LEGO Nexo Knights 2017 Discussion

[firefox]

On 2-8-2017 at 6:22 PM, Nexo Bricks said:

I haven't seen Lance V Lightning anywhere besides the Legoland Discovery Center. What happened to it?

Exclusive set in europe, maybe also in the rets of the world.

[K_Tiger]

I believe it's exclusive to Toys R Us here in the States.

[PenPlays]

3 hours ago, K_Tiger said:

I believe it's exclusive to Toys R Us here in the States.

It is.

Likewise, Aaron's Stone Destroyer can be found at Target Stores in the US.

[DuckBricks]

On 9/2/2017 at 7:55 PM, Digger of Bricks said:

Nice find!

The YouTube poster of this video is actually the creator of this early concept trailer, according to the video's description. There are a few interesting variances in the individual knights' designs; particularly, Clay dons a cape, Aaron has a plume and single eye HUD, and Axl has an overall more brutish barbarian look. 

By the way, I wonder if @Nabii has found some of the earlier concept art for this theme he said that he would be willing to share with us? 

Yeah, that's Tommy Andreasen, the guy who comes up with the concept art and story beats for Ninjago and Nexo Knights - it's really cool he's been sharing development work with the public; I always find that fascinating.

[Killian]

I'll just leave these here...

 

 

[x105Black]

Those look like some knock-offs I saw a while back.  Are they official?  Source?

[Robert8]

Those do look like knock-offs. But that Monstrox mould is pretty interesting

[Murdoch17]

4 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

Those do look like knock-offs. But that Monstrox mould is pretty interesting

That is just the Ghostbusters mould from the GB HQ recolored and printed different. (pic from BrickLink)

Edited September 11, 2017 by Murdoch17

[BrickJagger]

Totally knockoffs. I remember these being talked about awhile back and it looks like @Killian bought them. How are they in terms of quality?

[PenPlays]

4 hours ago, Killian said:

I'll just leave these here...

*snip*

HHHHIISSSSSSSSS

My eyes!!!

I mean some of these would be cool to have. Especially those Scurriers.

[Space Police XVIII]

46 minutes ago, BrickJagger said:

How are they in terms of quality?

I've also got a set.  They're pretty good.

 

[Killian]

6 hours ago, BrickJagger said:

Totally knockoffs. I remember these being talked about awhile back and it looks like @Killian bought them. How are they in terms of quality?

They're not bad actually.  With a bit of parts mix and matching, you can come up with some great new characters. I especially like the option of a slimmed down Axl, and I love the fact that you can put the Cloud of Monstrox over a minifigure's head so he can possess them and finally have a body.  The scurriers are my favourites though, you can't tell they aren't a Lego product, they look really official. 

[K_Tiger]

9 hours ago, Killian said:

They're not bad actually.  With a bit of parts mix and matching, you can come up with some great new characters. I especially like the option of a slimmed down Axl, and I love the fact that you can put the Cloud of Monstrox over a minifigure's head so he can possess them and finally have a body.  The scurriers are my favourites though, you can't tell they aren't a Lego product, they look really official. 

Would you be able to get a shot of one of the Scurriers with pic-related?

[Exetrius]

Jang reviews the character encyclopedia:

That alternate face is neat! 

[ZORK64]

Wasn that Monstrux Piece also used for some ghosts in Ninjago a few years ago?

[Lyichir]

31 minutes ago, ZORK64 said:

Wasn that Monstrux Piece also used for some ghosts in Ninjago a few years ago?

Yup, that's what it was introduced for.

[K_Tiger]

27 minutes ago, ZORK64 said:

Wasn that Monstrux Piece also used for some ghosts in Ninjago a few years ago?

Yup, in trans-neon green.

[bbquicksilver]

On 9/11/2017 at 4:04 AM, Killian said:

They're not bad actually.  With a bit of parts mix and matching, you can come up with some great new characters. I especially like the option of a slimmed down Axl, and I love the fact that you can put the Cloud of Monstrox over a minifigure's head so he can possess them and finally have a body.  The scurriers are my favourites though, you can't tell they aren't a Lego product, they look really official. 

Can you pm me a link where you got these, I want to mess around with some of them.

[Killian]

1 hour ago, bbquicksilver said:

Can you pm me a link where you got these, I want to mess around with some of them.

 

PM'd       

[Takanuinuva]

You know. Since the colossus never flew in the show. I have to wonder why Lego bothered adding the wings. 

I know the sets are usually designed first. But it could have been redesigned if the writers said the wings would make it overpowered since it could just fly over the knights obstacles straight to Knighton.

[K_Tiger]

2 hours ago, Takanuinuva said:

You know. Since the colossus never flew in the show. I have to wonder why Lego bothered adding the wings. 

I know the sets are usually designed first. But it could have been redesigned if the writers said the wings would make it overpowered since it could just fly over the knights obstacles straight to Knighton.

Probably needed a full crown of forbidden powers for it to fly.  At least that's the head-canon excuse I'd use.

Edited September 21, 2017 by K_Tiger
I know damn well the proper spelling of canon. ;)

[Lyichir]

1 hour ago, Takanuinuva said:

You know. Since the colossus never flew in the show. I have to wonder why Lego bothered adding the wings. 

I know the sets are usually designed first. But it could have been redesigned if the writers said the wings would make it overpowered since it could just fly over the knights obstacles straight to Knighton.

Wouldn't make sense to design AWAY a function, especially if it tested well with kids. I imagine making a set as appealing as possible would be a much greater concern than making it adhere strictly to canon.

[PenPlays]

5 hours ago, Takanuinuva said:

Spoiler

You know. Since the colossus never flew in the show. I have to wonder why Lego bothered adding the wings. 

I know the sets are usually designed first. But it could have been redesigned if the writers said the wings would make it overpowered since it could just fly over the knights obstacles straight to Knighton.

 

So did LEGO add all of season 4 to YouTube without telling anyone again? Because this is technically spoilers if they haven't.

Edited September 21, 2017 by Penkid11

[Exetrius]

Next magazine inclusion is a minibuild of Clay's jet:

Much like the mini Double Jouster, this thing looks well-designed for it's scale!

[legorgon]

Hi everyone!

A bit late to the party, but I only recently discovered the Nexo Knights theme and am now collecting all the sets - I believe I have most of them, apart from Merlok's Library 2.0, Lance vs. Lightning, some of the Ultimates and a few of the smallest vehicles (Chaos Catapult, Minitrex etc.).

Personally I think the theme and most of the sets are really good (always loved the castle-meets-magic-meets-technology mix), but it has some weak points. For example, some vehicles turned out to be (partially) very flimsy - most notably the Rumble Maker, which looks amazing from the front and then more like a skeleton from the back. Also, some design choices are a bit odd - e.g. why promote the tower part of the Tower Carrier as "a safe place to store the Evil Books", when in fact the 'safe' is just a removable treasure chest, that actually won't even close when it has a book inside...?

However, as said, most of them are really cool, particularly the later sets, even if I preferred the lava theme over the stone one. 

 

My favorite sets:

01. Jestro's Volcano Lair

02. The Fortrex

03. Knighton Castle

04. Jestro's Headquarters

05. Clay's Rumble Blade

06. General Magmar's Siege Machine

07. Axl's Tower Carrier

08. Clay's Falcon Fighter Blaster

09. Jestro's Evil Mobile

10. The Stone Colossus

 

I'm really happy that there will be another wave in 2018! I just hope that poor Macy will someday get a more impressive vehicle than the two so far :)