Golden Mech

This article is about the First Spinjitzu Master's mech. For The Overlord's mech, see Overlord Mech. For Beatrix's mech, see Empress Mech.

“It is the fighting suit the First Spinjitzu Master used when he battled the Overlord.”

— Misako to the ninja, "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master"

Golden Mech
Information
Owner/User	First Spinjitzu Master Lloyd Wu
Element/Essence	Golden Power
First appearance	Rise of the Spinjitzu Master 70505 Temple of Light
Latest appearance	Dark Island Trilogy, Part 3 71702 Golden Mech
Status	Intact

The Golden Mech is an ancient fighting suit which originally belonged to the First Spinjitzu Master.

History

Long ago, the Golden Mech was built by the First Spinjitzu Master to combat the threat of the Overlord. Worn by him as battle armor, the machine was fueled by Golden Power and suffered many battles against the darkness and keeping the Stone Wars at a standstill.

However, the Overlord proceeded to create the Stone Army to help battle the First Spinjitzu Master. Unable to combat the indestructible beings, the First Spinjitzu Master summoned the power of the Golden Mech's blade, cleaving it into the ground and splitting Ninjago in two. With the Golden Mech warding darkness off to the western half, it was eventually retired and stored in the Temple of Light.

Rise of the Spinjitzu Master

Many years later, when the Overlord had trapped the ninja on the Island of Darkness, the ninja followed the Falcon back to the Temple of Light, where they discovered the Golden Mech after inserting the Elemental Blades into slots in the walls. After Sensei Wu and Misako identified it, Cole hopped into the cockpit, only for Dr. Julien to point out that the eons of disuse had rendered the mech non-functional. Sensei Wu theorized that the mech would respond to Lloyd, and the Green Ninja's presence in the cockpit was enough to restore the machine to its original state.

Lloyd used the Golden Mech to fly back to Ninjago City, which had been infected with the Overlord's darkness. The Golden Mech allowed Lloyd to breach the walls of the Dark Fortress, but it was soon destroyed by a corrupted Nya, manning a mobile defense turret on the exterior of the Overlord's tower.

After the Final Battle

Wu collected the remains of the mech and brought them to Cyrus Borg, who repaired it. Hiding the Golden Mech in case the balance between Light and Darkness was made unstable once more, Wu kept its resurrection a secret.

Dark Island Trilogy, Part 1

Realizing great darkness awaited them at the Island of Darkness, Master Wu secretly smuggled the Golden Mech within a crate, claiming it to be tea, onto the Destiny's Bounty. When Misako asked what it was, Wu simply said "tea." Disguising its true nature from his pupils, fearing they would grow arrogant and cocky with the knowledge of such power behind them, Wu kept its nature hidden. Later, after the Destiny's Bounty crashed, Wu ensured the Golden Mech was unscathed before sailing with it in tow along the River of Darkness.

Dark Island Trilogy, Part 3

With Clouse corrupting the Temple of Light and both halves of Ninjago coming together to form a dark whole, Sensei Wu, deciding now was the time, unveiled the Golden Mech. Piloting it, he used its immense powers to shatter Clouse's dark barrier. After Clouse converged his shadows to form a duplicate mech, the Golden Mech quickly shattered and dispatched its opponent, and summoning the power of its mystical blade once more, separated Ninjago's halves yet again and dispersed the darkness from the Temple of Light.

Abilities and weapons

The Golden Mech had impressive physical abilities, being able to smash through the wall of the Overlord's fortress and knock around Stone Warriors with little trouble. It wielded a large golden sword in a battle that could engulf itself in flames for added strength, and during its peak power under the First Spinjitzu Master's control was able to split Ninjago in half. It likewise possessed the ability to fly via rocket boosters in its feet.

The Golden Mech's main strength, however, was the inherent light it harbored, capable of keeping back the Overlord and likewise strong enough to completely disperse any and all lesser manifestations of darkness. However, its power would be proportional to that of its user, and the weaker and more injured its pilot, the less powerful the Golden Mech would become.

Following countless years of battle against the Overlord, Stone Warriors, age, the First Spinjitzu Master's absence, and being untended to for countless years, the Golden Mech became far weaker, mostly a shadow of itself although still formidable in general. Due to the toll of time, battle, neglect, and the control of an already-crippled Lloyd, the Golden Mech became more vulnerable and was thus able to be downed by a single shot from a Dark Matter turret.

Despite this, the Golden Mech retained enough durability to be left in a salvageable and was thus repaired by Cyrus Borg, he restored the machine back to its former glory. Under the control of Sensei Wu, the Golden Mech was put closer to its original peak, being able to smash through Clouse's dark barrier with ease and easily destroy his shadow mech. Likewise, it retained the ability to disperse darkness, cleansing the Temple of Light, and was capable of keeping the Ninjago halves from reuniting.

Official descriptions

LEGO.com description

Team up with Golden Ninja Lloyd, Wu and the Golden Mech as they take on some of their fearsome enemies. The Golden Mech is the ultimate ninja weapon against the forces of darkness – wielding a giant katana, it crushes all enemies. Jump in the mech’s cockpit to take on General Kozu and Stone Army Scout. It is essential you triumph to save NINJAGO® City!

Mighty LEGO Mechs

Stomp, stomp, STOMP! The Stone Army is on the march. But Lloyd is coming for them in his Golden Mech, and it has a gigantic katana in its hand. Lloyd is well protected; he’s almost invisible under the fold-down cockpit canopy. Whoosh! The mech’s posable arm rises high in the air. Those stone warriors will be reduced to rubble in no time!

Appearances

Sets

• 70505 Temple of Light
• 71702 Golden Mech (Legacy)

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

• 26. "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master"

Season 10: March of the Oni

• 95. "The Darkness Comes" (painting)
• 98. "Endings" (painting)

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

• 99. "Wasted True Potential" (painting)
• 100. "Questing for Quests" (painting)
• 101. "A Rocky Start" (painting)
• 110. "Under Siege" (painting)

Prime Empire Original Shorts

• 1. "Let's Dance" (painting)

Season 13: Master of the Mountain

• 145. "Shintaro" (painting)

Season 14: Seabound

• 165. "A Big Splash" (painting)

The Virtues of Spinjitzu

• 1. "Curiosity (painting)

Season 15: Crystalized

• 186. "A Painful Promise" (painting)
• 210. "Roots" (painting)

Books

• Dark Island Trilogy, Part 1
• Dark Island Trilogy, Part 3

Trivia

• In the Ninjago toy line's continuity, the Golden Mech is the ultimate weapon of the ninja. Unlike the series version, its existence is known to both sides, leading to a battle for control of the Elemental Blades needed to awaken the mech.^{[citation needed]}
• Cole was actually the first person after the First Spinjitzu Master to sit in the seat of the Golden Mech, not his successor, Lloyd.
• After the Overlord's transformation into the Golden Master, he also had a golden mech, but it was used shorter than the First Spinjitzu Master's mech because of the Titanium Ninja defeating the Golden Master.
• The Golden Mech was the first piece of technology in the history of Ninjago.
• It's the first mech to lose an arm, followed by many others.
• This vehicle is similar to the Colossus, which was also somewhat based on the First Spinjitzu Master's appearance.

Gallery

LEGO models

2013 set

2019 set

Promotional media

The Golden Mech in the background of a promotional poster for Legacy of the Green Ninja.

Wu in the Golden Mech in the Dark Island Trilogy mural.

Concept art

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

The Golden Mech is revealed in the Temple of Light.

The Golden Mech and the Ultra Dragon

The ninja standing on top of the now fallen Golden Mech

In other media

Wu in the Golden Mech in the Dark Island Trilogy