just2good Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Nexo Knights is literally Chima 2.0. Very much a let down, but I'm not the target demo. Quote
8BrickMario Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Yes yes YEEESSSS!!! This is what I always hoped to hear since this Nexo Knights madness started. Now I know that I can wait for a new Castle theme soon and not within the earliest of 5 years. I can't thank you enough, but thanks a lot for the information!!! I think you misunderstand. This theme is going to be replacing Castle for a while. The term "knights" refers to sci-fi medieval-style knights, not futuristic military ops. This is supported by the presence of a king, wizard, and jester. I doubt LEGO would attempt to make a truly medieval castle theme, since it would thematically be too similar. This theme is a mash-up of Sci-Fi and Castle, and takes heavy visual cues from the latter. Quote
SirBlake Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Based on these descriptions, the only thing I have to look forward to with release of photos is confirmation that Brick Jagger's avatar is about to get a lot better looking. Quote
Aanchir Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I just wonder if LEGO has deals with so many different brands, why cant they make a good one for the next castle set. Someone argued before that Lego Castle lacks good themes to follow and i disagree. Just as an example. Lego Dungeons and Dragons "Forgotten Realms" or Lego Heroes of Might and Magic. I don't know how popular either of those brands is currently with kids ages seven to fourteen. Certainly they're not anywhere near as trendy and well-known as many of the LEGO Group's other recent licenses like The Hobbit or Minecraft. Besides, part of the point of a "big bang" theme is to help ensure LEGO doesn't rely entirely on licenses. They are story-driven themes that LEGO owes no royalties for and maintains complete creative control of. Relying on pop culture licenses outside their control is a big part of why they nearly went bankrupt in 2003 (since sales for licensed themes tanked without a new Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Spider-Man movie in theaters), and Bionicle was the only thing that saved them, hence why it became the template for "big bang" themes for years to come. Anyway, all the news about this theme sounds pretty cool to me so far! Obviously it's still very action-oriented so I'm sure it won't deliver the truly livable castle that LEGO Castle has long been missing, with a bedroom and a kitchen and a banquet hall (though if it has a library that's a step in the right direction). Regardless, it sounds very exciting and unique, which might be what LEGO Castle really needs after two far more "conventional" iterations in a row. Quote
Umbra-Manis Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Did you see the Library? What was it like? Do the rest of the bad guys follow Jestro's color scheme? Quote
CM4Sci Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) I've been sent images! Wow. Lots of blue. Give me a minute while I look at these, wow wow wow. Edited November 9, 2015 by CM4Sci Quote
Sorrelon Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I think you misunderstand. This theme is going to be replacing Castle for a while. The term "knights" refers to sci-fi medieval-style knights, not futuristic military ops. This is supported by the presence of a king, wizard, and jester. I doubt LEGO would attempt to make a truly medieval castle theme, since it would thematically be too similar. This theme is a mash-up of Sci-Fi and Castle, and takes heavy visual cues from the latter. From the sound of it, I think it's going to replace Chima instead of Castle. True, it somehow sounds like a Castle theme with a king, jester and wizard. But then again, Ninjago also has a ninja/samurai inspiration on the weapons and equipment of its minifigures and some of the mechs, clothing and buildings. However, it is not considered Castle(which, by the way, had a ninja theme that ran for 2 years), but a separate theme instead. So, once they are done with the current Pirates theme, TLG will most likely introduce a new Castle theme, even when Nexo Knights sets are still on the shelves. Quote
Zergos Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 This theme sounds intriguing. I'll have to wait for pictures though before I fully decide. Will probably pick up the smaller sets though. Quote
Amazing Bricks Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Are people seeing preliminary pictures? If you guys are seeing official pictures, wouldn't someone be able to post them on here? Quote
Zergos Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Are people seeing preliminary pictures? If you guys are seeing official pictures, wouldn't someone be able to post them on here? I think they have only seen prelims... :P Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 No, I can't post them here, there's CONFIDENTIAL written all over. Sorry guys. I wish I could. Quote
CM4Sci Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Alright, gonna be updating this post one set description at a time. I will not post pictures. General facts - logo is legit, the name is indeed Nexo Knights (in case you still don't believe me for some reason ) Boxes are dark blue with a firey orange to yellow sci fi- sort of border. Main Nexo Knight colors are blue and grey with a lot of trans neon reddish-orange (Ice Planet 2002) The shield in the logo is a piece that appears a LOT. Set designs are.. pretty wacky. Zero steampunk. Knights are orange, green, blue, I think white, and maybe a few more. Clay is white and grey, but there's another grey/white knight. 70310 Knighton Disc Launchers - Small thing with two wheels (they're old wheels, only set I remember is Rocket Ride from Spongebob) with two disc shooters. Two long stick things with new TNRO blade pieces. Knight is grey with new blue armor piece, and the weird helmet that looks like a dish and a round thing on top. Weird. Bad guy is all red with a black Tomahawk Warrior mohawk. 70311 Chaos Catapult - Appears to be a dark brown/black thing with TNRO bits on the side. A blue knight. I can't see a bad guy but I'm assuming he's controlling the catapult. 70312 Lance's Robo Horse - Really weird design. Rather skinny, those plain angled Technic things in blue are literally the limbs. Odd red wheel hanging from the chest in the middle. Plain white figure with grey armor on the back (presumably all prelim) Flick fire! All I can really make out. 70313 Monster Masher thing right? - Can not make anything out. I am sorry. Giant black blob with NERO rock (think the Crystal King thing from Power Miners, those slope pieces) piece. Looks like there's a small escape pod or something. Green/grey knight and black/red (with dark red Chima fists) minifigures. 70314 'The chaotic chariot of Beast Master' - Giant monster podracer. The two "pods" are round spheres. Top half is the normal dome cockpit screen piece (I forgot what they're called for some reason, lol) with yellow angry eyes. Bottom half are teeth. They can open and close. Looks pretty cool, honestly. The cockpit area is dark red, fire coming out, catapult behind "Beast Master" who is red and darkred. TNRO chain pieces connect the pods to the pilot area. Small Nexo Knight aircraft, I think it might be a dragon? Once again, blue, grey, and TNRO. Shield piece. 70315 Clay's Blade Cruiser - Err. Hm. I think LEGO's made a similar shaped set before. It's.. got a giant blade piece we've seen before in grey going down the middle, on it is the classic castle sword, the chrome one. Mars Mission wheels in grey. Two robo-knights (pretty simple build, I can remake if anyone wants) on each side. In the driver's area is a new windshield, it looks really cool, like a V (which I can also draw if someone wants) More TNRO! Looks like not only TNRO, but normal trans orange. On the sides of the driver are dark blue fin pieces. Spring shooter (with nothing on top, looks really.. plain) in the back. Minifigures include Clay, two Robo Knights, a bag guy, and a small red creature. Bad guy is black and red, Shredder shoulderpads and what looks like the old Castle helmet (think Evil Knight from CMF) but with the tooth pieces in orange on the side. 70316 Jestro's Companions of Darkness - It looks like a big steamroller with an evil jester face on front with a small weird looking tower in the back. Both sides have giant trans orange wheels. Left is covered in black, left is covered in red. The jester head is, err.. odd. Lots of teeth, The "hat" is made of [Garmadon Lair spider legs] with small spheres on the ends. Inside the mouth are TNRO saw blade (Power Miners, the really small set) The middle has a treasure chest. Two catapults using the bottom halves of Rock Raider boulders in TNRO with white new Chima claws around them are on each side, one black, one red. At the back is the weird tower. There's a random dark blue door there with a slit in the middle, I think it's a new piece. Something is behind it. Above that is Jestro and a flag with spikes coming out behind him. In front of the.. vehicle is a brick built monster with a minifigure head and a new helmet, along with a new 1x1 plate with a spike, sort of a pyramid. Connected with the TNRO chains. Small robo dragon from the Nexo side, grey/blue/trans-orange. Has what looks like a lance made with the long antenna piece in TNRO. (The normal robot claw piece is in orange, that's new) and a grey knight with the new shield (this one is gold and.. well, looks important.) Minifigures are Jestro (Looks like main bad guy, he's on all boxes. Harley headpiece, red and purple, red cape, weird purple/orange glowy staff thing?) two mini red creatures, a barrel? and a Nexo Knight. Big monster guy is also counted as a minifigure. 70317 Giant Moving Castle thing - Giant blue castle on tank treads. No joke. Lots of TNRO, grey, blue. dark blue doors (Jestro set) and a new sort of flat shield brick/piece thing is all around. There are 4 tank treads, two flat ones in the back, and two that slope upwards in the front (don't really know how to describe_ In the middle is a giant drawbridge that a flyer can zoom out of. Behind it is a giant TNRO banner with a doodle of a wizard on it, probably preliminary. More TNRO chains. Two tall towers in the front, both have the giant six stud shooters. Giant TNRO banners on the top. The back it just blue walls, some shooters, and there's an undead robot chef that uses the Ninjago skeleton parts with a possibly shorter torso? The baddies have a neat dark red, firey monster flyer that shoots dics. Minifigures are Blue Nexo, Green Nexo (both have an interesting visor I can doodle on request) a really really prelim sort of big-fig (minifigure legs, new mold upper half, big) with an axe that uses the same blades as the ones in Knighton Disc, the wizard banner is shown as a minifigure, two fire creatures, and flyer bad guy. There will be books, TV show, games, apps, all the stuff we know about, but that's all I can see that's about Nexo Knights. Wow. it's.. really.. sort of weird. Feel free to post this stuff on Reddit, 4chan, etc. If you've got more questions, I'll try my best to answer them. Oh, and the unique watermark rumor is BS, it's the same as normal Edited September 17, 2015 by CM4Sci Quote
Sorrelon Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Alright, gonna be updating this post one set description at a time. I will not post pictures. General facts - logo is legit Boxes are dark blue with a firey orange to yellow sci fi- sort of border. Main Nexo Knight colors are blue and grey with a lot of trans neon reddish-orange. The shield in the logo is a piece that appears a LOT. Set designs are.. pretty wacky. 70310 Knighton Disc Launchers - Small thing with two wheels (they're old wheels, only set I remember is Rocket Ride from Spongebob) with two disc shooters. Two long stick things with new NERO blade pieces. Knight is grey with new blue armor piece, and the weird helmet that looks like a dish and a round thing on top. Weird. Bad guy is all red with a black Tomahawk Warrior mohawk. 70311 Chaos Catapult - Appears to be a dark brown/black thing with NERO bits on the side. A blue knight. 70312 Lance's Robo Horse - Really weird design. Rather skinny, those plain angled Technic things in blue are literally the limbs. Odd red wheel hanging from the chest in the middle. Plain white figure with grey armor on the back (presumably all prelim) Flick fire! All I can really make out. Are weapons, armors and minifigure parts too sci-fi, or could they be used in a Castle MOC? Also, the same question for lava monsters. Are they robots that can blast their targets with lava or do they have more of a Fantasy Era-ish look to them? Also, what exactly is NERO? Quote
BrickJagger Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 Why are there so few minfigures? Only one in 70130, 70311, and 70312? Line sounds great so far. The only problem is the lack of buildings, but maybe the library can make up for that. Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Why are there so few minfigures? Only one in 70130, 70311, and 70312? Line sounds great so far. The only problem is the lack of buildings, but maybe the library can make up for that. They seem like a lot of the minifigures are brickbuilt with only the heads and headgear as the usual minifgures,. Quote
Amazing Bricks Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Was I right about jestro having Harley Quinn's jester hat? Robin must be the green and grey knight. Where did people find these pictures online? Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Are weapons, armors and minifigure parts too sci-fi, or could they be used in a Castle MOC? Also, the same question for lava monsters. Are they robots that can blast their targets with lava or do they have more of a Fantasy Era-ish look to them? Also, what exactly is NERO? There are swords used by the GOOD faction which are knights and ROBO-knights that have the lower skeleton parts from ninjago 1 attached to what seems this piece: and a brick 1 x 1 with studs on all sides, then tile 1 x 1 with clip on sides, and then these: on sides and head on top. On front a 1x1 tile with BLACK FALCON logo. Quote
just2good Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 There seems to be an undead chef in the moving castle set. Quote
Kalhiki Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 First off, thanks for the descriptions! Secondly: Steampunk. Yes or No? Quote
just2good Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Secondly: Steampunk. Yes or No? It's as steampunk as Chima. Quote
8BrickMario Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Garmatron meets Joker Steam Roller? Interesting. I bet the undead chef is just a placeholder. I really want to see final pics, because so far this seems like a total mess. Quote
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