LEGO Ninjago Magazine Issue 134: The Cole Foil Pack Worth a Second Look
Six pieces. One minifigure. That's the entire contents of the foil pack stapled to the cover of LEGO Ninjago magazine issue 134 — and it's still the reason most collectors pick this one up. The figure inside is Cole in his Dragons Rising Season 3 outfit: a dark tunic printed with a diagonal strap and a hanging charm, topped with the dragon-motif shoulder armour the ninja team adopted midway through the season. It's the Elemental Master of Earth as he appears in the current show, not a legacy repaint or a golden variant, and it arrives in the compact paper-and-foil format Immediate Media has used across the line's run.
Cover art for LEGO Ninjago Magazine Issue 134. Image via Mags Direct / Immediate Media, under licence from the LEGO Group.
Issue 134 at a Glance
- Issue number: 134
- Cover line: “Intruder Alert!”
- Foil pack: LEGO 892512 — Cole (catalogued as njo0970), six pieces
- Era: NINJAGO: Dragons Rising, Season 3
- Newsstand window: late autumn 2025 across the UK and Europe
- Publisher: Immediate Media, UK newsstand edition
That last line matters more than it looks. This was a limited newsstand print run, not a mainline LEGO retail product, and the issue has already sold through at most UK stockists.
Past the Cover: What Fills the Rest of the Pages
“Intruder Alert!” runs the format the line has settled into over 130-plus issues: a self-contained NINJAGO comic set inside the Dragons Rising timeline, a double-sided poster, a block of ninja-themed puzzles and code-breaking pages, competitions, a sticker sheet, and activity spreads built around the current cast. Nothing here demands that you've read the previous issue — each instalment stands alone, which is exactly why the magazines still work as a starting point for younger readers while doubling as checklist items for collectors filling out a run.
For an issue landing in the middle of Season 3, the comic is the part that ages best. These stories don't get reprinted or collected anywhere, so a sealed copy is the only practical way to read them years later.
The Honest Collector Question: A Shared Print in a Scarce Package
Here's the part other write-ups tend to skip. The Cole in LEGO Ninjago magazine issue 134 is not a magazine-exclusive print. The same figure — njo0970 — also turns up in two Dragons Rising retail sets, 71844 Ninja Combat Vehicle and 71848 The Temple Bounty. If your only goal is a Cole minifigure for the shelf, you have three routes to it, and the foil pack is simply the smallest of them.
So what makes issue 134 worth chasing? The scarcity sits in the package, not the plastic. Both of those retail sets are large builds, and neither is a sensible purchase if you want one figure. The magazine foil pack is a single-figure route to Cole in his Season 3 armour, and it's the only one that comes bundled with a comic, poster, and sticker sheet that will never be reprinted. For anyone assembling a complete run of the UK LEGO Ninjago magazine line, that's the whole argument: the issue number is the collectible, and the figure is a bonus.
It also means the buying calculus is different from an issue like 132 or 135, where the foil-pack figure was genuinely hard to get any other way. Issue 134 is a completist's pickup rather than a figure-hunter's one — useful to know before you start bidding on secondary listings.
A Buyer's Note on Sealed vs. Loose
Because these are UK newsstand exclusives with no US retail presence, loose figures circulate far more freely than intact issues. Given that njo0970 is available from two retail sets, a loose “magazine Cole” carries no real premium — there's nothing to distinguish it from the retail-set version once it's out of the bag. If issue 134 is going on your shelf, insist on a copy with the foil pack still attached and the magazine intact. That's the only condition where the issue is meaningfully different from any other Cole on the market.
Where to Start Your Search
Ready to close the gap in your run? Browse our current LEGO Ninjago collection to see what's in stock, then check the wider LEGO magazines archive for other UK-exclusive issues worth tracking. If you're new to importing these, our LEGO Ninjago Magazine guide covers how the process works and what to expect. Issue 134 may not be the flashiest entry in the Dragons Rising stretch, but for a complete shelf it's a necessary one — and sealed copies aren't getting easier to find.