The Wasted Potential of LEGO Kingdoms
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2024
- In my opinion, LEGO Kingdoms is the greatest LEGO Castle theme of all time. Between the inclusion of two fantastic factions, great playsets and the creation of Medieval Village-style sets, LEGO Kingdoms brought a lot to LEGO Castle between 2010 and 2012. That being said, it's sudden disappearance in 2012 has bothered me ever since- today we discuss The Wasted Potential of LEGO Kingdoms
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I think that's the problem with modern Lego. They had all these themes that wrapped in kids like Castle and Atlantis. But nowadays, Ninjago and Dreamzzz are some of the only original themes, and with giant storylines to follow, not mentioning Ninjago has had sets on shelves for about 12 years now. They need to bring back smaller themes that are affordable, and like you said don't overstay their welcome.
I don't understand how can they keep this crappy ninjago for 12 years while castle themes were shut down after 1-2 years. Ninjago has to finally end or Castle won't ever return.
Duno how popular it is now but back then ninjago was huge.@@Soveey
Crazy how LEGO Kingdoms had this much potential, Extremely nostalgic for me 😥
Absolutely! Thanks for sharing.
Kingdoms and Fantasy era are my favourite castle sets. I'm kinda leaning more towards Fantasy era, since that theme was capable of providing massive wariety when sticking to same kinds of sets, and therefore if branched out into common folk sssets like farms or market places, would have much greater potential.
I would argue that Lego should have generic Castle and Space evergreen theme that would just allow them to cycle between different fractions, set ideas and styles as they want, I don't think any kind of story would be even needed here
Kingdoms is nostalgic for me, it was released when they finally opened a LEGO store in my area... and the first set I got from the new store was the Outpost Attack, but I never got more of the theme beyond that. Then it was just gone. There is a rumored medieval village set for next year, and I'm sure it will be a grand one. And it's rumored to finally include the infamous goat again.
I never knew about the third faction, that blew my mind! Of course, it begs the question of why LEGO included it if the intention was to end the theme there? Strange...
05:32 I don’t know. Look at the kingdom theme- it had rival factions, orcs, wizards, trolls. Then look at the later released castle sets which got rid of those things and reduced it down to just two factions plus some dragons. I think it’s pretty clear that it was because of the release of the LOTR/Hobbit sets and the similarities they shared plus having a popular IP has proven to be more popular than just a Lego theme alone. Look at Star Wars compared to the space/Blacktron theme.
We need the Return of Lego KIngdoms!
Kingdoms was my first lego set as a kid. Iirc I was 4 or 5.
It the was the small set with the knight and his catapult, and the dragon knight with the weapon rack. Kingdoms was soooo gooood.
The kingdoms chess set, advent calendar and battle packs are also great. However l feel that the current "revival age", beginning with the medieval blacksmith in 2021 and continuing is a new gold age of lego castle.
honestly Kingdoms looking back was a good theme and the only one in which my family got multiple sets, the Fantasy Era Castle sets only getting one. Thinking about it and how some of Legos properties are controlled or are tied to companies like Disney, it should be apparent to those in Legos higher ups that they're wasting time, money, and potential on some of the supposed 'Best Selling' Brands. If what we're seeing with Disney is to point to anything, its that some brands have been tainted, and parents are not going to buy their children toys that support certain brands or companies, which in turn will harm Lego. So perhaps with Creator, and the New Lego Castle and Forest Men sets, Lego is dipping their feet back into their own pool to see what works. Now obviously the 400 dollar set will never fly for parents, but if Lego decides to release some smaller sets to test the waters, I think parents will get their kids these new sets. Because the answers are simple: they're not brands, movie licensed, or high expensive legos for fans; they're for the next generation. Built for the next wave of castle/fantasy fans. Because as far as I'm aware, kids are still enjoying fantasy and stuff about knights and dragons.
If I were a Lego higher up I'd probably would try to get a new line of fantasy era sets up first and foremost. Because that's what kids are still in too so it makes sense from a marketing standpoint to target that which works. It just needs to not look too polished or it won't work like the last sets did. It should also try to use previous factions or just create new ones again, though a reinstall of the dragon theme from the 90s that went hand in hand with the orginal castle should work.
Kingdoms is the best range of Lego in my opinion, I have every set. I’ve also got a lot of the smaller sets to make bigger setups and mix in city and Star Wars and a pirates of the Caribbean set. (Only using the land models not the mini figs) Just have to find a sealed glass case big enough to set it all up to display in. But I also think that the blacksmith 21325 set also fits in with kingdoms. Who else would agree?
Kingdoms is probably my favorite castle theme post classic castle. It does capture the magic of the classic themes. While I like most of the trademarked themes, they don't capture the imagination and originality of LEGO's own lines like space and castle
Ninjago isn’t the best theme to use as an example of a “Theme that wasn’t meant to last.” Look how pathetic it is now with Lego still trying to squeeze blood out of that stone.
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Huh? Ninjago was supposed to end in 2013. It continued on as a result of MASS fan support.
to be honest i really wish castle was an evergreen theme like ninjago. i would have loved for them to have just kept producing castle sets like they have for ninjago
This hurts me. We need more themes like this!
Absolutely - it pains me what we could've had
@@OurToyWorld Indeed so!
Even though I have strong nostalgia for the 2013 castle theme, I’m still of the belief that kingdoms should’ve been sold for an extra 2 years until 2014 before nexo knights in 2015
Nexo knights was a complete fail in my opinion
@@mastin8756 agreed
kingdoms is what really got me into lego as a kid
Same story man!, it was my first lego theme
I'm surprised Lego doesn't do a 'Disney Vault' approach to their lines. It has been 10 to 30 years for the different themes. Many of the sets released at the time are most likely lost to time and damage in any home. Now that enough time has elapsed, nostalgia would probably help drive a desire to reacquire some of those sets or themes for the children of the next generation, instead of trying to come up with something 'new' and 'different'.
i remember using the trolls and crown as two other kingdoms alongside the dragons and lions, i did have Vladek and his shadow knights along with some mercenaries and skeletons always trying to fan the flames of war
It was great seeing Lego return to the classic stuff. With this theme we got leg and armor prints, new pearl dark gray weapons, new face prints, we finally got farm with animals (Expensive today) and we finally got better joust match with a mysterious black falcon knight. Lego should have broken their year life cycle and continued expanding on the Kingdoms world and could re-introduced the Black Falcon knights instead of coming out with that bizarre no name castle sets in 2013.
I have the village with the goats, so confused why they are so expensive 😂
How about some of these other themes and the legions of fans that they have nowadays…
Blacktron, 6 sets
Blacktron 2, 11 sets
Exploriens, 8 sets
Ice Planet, 8 sets
M Tron, 8 sets
Space police, 6 sets
Space police 2, 7 sets
Spyrius, 6 sets
Unitron, 4 sets
Western Cowboys 9 sets
Western Indians 7 sets
LEGO has a loooong history of great short lived themes! But on that note, I will agree, Kingdoms was a great theme and should have kept going. I just recently discovered Kingdoms and when I was doing my research on sets from that theme my thought was “why did they stop this theme with so few sets!”
Another Saturday another banger video! Great content bro!🔥🐐
Kingdoms was fantastic and I'm glad I picked up at least one of every set with a few multiples; I just don't think it sold well at the time as the economy was still recovering from the banking credit crises that started in 2008. I'm content with the classic castle rehashes we are getting for now but I would like to have an evergreen theme where we get more variation of torso and medieval life.
this kingdom line is the best no doubt
It is definitely my favorite
Did Knight's Kingdom have a cartoon, like Nexo Knights? It really could have benefitted from something like that. Nexo is okay, but there's something about seeing the story of Jayko and the others played out in CG.
That dragon from 2013! I want one.
I will admit, the 2013 line did include a pretty sick dragon.
The green dragons are my favourite faction
anyone remember the lego space theme ? with aliens and stuff back in early 2000s
Life on Mars?
@@J4R0D couldn’t find a actual name for the sets but i did find a set i used to own as a child called Lego Space Police 5970 Freeze Ray Frenzy // whatever series that was had some good sets
@@saddabs space Police III, that was a late 2000s wave. Brick Daddy was the best figure!
@@J4R0D those sets had some really good figs/ creative builds esp for a good price. miss that stuff.
For the 2000s besides the one off space themed small sets we had;
Mars Mission in 2007-2008, had small to large sets with green aliens, a pneumatic orange tube transfer system, and a Mars backdrop.
Life on Mars in 2001, had small sets with Teal aliens and a Mars backdrop.
you Need to do one on LEGO Vikings so curious on that one. What could of been
It’ll come. Not soon, but at some point this year. I promise.
Great video! If that is the first Black Falcon, it is the best one!
Great video bro!
Kingdoms theme is the best looking castle theme ever! An upgrade from the classic 80s
It’s a wonderful theme without a doubt
I was lucky enough to get a lot of these sets back in the day, and I definitely wish it had continued and been complete with an actual fortress for the Dragon knights.
That would've been a fantastic addition to this theme. They really could've, and should've provided the Dragon Kingdom with a proper fortress.
The troll is still my favorite lego fig
Solid
Kingdoms is what got me back into Lego, but I despise both of these factions. Black Falcons, Forestmen and Wolfpack for Life!!!
Lego is a bit like the star wars franchise tbh. hardcore fans of all sorts of classical themes are always hoping for the best whenever something new is announced but we get disappointed and are left baffled and confused, asking ourselves "what the heck were they thinking?" 😥😅
4:55 2070? 😳
Another great video bro. Love kingdoms. I have a few of the sets but would love to collect them all.
Totally agree on your take on themes btw. Lego
They've ended it because of wokeism, many people within the LEGO group hate masculanity, wither toxic or not. Also, many of them as many people say aquired an taste for triggering fans. The higher they are on the feminism or LGBTQ+ scale, the higher they like to annoy male fandoms across many entertainment sectors. :^)
LEGO castle or kingdoms appeal mostely to boys.
Honestly, many of us reduced or stopped buying too many LEGO sets, unless they are highly creative or nice. Or just buy a set or two from a new theme, we don't go after the full theme, like LEGO Dreamzzz for dxample. Personally I bought two sets only.
And whatever other themes we buy, many we know modify or remove many of the woke element pushed in the sets. :-)
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