8 year old me was extremely excited when I first saw Lego Minecraft in Walmart’s Lego section back in 2014! 10 years later I can’t believe it’s still going strong, and it’s one of my favorite Lego themes
This very first End set was on shelves when my family visited Legoland. Me and my brother could not leave without it. I still remember building it in the hotel room. Good old carefree times...
Lego Minecraft is a theme very near and dear to my heart. I remember as a kid splitting my allowance with my brothers to buy the first skin pack set. We had hours of fun with those 4 minifigures, and when we slowly got more sets and more player skins, it started to feel like an in house original theme like Ninjago rather than a licensed theme. I’ll always have a soft spot for this theme, can’t wait to see what it’s got in store for the future
The block-accurate builds of the OG sets look soooooo good, I'm glad Lego supported a great builder like you to create those Mocs. Keep these high quality videos coming! 👍
18:30 While not identical, yes, there is a Ninjago Dragon who has flappable wings: 71766 Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon That said, that dragon's wings don't flap up and down, but forward and backward, but it is also oddles of fun.
I love having the Minecraft theme around. I haven't collected a ton of it, but I've bought some small sets, polybags, and magazines over the years and gathered some players and what I consider the classic Minecraft monsters (Skeleton, Creeper, Zombie, Spider, Enderman, Slime). It's such a delight having those guys sitting in a little display in Lego form! Really liked seeing the sets reimagined in your style too! A nice tribute to the theme's beginning, and cool to have the direct comparison to the simpler but effective style of the official sets.
More than anything else I do love the mobs and figures from the theme. That's what got me into LEGO Minecraft too - collecting those little guys! Glad you enjoyed this :)
Having something physical on a display that you can touch, like the collection of minecraft figures, has a ton of value. While it doesn't offer the play features of the game, having it around in physical form does something a virtual game can never do.
Lego Minecraft was always meant to be! One is about building things with plastic bricks The other is about building things with digital blocks The Lego Minecraft crossover theme was inevitable from the start! 14:58 This brought a tear to my eye 🥲 15:54 My favorite Ender Dragon is from the End Battle set with the Dragon-Slayer minifigure (set 21151), the scale just feels right somehow 18:41 Imaginex was one of the GOATs of the childhood toys 19:40 I'll do you one better: if The Cave ate an Enchated Golden Apple 21:32 I don't need it, I don't need it 21:14 *_*I NEEEED IT!!!!!!*_*
I remember being at the Lego World convention in Copenhagen back in the day and seeing the official unveiling of the very first Lego Minecraft cuuso set. That will always be a core memory for me, the excitement I felt was just something else
Yet another look into a theme I completely missed, although this one is clearly in production to this day. I've been playing minecraft on and off when it was still in early beta and the Lego minecraft does indeed convey this 'early style' minecraft very well. I can imagine the blocky layer style of building being extremely fun for a minecraft enhusiast. This is also the first time I got to see the Minecraft custom moc buildings. This smooth blocky style might be a bit over the top, but it does look even better, the colors and layers just pop a lot more. Thanks again for taking us along a journey into Lego history, which is insanely valuable to someone that has only somewhat recently rediscovered Lego as a hobby.
Lego minecraft has rightful become a staple of lego, for ten years has beautifully flourished into one of the largest licensed theme amongst the lego group (possibly going head to head with star wars dare I say). Lego minecraft will always be one of my favorite themes capturing the wonderful whimsy and all the that is minecraft. Great video Cheesey it totally had that classic Lego Minecraft vibe ❤
I’m neither a Lego Minecraft collector, nor a player of the game, but we started buying sets for my son last year, and I must say - I’ve been blown away by the theme. I really think it’s the best current Lego theme - insanely good value, great play value and easy to MOC. It’s just great.
I remember having the 4 smallest sets, they were so much fun connecting up, too. When I learned the farm and first night could connect, I was so excited!
18:33 Ninjago actually does have a few dragons with a flap play feature such as Firstbourne from the Hunted wave and I think the Nya water dragon from the Seabound wave also had one
18:37 there are few ninjago dragons, with the same play feature. First dragon, witch had that play feature was First bourne from 2018. Last dragon, witch had similar function might been Lloyds legendary dragon from 2022, and since then most of the dragons have switched for more poseable wings.
The amount of nostalgia for me in this video is crazy. We've got the classic Minecraft sets that I had when I was a kid. We've got the feeling of playing classic Minecraft. And funnily enough the mention of imaginex was also nostalgic.
The only thing I can say is chills and trying not to tear up. I’ve always always always have loved that original Minecraft wave. The Mine is still to this day my number wanted Lego Minecraft set of all time. Minecraft has such a special place in my heart because it’s what I did when I started my channel last year. Thank you for making this video and bringing me back 10 years!!!
The Ninjago dragons 70653 Firstbourne and 71754 Water Dragon both have a gravity-powered flapping feature. I personally love the Water Dragon's function, the wings ripple like that of a manta ray or sting ray. Similar in function is 71766 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, which has a lever that moves the wings forward and backish, it's not a straight flap but it gets the job done (I don't own it so can't speak to it like I can the Water Dragon). On a related note, 71721 Skull Sorcerer's Dragon doesn't flap, but it has a button in the same place as Firstbourne's wing-flapper that opens its ribcage to drop a boulder, just like the Makuta Phantoka, which I think is another top-tier play feature. Love your videos, keep up the phenomenal work!
I've been waiting for this one! Lego Minecraft is one of my favourite licensed themes! I'll watch this in full once I've gotten some sleep though, it's like 11PM down here in Australia rn...
About the dragon play feature! The Lego Hero Factory Brain Attack Dragonbolt also has the flapping wing feature using a rubber band. I would know as I own one myself. Idk about Ninjago dragons though.
Good callback! I have this one too and it’s pretty cool. The Ninjago Firstbourne Dragon from a few years back has similar flapping wings in case you were curious, that’s the only other one coming to mind
don't know if it counts but Skull Basher from Bionicle G2 has a similar feature to bang it's axes together (not a dragon but similar design as Dragonbolt, might be the exact same mechanism if memory serves correct)
I remember buying the first lego sets for Minecraft and enjoying them so much, they had such a charm. I believe I got the Jungle one (which was one of the earlier sets?) for my birthday as a kiddo, and of course I collected some of the other ones, the farm, the little starter house, etc. Loved it. I've also recently acquired a bunch more of the old ones including the end set! anyway yaps aside, this theme is great, especially collecting the figs and special prints.
you have no idea what I would've given for these sets back in the day XD I love to see a retrospective on them. You're videos are just so chill, and even inspired me to transform by Minecraft sets into a new, block-accurate creation just like I've always wanted! Keep up the good work
18:34 To answer both your questions: 1. Yes, I also remember Imaginext. It and Geotrax was my Lego before Lego. 2. There are actually 3, technically 4, that have a flapping wing feature: It's 4 if you count the upcoming Monkie Kid "Nine-Headed Beast". It's more of a bird than a dragon, but it does have a flapping function. Then there's the 2022 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, which actually has them flap forward and back. It's somewhat simplistic, but very effective Then the 2021 Water Dragon which has an incredibly unique, but equally awesome flapping function. And finally there's the first to really do this (that's not the MC one): the 2018 Firstbourne. Not only does it have a flapping function, but it also has foldable wings not too dissimilar to the Imaginext dragon. (Infact, a lot of modern Ninjago Dragons have folding functions.) There's also the two original Ultra Dragons (Golden one doesn't), which are kinda half flap/fold and flying/landing, it's hard to describe. But you are able to make them flap on the 2019 version, not sure about the 2012 one tho. There's also a chance an Elves one might have one; non seemed to have one from my skimming, but I also don't know much about Elves.
I had the original crafting box we probably mixed all the pieces in with our old legos that got sold, but I remember having so much fun just trying to make Minecraft builds in real life with the bricks. The anniversary of the game and theme makes me feel so old!
Amazing video Caleb! I love these old sets, and this video reminded me of a bunch of old memories, like watching the official stop motion and designer videos. I got the mine set back in the day for my 9th birthday I think, a friend came over and we built it together, after which we played some Minecraft of course :P I also remember building the smaller cave set from the pieces in the mine a few times, apart from this having water bricks instead of lava, the parts in the cave set are pretty much all also in the mine! Thanks for the great video!
As much as I loved Minecraft and Lego, I regret not getting any of the older sets back then due to me being into Hero Factory and Bionicle at the time but I finally got my first Lego Minecraft set: The Fox Lodge and I really enjoy it! And after seeing the new sets we will get in June, I can't wait to see what the future has in store for this theme.
My 2 favorites of the more recent times have got to be "The Zombie Cave" & "The Abandoned Mine" They give me huge nostalgia for this original wave and capture the game so well while being so fun to play with
There are a couple of ninjago sets that have the flapping wing function, a few that come to mind are Firstbourne and Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon. Great Stuff!
Been looking forward to this one since i saw your short of it. I love your versions of the original models so much, ive been making my own minecraft remakes in studio of some of the newer models but i never thought of going back to these classic builds. I particularly like the explosion with the display stands you added, might be the best use of those pieces ive seen! Really awesome look back and remakes for a great first 10 years!
lego minecraft is certainly a license i feel nostalgic about. not as much nostalgia as i feel for lego spongebob or lego indiana jones, and i no longer have my lego minecraft sets built, but it holds a special place in my heart because it connects me with my past and reminds me of those days i used to spend playing minecraft wii u edition with my friends, a handful of which turned out to be life-time friends that i still share memories with to this day. in fact, lego minecraft is one of the reasons i got more into minecraft in 2015 and 2016 and even got minecraft on the wii u. so it's crazy to think of how long it's been. man, this video reminded me that the cave was the first minecraft lego set i ever got. i should probably rebuild it one of these days lol
That 2014-2017 was a golden age for Minecraft in general. I've got a lot of good memories from that time, and it was awesome to have been working for Hypixel all the way back then too.
Lego Minecraft will forever hold a special place in my heart, from simply overlooking some of their sets while buying other sets, to becoming my absolute favourite modern Lego Theme, You have only strengthened that "bond" I have with the theme by inspiring me to create my own "realistic" versions of some Minecraft Mobs
I love to hear that! It's so funny how it's slowly become my favorite modern LEGO theme as well. I look forward to the Minecraft set reveals more than anything else lol!
The amount of nostalgia I'm getting from this video is insane. The rebuilds are SOOO cool. (I need a part two with the end set rebuild) Also, the crafting box being your first set really explains a lot...
18:33 I can't speak for any of the more recent dragons because I haven't collected in a while, but I'm pretty sure the Firstbourne set from the August 2018 wave of Ninjago also had the flapping wings.
The cave was also my first Minecraft set, my brother got The farm as his first one too. My sis got The crafting box after the 2016 sets were around though
I had every one of these sets except the Crafting Box set when they came out. I absolutely love them and they forever hold a special place in my heart.
You mentioning the Imaginext Singe The Dragon brought back some memories. I totally forgot about that toy, and I loved it as a kid. The wing function was so awesome. I loved how they folded out.
I have a lot of nostalgia for these sets. I especially loved watching the old stop motion shorts, and the designer reviews on repeat. Thanks for making this video.
i have all of them bisides the mineshaft and i rember me and my sister playing minecraft lego and fighting out characters and building out houses and cities, and convincing everything to cover an entire table, and we would play minecraft in lego and uses game accurate crafting, with a brick built table and arguing about ur weather the silver pickaxe was a stone or iron, on my god this brings me back to childhood. thank you so much cheesy you made my month!
18:32 yeah, 2018's first Bourne had that feature as well as the water dragon from 2021 and (in my opinion) the best Lego dragon ever; Lloyd's legendary dragon from 2022 had a similar but better play feature, well, It looked more realistic
My brother and i both collected lego Minecraft when we were little. Crazy its been 10 years now. I still remember seeing the sets for the first time. Like a dream come true
The Hero Factory dragon set from the second Brain Attack wave also had flapping (and tilting) wings, but yeah, other than that, I can't really think of any others with that feature.
15:55 this used to be my favorite ender dragon, but I don't think anything can beat that new dragon head mold. Especially since you can put it on the player's head, and you get 2 of them in the new set
Whenever you showed that poster, I almost started crying, I'm 16 now, but I remember whenever I was much younger I had that poster on my wall, and I had forgotten about it until I saw it, this video brought back a lot of good memories
Incredible to see a retrospective of one of my childhood themes! Crazy to think it's been around for so long now, and it was great to see your takes on it given your unique position- loved the video, and loved your recreations! I feel like I should take a crack at one too!
9:24 I would love for Legó to re-release the original wave of 2014 but with the improvements you implemented to celebrate 10 years, the truth is that they are perfectly faithful to the game
@@CheeseyStudios It also seems strange to me since it is the 15th anniversary of Minecraft, maybe they will save it for later but the logical thing would be to celebrate together with the 10th anniversary of Lego Minecraft
Love this video and the style of this video. The close ups of the product then the parts that feature you talking about the product are masterfully created. Great piece of work here. It likely took considerable amount of effort that I cannot comprehend.
Really appreciate it, Jordan, and I'm glad you enjoyed! I've been looking forward to making a video like this for a couple years at this point, and it's awesome to have that vision finally realized.
I had fun a few years ago connecting the Mine set to the Nether Portal to the Nether Railway for a loop of track! The sets lend themselves to integration so easily and it's been fun trying different combinations old and new.
My first Lego Minecraft set I got from my half sister was The Farm when I was like 6 or 7. I absolutely loved it so I ended up also getting The Mine and now I have over 30 sets from this theme over the past 10 years.
A very impressive collection indeed! I'm glad that the theme still produces new and interesting sets all these years later. The designers do great work
The farm was my first lego minecraft set, and from there i started getting more sets and stuff. eventually i saw your channel, thought it was really cool. after a while i got inspired and made a minecraft on my windowsill, although not block accurate its something to be proud of. overall, lego minecraft is a good theme.
I still remember when the minifig scale lego minecraft theme started. Watched pretty much every video on it i could find. I was obsessed with minecraft at that time played the old pocket edition all the time back then. Got the farm set from the first wave as a gift that december. And to this day the farm is center stage of my lego minecraft display.
I loved the first night set so much, I found my old instruction booklet, took 4 hours sorting out legos out of my old bucket, and rebuild it. It is still in my room about 2 years later and 10 after I first built it. It is my favorite lego Minecraft set.
when i was five me and my brothers would take them apart and build our own houses out of them and also used parts from other sets and we had so much fun the sets i remember the most was the cave. crafting box. and the farm and thinking that this was 10 years ago! it just makes me feel alot older than i was then and i cant wait to find my old lego box back in usa and build those sets up!
Would be awesome to see the set recreations incorperated somehow into the big minecraft world as little references to the start of the theme, great work as always man! 👌
I can't believe it's been 10 years since Lego Minecraft was released. I remember scouring toy stores with my aunt looking for the original 6. To this day, it's the only wave of a Lego theme I fully collected. Such fun times.
I remember having the lego ninjago firstbourne dragon from wave 9; it was super fun because it had a similar feature to the ender dragon but it had larger technic wings w/ a plastic membrane. the wings were foldable too
@CheesyStudios A few things I want to mention after watching this video: 1) I love the original 2014 Lego Minecraft poster. The whole design beautifully captures the wonder of experiencing Minecraft for the first time... either in a new way or in the oldest way of all... as well as complementing how well those first few sets portrayed the core early-Minecraft experience. I only wish I could see both sides of it at once. 2) Lego Minecraft is actually the only current (or even the only modern) theme I can think of that makes heavy use of 2x2 and 2x4 pieces for visual aesthetics and not just for concealed structures (Although I'm sure I could be missing something). In a sense, the theme is not just a celebration of Minecraft, but a celebration of Lego's origins, a playful "back to basics" experience, and (most notably, since a remembering a video titled "is the 2x4 really iconic anymore" while watching your video was what brought me to this realization) the last bastion of the once-iconic 2x4. Lego Minecraft doesn't just preserve the Minecraft experience at all stages... it preserves the history of Lego itself. 3) The lack of stickers was probably a big appeal. Everything went fine for me as a child when I let my dad apply the decals, but in about 2016 I began trying to apply them myself, with... less than... stellar... results. 4) I know Steve being in every set probably didn't age well, but it was also surprisingly relatable to my early Minecraft experience. I can still remember playing in the same world with my father, brother and sister on local wifi in Pocket Edition. This was back when the old Stone Cutting table and Nether Reactor Cores still existed, powered rails, the only "red stone component," were always on, and the game was lightyears behind Java in general. More relevant to this conversation, it was also pre-marketplace, and we didn't become aware of apps that let you use custom skins in Pocket Edition for a few more years. As a result, we were all just a bunch of Steve's running about, building castles out of cobblestone and cube houses out of Oak planks, carving out staircase mineshafts with 2 block tall ceilings, avoiding Creepers instead of fighting them, and trying to find our way back to that swamp one of us stumbled upon by accident because I wanted to see a Slime in the flesh.
8 year old me was extremely excited when I first saw Lego Minecraft in Walmart’s Lego section back in 2014! 10 years later I can’t believe it’s still going strong, and it’s one of my favorite Lego themes
So glad it's still here all these years later! Who would have thought? Things have come a long way.
How are you the only replie
Hearing that LEGO Minecraft is 10 years old is like a punch to the stomach
And minecraft is 15...
Right
So true…
God it makes me feel so old
aint no way 2014 was 10 years ago 😭 making this video made me feel old
The old Lego Minecraft will always have a special place in my heart… something about building those cave and plains sets were just awesome.
Right? Ah, I wish we'd get more like this again. That's why I loved the Sword Outpost so much last year! It takes me back to this wave.
Exactly. So simple ans Just beautiful
Everything is awesome!
@@Moose_Bricks used to have slme
This very first End set was on shelves when my family visited Legoland. Me and my brother could not leave without it. I still remember building it in the hotel room. Good old carefree times...
Love that :,) It's such a cool dragon, even outside of the world of Minecraft!
I miss when the sets were plain and classic. None of these weird animal houses, just plain survival minecraft.
The upcoming Badlands Adventure set reminds me a lot of the good old days. There's lots of great sets coming this summer!
i remember when i was little at a lego convention i saw The First Night and had to have it and that memory has stuck with me ever since.
That one seems to be very popular. I wish I had gotten it when I was younger! But alas, I had no money lol
Lego Minecraft is a theme very near and dear to my heart. I remember as a kid splitting my allowance with my brothers to buy the first skin pack set. We had hours of fun with those 4 minifigures, and when we slowly got more sets and more player skins, it started to feel like an in house original theme like Ninjago rather than a licensed theme. I’ll always have a soft spot for this theme, can’t wait to see what it’s got in store for the future
Man, I'd LOVE another skin pack! Those were so much fun.
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The block-accurate builds of the OG sets look soooooo good, I'm glad Lego supported a great builder like you to create those Mocs. Keep these high quality videos coming! 👍
Thank you! I'm so glad I was able to use the bricks for this too. Remaking these sets was a ton of fun!
18:30
While not identical, yes, there is a Ninjago Dragon who has flappable wings:
71766 Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon
That said, that dragon's wings don't flap up and down, but forward and backward, but it is also oddles of fun.
There's also the 71754 Water Dragon whose wings kinda undulates
I'll have to check those both out!
you forgot the firstbourne that has actual flapping like this one
The Minecraft theme will forever be one of my favorites.
Same here. :)
black iridescent sounds like a dream color variation!!! loved getting to learn about the origin of the LEGO theme that now takes up half our basement
I was gonna go write my essay, but this is more important
Lego Minecraft Steve thanks you for your priorities
lego Minecraft Steve knows what's up
Welcome to the Prcocrastination Club, fellow !
When I see videos of this guy, everything else fades away and I just become a little child, once more.
I love having the Minecraft theme around. I haven't collected a ton of it, but I've bought some small sets, polybags, and magazines over the years and gathered some players and what I consider the classic Minecraft monsters (Skeleton, Creeper, Zombie, Spider, Enderman, Slime). It's such a delight having those guys sitting in a little display in Lego form!
Really liked seeing the sets reimagined in your style too! A nice tribute to the theme's beginning, and cool to have the direct comparison to the simpler but effective style of the official sets.
More than anything else I do love the mobs and figures from the theme. That's what got me into LEGO Minecraft too - collecting those little guys! Glad you enjoyed this :)
Having something physical on a display that you can touch, like the collection of minecraft figures, has a ton of value. While it doesn't offer the play features of the game, having it around in physical form does something a virtual game can never do.
These sets are the definition of simple done right.
100%
Lego Minecraft was always meant to be!
One is about building things with plastic bricks
The other is about building things with digital blocks
The Lego Minecraft crossover theme was inevitable from the start!
14:58 This brought a tear to my eye 🥲
15:54 My favorite Ender Dragon is from the End Battle set with the Dragon-Slayer minifigure (set 21151), the scale just feels right somehow
18:41 Imaginex was one of the GOATs of the childhood toys
19:40 I'll do you one better: if The Cave ate an Enchated Golden Apple
21:32 I don't need it, I don't need it
21:14 *_*I NEEEED IT!!!!!!*_*
yooooo fellow imaginext enjoyer
Hello there fellow seperatist 2.0
I remember being at the Lego World convention in Copenhagen back in the day and seeing the official unveiling of the very first Lego Minecraft cuuso set. That will always be a core memory for me, the excitement I felt was just something else
That's so cool!
Yet another look into a theme I completely missed, although this one is clearly in production to this day. I've been playing minecraft on and off when it was still in early beta and the Lego minecraft does indeed convey this 'early style' minecraft very well. I can imagine the blocky layer style of building being extremely fun for a minecraft enhusiast.
This is also the first time I got to see the Minecraft custom moc buildings. This smooth blocky style might be a bit over the top, but it does look even better, the colors and layers just pop a lot more.
Thanks again for taking us along a journey into Lego history, which is insanely valuable to someone that has only somewhat recently rediscovered Lego as a hobby.
Really glad you enjoyed! ❤️
Lego minecraft has rightful become a staple of lego,
for ten years has beautifully flourished into one of the largest licensed theme amongst the lego group (possibly going head to head with star wars dare I say). Lego minecraft will always be one of my favorite themes capturing the wonderful whimsy and all the that is minecraft. Great video Cheesey it totally had that classic Lego Minecraft vibe ❤
Glad you enjoyed. :) Let's take over Star Wars lol!
I’m neither a Lego Minecraft collector, nor a player of the game, but we started buying sets for my son last year, and I must say - I’ve been blown away by the theme. I really think it’s the best current Lego theme - insanely good value, great play value and easy to MOC. It’s just great.
Right? It just feeds creativity like no other theme on the market right now. There's such a beauty in its simplicity!
I remember having the 4 smallest sets, they were so much fun connecting up, too. When I learned the farm and first night could connect, I was so excited!
I do wish they'd lean into the modularity more! It just makes so much sense for LEGO Minecraft
18:33 Ninjago actually does have a few dragons with a flap play feature such as Firstbourne from the Hunted wave and I think the Nya water dragon from the Seabound wave also had one
Oh nice! I'll have to check those out
18:37 there are few ninjago dragons, with the same play feature. First dragon, witch had that play feature was First bourne from 2018. Last dragon, witch had similar function might been Lloyds legendary dragon from 2022, and since then most of the dragons have switched for more poseable wings.
Very nice! I'll have to check those out!
I remember when I was 7 years old and I bought my first Lego Minecraft set: the wither
That's a great one!
The amount of nostalgia for me in this video is crazy.
We've got the classic Minecraft sets that I had when I was a kid. We've got the feeling of playing classic Minecraft. And funnily enough the mention of imaginex was also nostalgic.
Yo! Glad you remember Imaginext too
Seeing this brought back the nostalgia of 2014, with all of my favorite UA-camrs, movies, and everything
Simpler times. Peak Minecraft honestly
Exactly Peak life
5:04 god I haven’t seen that in years. It hit me like a truck.
It's a wonderful image honestly. I wish they'd do more stuff like that these days!
Same, nostalgia goes hard
I think Lego micro scale will always be my fav, just love the scale, and the printing on the sides of the 1x1 plates are awesome
I'm so glad that they print on 1x1s now! I still use a lot of those
The only thing I can say is chills and trying not to tear up. I’ve always always always have loved that original Minecraft wave. The Mine is still to this day my number wanted Lego Minecraft set of all time. Minecraft has such a special place in my heart because it’s what I did when I started my channel last year. Thank you for making this video and bringing me back 10 years!!!
It's my pleasure! So glad you enjoyed
The Ninjago dragons 70653 Firstbourne and 71754 Water Dragon both have a gravity-powered flapping feature. I personally love the Water Dragon's function, the wings ripple like that of a manta ray or sting ray. Similar in function is 71766 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, which has a lever that moves the wings forward and backish, it's not a straight flap but it gets the job done (I don't own it so can't speak to it like I can the Water Dragon). On a related note, 71721 Skull Sorcerer's Dragon doesn't flap, but it has a button in the same place as Firstbourne's wing-flapper that opens its ribcage to drop a boulder, just like the Makuta Phantoka, which I think is another top-tier play feature.
Love your videos, keep up the phenomenal work!
Thank you so much! I'll definitely have to watch some reviews on those dragons
I've been waiting for this one! Lego Minecraft is one of my favourite licensed themes! I'll watch this in full once I've gotten some sleep though, it's like 11PM down here in Australia rn...
Well, hope you sleep well! It'll be waiting for ya in the morning
About the dragon play feature! The Lego Hero Factory Brain Attack Dragonbolt also has the flapping wing feature using a rubber band. I would know as I own one myself. Idk about Ninjago dragons though.
Good callback! I have this one too and it’s pretty cool. The Ninjago Firstbourne Dragon from a few years back has similar flapping wings in case you were curious, that’s the only other one coming to mind
I watched Jang's review on it! What an interesting set
don't know if it counts but Skull Basher from Bionicle G2 has a similar feature to bang it's axes together (not a dragon but similar design as Dragonbolt, might be the exact same mechanism if memory serves correct)
5:03 that was in my room for years
Ah, I love that poster. I'm sure it's still in my parents' basement too lol!
@@CheeseyStudios my was thrown away
The regret
I remember buying the first lego sets for Minecraft and enjoying them so much, they had such a charm. I believe I got the Jungle one (which was one of the earlier sets?) for my birthday as a kiddo, and of course I collected some of the other ones, the farm, the little starter house, etc. Loved it.
I've also recently acquired a bunch more of the old ones including the end set!
anyway yaps aside, this theme is great, especially collecting the figs and special prints.
The new figures and prints they always release are the best - collecting all those is definitely what got me into it!
you have no idea what I would've given for these sets back in the day XD I love to see a retrospective on them. You're videos are just so chill, and even inspired me to transform by Minecraft sets into a new, block-accurate creation just like I've always wanted! Keep up the good work
Thank you so much! ❤️
that first wave will always have an amount of nostalgia that any other minecraft wave could ever replicate for me.
Agreed. I love its simplicity!
18:34 To answer both your questions:
1. Yes, I also remember Imaginext. It and Geotrax was my Lego before Lego.
2. There are actually 3, technically 4, that have a flapping wing feature:
It's 4 if you count the upcoming Monkie Kid "Nine-Headed Beast". It's more of a bird than a dragon, but it does have a flapping function.
Then there's the 2022 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon, which actually has them flap forward and back. It's somewhat simplistic, but very effective
Then the 2021 Water Dragon which has an incredibly unique, but equally awesome flapping function.
And finally there's the first to really do this (that's not the MC one): the 2018 Firstbourne. Not only does it have a flapping function, but it also has foldable wings not too dissimilar to the Imaginext dragon. (Infact, a lot of modern Ninjago Dragons have folding functions.)
There's also the two original Ultra Dragons (Golden one doesn't), which are kinda half flap/fold and flying/landing, it's hard to describe. But you are able to make them flap on the 2019 version, not sure about the 2012 one tho.
There's also a chance an Elves one might have one; non seemed to have one from my skimming, but I also don't know much about Elves.
Ay, awesome! I think you definitely got the most thorough list so far that I've seen. I'll have to check these out!
I had the original crafting box we probably mixed all the pieces in with our old legos that got sold, but I remember having so much fun just trying to make Minecraft builds in real life with the bricks. The anniversary of the game and theme makes me feel so old!
Right? It does not feel like ten years lol!
Amazing video Caleb! I love these old sets, and this video reminded me of a bunch of old memories, like watching the official stop motion and designer videos. I got the mine set back in the day for my 9th birthday I think, a friend came over and we built it together, after which we played some Minecraft of course :P
I also remember building the smaller cave set from the pieces in the mine a few times, apart from this having water bricks instead of lava, the parts in the cave set are pretty much all also in the mine! Thanks for the great video!
No problem! I'm glad I could bring back some good memories :)
Yes, the Firstbourne, from Ninjago´s 2018 Hunted season had that flaping wing feature, a simple, yet, great action feature!
I'll have to check that out!
Kudos to LEGO for sending the parts! It's a nice deviation from just set reviews, and I hope they do this more with LAN members!
I honestly much prefer this too! Hopefully you'll be seeing similar projects in the future. :D
As much as I loved Minecraft and Lego, I regret not getting any of the older sets back then due to me being into Hero Factory and Bionicle at the time but I finally got my first Lego Minecraft set: The Fox Lodge and I really enjoy it! And after seeing the new sets we will get in June, I can't wait to see what the future has in store for this theme.
This summer has some really awesome sets. The Badlands one reminds me a lot of these early sets!
The Lego Ninjago dragon: firstborne from, I think 2018 or 2019 also had the flapping feature 18:41
Oh nice! I'll have to check that out!
My 2 favorites of the more recent times have got to be "The Zombie Cave" & "The Abandoned Mine" They give me huge nostalgia for this original wave and capture the game so well while being so fun to play with
I just got the Abandoned Mine a few days ago! I'm glad it's still available. Such a great set
There are a couple of ninjago sets that have the flapping wing function, a few that come to mind are Firstbourne and Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon. Great Stuff!
Very nice! I'll be checking those out!
A LOT of those sets were my first ever lego sets that I remember. They bring back so much nostalgia
Glad to bring back some good memories!
Been looking forward to this one since i saw your short of it. I love your versions of the original models so much, ive been making my own minecraft remakes in studio of some of the newer models but i never thought of going back to these classic builds. I particularly like the explosion with the display stands you added, might be the best use of those pieces ive seen! Really awesome look back and remakes for a great first 10 years!
Thank you so much! Really glad you like the builds. I definitely will do more in the future - they were a ton of fun
lego minecraft is certainly a license i feel nostalgic about. not as much nostalgia as i feel for lego spongebob or lego indiana jones, and i no longer have my lego minecraft sets built, but it holds a special place in my heart because it connects me with my past and reminds me of those days i used to spend playing minecraft wii u edition with my friends, a handful of which turned out to be life-time friends that i still share memories with to this day.
in fact, lego minecraft is one of the reasons i got more into minecraft in 2015 and 2016 and even got minecraft on the wii u. so it's crazy to think of how long it's been.
man, this video reminded me that the cave was the first minecraft lego set i ever got. i should probably rebuild it one of these days lol
That 2014-2017 was a golden age for Minecraft in general. I've got a lot of good memories from that time, and it was awesome to have been working for Hypixel all the way back then too.
Lego Minecraft will forever hold a special place in my heart, from simply overlooking some of their sets while buying other sets, to becoming my absolute favourite modern Lego Theme,
You have only strengthened that "bond" I have with the theme by inspiring me to create my own "realistic" versions of some Minecraft Mobs
I love to hear that! It's so funny how it's slowly become my favorite modern LEGO theme as well. I look forward to the Minecraft set reveals more than anything else lol!
The amount of nostalgia I'm getting from this video is insane. The rebuilds are SOOO cool. (I need a part two with the end set rebuild)
Also, the crafting box being your first set really explains a lot...
A gift from my mom for my birthday :,) Good stuff
I remember way before these came out, I made my own mobs out of blocks and painted them in the blocky Minecraft style
Lego x Minecraft might be one of the best collabs made in human history. They were made for eachother.
Right? It's crazy to think there was a time when they *weren't* collaborating 🤣
18:41 well maybe not another dragon but the dune ornithopter has pretty much the same wing function
I suppose, though I will say the Ornithopter's is infinitely more complicated to put together lol!
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18:33 I can't speak for any of the more recent dragons because I haven't collected in a while, but I'm pretty sure the Firstbourne set from the August 2018 wave of Ninjago also had the flapping wings.
The Cave was my first Minecraft set. A lot of nostalgia for that one. I remember playing with it for hours
It doesn't get better than the Cave. It's so simple but so well executed!
The cave was also my first Minecraft set, my brother got The farm as his first one too. My sis got The crafting box after the 2016 sets were around though
I had every one of these sets except the Crafting Box set when they came out. I absolutely love them and they forever hold a special place in my heart.
Really glad you got to experience so many of them in person! They are so much fun
You mentioning the Imaginext Singe The Dragon brought back some memories. I totally forgot about that toy, and I loved it as a kid. The wing function was so awesome. I loved how they folded out.
I'm so glad you remember him! Ah, he's the best. I know my Grandmother still had the guy at her house a few years ago. I hope she hasn't sold him
I have a lot of nostalgia for these sets. I especially loved watching the old stop motion shorts, and the designer reviews on repeat. Thanks for making this video.
It's my pleasure! Glad you enjoyed. I miss the fun slew of Minecraft UA-cam content we used to get from LEGO.
Its funny how minecraft is having 15th anniversary this year, and Lego minecraft is having a 10th anniversary.
Big epic year indeed xD
i have all of them bisides the mineshaft and i rember me and my sister playing minecraft lego and fighting out characters and building out houses and cities, and convincing everything to cover an entire table, and we would play minecraft in lego and uses game accurate crafting, with a brick built table and arguing about ur weather the silver pickaxe was a stone or iron, on my god this brings me back to childhood. thank you so much cheesy you made my month!
Ha! I love to hear it. Glad I could bring back some good memories :)
Was waiting for this vid
It was inevitable xD
18:32 yeah, 2018's first Bourne had that feature as well as the water dragon from 2021 and (in my opinion) the best Lego dragon ever; Lloyd's legendary dragon from 2022 had a similar but better play feature, well, It looked more realistic
Those dragons are pretty sweet
The Firstbourne from Lego Ninjago (70653) also has flappy wings
I watched the Jangbricks review on that one! Looks like a really cool set
New LEGO Minecraft summer 2024 sets are here launching June 1st
I'm so excited to review them all for you guys!
14:50 this was accessible through the lego magazines, i have one and never got the first night set
Oh hey, nice! Gotta love those magazine packs
Im not sure if anyone has said this but the lego Ninjago firstbourne dragon from the hunted wave has flappable wings and is pretty cool
I just watched a review on it yesterday! That's a neat set
18:40 the dune set does but is also much more complex so yes that is likely the best one!
True!
My brother and i both collected lego Minecraft when we were little. Crazy its been 10 years now. I still remember seeing the sets for the first time. Like a dream come true
Right? A match made in heaven. So glad we've had so many years of this great theme!
18:35 Yes! Ninjago Legacy’s Ultra Dragon from 2019, I was so excited to build it. (I’ve collected every Legacy set.)
Very nice! Yeah, that looks like a cool one for sure
My first set from this series was “The Iron Golem”. Good times 😢
Ah, that's a good one! One of my earlier sets as well. Probably the first one I bought with my own money honestly
I actually have the cave set but its pieces are everywhere throughout my house from when I got it many years ago.
That's fair - these sets were practically made to be taken apart!
The Hero Factory dragon set from the second Brain Attack wave also had flapping (and tilting) wings, but yeah, other than that, I can't really think of any others with that feature.
I did watch a review on that one yesterday! Really interesting set
LEGO Minecraft is 10 years old. Minecraft is 15. I am old.
relatable
18:33 the first bourne dragon set has that feature!
I did just watch a review on that one! Super cool
5:14 Seeing all this stuff again made me actually tear up
Ah, aren't they glorious? Something about this older style of sets really works for me.
15:55 this used to be my favorite ender dragon, but I don't think anything can beat that new dragon head mold. Especially since you can put it on the player's head, and you get 2 of them in the new set
I do love the helmet feature 🤣 That is just too cool!
Brings back memories. I was only 30 back when the first sets came out.
I can't get over how it's been 10 years. Doesn't feel like it's been that long!
18:19 It's so funny that when you released the button the whole assembly just popped out lol
Yeah, it totally stuck to my finger 🤣
Whenever you showed that poster, I almost started crying, I'm 16 now, but I remember whenever I was much younger I had that poster on my wall, and I had forgotten about it until I saw it, this video brought back a lot of good memories
It's such a good poster and set - certainly takes me back, too :)
Incredible to see a retrospective of one of my childhood themes! Crazy to think it's been around for so long now, and it was great to see your takes on it given your unique position- loved the video, and loved your recreations! I feel like I should take a crack at one too!
Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it. I'd definitely encourage you to give your own thoughts on the theme!
My first Lego set was “the skeleton attack” and that was why I love Lego, thank you😀
15:53 Moog city !!! My favorite music in Minecraft nice edition 👍
Moog City is such a good one! It was probably the first Minecraft track I ever bought on iTunes.
18:34 I belive that the firstbourne dragon from 2018, has that function as well
Ay, nice! I'll definitely be watching a review on that
9:24 I would love for Legó to re-release the original wave of 2014 but with the improvements you implemented to celebrate 10 years, the truth is that they are perfectly faithful to the game
That would be really cool! I'm surprised we didn't get any 10th anniversary tie-ins...
@@CheeseyStudios It also seems strange to me since it is the 15th anniversary of Minecraft, maybe they will save it for later but the logical thing would be to celebrate together with the 10th anniversary of Lego Minecraft
Love this video and the style of this video. The close ups of the product then the parts that feature you talking about the product are masterfully created. Great piece of work here. It likely took considerable amount of effort that I cannot comprehend.
Really appreciate it, Jordan, and I'm glad you enjoyed! I've been looking forward to making a video like this for a couple years at this point, and it's awesome to have that vision finally realized.
8:50 Dude, when I got this set it felt like the happiest day of my life
Ah, yes. That's a good one!
I had fun a few years ago connecting the Mine set to the Nether Portal to the Nether Railway for a loop of track! The sets lend themselves to integration so easily and it's been fun trying different combinations old and new.
That's awesome! The Nether Railway is such an awesome set. I do wish I had gotten the portal to go with it!
My first Lego Minecraft set I got from my half sister was The Farm when I was like 6 or 7. I absolutely loved it so I ended up also getting The Mine and now I have over 30 sets from this theme over the past 10 years.
A very impressive collection indeed! I'm glad that the theme still produces new and interesting sets all these years later. The designers do great work
The farm was my first lego minecraft set, and from there i started getting more sets and stuff. eventually i saw your channel, thought it was really cool. after a while i got inspired and made a minecraft on my windowsill, although not block accurate its something to be proud of. overall, lego minecraft is a good theme.
I'm glad you've been inspired through the channel! That's fantastic
I still remember when the minifig scale lego minecraft theme started. Watched pretty much every video on it i could find.
I was obsessed with minecraft at that time played the old pocket edition all the time back then.
Got the farm set from the first wave as a gift that december.
And to this day the farm is center stage of my lego minecraft display.
That's such a great set. I loved the Pocket Edition too.
I loved the first night set so much, I found my old instruction booklet, took 4 hours sorting out legos out of my old bucket, and rebuild it. It is still in my room about 2 years later and 10 after I first built it. It is my favorite lego Minecraft set.
That's a good one! A lot of people seem to remember that set particularly fondly
when i was five me and my brothers would take them apart and build our own houses out of them and also used parts from other sets and we had so much fun the sets i remember the most was the cave. crafting box. and the farm and thinking that this was 10 years ago! it just makes me feel alot older than i was then and i cant wait to find my old lego box back in usa and build those sets up!
Glad I could bring back some good memories! Hope you get a chance to build the sets again soon :)
Would be awesome to see the set recreations incorperated somehow into the big minecraft world as little references to the start of the theme, great work as always man! 👌
I'll see if I can hide little bits and pieces of them in!
Min 18:40 Yes, there is a dragon from Ninjago that can also do that, for example the mother of all dragons, just so you know 😉
I did watch a review on that one yesterday! Super cool
@@CheeseyStudios yea 🙃
I can't believe it's been 10 years since Lego Minecraft was released. I remember scouring toy stores with my aunt looking for the original 6. To this day, it's the only wave of a Lego theme I fully collected. Such fun times.
It's a great wave to have the complete collection of. You can't go wrong with any of these - they're such great parts packs!
This guy looks like someone who was on Lego masters
I was indeed 👀 ua-cam.com/play/PLsKt5PwQV-mM6KrvPJDLtygwXGVUgfxmx.html
I love Lego Minecraft but I wish that the newer sets after around 2016-2017 were less questionable and less expensive *cough*old hoglin*cough*
I used to always be able to count on LEGO Minecraft for a good deal, but they're all feeling a bit overpriced these days sadly...
It's my birthday today and this is my favourite theme, this is a great birthday gift from you!
Happy birthday!
I remember having the lego ninjago firstbourne dragon from wave 9; it was super fun because it had a similar feature to the ender dragon but it had larger technic wings w/ a plastic membrane. the wings were foldable too
Yeah! A few others had mentioned it so I watched a review. It looks really cool
@CheesyStudios A few things I want to mention after watching this video:
1) I love the original 2014 Lego Minecraft poster. The whole design beautifully captures the wonder of experiencing Minecraft for the first time... either in a new way or in the oldest way of all... as well as complementing how well those first few sets portrayed the core early-Minecraft experience. I only wish I could see both sides of it at once.
2) Lego Minecraft is actually the only current (or even the only modern) theme I can think of that makes heavy use of 2x2 and 2x4 pieces for visual aesthetics and not just for concealed structures (Although I'm sure I could be missing something). In a sense, the theme is not just a celebration of Minecraft, but a celebration of Lego's origins, a playful "back to basics" experience, and (most notably, since a remembering a video titled "is the 2x4 really iconic anymore" while watching your video was what brought me to this realization) the last bastion of the once-iconic 2x4. Lego Minecraft doesn't just preserve the Minecraft experience at all stages... it preserves the history of Lego itself.
3) The lack of stickers was probably a big appeal. Everything went fine for me as a child when I let my dad apply the decals, but in about 2016 I began trying to apply them myself, with... less than... stellar... results.
4) I know Steve being in every set probably didn't age well, but it was also surprisingly relatable to my early Minecraft experience. I can still remember playing in the same world with my father, brother and sister on local wifi in Pocket Edition. This was back when the old Stone Cutting table and Nether Reactor Cores still existed, powered rails, the only "red stone component," were always on, and the game was lightyears behind Java in general. More relevant to this conversation, it was also pre-marketplace, and we didn't become aware of apps that let you use custom skins in Pocket Edition for a few more years. As a result, we were all just a bunch of Steve's running about, building castles out of cobblestone and cube houses out of Oak planks, carving out staircase mineshafts with 2 block tall ceilings, avoiding Creepers instead of fighting them, and trying to find our way back to that swamp one of us stumbled upon by accident because I wanted to see a Slime in the flesh.
It's such a special theme. And it's even so unique among other licensed lines. I hope it continues to stick around for many years to come. :)
I also had the Crafting Box and Ender Dragon sets from this wave as a kid! Still got my original dragon sitting on a shelf with yellowed grey bricks.
Ayyy, nice! Love these OG sets