Why Did LEGO Nexo Knights Fail? (2016-2018)

[@LegoManCam]

Thanks for watching the video everyone! I've made a part two where I uncover the cancelled season 5 script, comics and sets! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnu3moqCg9Znr7s

[@eliasmelgaardpetersen6203]

I have an old huawei tap-let with the game on it but the servers have shut down completely so its not gonna help with a later vidio

[@SkibidiSigma6699]

actually the virus stuff had some comics that were pretty mid imo

[@ErikVardy]

Really great video but I remember that there were next knight books that came with a mini fig that I think were a waste of time and money for lego and that may have been a factor to next knights downfall

[@nadim20.06]

Ngl i loved that show😭 it became interesting when Clay was a stone and the story with his mother

[@BrandonScott-mi5pz]

GREAT 👌 LEGO MAN CAM LEGO NEXO KNIGHT FAILURE 2016-2018.

[@MC-Bricks]

Bro bot not you Nadim

[@welsieinfinland1325]

@@MC-Brickswhat

[@nadim20.06]

​@@MC-Bricks😂😂

[@RAT_chad28]

Bro I was waiting for so long for that season to go to Netflix but it never came😭😭😭

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

To be fair, I think villains like Monstrux that reincarnate in various new forms and just never seem to die are appealing, but what really bugged me was him zapping Jestro evil again for the second year. Jestro goes through so much development at the end of the second season, and then WHOOPS! All gone next episode. It just feels dirty. Makes his eventual redemption in the third year's sets all the more satisfying. I would've loved to see a confrontation in a fifth season between Jestro and essentially his former abuser, given the then YEARS of history that would've built up to it. And the entire appeal/conceit of the tech monsters is they finally dropped the swords and sorcery junk they'd been falling back on for most of the theme, stopped resisting the advance of time, and embraced the futuristic powers that's given the knights their edge, FINALLY giving them an opponent that truly felt evenly matched, if not overpowered. It seems like the perfect way to end the theme.

[@silverbone4845]

Shame we never got to see that happen..

[@mariustan9275]

Shame we never got to see it. I saw the tech version of Monstrux and it was so awesome seeing Monstrux even the playing field with Merlock by also becoming a magic digital wizard. Shame it never became an animated season.

[@Kermee_Collects]

It's a shame since in the 5th season he would've been good and that season could've been amazing but sadly lego did what they did, even though the trailer was released

[@SuperRamtin]

Man, those gameplays were a nostalgia blast for me. Same with the set images. I had so much fun with the entirety of this theme!

[@rickardfroberg1154]

it gave me massive nostalgia when watching the video too

[@SuperbGorilla]

I grew up with this theme having all the sets that were relatively cheap plus some middling price ones as well

[@SuperbGorilla]

In fact from the OG jan wave, I only didn't get the mobile castle, the evilmobile and the rumble blade

[@silverbone4845]

I never got any sets 😭

[@ittology-games]

true. i also got a lot. but now im too old and will try to sell a few :)

[@BrockAusmus]

I still have the shield things

[@TheTopNotchOne]

I just wished they didn't ended the show on a Cliff hanger. Nexo knights was the best

[@rakeguy7703]

The true ending was in comics they put in Nexo Knights magazine. but those magazines were released in Europe as far as i know. I have that issue and it has a good ending for nexo knights where they defeat that digital virus monstrux.

[@user-us7el6ss2l]

@@rakeguy7703 I do not know how it ended

[@GurmDerWurm]

@@rakeguy7703 ive had them and even the comics ended on a cliff hanger, sad moment for the little me

[@user-ci4is3pb8en]

Before i didnt really care too much about the show. But when i watched it it was actually really good.The sets are amazing with great builds. Im still sad Nexo Knights ended as it was getting pretty intersting towards the end.

[@snaketonqeeeet]

Thank you for reminding me that Nexo Knights existed. I still remember how I religiously watched the show at my father's house. It's unfortunate that it ended because it was so fun.

[@skyplayerYTB]

I grew up with Nexo Knights However, now my journey continues with Ninjago, RIP nexo knights

[@cjbricks422]

I never really gave the show a chance, and I never bought any of the sets, but looking back now, I love this theme

[@jeepmega629]

Watching these Lego videos makes me realize just how much Lego struck gold with Ninjago. I say that because with themes like Chima or Nexo Knights, yeah they’re cool, but there’s so many sets featuring ANIMAL and KNIGHT before people aren’t interested in buying the sets, which is a death sentence for a Lego show. Meanwhile Ninjago basically created a world where anything can exist, which allows for extremely varied sets. While Chima and Nexo Knights cornered themselves with being only about anthropomorphic animals or fighting knights, while with Ninjago it is so varied that it has already had many anthropomorphic animals figures and a kingdom full of knights wouldn’t feel out of place in a show like itself. Just shows how flexible it is compared to nearly every other Lego theme.

[@oliveScales]

Ninjago is quantity vs quality. China was niche but it had in-depth worldbuilding because it actually invested in the character's cultures and lifestyle, instead of throwing random, unrelated character tropes for kids to build. (Not talking about TV shows, just sets).

[@levievil9220]

Honestly I wouldn’t mind a revival if there were to be added to the ninjago realm as separate dimensions fused into the main realm of the ninja we see the knights against some of the other evil characters from other shows and they team up with the ninja and china crew for an episode we know chima is cannon to ninjago even the bad guys from the latest season are from there wouldn’t be so far fetched

[@mariustan9275]

@@levievil9220 How is Chima canon to Ninjago? Where there some crossover thing that I didn't see or forget about? Also given Ninjago's schtick about other dimensions what if we add alternate universes too to let Nexo Knights in.

[@levievil9220]

@ the universe thing they went to the chima verse though it was a quick scene and the bad guys in the new season are from chima

[@oliveScales]

@@mariustan9275 Ninjago fans don't know what easter eggs mean. Please don't take the Merge seriously, it's just fanservice for the Ninjago fans who feel bad for hating on Chima. Ninjago and Chima are two whole separate themes and were never made to be together. Take Ninjago theories about Chima with a grain of salt, it's just forced fanservice

[@ZdinoYT2]

I remember getting my iPad to scan the shield on the show for the game

[@Sea_Wheat]

Wow i just used the pictures on google

[@ZdinoYT2]

@@Sea_Wheat smart

[@AngrycatStudios1]

I did the same thing when I was little 😂

[@Z-Dino-Creations]

@@AngrycatStudios1yo this is my second account and I have a similar pfp 😂😂

[@AngrycatStudios1]

@@Z-Dino-Creations cool lol 😂 I spent way too long with the background tho

[@Blazing_Ninja]

Thanks for making this in depth video. Nexo Knights is, and always will be my favourite Lego theme because of nostalgia, and i think it needs to be talked about more often! (Oh, and Stone Clay is my favourite Nexo Knights minifigure)

[@darthmmc7660]

Man I loved Jestro, he was my favourite character. Sad that I never got his minifigure.

[@spaydow]

I think there was a story to the green and black monsters, it was exclusively for the Blue Ocean Comics, which release mainly in Europe

[@SuperbGorilla]

Nah I got one of the sets and I only found out a couple yrs ago why I couldn't find any of the sets

[@Winter_Unit-28]

Green black monster was monstrox (aka the same mfc who used to be human then book then cloud then finnaly Computer virus like Glitchtrap

[@ironzombie39]

Do you know where I can read them?

[@Goum1]

​@@ironzombie39 Well they are very hard to find now I remember having tens of these, but i got rid of them many years ago

[@Stero-der_Echte]

Man I love this video. It gave me that other kind of Nostalgia. I used to grind that mobile game so much and I also had that Lego set 1:45. Ngl pure childhood memories you dug up there brother ❤.

[@Sakurablossem3]

I miss this series sm. I was a HUGE ninjago fan but Nexo Knights really got me at season 3. Sadly it just got really interesting at season 4 when it ended :(

[@nickfunkero8856]

Damn, this was hidden really really deep inside my memories. I remember watching the first season of the show when it came out. Don’t remember much about it though 😅

[@kamirubidan2080]

I remember when Nexo Knights was new a lot of AFOL were upset that it wasn't just a standard castle theme.

[@LaFlame4ever]

Thank you for the Video. I Never understood the whole topic around the Show and Sets but your Video made everything clear and got me feeling nostalgic again. Well done!

[@P_Gamer249]

12:59 Adults? Im Not Even 18 😭

[@enderpumpkin13]

I loved the game when I was 6. I have legos of it. I hate that it's gone. I had a book for goodness sake. I also loved chima and still love ninjago. Thank you for these videos.

[@Spore_z]

I loved the comics my dad used to read them to me and we would laugh when they messed up the symbols/colours

[@swirlypit20483]

Nostalgia hits...

[@nobrabo4810]

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[@eexergamingsk8088]

Real..

[@kingillager]

Main thing I love so much about nexo knights is how much functions everything had. First off you had the shields, which collecting and scanning was so satisfying. Then you have the army-like figures (this isn’t Nexo Knights exclusive ofc) which were so fun to play with. But the biggest strength it had is how much the machines could do. Take Clay’s car for example. It could shoot, it had a spot for all three characters, the shield and sword, and seperating into two cars for the robots and a plane for Clay. Nexo Knights is very unique in that way and I miss it

[@SAW-j3i]

The chaos chariot hit me with so much nostalgia😭🙏

[@vanessasandoval96]

I wish the Nexo Knights could still exist in store to buy but no it’s sold out and now the price got higher to be expensive on Amazon and eBay

[@shibumi8]

I remember a lot of people being bummed about the fact that they never used any of the other monster types for the toys and tv show. A lot of promotional material included sea and swamp monsters to go along with the lava ones.

[@erikusder1.393]

I recently rebuild jestros evil mobil and its actualy kinda awsome . The design is cool , and when you turn the red wheel , the mouth opens and closes and the blades in the middle spin

[@Rexoilggg]

I loved it as a Kid i had every set from all the seasons was my favorite theme

[@TheDumbDuck33]

I STILL LOVE NEXO KNIGHTS

[@TheGermanTitan]

You just hit me with such a huge nostalgia slap across the face that I just want to say one thing, thank you.

[@Piri07]

I have no idea who you are or why this video is on my home page but thanks to you so many memories from 2016 just resurfaced for me. Thank you.

[@LioncityMOCS]

Didn’t watch the show but i recently acquired some of the old sets and they are amazing. Had a lot of fun playing with my son

[@LegoManCam]

Some of the play features are really unique!

[@Griffvious]

I remember you can combine the knights vehicles with their mechs, and i still have some of their sets!

[@whatthe3843]

i thought i only had 2 sets from this theme but when you listed the sets i realized i had a lot of nexo knites sets. Even jestros castle

[@tzulan]

Today I learned I actually own two pretty valuable minifigs. Thank you for making me search all of my boxes for them

[@thisismyname2804]

HUGE thanks for this video. I was in love with the show and the legos, i own a couple sets and even the book (yes, they made a book, it was like going deeper into the lore of the main antigonist, with a lot of pictures and a very nice design)

[@amisiagaming7327]

There was actually a small storyline to the last sets though it only exists in the lego magazins by blue ocean: Monstrox returned in digital and they had to find a special set of powers to beat him. Sadly, it never got past the introduction…

[@chexfn8284]

1:58 out of all the sets i believe i only owned the jester’s sumn mobile. Great set, i remember when i got it for christmas from my father b4 he went to prison😅

[@sleepymonsteraddict]

I was obsessed with this show, I loved collecting the shields and watching the show! I bought the book that explained the monsters and I was in love with nexo knights as a kid.

[@darkhunter7554]

this brings memories back thanks so much for making this video :)

[@legoblack3097]

Great video about arguably lego's best original series of recent years. One thing you didn't mention though that i remember vividly: they released the book of monsters from the first season and then also a season 2 variant as actual books. Maybe this wasn't in every country, idk, but i do have both of them in my own language and i think they were really well-made and a big part of why i enjoyed the series so much

[@Hothead444]

I was obsessed with nexo knights back in the day and picked up so many sets. I got the whole of wave 1, missed out on 2 sets each from waves 2 and 3, 1 from wave 4 and all of wave 5 meaning I have a large substantial collection and tonnes of awesome minifigures from the theme. I love the theme so much that I produce videos about it, granted they're music videos but still. This theme still holds a special place in my heart and getting the Fortrex set on my birthday was what really cemented this theme with me and why I'm trying to complete my collection. However there's one problem: I'm broke from buying Ninjago.

[@aworldcrumbled]

I loved the theme, and so did my parents that i used to watch it with. I don't remember if i had any sets, but i did have almost all of the power-up "Ultimate" figures, and i still have both of "Ultimate" Clay's arms lying around

[@Nathator97]

I played a LOT of the nexo knights video game when I was younger. It was honestly really fun. There were fully fleshed out boss fights, mechs, and vehicles.

[@nicoterjung5361]

I loved nexo knights, I have so many memories with my old best friend playing with the mobile castle he got for Christmas. I remember the sword charger in the castle when it turned from orange to blue. It feels like yesterday

[@noobsworld4217]

Man I remember loving the nexo knights sets. My favourites were the blue robot soldiers tbh. They looked the coolest to me!

[@SIMULACRA37]

I really liked Lance's Tri-bike from the second season. Just the ability for it to open up into a "jet" and then still be able to deploy a bike. Additionally, I thought it was very cool being able to combine the battle suits with the hero vehicles from that wave.

[@Deus_Noctis]

Nexo knights and Chima were my childhood. I´ll never forget them

[@juliancaraveo5700]

0:57 Not all. My Barnes and Noble in 2016 still had the entire theme in stock. I managed to get Scorm's Scorpion Stinger. But the next time I went there , it was all gone.

[@LegoManCam]

Retired as in, lego stopped producing them. sets can still be on shelves for a decent amount of time after if you get what I mean

[@HalalBread1427]

I absolutely adored this show and the mobile game back when I was a kid.

[@mailmonkey]

I still have the game on one of my old devices. I remember trying to play it a few years back but unfortunately the servers have been taken down :(

[@BB2O2]

Great theme. I'm a Castle guy but that first wave of sets are some of my favorite ever. They're just so unique and unapologetically "Lego."

[@LevinD09]

I loved loved loved this theme so incredibly much, I was 9 when it came out and was my absolute favorite theme at the time. I still have the big castle on display in my room, genius set!

[@Megatron404Yt]

that show made my childhood, this video give me nostalgia fron 2016😭😭😭

[@CaptainUnikitty]

I have the castle (unfortunately it’s been damaged but I added a lot of plants to make it look abandoned) But me and my brother watched a little bit of the series and we stopped because the villains and plot was almost all the same. The sets are still cool and if there’s any still being sold somewhere, I’d try to at least buy another one

[@leonardbarille3040]

I still own all of the big lego sets and characters, such a throwback man.

[@T_The_Drink]

i remember playing the game and having almost every single set up until 2018, this was one of my favorite lego series oat

[@WEBPMAFIAONYOUTUBE]

I have almost all of these sets, really under appreciated

[@kanjiklubskywalker4951]

Lava villain builds and figures are some of lego's best work

[@maakaYT]

Its kinda sad remembering how i and my old friend brought those shields to school so we could scan each others shields we didnt have, and play that game after school. But now its just a fun memory among others.

[@jkbtw293]

you should of talked about the NexoKnights The Fortrex 70317 set, one of the best sets period.

[@genderconfusedwolffromshre8914]

I hate how i missed a lot of these...Great line and i loved the monster designs.

[@aaabbb-zc7sx]

this awakened so many childhood memories

[@starboylz_dev]

I loved the videogame, and every time I was with my parents in the store, I always would ask them to buy me one, just to get new shields for the videogame

[@Davink1_]

3:40 had that lego set when i was a kid it was so cool that you got the sheilds and could use them in the mobile game my prime in the game was crazy

[@Hiro_7318]

8:19 The Lego Nexo knights magazine series told the story planned for season 5, it had alot of conflict, and from what I can gather seemed like a good story for the theme, I'm not sure why it was cancelled.

[@Askebypok]

Chima and Nexo Nights are so nostalgic

[@thunderstudios4403]

It was great theme, loved it. Honestly 2nd alongside Ninjago back in the day. Great sets like the fortrex which was my childhood.

[@mariusconstantin6057]

And it was ended because it didn't go with multiple tropes! Is it so wrong to concentrate only on one trope and develop a world primarly instead of stacking multiple tropes and doing worldbuilding as an after thought? I love Ninjago but we were robbed when they cancelled Nexo Knights

[@temanor]

I remember playing that game when I was pretty young. I ended up borrowing my sisters phone, then searching up images of all the shields so that I could scan them.

[@AmelityshTV]

I really liked Nexo Knights. It was no Ninjago at the time but I did love it

[@lorantpapp07]

i remember a bunch of sets i have from the nexo knights and the ultra agents themes. they were so cool

[@Notgigachad-kw5oh]

The story actually did partially continue in some comics, i remember something like clay jumping into a hole, and finding monstrux, then defeating monstrux, and then everyone got the power of merlock and then... it just ended. That was just ONE comic, so it did last longer, but that is the end as far as i could remember.

[@ackyducc5040]

I would love it if you would do an episode on Lego kingdoms if you haven't already. I absolutely loved it, but I'm pretty sure I got discontinued a while ago and all the sets are ridiculously expensive. The Lego castles thing they did after was also pretty cool but not nearly as good imo and I'm pretty sure that also got discontinued

[@FaceLessguitarist321]

moltors lava smasher was one of my favourite lego sets when i was younger and it still is to this day

[@Kon88974]

Dude i loved this theme i had some of the sets and it was such fun to build them

[@wraithking_]

Maaaan... this brings so much nostalgia.

[@EsserQ]

The reminiscence I had of this show was apparently arguing with my cousin to know if this show was set in the future or in the medieval times.

[@YuorxYo]

5:18 is the only set that i own to this day

[@Iasondemos-Vextile]

i have a CD that has the entire television series on it, God speed Nexo knights yall made my childhood

[@MVB0606]

2016 was the last year I really stoped collecting Lego but idk how I missed this theme completely

[@matthiasjanzen4621]

my 3 favorite lego themes of all time are: nexo knights, power miners and exo force!

[@Mr_Ymder]

The script for the first episode of season 5 was technically finished. But sadly, we closest thing we got was some magazines which were not like the planned original story, it was just made smaller and most of the interesting stuff cut out to put it in those magazines. You can actually find the script for the first episode in the internet pretty easily since it was posted on Twitter by Tommy Andreasen and is also able to be found in the fandom Nexo Knights wiki.

[@phorchybug3286]

Nexo was kinda fun. I only got like what, a catapult? But the concept of medieval cybernetic contraptions and power summoning shields is kind of an interesting concept.

[@erroroccurred404]

I remember there being an actually Book of Monsters book where you could read up on all of the monsters of the show. It was a fun read.

[@octav1600]

I for one loved this theme! It got me back into LEGO (obviously I was a space and castle 90s / early 2000s kid). I really had high hopes for it, and I would love to see them introducing some of these back into Ninjago like they did with Chima's Lord Ras. Regarding villain sets not selling, not sure why. I always liked the villain sets more. Fair I loved the Fortrex most - BUT right after that, are jestro's castle, magmar's siege engine thingy, and the green villains sets from the last wave).

[@turestahlberg4296]

I LOVED Nexo Knights. I was eartbroken when the mobile game shut down because I genuinly liked it. The sets where awesome and the story just like. I also loved Ledgends of Chima and often mourn the fact that they where dicontinued. I never fell for ninjago for some reason and I found it sad that it would continue while my favourites dissapered.

[@starscreamjan6155]

This is so extremly nostalgic for me....

[@LastGoatKnight]

I loved this show, at 1:44 that's the only physical reminder for me that it did existed. I can't find the show online, at least for the low-low cost of free

[@Licketer_AH]

While there were no TV-shows for the virus season anymore, there were LOADS of comics. Like, at least 20. And they're all conected with eachother! Just letting you know!

[@NoobMasterGamingYT]

love that show ngl game when I was younger was great. There was just something about waking up and putting the show on whenever it was and scanning they little shields that would pop up then getting to use them in the actual game 😭

[@origamifolder2255]

NEXO KNIGHTS IS THE GOAT!!!!!! That theme and game was my FAVORITE as a kid!!!!!

[@baconicdoge6712]

I loved next knights honestly, I even had the jester castle set, it was my fav

[@nova8638]

Best thing about nexo knights? That intro theme

[@alexandrerodrigues2863]

I loved Nexo Knights when i was younger, i had 6 or 7 sets dont remenber and everyiday i would whatch the show with my friends and i had both of the books, Nexo Knights left the impact on me that Ninjago left on alot of other kids

[@magnettjackfare]

I'm not sure about the series but not gonna lie, they have some of the best minifigures in Lego.

[@Spore_z]

Day two of asking you to cover the connected Lego universe

[@archivist_13]

Nexo Knights was such a cool concept, shame it didn't last long

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

I have every set that was available in the US. Multiples of some of them. There are a couple of foil packs/etc that were released in Europe but I didn't think they were worth the shipping. I LOVE this theme. I have BIG plans to create new waves based on the Book of Monsters, but I need a 3d printer first, and I need a way to print. I need to finish getting my kids through school first so it will have to wait. 100% going to do it though.