Dr. LaRow is a minifigure from the Ninjago theme introduced in 2025 after first appearing in animation.
She later adopted the identity of the Loyalist Leader.
Description[]
Dr. LaRow’s first minifigure has exclusive torso and face prints. She has plain gray legs and a hairpiece that has been in production since 2016.
Her second minifigure version also has unique face prints, but has the same printed torso and legs as the Loyalist. Her black hood piece was introduced in 2019 and has been used on multiple minifigures.
Background[]
Dr. LaRow was the head scientist of the Advanced Systems Lab under Empress Beatrix and pioneered new technologies while exploiting the powers of captured dragons. Like her empress, LaRow had no regard for the dragons in her power and cared nothing for their obvious suffering at her hands. She was also a ruthless opportunist, arranging it so that any innovation developed in the lab, regardless of who was responsible for it, became her own legal property. LaRow was not above recognizing the talent of others, however, and took particular interest in the work of a young prodigy named Ana. Ana, for her part, idolized LaRow until she saw the full depth of the doctor's depravity, at which point she refused to aid LaRow in any matter, whether the exploitation of dragons or the development of the Photacs.
Despite her own implied brilliance, LaRow was unable to get the Photac prototype, which Ana had sabotaged, functioning despite five years' worth of attempts. She was also unable to find a means of extracting power from the Source Dragon Imperium had managed to capture, leaving them dependent on extracting lesser dragons' energy in order to fuel their technology. LaRow would force Ana, now known as Sora, to assist with getting the Photacs operational by torturing the dragon Zanth. Shortly thereafter, she would be called upon to drain Riyu of his energy, but she was stopped by Sora and her friend Arin despite the aid of her assistant Jordana.
Later when Empress Beatrix heard about the Dragon Cores, LaRow was sent after one of them and managed to snatch it away from the Finders and Ninja. However, her colleague Rapton brought back a fake Energy Core that exploded when LaRow attempted to test a weapon powered by all three. Beatrix demanded that LaRow drain energy from the Source Dragon to complete the weapon, but LaRow refused due to the threat such an action would pose to Imperium itself. Jordana, however, had no such compunctions, and set about attempting to fulfill her Empress' demands. Her initial failures would bring mockery from LaRow, but the doctor would then be taken away by guards on Jordana's orders.
Gallery of Variants[]
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| Imperium | Loyalist Leader |
Appearances[]
- 71837 Ninjago City Workshops
- 71856 Jay's Transforming Car
- 71859 The Dragon of Life
- 71861 The Old Town
- Ninjago: Dragons Rising
Gallery[]
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