What Happened to LEGO Elves

The original LEGO series that not only had a series of webisodes online but also its own Netflix original series. Why did LEGO retire this series?
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[@lanekey]

LEGO Elves related content on KZbin is so rare. The fandom has been so dead for so long, this was a surprisingly pleasing blow to the face. Thank you.

[@mintyymoos9327]

ikr!

[@maui_dolphin]

Excactly

[@catzie_78]

Yep

[@ButteredBread201]

That's why Lego NEEDS to review the theme. Edit: Stupid autocorrect, I meant reboot, not review.

[@jakefox589]

@@ButteredBread201 exactly I’m an adult now and still ove it

[@bittsystar276]

“I take a single look at the ninjago fandom and go ‘how is there so much drama, i don’t understand’” look i’m IN the ninjago fandom and even I don’t understand how the heck we got here

[@frostboi77]

mm, same. hello, friend.

[@dolphinpower1107]

I didn't even know their was drama

[@frostboi77]

@@dolphinpower1107 it's the controversial things sometimes, like back when the designs were changed and everyone was unhappy that the movie's designs stayed instead of the original

[@dolphinpower1107]

@@frostboi77 oh yeah I completely forgot about that.

[@RooftopRose079]

Ditto.

[@GravityFallsFan101]

"I could've just had the spicy Mountain Dew!?" This is the best line I've ever heard in any video ever.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

"You know what I don't think I want the spicy Mountain Dew anymore" he says as a woman goes totally mental

[@ashtonkamien8542]

I like your anime logo

[@scantopup2226]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 when you drink the mountain dew, it also drinks you

[@Elystelle_]

Off topic but omg a Cure Yell pfp

[@kirarineko]

@@Elystelle_ same I like there cure yell pfp pic cure yell is one of my favorite cures!

[@KairiKeyz]

The Netflix show is interesting. I really liked these LEGO sets. In general I'm just a sucker for fantasy stuff. And Also the dragons, they're the best part of all this.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

I find this frustrating. This video is the first time I hear of te brand. Everyone seems to remember it fondly, but I never heard of it. I guess it never reached Mexico...

[@deathlight4210]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo It happens. I didn't knew that this brand had a series. I only knew the toys :b

[@LlamasAtMidnight]

I only knew the lego elves mobile game

[@ofdragonsandbooks3979]

Ngl the only reason i bought these sets was because of the dragons

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

If you like fantasy and dragons, you should check out Ninjago.

[@joceyyy_]

You really said “let’s bring back all my childhood nostalgia”

[@unicornpet2225]

Same

[@daychild_]

Same

[@lacielily]

Fr, I only think I ever watched the first episode, but that was still a lotta memories I forgot--

[@Flamingaaa]

Felt that one in my heart

[@lesscatranslations]

same

[@ducks4rent]

I just liked the dragons, since they were cool.

[@Keith_Norman]

Fair enough

[@maributalsofwoggie]

Same to be honest

[@Star_moths]

I liked the little baby dragons that came in the egg

[@Bronzewing963]

Same- I own them all ;) Only knew Elves existed because I started buying all the dragon sets

[@ducks4rent]

@@Bronzewing963 You're so lucky! I never got to buy any of the dragon sets, for various reasons.

[@sorcerersapprentice]

Something else that bothers me about the Goblin King in the Netflixs series is that it pulls that trope of, "Oh, this villain wasn't really evil, they were controlled by this mythical object." For one, it automatically nerfs him as a villain, because in that case it was an object possessing him instead of his own actions. And also it takes away a lot of the responsibility for his own actions. He should've chose to do those things, so that way it makes him a more active character and villain. Give him this, at least his voice actor sounds great.

[@eattheasslikeitsgrass5113]

Can we just.. end the trope of the reedeemed villian in kids cartoons? Easily redeemed villians with tragic backstories are supposed to teach kids to also forgive, but some of the atrocites the villian commits just arent easily reddemable. Doesnt matter if he loves his mom or he was influenced by an evil amulet or they just look cool (looking at you jasper and lapis), those are coppouts. They dont seriously make up for their actions. Its an unrealistic moral. Theres a lot of people in thiss world that arent reddemable, and its even worse to teach them (especially common in little girls cartoons) to try and "fix" them, cause it just leads to toxic friendships & relationships. They should at least do a Zuko or Discord or Amity redemption where they have to earn their trust/ undo their flawed morals

[@ceci9775]

@@eattheasslikeitsgrass5113 discord earned they trust, and luz is just: a) luz insistent. b) dumb

[@eattheasslikeitsgrass5113]

@@ceci9775 but amity is a child, who we see has abusive parents that force her to be the bad person she was. A lot of the murderous shit was normalized for the boiling isles

[@Monie71793]

@@ceci9775 Discord is literally an asshole they keep forgiving (He tried to banish Tree Hugger. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash gets vilified over stupid pranks). He betrayed them more than once & only cares about Fluttershy (Somewhat, considering he could care less about the rest which SHE cares about).

[@ceci9775]

@@eattheasslikeitsgrass5113 this is kind of contradictory, you were attacking amity, and now is defending her?

[@makkasweet5011]

I love how The more Kid Friendly it is, the Shittier the Fandom is.

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

*looks at Steven Universe*

[@tarotsushima3332]

Makes me wonder what kind of hot mess the Dora the Explorer or Spongebob fandom is then

[@hotdogwater9060]

steven universe, atla, hp, etc: 👁👄👁

[@wolfclaw719]

I mean it makes sense; kids are shit and so are adults so put em both together and you get double-shit.

[@terragolemenjoyer8359]

No wonder the mickey mouse clubhouse fandom is still waiting for kingdom hearts references

[@chibiiiwerewolf]

Oh! I remembered watching the Netflix show and thinking it was way better than it had any right to be! Was interested enough in waiting for a second season that never came.

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

Like what I did with Mech X4's cancelled season 3 *s a d v i o l i n*

[@ashtonkamien8542]

I like your logo

[@chibiiiwerewolf]

@@ashtonkamien8542 Thank You! 😊

[@Loremastrful]

To Lego's credit, they gave the Elves theme a fighting chance. Succeed or fail, Elves stood on its own two feet.

[@ashtonkamien8542]

You're welcome Chibiii Werewolf

[@Galistarwater]

A great shame that Elves discontinued, because I actually love the LEGO sets. I find the Lord of the Rings elves and the Avatar four elements interesting and the sets were beautiful.

[@fishbonezzz]

Ikr, the dragons especially were GORGEOUS! Look up Sapphire the dragon, I still have her to this day

[@fandommemes8858]

They need to make more of them, the FLIPPING DRAGONS WERE AMAZING

[@BHnixe]

I loved this series and it really sucks that it's discontinued. Their sets were so much more worth it in my opinion. Lego Friends is less playable and just repeats sets over and over again, like, there has been a million schools, like 12 different vet clinics and another million hair salons. I'm not saying lego friends sucks, I'm just saying it really doesn't compare to the quality you get from the lego elves sets :C Also, I believe their face "tattoos" are actually accessories. They can be taken off and put back on again. I don't remember which webisode it was but I do remember ira taking her crown off.

[@oreochocolate_lavacake9960]

Yeah I also liked the new pieces and the outfits and the elf ears .

[@freya6921]

I loved the traps and mechanisms

[@RobinPerseus]

Aira took her circlet off in 'Crushing it'... Don't ask how I know that.

[@Gameprojordan]

The only thing I like about friends are some of the small camping sets that come with a bunch of forest pieces like shrubs and trees and stuff

[@cryforhelp7270]

Lego Friends has a good show, just wanna let you know. The reboot one, not the old one (dunno much about that)

[@Keith_Norman]

"The devil may work hard but the lego fandom works harder" - Negative Legend 2021

[@aguchamp7766]

"Ninjago Fandom drama" is THE most interesting topic I've ever heard

[@madi7178]

As some one who doesn’t know anything about Ninjago, absolutely!

[@Lillian_Farrell]

Ohhhohoh it's even better when you witness it firsthand...

[@tarotsushima3332]

Yeah I was like, 'You're not gonna just speed past that like you didn't say what you just said, right?' Can someone give me a tldr on what happened/is happening?

[@hotdogwater9060]

i have never dived into the fandoms of lego stuff and i’m honestly terrified to

[@rexberkova7328]

As someone who is an active part of Ninjago fandom, I would absolutely love this. There is a lot of drama they could touch on, so I wonder what they specifically had in mind. Te difference between fandoms of Tumblr and Twitter and the homophobia that comes with it? Twitter Christian Kai? Morality of greenflame? How movie effected the series? Honestly, as long as they mention how this fandom is honestly one of the chillest people when comes to polyamory, I'm fine with any callout they decide to bash us with. Fan since I was 13 and I could count the negative experiences when it comes to my identity on one hand. :D

[@anitanielsen1061]

16:24 I love how Fire Girl is like "wtf is this garbage?" *jokingly* She belongs on CinemaSins

[@maributalsofwoggie]

I second this. Cinema Sins needs to see this.

[@dev_sev_ace5329]

I was literally watching cinemasins before this video....

[@anitanielsen1061]

Omg 150 likes

[@risottopose9970]

@@dev_sev_ace5329 Why? Do you like torturing yourself

[@dev_sev_ace5329]

@@risottopose9970 I just...like watching cinemasins

[@archy8822]

Negative I'm 100% with u on the whole villain redemption bs. Why can't we just get a good villain this days? I absolutely love villains like freeza and ppl love Dio. This trope has been played out for a long time now.

[@tarotsushima3332]

I'm with you on this one. The sympathetic villain trope is slowly becoming such a dead horse that unless you can pull off a sympathetic backstory or a fulfilling redemption arc, it comes across as really shallow. Some stories need villains and antagonists who just are horrible people through and through, an example being Midori from Your Turn To Die.

[@evelinwoods1001]

Well true but… Zuko

[@archy8822]

@@evelinwoods1001 Zuko is a great character, not saying u can't make a great sympathetic villain. However he wasn't a true villain in the true sense has he wasn't inherently malevolent in his actions and the way he treated ppl. He was just looking for approval from his father, therefore he was always trying to do what he thought his father expected of him. What was though to him by his father. In this case he was less of a villain and more of misguided hero.

[@liseegeskov8769]

There is nothing wrong with a villain being redeemed but you need to actually put in the effort, and for the love of god dont pull a fairytale and redeem every single bad guy. My problem with cronan is he has a sympathic backstory and motive but acts like a pure evil villain. You cant have it both ways. Pure evil villain mixed with sympathic villain turns out a boring villain.

[@kenyaholloway-reliford8213]

@@liseegeskov8769 Agreed. Disappointing how overuse and misuse basically killed this trope.

[@leaf_teaf2107]

I’m here for this, I grew up with this and ngl- This is just already a yay

[@beau4612]

Same lego elves was my childhood

[@uskosi]

@@beau4612 No hate but if a franchise released in 2015 was one's "childhood" they're arguably still a child.

[@maributalsofwoggie]

Same I loved this crap

[@slashbat2375]

@@uskosi lmao I was just about to say

[@Monie71793]

@@uskosi Exactly 💀💀

[@FrostiOrca]

seeing a Lego series without the lego is cursed

[@Verydeadbarbie]

Thats what makes this so funny to me

[@unicornpet2225]

Lego friends

[@macnquack]

I remember seeing this first as sets in the catalogs… and then I googled it and found the show

[@Helloknight]

it's blursed

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I actually like it. I think it looks cool to see typically Lego people as humans. Even if it's not full, I often enjoy seeing Lego people interact with non-lego environments.

[@itsisabel420]

The main reason I liked the Netflix show when I was younger is because I liked the art. I always thought it looked familiar, so it makes sense that it was made by the same studio that animated Korra.

[@Angelo-uw9eo]

I saw lego elves season 3 before korra or aang

[@chordsofsteel-i4j]

OMG IT WAS I LOVE KORRA

[@123Saulytea]

The fact that u aren't a toy marketing consultant at this point yet is astonishing because u def know more about this market than ppl working in it :D

[@9064bow]

*me, a ninjago fan*: "huh, drama?" I've only been watching up to what's available on Netflix 😆 also I'm not into interacting with the fandoms of shows that I'm into. But tbh I'd love to see a spinoff of Ninjago done in the style of Elves

[@D1SZZ]

Honestly, I think the fights in this style would be interesting

[@legendarybubbles4567]

That would be amazing 🤩

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Yeah, there's not really that much drama. The biggest controversy was backlash when the movie came out and the designs from that film were used in the show. That was an insane level of drama. Then there are minor drama things like shipping battles but that's not really that big of an issue because controversial ships are really fringe. More people joke about those ships rather than support them and the dominant ships are canon in the show so most support those anyway. Lastly, there are some controversies about popular Ninjago KZbinrs or twitter uses being scummy but that's it. All of these are pretty tame and typical relatively speaking. Like it's way less drama than most fandoms have.

[@Spectre_rumi7284]

This would make the movements more free and has potential to gain more viewers because nowadays *people like ANIME* And animating an already awesome show can attract more fans Although some people dont like that opinion

[@sanashi27]

Dedicated fandoms are awesome cause they tend to record detailed stuff about their fandom. It's why I, too check wiki pages when trying to watch series with more than one season. Also, that costume you put on in the middle of the vid for the magic stuff, is that jacket thingy from Demon Slayer? I haven't watched that show but I've seen photos and the main character wears those colors.

[@kirkkek]

I thought that too! Looked like Tanjiro's kimono!

[@lyrics_m_sic]

I thought the same thibg

[@RubyMarine]

My little Lego Elves loving heart has ascended! As a mod from the fandom wiki I loved seeing this in my sub box. You did miss a couple of details such as the chapter books and the third mini-movie. Granted those are a bit lesser known as LEGO never uploaded "Down a Dark Path" to the channel, only on the website. (Which got nuked during the site's redesign, along with a fair bit of other periphery content like comics and lore trivia)

[@Flamingaaa]

I uhhh think i have the link to "down a dark path" still :P

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Is there anyway someone could upload the Down the Dark path video to KZbin or something so it doesn't become lost media?

[@lumii644]

bro, i remember watching "down a dark path" on yt a long time ago, it literally felt like a fever dream

[@oliviap.1370]

The goblin king was incredibly attractive and I think we need to talk about it more.

[@emihawkins]

Yes! I preferred Tidus and Ferran because they were cute and stupid but Cronan was so fine

[@aaamandear]

He was omgggg

[@galacticghostie]

If I had a nickel for every time I feel in love with a Goblin King I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice. (Jareth from Labyrinth is the other)

[@Angelo-uw9eo]

​@@galacticghostiewhere did that joke come from

[@Gin_isnotmyname]

​@@Angelo-uw9eoit's from the show Phineas and Ferb

[@nansabar]

I had an obsession with lego elves when the first set of well sets were released. (Before all the dragons, like I have the lagoon, tree house, castle, and other stuff like that). I had absolutely no idea any of this existed, which is weirder considering I would scour the lego website for more lore, and lego was the only thing I cared about at the age of 10. But thanks for this, it brought back memories and idk gave me a new show to watch

[@Angelo-uw9eo]

I have every lego elves set except the little bag of sira and her airship

[@itsandieji]

I liked it a lot just bc of the design and story,I had to read the title again and recollected so many memories

[@RizzytheWizzy]

Yo same :D

[@XXLittleSofyXX]

same I just unlocked many lost memories

[@Anne_The_Hamster]

“ The devil may work hard, but the Lego fandom works harder” Amazing

[@seeguul]

I'm surprised parents didn't cancel the show for the "tattoos"

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

TBH, I don't think they're tattoos. They seem more like mystical elf markings.

[@sstar339]

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi I mean... parents cancelled Monster High for being too "disturbing/creepy"

[@disneystopmakingliveaction4430]

FINALY someone makes a video about them. Their the reason why I still had a childhood because I probably was emotionally abused by an adult and playing with them made it less painful :’)

[@Monie71793]

I was abused too. Hope you're alright.

[@fishbonezzz]

Oh man, sorry to hear that. and I was waiting for so long to mention these sets again since they were BIG parts of my lego dragon collections.

[@shaigamer0139]

I like ur pfp of Disney miranda sins (i think thats her name)

[@ThatPurpleWolfIdol]

16:23 this is just Sokka's face right here. *[Screenshots it for reference purposes]*

[@Ni.61]

Trueeee

[@macp9315]

Oh my god, you're right. That's honestly hilarious.

[@AeonKnigh432]

I looked at the Lego KZbin channel a while back and the playlists were awful. They had playlists, but they weren't all inclusive and they were mostly in other languages. I had to scroll through like 50 playlists before finding the one I wanted, which only had a few episodes

[@cybersnek7205]

I'm a fan of ninjago but know nothing about the fandom. Now I'm kinda scared about what goes on in there o_o

[@Weirdos22146]

I stopped watching it after season two and I tried to go back in it but it got confusing for me

[@carysk4083]

Mostly fights about the redesign and the newest seasons ending

[@Helloknight]

@@Weirdos22146 just watch from season 3 on. you can't skip any of the first 8 seasons or you'll miss out on a lot of info in the later ones. but there's stuff like prime empire you can skip. the 15th season you can skip, you just won't get any of the refs in the 16th. but you have to watch the 16 cuz something major happens in that one.

[@Weirdos22146]

@@Helloknight ok

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

It's not that dramatic. The biggest controversy is when they changed the character deigns in the show.

[@sonictheaccursed]

The show is called LEGO Elves, but where are the Legos? 11:20 - Nevermind, I found them. 13:08 - Nope, they're gone again. 22:39 - Wait, they're back.

[@Brand_Fish]

Back when Lego Hidden side was a thing it seemed like it was trying yo appeal to multiple genders. The ghosts were creepy and had cool designs, there was a marketable ghost dog, and half of the main cast were girls with the girl characters being smarter and more capable than the guy characters. (Heck sometimes Parker, who was a girl ghost hunter, had to go out of her way to save her guy partner who I forgot the name of)

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

The guy partners name is Jack Also btw I think Hidden Side's protagonist should've been Parker

[@Brand_Fish]

@@yiwoon_cr8s Oh yeah totally, but it's kinda like people who argue that Annabeth should've been the protagonist of Percy Jackson. Yeah, she's more capable and a more interesting character, but the "actual" protagonist is more relatable to the target demographic

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

Wth is that series

[@Brand_Fish]

@@beashemmad.sayson545 It was Legos way of doing a paranormal series. It also had an Augmented Reality game as a marketing point

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Lego isn't so black and white about appealing to only a single gender even though certain themes are broadly marketed to boys or girls. Like I'm pretty sure the male elf was included to appeal to boys even though Lego Elves is generally aimed at girls. Also, Ninjago is surprisingly popular with girls even though most of its fans are boys. Lego even mentioned being surprised by this and made a direct effort from that point on to appeal to girls. They added a girl as a main character and feature her heavily in the marketing material. They also feature real life girls playing with the toys in the commercials alongside boys which very clearly saying "Ninjago is for EVERYONE" with this marketing.

[@Sabrina-qv4tg]

I was honestly so bummed when the LEGO Elves series got discontinued. In my opinion, as someone who's had both, I think Elves was far superior to Friends, but apparently only a small portion of people thought that. I just loved the fantasy aspect, plus all the cool objects, moving parts, and the magical animals, (especially the dragons). I really wish they kept working on Elves.

[@jazmineszlari414]

As soon as Lego Elves was released I instantly abandoned all my Lego Friends sets (also simp for Cronan to this day) Thankfully I was lucky to collect a few bigger sets before it got discontinued but the writing was definetly a bit wonky and in my opinion Emily's personality was just a bit shallow. Like she didn't have any flaws besides being a bit shy she is just the typical goody-two-shoes who believes in ✨kindness✨ and ✨harmony✨ and instantly forgives any villain she comes across and even Sophie had more personality than her

[@ellagrace4473]

I used to enjoy Lego elves, however, I've haven't seen much of the Netflix series, so I was surprised to hear about the Cronan/Rosalin story because I heard somewhere on the Lego Elves website that both their mothers were part of the "five sisters", making them cousins...

[@KaLoDrac]

Honestly i think if Lego would had extended the plot more the netflix series would had been more popular, maybe giving corruption or more power to the goblin king, making the 4 season webseries into the second season into the netflix show, but they gave up so easily they wasted what could had been an amazing series, and even more money!

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

Those sets are to this day the single best "big creature" builds in lego history it sucks that we will probably never get something like it Also thank you so damn much Legend for reminding us all of all these awesome stuff seriously thank you dude👍

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

IDK man, have you seen some of the animal builds Ninjago has produced? They make like the best dragons, serpents, and rhino's I've ever seen.

[@fishbonezzz]

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi To me Elves and Ninjago mastered the art of creature builds, and this is coming from someone who collected dragons from both themes!

[@witchyemofurbs8623]

I didn't realize that we haven't gotten a new elves set since 2018 and now I wanna cry. That franchise is so good, I hope they can find a way to bring it back TwT

[@whatsyourname9581]

Something that just really bothered me about the Netflix show was that Cronan and Rosalyn are cousins. Yes. Cronan is the son of the Earth sister, while Rosalyn is the daughter of the water sister (as stated in the character description of Rosalyn on the old official Lego Elves website). While I don't really have a lot against cousin relationships, since that's kinda normal in some parts of the world, but that it was completely left out of the show just bothered me. It seemed as if the writers just wanted to have a twist and a classic relationship trope.

[@varyn1323]

*faint 'sweet home alabama' plays in the background*

[@masonwilliams9090]

You know the 5 sisters aren't really related by blood to each other don't you? They are different elves with different elemental talents and we know that elves inherit their elemental talents from their parents and ancestors and share the same talents with their siblings, tho we don't surely know how they will get their talents if their parents are of different elements but hey 2 elements can't give birth to 5 completely different elements and we also don't know the origins of the sisters, they've basically existed from the beginning like gods and goddesses so be fine to see Cronan and Rosalyn being lovers

[@masonwilliams9090]

But the more we think about it, the weirder it becomes, I know Emily was shocked to find Cronan is related to her but not the same with Rosalyn in one of the episodes, implying that Rosalyn maybe isn't related to them even if she's written as Water Sister descendant. Lego isn't good at building depth to the stories and their lore unless they receive serious attention and love from fandom like Ninjago, they make these shows just to advertise their toys so don't expect much

[@misskriss_ki]

I used to loooveeeeeee lego elves and watch all of the songs , MV's and episodes as a kid and still love some of their songs!👀✨

[@vivmi01]

Same, I loved lego shows and movies so much as a kid and still do

[@Kyanights309]

honestly i think elves was a thing cause lego wanted to make ninjago 'for girls' which didnt even work cause my expirences in the years i had spent in the ninjago fandom is that there are ALOT OF GIRLS in the fandom (including me 4 years ago)

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Did you mean to say "for boys" in your first sentence? And I mean, Ninjago is pretty welcoming to girls and I dare say Ninjago even makes a concerted effort to appeal to girls alongside boys. That's why Nya is heavily featured in marketing and show and they always show girls in live action Ninjago commercials.

[@Kyanights309]

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi i agree with you, but I do think that Lego did try to target boys as a demographic, much more than the female fanbase. I’m pretty sure Nya becoming a ninja was a token girl for the female fans to relate to and that’s almost to the extent of pandering (idk if that’s the right word) to female audiences we got(except from like Skylar, Faith or Harumi). In my original comment I meant to say that like elves was trying to appeal to the female audience of ninjago, I worded it weirdly sorry about that

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

@@Kyanights309 No, I you're right. Lego did initially aim Ninjago at boys and they were really surprised but the positive reception they got from girls too. Like did you know that the Rebooted love triangle was specially included to try and appeal to girls? And I also think you are right about Nya being promoted to Ninja as an attempt to have a token female character. It did feel pretty token initially, although Lego has actually done an excellent job of making her a good character since season 8, especially in the most recent season. She went from token to real character and I really applaud how well she's now written.

[@Kyanights309]

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi the love triangle plot line I could tell was definitely for the female fans, I hated it as a child because I liked Jaya and really didn’t see the chemistry. And always as a child I could identify that Nya was a token girl, but I somewhat admired her too and she was a huge idol as a kid, even if she was just a token character

[@dowottboy5889]

"I look out with a single glance at the Ninjago fandom and I'm like "How is there so much drama, I don't understand" *War flashbacks as a mod on Lego Amino* fr tho, the lego community is pretty chill from my experience... I mean it makes sense that there's some drama occasionally, there are a lot of kids in the community, which is just inevitable when the community is around a toy. But most of the older fans that I have met are more chill.

[@Helloknight]

yeah the ninjago fandom is quite chill, fanfics are decent and there's some fanart too! a lot of cool theorists and people i must say

[@dowottboy5889]

@@Helloknight Yeah! And people sharing their MOCs and sigfigs and stuff, it's really cool what people can do!

[@liquidpurple7350]

Holy crap I swear this channel is the only one on KZbin to acknowledge now just one or two, but basically ALL of the shows I watched as a kid that nobody else remembers- Slugterra, Dinosaur King, Lolirock, Ever After/Monster High, and now Lego: Elves! Honestly the only one they haven’t covered is Dino Squad! Thank you for bringing these shows back to light and introducing them to new people!!

[@Hirochicken]

The Lego Elves sets are some of my favorite sets. The fantasy theming was fun and I loved all the translucent pieces each set used. The Goblin King castle and goblin village sets are especially fun.

[@WafflesX3XD]

i thought lego elves was a weird fever dream 💀 thank you for enlightening us lmao

[@XXLittleSofyXX]

same

[@reynarudydharsono603]

Lol ikr

[@aria8256]

"Had a little *slurp, slurp* from the ominous fountain in the middle of the woods..." 🤣🤣 saying that with the make-up fits so perfectly for some weird reason 😆👏 Definitely worth an A for effort. 👍🏻

[@WarmLillie]

I learned about Lego elves before its was Netflix / cool. Also I watch ninjago, I really love Lego…

[@w__w7256]

I have question to you? Do you know monkie kid?

[@WarmLillie]

@@w__w7256 Demon Bone Lady was awesome and Red Son is cool.

[@w__w7256]

@@WarmLillie yey

[@avag4334]

@@w__w7256 monkie kid is really good ngl

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

This brought back memories I forgot I had

[@XXLittleSofyXX]

same

[@_PrinceDionysus_]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS THANK YOUUUU The makeup you did added with the words "SPICY MOUNTAIN DEW" is so amazing

[@kerrygligorovic9758]

It's a shame the same creature of Avatar: The Last Airbender didn't do Season 4: Into the Shadows were Lego Elves Secrets of Elvendale left off because I would liked to see what Lumia, Noctura and the Elemental Guardians creature looked liked.

[@auroramayyy]

LEGO actually also tends to retire their own intellectual properties after a certain number of years. But some shows/sets/etc, such as Bionicle, Ninjago, and Friends, worked so well that they outran their planned timeline. Hence the "Ninjago Reboot Season" and not to mention Friends completely changed as well.

[@screamingsoup1853]

This was the closure I really needed for this show (even though I found it like a year later lmao). Late elementary school, me and my two closest friends were ALL about Lego elves. Every time we hung out we would bring the dragons we had and played with them. When I the fourth season ended, we were left with no new content and so the Lego elves were forgotten. I moved away after that and never really got them out again. The childhood nostalgia hit me recently and I wanted to find out what happened to their series. I never really got a clear answer until now, so thank you so much for this

[@kandicefranky3253]

I'm so happy season 4 addressed the Emily powers issue. I was screaming at the screen the entire time. Her grandmother was an elf and so is her extended family since technically Chronan is her cousin and her grand aunts are alive. She can use a MAGICAL amulet. That pretty much implies that she had inherent magic. She even said the 'I don't have the same abilities as you guys do' in the Netflix series.

[@freshcupofangst]

7:08 You cut it off at the best part, “We're all that tall!” It's such a wonderful bit of “haha our character models all have the same body type” sort of humor. Self aware and I love it.

[@evelinwoods1001]

Let’s be real here… Kronon is just Jet from Avatar if Jet didn’t like to get his hands dirty You all know I’m right

[@HeloSRDL]

can't wait for the ninja go videooo!! that show was my childhood defined

[@3rebella]

Same 😭😂

[@charlesashton3757]

Lego Elves was literally half my childhood, and the End of the Sets broke my Heart. I‘m Kind of shocked, that I didn‘t know there was a Netflix Series. On the other Hand, I don‘t own a Netflix-Account, so…

[@marscoric]

the comment about the ninjago fandom KILLED ME I was on ninjago twitter for like 6 months and I came back with multiple controversies under my belt and a stalker LMAO

[@netmeg1119]

I literally collected every single set. The genre, builds, and storyline really expressed me and brought me years of joy. It was sad when they were discontinued.

[@AngelDustCakes]

SAME

[@maro0155]

I'm honestly curious about what kind of drama you found in ninjago fandom, as it's one if the chillest fandom i'm in. literally any bigger drama that i can think of is greenflame discourse. there's also the fact that there's huge difference between Tumblr fandom and twitter fandom, so that might be it

[@queerpxnk3200]

Honestly Monster High could probably make more money selling their doll bodies for doll customizers.

[@naomiazeke7152]

this series was my childhood, I almost cried when I heard it was cancelled.

[@DanielGuzman-mm8ti]

Now I kinda wish Lego Elves was a TV Show released in 2003/2004 it would have been Avatar before Avatar and a Video Game series developed by TT Games during the PS2 era so if they were Critically and Financially successful Lego & TT wouldn't have to make games based on LICENSED Lego brands like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Marvel, DC, etc and not share any money to the Studios that owned them.

[@NanbaLanba]

If you do LEGO MONKIE KID that would be nice or Iron Man Armored Adventures that would also be nice. Iron man armored adventures was great and I cry it never got a third season

[@smugluznoceda7928]

hello, golden gaurd

[@NanbaLanba]

@@smugluznoceda7928 hello human! Staying out of trouble? Would hate to have to bring you in.

[@fallingdown315]

I had the Lego sets, then watched the show. I remember loving it, to the point where I would check every _single_ day to see if they added another season. I did this for 5 months, then I stopped and let my sets get dusty. Been a bit, and this reminded me that I loved it. Good times

[@DawnBreaker]

I JUST REWATCHED THIS SERIES AND THEN I REALLY WANTED YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT LMAO

[@animemenga125]

thank you for making this. i loved playing with lego elves with my sister and we would get the sets together but then they just stopped showing up in stores and it was a super bummer also (this wasn't addressed in your video) but the show almost seems out of order with the lego releases. like the troll stuff came out (at least in stores near me) before the dragon stuff came out and the animal spirit stuff. thank you for the video.

[@teodorapetkovic]

That makeup transition was legendary.

[@wreathsoflaurels]

oh my god that show's background music is dragging so much nostalgia up

[@gigiisaweirdo8175]

My sisters would watch the version Netflix series just with the best animation over and over again, I would watch and really loved the art and animation and stuff

[@whatsyourname9581]

I got the first LEGO sets as a gift and fell in love with this show. I have 90% of the sets (only the biggest ones not), a lot of magazines and most of the minifigures (tbh I think that Skyra girl and some of the goblines are the only one I don't have). I absolutely love this series and the webisodes/Netflix show/mini movies, and it is really sad how unorganized that thing is (three to four different animation styles, big parts of the series just not recorded and only on the website) and how they just stopped the series without properly ending the story. It could've been so much bigger than it ended up, if only they organized it more.

[@quacker__jack]

just wait till they find out about ninjago, which has the opposite problem of miraculously still running with 15 seasons to date

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

That's not a problem, that's awesome! We've literally gotten 15 season of Ninjago content, 11 seasons which I can confidently say range from good to amazing with only like 4 meh seasons sprinkled throughout.

[@whatsyourname9581]

Adding to your question of "Why does Ragana want the dragons" I assume that this was actually because Noctura (aka the magic well) told her to because the dragon queen is actually Lumina. Since both Noctura and Lumina can transform into all kinds of animals and the color scheme of Lumina, the dragon queen and the animals she transformed into are exactly the same, it's leading me towards the theory that they were the same person/being all along. This makes even more sense when you think about how the dragons were mainly absent when the thing with Noctura started (at least that was how I remembered). It might have been something they wanted to include into the series but didn't, because the whole thing was just an unorganized mess. Getting the dragons and the queen, as well as the babies, could've been Noctura's first attempt to gain Lumina's magic by kidnapping her during a vulnerable state (I assume that Lumina is actually a half-dragon and can actually have babies in that state. But because she has to take care of her babies, she must stay in that dragon form for a while) and eventually escape from the shadow world.

[@buckets1623]

I found the webisode series by accident when I was younger and got hooked. I still have some of my old lego sets

[@orin331]

You should absolutely take a look at Lego Monkie Kid! It's not really "What Happened" material since it's like, the newest series, but it's definitely worth a watch.

[@sakurasensations4786]

When I watched the Lego Elves Netflix series, I was so confused for a while. I just had no clue how Emily already knew these elves in season 1, episode 1. All shows always start with meeting the magical people, so why didn’t this one? I probably should have guessed there was an online series at some point, but I was maybe 10-11 at the time sooo… Whatever. Lol

[@emily.j.w.1654]

What I didn't like were those sudden moments where a character is out of breath for no reason except to maybe pick up the tension

[@Victoria-_]

The fact that I was so OBSESSED with this show since the very beginning… it feels like so long ago 😂😂

[@thesilverprincess]

I remember I just had a few sets. They were my favorite sets ever because of how cool and mystical the characters and sets were. I never knew about the series

[@delilahdahlia247]

I remember getting the Lego sets, and only starting watching the show because of them. I completely forgot the entire storyline for the show though

[@MichellaneousMe]

I remember watching this and not remembering anything at the same time

[@laugh-a-gramstudios4601]

Recommendation: Once Upon A Zombie! The books and dolls were amazing... Sad how it got cancelled the minute it got out

[@lordofspaghetti5454]

legos marketing maybe sucked for this show? I never remember seeing the sets in the lego isles and I never liked the lego friends much and I would steal my brothers ninjago sets so they just got me my own at that point, the elves one seems really cool so now I kinda wish I watched it back when it was new :/

[@pinkiepielunagirls4541]

i remember they advertised it pretty decently in the lego magazine around the time it first released. i don't think i ever saw a large amount of sets at any given time in the store though, they mostly released them in small waves i guess? it's been a while since i've thought about this though so i could be wrong on the store part

[@thecryptidGrey]

There was a show?? I just adored the Lego sets, damn. I still have a few of them on display, they look a bit out of place with my Star Wars stuff lmao but they're gorgeous. I didn't even realised it'd all been discontinued though, that sucks.

[@tropicalsnow8784]

Ninjago Drama is one of the funniest things. From Tannerfishies drama to Albrickstudios drama to Greenflame shipping to people who say "ew" everytime they see non-straight ship... Oh and literally making the show creator leave twitter because of constant asking for spoilers for the next installment... The show is good tho and I hope SOMEONE will make a video about it.

[@TheoMcAllister]

Whenever I see a kids' franchise I didn't know before, I clearly see the characters I would have loved as a kid. Gimme some of that Spicy Mountain Dew, we're evil now.

[@SuperBrownie247]

This show deserves more seasons. I loved it a lot but never got any of the sets

[@CookieDamage13x]

I thought I had seen all the seasons but I somehow missed the season with the art change where they're actually legos? That's hilarious!

[@ariaz1112]

One of my pride and joys is that I own every set from the first Lego Elves season, the one where human girl had to get back to her world. Sadly I couldn't keep up though, so I only have three sets from the other seasons

[@venelopimlp]

4:50 this is not an issue for me, since even in regular shows I sometimes check if I'm watching the very first episode or maybe I missed the pilot or whatever. it's odd to me that you are complaning about it NOW, since I think we all start double checking at some point with the wiki page. just today I watched a new show and the first episode was so weird and didn't explain ANYTHING right off the bat that I had to check if I missed a pilot somewhere. but it is frustrating af to double check when this happenes. but you gotta do what you gotta do, including me.

[@Lolxlol21_]

18:05 Scary fact: The Shadow creatures are based/are the cause of old tales about creatures made of shadows. So perhaps these creatures may exist….or it is more likely that it’s just human fears. But think about what if these creatures did exist?

[@uninvincibleete]

Just watched the Netflix series and was so confused haha so glad you have a video about the history so I didn't have to find all this myself! Also I'm an animator and just an FYI: most animated shows you watch (unless they're hand-animated in Korea like the Netflix Elvendale one) use a Library of pre-made faces/poses. It's called a Build or a Rig. This is especially used for mouth charts, which will often have a pretty extensive Library of mouths (each main consonant and vowel, happy/neutral/sad, from the front, 3/4, Profile, and 7/8 view). This allows things to stay on-model and saves a ton of animation time. Higher-budget shows might have a bigger Library for each character, or might have more time for Animators to add/make in-between poses to make the changes between Library Poses feel more natural.

[@EverLilac0226]

I just really love the videos you make so much, especially when the shows you picked are ones which I've watched and love, and hearing you explain all the details, BTS etc is just really interesting. Thank you for making all these videos, and hopefully one day (when I get a job n money) I'll be able to support your patreon Lots of love 🥰

[@MelonTartVA]

I remember Elves had a special that aired on TV and then the Netflix series came out before suddenly fluttering out of existence. I found it appealing to both boys and girls.

[@Keith_Norman]

Until the Netflix show came out i forgot this show existed at all

[@XXLittleSofyXX]

same

[@starmaiden1362]

This just gave me so many forgotten memories.

[@m.l.johnson3847]

This is a real shame... I didn’t really like the series myself, but, I have a little sister who loved this line, and my mother and I searched everywhere for one of the sets over last holiday season. Needless to say, we ended up paying more than we wanted to online for one of the old sets.

[@otakuwannbe4387]

I can't tell if this man is slowly turning into Dio or David Bowie

[@roisinnigcrainn7722]

Yes

[@risottopose9970]

Yes

[@mars_png.]

Yes

[@joannamysluk8623]

Dio Bowie. DU-UH.

[@outrunthestars4938]

I remember playing with Lego elves as a child. I still have them ( some of the sets are destroyed,sadly) I got every single set with the animals ( the ones with the lions,turtle,and the wolfs) Didnt know there was a show of the series tho

[@Walker_96501]

This was a major part of my childhood, I was so sad to see it end. I called lego once and asked them why they ended it, and their excuse was, “our designers ran out of ideas, so we figured it was a good time to end it.” 🥺😩😭😭😭