut, only to find Daddy No Legs loading the ninja into it. The Dieselnaut then drives after the fleeing Wind Dragon. It fires a chain at the Dragon, which Heavy Metal runs across to land the Dragon. The Dragon is then loaded onto the Dieselnaut.

How to Build a Dragon[]

Jay wakes up and sees Daddy No Legs and Muzzle listening to a repeating broadcast from Lloyd from the communication device inside the Dieselnaut. The rig then arrives back at Dead's End. Young Dragon Hunters flock around it and the captive Wind Dragon and cheer.

Two Lies, One Truth[]

The Dieselnaut arrives to find Daddy No Legs and Muzzle tied up.

The Weakest Link[]

On the hunt for the ninja and Faith, the Dieselnaut stops at the border of Oni land. Iron Baron then gives the order to cross the border and the Dieselnaut drives onwards. It then ambushes them outside a tunnel with other Hunter vehicles, speeders, and the HunterCopter. The ninja and Faith use the Destiny's Wings to rush into the tunnel, where the Dieselnaut and the other ground vehicles follow. While most of the vehicles swerve to avoid rocks, the Dieselnaut just crushes them under its tracks. The Dieselnaut catches up to the trio of speeders used by the ninja, and Iron Baron leaps onto a Destiny's Wing. After the Wing is destroyed, the Dieselnaut follows the remaining two speeders out of the tunnel. Iron Baron then gets back onto the HunterCopter.

Faith then tells the ninja that to get away, they need to stop the Dieselnaut. Cole says that instead, they should take it. As the Rig comes in line with them again, they fire Chain Rifles at it, latching onto it. Wu then boards it, as Iron Baron expresses his fury about them trying to take his rig. Once onboard, Wu knocks Daddy No Legs and Muzzle off it. He then finds the driver's section and orders Arkade to get out. Arkade is then whisked away by Kai using a Chain Rifle. Wu then begins to drive the Dieselnaut as the other ninja and Faith board. Cole then gets on the turret again and uses it to destroy one of the Hunter Trucks. He then turns it on the HunterCopter and shoots it down, destroying it too. Iron Baron gets on another Hunter Truck and has his Hunters fire chains at the rear of the Dieselnaut. Faith runs to the back and begins to remove the chains, only to be chained by Jet Jack. She then grabs a screw as she is captured, separating the rig in half. The ninja flee on the front half, while the back slows to a stop.

Saving Faith[]

The ninja return to it to find Faith buried in the sand. When they go to free her, they are captured, and the front half is retaken and attached back to the rear part.

Lessons for a Master[]

The Dieselnaut is parked up with the Dragon Hunters while they debate whether to free the ninja.

Endings[]

The Dragon Hunters were repairing the Dieselnaut when the Oni attacked the realm. It is unknown what happened to the Dieselnaut after the invasion.

Official descriptions[]

LEGO.com description[]

Danger! Iron Baron, Heavy Metal, Skullbreaker and Muzzle are attacking in their mighty LEGO® NINJAGO® 70654 Dieselnaut tank! Grab your weapons and join the fight with Teen Wu, Jay and Zane. Dodge the Dieselnaut’s spring-loaded shooters and ninja-grabbing crane. You must avoid capture in this monstrous vehicle's jail and stop those evil Dragon Hunters claiming the full Dragon Armor![1]

The Wicked Vehicle![]

When the dragon hunters speed through the wasteland, the earth trembles! This is due to the powerful Dieselnaut. This heavily armoured, 18-wheeled rolling fortress is perfectly equipped to capture all kinds of dragons. The large chain cannon on the roof will tie up even the strongest reptile. And to survive in the air, the villains have powerful helicopters![2]

Appearances[]

Sets[]

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu[]

Season 9: Hunted[]

Season 10: March of the Oni[]

Trivia[]

  • In early images, it was called the Diesel Utility Tank, and then The War Rig.
  • Despite splitting in half in the show, the LEGO set is unable to do this.
  • Though it was never actually seen in "Firstbourne," the tracks Cole and Wu discovered were most likely that of the Dieselnaut.

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Vehicles

Ninja vehicles

Lloyd: Golden Mech · Green Ninja cycle · Jungle Raider · Destiny's Shadow · Ninja Nightcrawler · Titan Mech · Racing bike · Lloyd's Race Car · Light Mech · Master Mech · Lloyd's Elemental Power Mech
Kai: Blade Cycle · Fire Mech · Kai Fighter · Prototype X-1 · Rocket boards · Super Bike · Katana V11 · ATV · Mech Jet · Golden Dragon Raider · Elemental Fire Mech
Jay: Storm Glider · Lightning off-roader · ElectroMech · Ghost Taker GT · Lightning Bike · Flying speeder · Blue Dragon · Sub car · Golden Dragon Motorbike · Titan Mech · Jay's Mech
Nya: Samurai Mech · Proto Sam-X · D.B. Express · Nya's bike · Samurai VXL · Battle Wagon · Nya's bike (fantasy) · Ninja Tuner Car · Samurai X MECH
Cole: Tread Assault · Earth Driller · Earth Mech · Roto Jet · Ghost Cycle · Rock Roader · Rock Cycle · Speeder Cars · Stone Mech · Dragon Cruiser · Elemental Earth Mech
Zane: Snowmobile · NinjaCopter · Ice Mech · Titanium Ninja Tumbler · Snake Bike · ShuriCopter · Zane's jet · Jungle surfboard · Golden Dragon Jet
Wu: Wu's horse carriage · Wu's ship
P.I.X.A.L.: Samurai VXL · Samurai X Mech · Ninja Ultra Combo Mech
Arin: Arin's Dragon Mech · Ninja Off-Road Buggy Car
Sora: SA Mark 01 · Elemental Tech Mech
Team: Gliders · Destiny's Bounty · Ultra Sonic Raider · Land Bounty · Ninja hang gliders · Ninja's catamarans · Jungle Choppers · Hydro Bounty · APS suits · Submersible combat crafts · Mini submarines · Destiny's Bounty (Dragons Rising)

Villain vehicles

Skulkin Vehicles: Skulkin mechs · Skull Truck · Turbo Shredders
Serpentine Vehicles: Bite Cycles · Fangpyre Robot · Fangpyre Trucks · Fangpyre Wrecking Ball · Rattlercopter · Serpentine Bus · Serpentine Express
Stone Army: Garmatron · Hoppers · Samurai Mech · Tusk · Warrior Bikes
Nindroid Army: Arcturus · Attack gliders · Destructoid · Double laser cannons · Hover-Copters · Hover Hunters · Jet fighters · Lunar rovers · Nindroid jet fighters · Nindroid MechDragon · Overlord Mech · Security Mechs · Security tanks · Nindroids' jetpacks
Anacondrai Cultists: Anacondrai Battle Mechs · Anacondrai buggies · Blade-Copters · Chenosaurus · Chen's blimp · Chen's ferry · Clouse's stone mech · Condrai Crushers
Ghost Warriors: Chain Cycle · Ghost ship
Sky Pirates: Misfortune's Keep · Raid Zeppelin · Sky Shark · Pirate jet
Vermillion: Iron Doom · Vermillion Invaders · Vermillion Racers · Machia's ship
Sons of Garmadon: Oni Bike · Oni Chopper · Stone Booster Bike · Street bikes
Dragon Hunters: Destiny's Wings · Dieselnaut · HunterCopter
Unagami's army: Empire Dragon · Noodle Truck of Crime · Speeder Cars
Keepers: Battle catamarans
Kryptarium inmates and henchmen: Ronin's monster
Merlopians: Kalmaar's chariot
Crystal army: Crystal hovercraft
Imperians: Empress Mech · Hoverboard · Hover chariots
Wolf Clan: Wolf Mech

Other vehicles

BRTM-12 · Cliff Gordon's yacht · Cyrus Borg's private helicopter · Firstbourne Mech · Garbage trucks · Jalopy · Kreel's mech · Lobbo's mech · Mary Louise · NGTV helicopter · Noodle trucks · Postman's bike · R.E.X. · Ronin's Mech (non-canon) · Salvage M.E.C.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie vehicles

Secret Ninja Force: Destiny's Bounty · Earth Mech · Fire Mech · Green Ninja Mech Dragon · Ice Tank · Lightning Jet · Ninja Helicopter · Water Mech
Shark Army: Flying Jelly Subs · Garma Mecha Man · Piranha Mechs · Manta Ray Bombers · Shark Mech

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