The Unexpected Return of LEGO Exo-Force

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[@cartervandenberg4771]

It's really cool that Lego City has expanded so much, I remember back when it was just hundreds of police vehicles and we'd all make jokes about it being a police state. Still kinda wish they'd bring back the other classic themes though.

[@CaptainZaimon]

Laughing at how, of course, an Exo-Force "remake" would have these cursed mech limb pieces. But it does make me feel like an Exo-Force reboot in this scale would be cool to see.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I don't get why LEGO insists on using that limb piece over and over 😬 But yeah, I definitely might try and MOC up the others!

[@TornaitSuperBird]

@@CheeseyStudios"structural integrity" if I had to hazard a guess. Most Lego sets are geared towards maximum playability while not putting undue stress on certain pieces and making them more likely to fail.

[@PlasticToa]

@@TornaitSuperBird The reason that's been given by designers is that over the years they've learned from customer feedback and focus groups that having more articulation in a figure/mech actually hurts the play experience for many younger kids. In particular one of their guidelines is that a mech has to be able to stand up without needing the legs to be fiddled into a specific position.

[@Timbercat_]

City caught me by surprise with how quickly it's become my favorite theme in recent memory. They just keep releasing banger after banger with the Space sets, the LEGO truck, the construction vehicles, and now this!

[@pinobluevogel6458]

The animal sets too. Even if you don't want the sets, it still introduces a lot of new animals into Lego, or PAB.

[@SamanthaLaurier]

This year is *fantastic* for Space fans, I just wish I could afford to buy the sets

[@pinobluevogel6458]

@@SamanthaLaurier I'm not convinced yet. There is a lot available for sure, but it is 'New' space, not classic space. But I am happy that it is providing a lot of great sets for people to enjoy, even if it is not exactly my style of space.

[@owensanfordstuff]

Especially this year for me

[@sssspider]

I just think it’s kind of silly to keep calling the theme “City”. Call it “Lego World” or something, leave the City label for things you could actually find in a city.

[@MitchBuilds]

Exo force sticker sheets were always such a gold mine! Cool to see this callback!

[@MothraFan61]

Oh hey man! Didn’t expect to see you here!

[@obiwan9276]

Of course apart from City theme I think it is worth remembering the set 77013 Indiana Jones Escape from the lost tomb whose sticker with hierglyphs is mine of Easter eggs: - R2-D2 and C-3PO - Mask of Gali from Bionicle - Robot symbol from Exo-Force

[@gogetawizard9433]

the LEGO Exo-Force has Return?

[@AWizardfromMars]

I'm so sad we didn't get a Hikaru cosplayer in this set

[@lukestarkiller1470]

Yeah a remake of his crazy blue hair would be amazing to get

[@gogetawizard9433]

wanna know what else needs to be return? from this summer? lego knights kingdom such as sir jayko sir santis sir danju and sir rascus from 2004 god i missed so much

[@Silverwing2112]

I still have mine.

[@jthunderboldt]

@@gogetawizard9433 i might actually buy lego sets again if they did

[@Schlelkohov]

There's just no way the twin blade on the theme park statue being so close to the rollercoaster tracks is OSHA complaint 😅

[@TheFirstCurse1]

Why would Osha from Star Wars: The Acolyte care? Would she have a problem with that? (If you don't know they made a new Star Wars character named Osha and everyone is making fun of it because she's named after a workplace compliance thing)

[@James.B.Russell]

Osha? More like OHSHIT

[@Awesomesufff]

thats not what osha does

[@edgarleft]

For anyone interested the stealth hunter in the robot world without minifigures has 159 pieces. The 2006 stealth hunter has 164 pieces. without figures, the 2024 mech has only 1 piece less, even though it is a lot smaller.

[@otterfire4712]

Tbf, there are a fair number of additional pieces to reinforce the legs and torso

[@chutas]

The mech being more than a reference, Is amazing

[@CheeseyStudios]

Blew my mind! So glad it's a theme I love so much too. It makes my heart happy

[@kirboioproductions74398]

Honestly, I’m just happy we have any reference to Exo Force, let alone the entire mech

[@Haggispk]

Man I want that whole theme back, I'd love a modern take on lego mechs.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

Agreed, having more mechs sounds great. I'm really into building futuristic vehicles as smaller side projects, my latest was a mech. It is much more affordable and quicker to design on a vehicle scale than on a larger Moc diorama. I truly love building castles and creating landscape, but having a project that you can finish in one or two evenings is also great. If lego starts running this back, we can see a whole resurgence of Mechs also in the fan community, which would be awesome too.

[@tinyprince]

@@pinobluevogel6458 Check out Mobile Frame Zero if you haven't already. I haven't played the game itself, but designing lego mechs on a smaller scale is really fun. Loads of cool builds to check out too.

[@Joneender]

It would be great, but i feel lego would likely gravitate to no knees considering the lack of knees on their mechs for years. But although it would be a hard change for them to make, it would be lovely to see them bring back the line with similar articulation. Even if the knees are more restricted than the original, it still would be great to see.

[@Sgt-Wolf]

Yeah I'd love to have an army of the robots from that series. And if they brought it back I'd much easily be able to do that.

[@gamerboyofficalyt]

@@Joneender I really feel like lego missed a great opportunity for possibility with the new leg pieces, they could have easily added a retched point at the bend. I'll never know why they made it a solid piece.

[@pinkraven4402]

Dude... I actually never thought that Lego City actually can be a great mean of including throw backs to other older themes! That's genius

[@LutraLovegood]

They've been doing that for a few years on rare occasions. There's a modern castle and a pirate playground. Now if only they could reprint Aquanauts, Slizer and Insectoid parts...

[@Bootleg_Megumin]

this is a bit of a stretch, but I think this wave is a reference to the second biggest city in Denmark, Aarhus. We have tourist busses going around that look pretty much identical to the set, we also have a harbor with very similar architecture and cargo cranes like that, with street lamps adorned with ads in the exact same way, and one of the most common ads you'll see is also for a street race(funnily enough there is a beach to the side of the harbor like in the set too). We even have a tiny theme park here

[@rezracer6986]

I love how simplified yet sturdy it appears compared to the original, could definitely spell an Exo Force reboot too

[@lego-force]

I mainly collect Exo-Force sets and build MOCs to the theme. I hope that minifigure torso with the logo goes to Pick a Brick so I can buy a bunch of them to populate my mech bay... @CheeseyStudios good excuse to release the last Revisiting video about the Deep Jungle Era. Thanks for all the EF content!

[@The_Worst_Warlock]

I love all of the advertisements through all of these city sets, makes it all feel connected and like a living world! (Never thought I’d say I enjoy ads…)

[@pinobluevogel6458]

Theres a first and a last time for everything ;)

[@scottkrafft6830]

Exo-Force is a CLASSIC Lego example of doing the wrong theme, at the wrong time. Anime is more popular and mainstream now than it's ever been, but in 2006 it was still considered niche, odd, or socially "off" if you were into it. I can't imagine it was Lego's best-selling theme, but I do very vaguely remember seeing some of the sets and leftover marketing material in 2007-2008.

[@CheeseyStudios]

It was soooo ahead of its time - I can't believe they made it at all! At least it did decently well back then, but yeah, it would be crazy successful today.

[@frankgarcia6241]

I think those clips on the stealth hunter's waist in 2024 are only included to help it be a "statue" in the set so it doesn't fall over when you place it on the plate. I plan on swapping them out for regular 1 x 2 plates to get the "normal articulation" for mechs that size today. Hopefully we can get a new devastator mold soon in a Lego city construction or mining set soon to mirror their origin in exo force 😂.

[@thecaptainslog9581]

Well, to be fair, we did get the brick built devastator a while ago in the ninjago city gardens

[@frankgarcia6241]

@@thecaptainslog9581 true, although comparing that one to the original robots left much to be desired to me, especially with the lack of recolors of the baby carrier piece to make iron drones and meca one

[@mitchellbambam5926]

As much as I love LEGO, words cannot describe how much I dislike that fused mech limb piece. If it weren’t for that piece, a lot of recent mechs would be really good!

[@origulator]

I'm not thrilled that its inside of a 100+ dollar set but at the same time i never would've expected them to do something like this

[@zeromaster1997]

99 freedom bucks! or wdym? But yeah a few leagues out of reach

[@CheeseyStudios]

LEGO definitely realizes nostalgia is an easy way to make money off their fans 😭

[@hooptychoo]

The space construction mech would be a great parts and sticker pack to upgrade this set, especially the clear backed striped stickers

[@CheeseyStudios]

True!

[@ForTheGreys]

@@CheeseyStudios that why i bought 3 of them so far. and will likely buy a couple more for how cheap they are.

[@Forte529]

I will always love this theme, my first lego set ever was the small green mech with the spinning swords

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ayy, Cyclone Defender!

[@MorphingGrid101]

What!? What!? What!? Johnny and Exo-Force is back? I know Lego sets are 90% mechs now but Exo-Force is back!?

[@CheeseyStudios]

What a time to be alive!

[@xtentasticx]

I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for you to make a video on this! ...wait yes I can, 49 days!!!!

[@zachallan7545]

I love the nod but part of me wishes the cockpit was more enclosed.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

The cockpit looks a bit off. I've never been a fan of cockpits where the pilot is 'standing' inside it, it makes much more sense that a pilot sits in a comfortable chair, strapped in to counter all the G-forces that flying mechs will pull. Even for mechs that walk and do not fly this makes much more sense. I always prefer the Mechwarrior style and Gundam/Robotech style over other types of mechs, as they look both futuristic and realistic.

[@milleniumsword1558]

the cockpit especially the seat is Faithfull to the old sets, even if now brickbuilt instead of a single piece.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

@@milleniumsword1558 Yea I understand that. It is a cockpit I'm not a huge fan of, but I'm coming from non-lego design ideas. It is not a valid criticism of the set, as it is a clear callback, but I personally prefer another way.

[@Attaxalotl]

And now I'm all hopeful about bringing Chima back again.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Do you know if any sets have included small Chima references?

[@Malt0d3xtr1n]

Crazy this game in city, and not ninjago

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

I NEED this set!! Or at least the stealth hunter, amazing video btw! also, why include takeshi and not hikaru? (Yeah, if you didn’t know, the guy with the green hair is pretty much takeshi.)

[@edikid1206]

What a great homage to one of the best Lego themes

[@SilverScarletSpider]

good video, great set. i hope lego transformers makes starscream

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thank you!

[@Dmooreslotreviews]

EXO FORCE was GOAT and underated

[@CheeseyStudios]

Facts

[@viperson9818]

Here hoping for a soft reboot or at least a couple of throw back sets.

[@MortexBerri]

We basically got a throw back here

[@mushputato]

C'mon Legoooo, do it. Start up the old sets and themes again. Don't care if it has to be Basil the Bat Lord as part of a renaissance faire or Redbeard as a pirate-themed restaurant, just give children the chance for adventures that they create themselves, not recreations of an existing IP. And us older fans a chance to buy new sets of our old favourites.

[@Hobby_Hooligan]

What? No way. Bring back exoforce yeah baby!

[@CheeseyStudios]

I'd love to see a full-on theme again 😩

[@DilbertChan]

LEGO, LEGO pls, bring back Exo-Force for 1 wave. That's all I ask. You already have an audience of older fans that want it, and a new audience with Ninjago fans to embrace it. It's free money sitting on the table.

[@lester44444]

oh wooooow hahahaha I always associate the exo-force theme with the beginning of my middle school Lego dark age 😂 just remember thinking I was too cool for it, but damn those hair pieces were sick. They should've included a bunch of them in this new set - maybe as cosplayers hahaha Now bohroks....bohroks I know and fear

[@rakjazza3154]

It's great to see how the Lego City theme is evolving. When I was younger, my mom and her side of the family would only get me City sets and I used to feel like they needed support and some creativity from other themes like Creator and even Sports to actually stand on their own legs. Nowadays sets however are feeling much more cohesive and building a whole lively town which is more than police - firemen - construction. That said, as lego fans, we need our version of "Naxx out" for Bionicle or Exo-Force at this point until the themes make a full come back. Look at how lego Castle is slowly creeping in from time to time (even if, as of right now, mostly on big sets and not full waves) lol

[@subterror2274]

Hopefully we might just see some more Exo-Force set remakes. If they bring out a Sky Guardian remake, it'd be the first Lego set I'd buy in just under a decade

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

lego city now includes explorers, space and exoforce... id be interested in seeing them do a Pharaos Quest

[@mrhumbuck_]

I'm shocked at this! It's really great they made this, I don't like it quite as much as the original but it's still really cool! I'd buy it if it was sold on its own, but I don't have much space for Lego, and for me I doubt it'd be worth paying for the entire build even though it is cool. I also love that the other sets reference it too!

[@Crasuk]

It looks like we have exoforce at home.

[@CheeseyStudios]

lololol

[@AWOLbriks47]

Wanted to let you know that I enjoy and appreciate that you do content on sets and themes that you personally buy and not just on the ones you got from LAN. 95% or more that's the only content they post. And I know that I would love anything that I personally received for free so their opinions on sets are meaningless to me and a lot of others. Keep up the good work!!

[@SandRedFan]

The remake is really cool! I really like the fact that it maintains the style that distinguishes Exo-force's mechs from those of other themes. Really awesome!😀

[@brycevo]

This is so great. I can't believe they actually referenced it

[@CheeseyStudios]

Right? And what a reference it is!

[@TheIronSabre]

F tier, they didn't include a cool new anime face print

[@M0torsagmannen]

i never cared for exo force since it was released well into my "dark age", but this is a neat homage and a great little mech

[@ninjagamer1359]

I don’t collect LEGO City, but with the Exo-Force references, brilliant arcade machines, and awesome neon/futuristic/video-gamey aesthetic, this set sure makes me want to

[@CheeseyStudios]

LEGO City really leaning into that nostalgia - it's so hard to resist!

[@Enduno1]

I loved how lego thesed their next remake in the new set by using stickers 3:49 :[]

[@sheepycheeze]

Ok I’m gonna make you feel old, I’m as old as exoforce 😅

[@TeusGeerling]

I love lego mechs they are so cool and you can put the arms and legs however you want

[@EdgeofBricks]

in 2024 Stealth Hunter 7700 is still perfect set! I would love to see it in the store again

[@epicgamertool]

Now we just need bionicle or hero factory

[@RubyGalaxyYT]

Stealth Hunter was my first Medium sized exoforce set. I had such fun with it as a kid and am very happy to see a new version of it again.

[@CheeseyStudios]

It's such a classic. Never thought I'd see it officially remade. What a treat!

[@mrminemachine8]

Wierdly enough when this got reveald i literaly just watched your exo force vid. And was like hey that looks familiar

[@CheeseyStudios]

Perfect timing! Ah, I love Exo-Force. I was hoping to start filming Revisiting part 4 next week

[@onyxrexdragon7129]

I would love it if exo force came back

[@bricksfordom]

Now this is Epic, it's so cool to see all of the small references in almost all of the new Lego City sets

[@CheeseyStudios]

Right? I never thought City would become the biggest nostalgia bait theme 😂 It's been really fun though. Makes my inner child happy!

[@ryuku2]

With the return of Johnny Thunder and Exoforce, I'm hoping we're building up for a new Lego Racers. Singleplayer only still.

[@CheeseyStudios]

2k Drive not scratching the itch? 😂

[@connorquerin]

Dude, your pronunciation of 'Bionicle' at 4:34 made me do a double-take xD You've earned yourself a subscriber! I'm looking forward to watching your videos.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Lol! Glad to have you here - welcome!

[@tobedone4079]

I definitely would not mind an exo force remake... Those are probably my earliest Lego sets...

[@CheeseyStudios]

Good times. It was so ahead of its time!

[@icepl831]

im still salty about the sccbs limbs ESPECIALLY SINCE TGEY STILL HAVE THE EXO FORCE RATCHETS.

[@CheeseyStudios]

That fixed angle piece is the bane of my existence 😭

[@MaxM210]

I’ve always thought Lego should use a Ninjago season to stealth relaunch Exo-Force. Seriously, imagine they reintroduce Exo-Force characters in Ninjago and then spin it off into a rebooted line. You could hook the pre-existing Ninjago fanbase and create a new, slightly smaller, mech focused line with regular crossover in the Ninjago line.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I could totally see that working

[@robk6551]

I bought this set for the Stealth Hunter. If LEGO revived Exo Force--even in this paired-down style and scale--they would fly off shelves.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I sure would be buying them!

[@Dovarcraft]

Seeing the title that Lego brought back Exo-Force? Very excited! Seeing the build for the mech? Yeah that's the modern Lego I know and came to dislike for the most part, what a disappointment, lots of bad stickers(which is sadly nothing new, wish Lego did quality prints like some of their competitors) and not even knee joints for the mech itself lol

[@CheeseyStudios]

That fixed knee piece is the worst thing ever

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

Glad I wasn’t the only one who immediately thought Exo Force when I saw that. Seriously with the popularity of Anime these days. IDK why Lego doesn’t go back to that theme.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Right? I'd love to see a proper reboot!

[@Irondrone4]

Man, the first wave of ExoForce was phenomenal. It was so sad to see the series vanish so quickly, even if the 2nd and 3rd waves didn't appeal to me as much. Glad to see LEGO hasn't forgotten it!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Wave 1 was peak - some of my all-time favorite sets come from that first year!

[@KOMISSARIAT]

EXO-Force was the last time we ever got mechs and brick-built figures with actual full articulation in the elbows/knees, and all we got was clunky and stiff mechs ever since. I saw those old ratchet joint pieces in a new astronaut brick-built figure, so why in the goddamn do we have those crappy fake-joint pieces here?! It's as if lego designers are evolving, but backwards.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ah, knees. Gone, but never forgotten 😭😭😭

[@Esitaro3670]

Ok, so lore wise, is Exo-Force like a extremly popular mech anime like Evangelion or Mobile Suit Gundam or they used to exist and now they show the robots?

[@CheeseyStudios]

I also want to know this 😂

[@chunkychunkymonkey]

Still don’t understand why Lego can’t make the fixed joint piece be ratcheted like the ones in Exoforce. The claim I’ve heard is that it makes it easier to pose for kids, but when I was a kid playing with my Exoforce mechs this was never a problem. Younger me actively wanted sets with more articulation and was something I always incorporated into my mocs.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, I really dislike the fixed knee piece too. I can't see a younger me finding any value in that either

[@AlVainactual]

All these easter eggs and nods to older themes are great! But can we just get re-releases or remakes instead? I am not spending 100+ dollars for a lil mech and the Johnny Thunder minifig is a half measure without the cool monsters and vehicles. No matter how fondly I remember Exo Force or Adventurers. Not to mention Bionicle. We've been getting tease after tease and it's getting a bit... I dunno, saddening to rely on this nostalgia?

[@CheeseyStudios]

I can definitely see where you're coming from. They're trying a bit too hard to milk our wallets...

[@takeitback96]

Hey Lego? This is what you need. An Exo Force reboot. It’s an awesome and interesting story, and you should absolutely bring it back.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ahhh, imagine. It would be glorious!

[@MatiNuva1724]

The amount of references to Exo-Force.... Sure. Bionicle is being referenced every other set. As a vivid Bionicle Enjoyer I acknowledge that it will most not likely come back as a new theme. But Exo-Force? I can see potential for a new wave

[@CheeseyStudios]

Right? Mechs are so popular right now. I feel it could be very successful

[@Herr_Gamer]

I appreciate the love for a classic series, but I gotta say the looks are a downgrade. It looks - as it is - like a tourist gimmick in a themed amusement park. Somewhat ironic since what (I assume) this is based on would be the real life Gundam statues around Japan (and China) which are generally very accurate and to scale

[@CheeseyStudios]

Design philosophy has changed a ton at LEGO, that's for sure. It would be awesome to see a proper, stand-alone remake of one of the mechs for sure.

[@PhoenixClank]

We are so back I think the double sword of the remake looks a bit pathetic. Do they really not have access to any bigger symmetrical blade pieces that they could mold in white? Also I miss the iconic look of the spiral staircase center column piece used as a gun barrel. And yes, the wings look a bit bare without the (danger?) striping on them.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, it's definitely a weird instance of where I would have loved more stickers lol! It's definitely nowhere near as epic as the original, but still a more amazing callback then I ever could have dreamed of.

[@prons_gaming5083]

This years city wave is really good. I'm looking forward to getting several of the sets. It's kind of annoying, though, that the jungle wave has been split up, with the gorilla set being released in August and all the others being released on June 1st(which I still haven't been able to find a single one of in store)

[@CheeseyStudios]

Oh wait, really? The summer release schedule has been so weird the past few years

[@Matti2ooo8]

I love the implication that the only qualifier for being a Speed Champions set is the number of stickers

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

More stickers than bricks

[@GracefulMage3089]

With how popular Mechas have become they should return Exo-Force as a product line. It was one of my favs as a kid and to this day if i buy legos its often the mechas.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Right? I feel there's a lot of potential there.

[@ZontarDow]

With how large this set is, I kind of which they'd just had it be the A.01 alone since it's a lot harder to justify putting down 130Cad for that many pieces in a set given how many of them I don't actually want.

[@CheeseyStudios]

If you can get your hands on the sticker sheet, everything else is common parts which is nice!

[@Klaevin]

I kind of wish we could get a new lego mech oh wait, we have ninjago. yeah, I should probably satiate my newfound thirst for mechs with some ninjago sets

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, there's no shortage of mechs in the LEGO portfolio! Heck, Star Wars has mechs now 🤣

[@braydonlangford485]

I hope we get an Lego Icons 20th anniversary EXO Force Sentai Mountain mech bay…….

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ahhhh imagine! That'd be bonkers

[@IceSki117]

I wish I still had my Stealth Hunter, but it was disassembled and scattered among all my Legos as a kid. I don't even know if I would be able to find all of the parts again.

[@CheeseyStudios]

They're always tricky parts to find because the stickers basically make each part unique. Putting mine back together was quite a pain - ended up having to buy a few parts off Bricklink. Well worth it though!

[@BuildLego]

Exo-force was great, I was buying up many sets since many of the sets went for $15-20

[@CheeseyStudios]

The prices were so good, even for their time! Modern Ninjago mechs are all like $60+ 😩

[@Tucher97]

I am surprised lego city went mech, I thought with the recent animal line, I expected of well, more animals, or maybe zoo. Would that be too on the nose? who knows.

[@CheeseyStudios]

A whole Zoo line would be incredible though. It's certainly been highly requested!

[@YaBoyTacco2091]

I can’t believe that they brought back exo force (kinda). LEGO knew what they were doing putting that in a $100+ set

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, they sure know how to get the most cash out of us 😬

[@marcoshuizel2223]

heck yeah! Loved exo force growing up. I sold all my old sets except AO-1, my first one!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Glad you still have it! Great set

[@Taohe_Netrus]

I'm waiting for BIONICLE-themed City set with actual Technic build :p

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would be crazzyyyy

[@listentomusic5065]

Can we please get Exo Force back LEGO! Exo Force was one of your best univers.

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would be so awesome

[@Brick5898]

Exo-Force was basically just Lego anime 😂😂😂

[@CheeseyStudios]

True that 😂

[@Epic-pf8od]

EXO FORCE MENTIONED ‼💯🗣🗣 WE'RE TAKING BACK SENTAI FORTRESS WITH THIS ONE‼ 🔥🔥🔥

[@CheeseyStudios]

Oh yyyyeeeessssss

[@BrickHQ]

City this year is the best wave ever The Space sets, the Lego truck, this set, tour bus are all amazing sets 4:32 My favorite reference in this set is the Ultra Agents reference, its my favorite retired theme Someone should combine this roller coaster with the pirates 3 in 1 coaster and the space coaster

[@CheeseyStudios]

I forget how many little coasters they've made now! It's a fun parts system

[@impactsuit9871]

I have TWO Stealth Hunters, SEALED IN BOX...

[@CheeseyStudios]

👀👀👀

[@Highstar25]

The addition of clips to the back of the hips purely to restrict movement seems intentionally restrictive to fun. Then again, maybe that's supposed to be a metaphor for the draconian safety measures at theme parks.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, LEGO's continued emphasis on durability has taken away a great deal of fun, but the toys are less frustrating to play with. I'm not convinced it's a worthwhile compromise though.

[@cosmicentitydragon2946]

I wish they'd actually do a remake of Exo-force just so we dont get just more Star Wars and Marvel mech shove in sets

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would be awesome. I worry that Exo-Force can never exist while Ninjago is around though

[@wolfclaw719]

Man I loved mech force and a part of my wants to see it come back but then I remember how jank the ninjago mechs are and I worry...

[@CheeseyStudios]

It'd be very interesting to see what they could do without modern elements for sure

[@subtilizer5657]

I'd hope to maybe see more mech themed sets as Mecha and gundam Shows have exploded in popularity over the last couple years.

[@CheeseyStudios]

They definitely do a lot of mechs these days between Ninjago and Monkie Kid, and even Star Wars has mechs now! 😂

[@TheOddPresent]

Hello cheesey just came back to watch this and its amazing as usual, keep up these amazing videos

[@CheeseyStudios]

Really appreciate it!

[@HenningsEdits]

This is so cool! The only thing I would have changed is the color of the padding inside the cockpit. I would have made it red or even trans red to represent the light brick. But other than that, it's a great little build!

[@CheeseyStudios]

I am surprised there's no nod to the light brick! A little cable would have been cool too

[@nickvang7]

This is so much better than a $150 GWP only available for like a week or two! It's probably not gonna take long for someone to make instructions that turn the rest of the set into a mech bay or something

[@CheeseyStudios]

I'm so excited to see what people do with this! I'd love to build the other mechs in this style, too

[@milktenders6219]

I’d really like them to reboot the theme. The modern mecha sets are really cool, and this time they could do fully enclosed cockpits and add heads to all the machines, go for gold with a lot of Gundam and other mecha references

[@CheeseyStudios]

Exo-Force mechs with modern pieces would be incredible

[@MrSoso1050]

Old was looks definitely more badass than the new one. The lack of detail and stickers makes it more toyish in comparison

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, for sure. Makes sense in context I suppose, but I would love something as striking as the original!

[@RavenclawBrix]

While it's cool to see references to a classic LEGO theme, I don't feel like the mech actually does anything for the set. I mean to say that the main audience for the set wouldn't be enjoying the mech, so really, it's just there to make adults want to buy it.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Oh, and it's definitely going to work lol...