Master of Earth (Benton)

Benton shows how NINJAGO can now treat elemental roles as offices with history rather than powers permanently attached to one familiar hero. Earth was once almost synonymous with Cole; later stories broadened the mythology and introduced other masters whose existence makes the element itself feel older than any individual bearer. A figure like Benton encourages collectors to look at NINJAGO almost genealogically—who held which power, in what era, and how did that shape the world? Released in 2026, he belongs to a franchise mature enough to mine its own elemental system for new characters rather than simply inventing another color of ninja.