This revisited series is always like Christmas coming early. I just booked myself a 45 minute meeting at work in order fit this in.

@andrethemoderator9478

2 ай бұрын

Stick it to the man

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

lolol I love that so much

"Reload" "Reload" "Re...dammit, horseman, can you move a bit to the left?"

Vladek was pondering the orb before it was cool

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

what a trendsetter

I love that most people have the original Cloud City as a holy grail set, but you want an obscure Scala set, lol. Although I see why, there are some crazy pieces in that set

@lunalucifer3335

2 ай бұрын

wait what

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

The Belville and Scala lines are such a treasure trove of bizarre parts. I did end up getting "The Princess and the Pea" (the other set that features Vladek's crystal ball) while editing this video since I found it sealed at a great price! 😂

Something I noticed about wave 2 is that Sir Rascus' minifigure was always depicted with dark green hands, dark green hips and a dark green helmet as his accent color. Whether it be promotional pictures of the sets he appeared in, his minifigure form in the comic panels or even his own action figure, he had dark green hands. However his official figure always came with black hands instead which made him the odd one out compared to his fellow knights whose accent colors also featured darker colors (Jayko with dark blue hands, hips and helmet, Santis with dark tan hands, hips and helmet and Danju with dark bluish gray hands, hips and helmet). I don't know why Rascus was the only exception to the rule as he would've been the first minifigure with dark green hands but I assume it had something to do with quality issues. Regardless, dark green hands made their actual first appearance in 2013 with Legends of Chima. I swapped his hands with the correct color and the figure looks complete and consistent with the others now and I highly recommend this change to anyone.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Great catch! I'll have to do the same for my figures.

Knight’s Kindgom and Orient Expedition were my “gateway drugs” into Lego as well. I regret not being able to get EVERY set from both, but I definitely remember having so much fun with the Castle of Morcia and Vladek’s Dark Fortress!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's so epic you had both! The battles that must have been waged, haha...

Growing up playing Runescape when I was 10 years old loving knights. When I saw Vladek's Dark Fortress in the store back in the day I immediately asked my mom and dad to buy this set. 100 Euro was a lot of money and I thought I might not be able to get the set, but I was surprised my parents agreed to buy it. It was my very first LEGO set I got and also started my LEGO journey into having more castle sets. I still remember the moment when I saw this set, because it meant so much to me. It made me the LEGO castle fan I am today.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome you got to experience it as a kid! It's one of the greatest LEGO castles of all time - no doubt about it.

Had a Knight’s Kingdom themed birthday party for my 6th or 7th birthday, We had the invites, and I think there was some other themed party stuff too. Core memory for sure!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That sounds legendary honestly - what a party it must have been!

I didn't know this theme existed until around 2012. My grandma found a box of Lego at a thrift store and saved it for my brother and I and it contained the original Gringotts Bank and Dueling club, about half a bionicle, and Vladek's Dark Fortress which I had never seen before. The instructions were included but the cover was missing, so we were building it at her kitchen table with no idea what it would look like when it was complete. This was one of the last times we visited her house before she passed, so it holds a ton of nostalgia for me. So cool to see it appreciated in a modern review video!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

What a great memory to have! Lots of great sets. I love the idea of building the fortress with no idea how it'll turn out in the end

I grew up in the 2010’s with themes like superheroes, City, Ninjago and Nexo Knights and I’ve always found these older original themes I missed out on fascinating to watch in your videos, partially tempted to try and buy some of these sets you review here

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

There's some real gems from this era. One of my favorite Knights' Kingdom sets would be "Border Ambush" (from wave one). It's a smaller set well worth picking up that would give you a taste of what this theme has to offer!

@hollowknightfan2379

21 күн бұрын

Same for me. I was definitely a Ninjago and Hero Factory kid and still am to this day.

I missed out on so many sets during this era as I was going through a "I only like action figure" phase as I entered highschool. I did collect the figures and I was a big fan of Bionicle but wow the build sets here are amazing

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

There was a lot of other great LEGO stuff to be distracted by at the time, so I get it! Glad you got some of the Knights' Kingdom action figures though - some of them are actually pretty awesome.

@arbitrary2868

2 ай бұрын

Same! I was fully invested in Bionicle. Missed out on a majority of Kingdoms, Fantasy, Knights Kingdom, Power Miners, and even Exo Force. I really regret that, but then again I didn't have my own income source then, so my hands were already tied.

Knights Kingdom II is one of the most nostalgic Lego themes for me! I had a couple sets, every single action figure from all the waves and even the board game. I distinctly remember going to Legoland as a kid and getting foam swords and helmet to fight my friends (who’s family was also at legoland with us) on the big castle, with the dragon ride.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

The foam swords were too much fun!

CASTLE BEST THEME 🎉🎉🎉

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

facts

This was my favorite theme growing up. Thanks for allowing me to relive some good childhood memories 👍😊

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed!

I got a couple of the Knight's Kingdom sets for Christmas back in the day. In recent years, I've worked on expanding the number of characters in both factions. After getting one of the Fantasy Era sets, I decided to make the knights from that theme the foot soldiers for the kingdom of Morica who assist the four main knights in their missions (it helps that the kingdoms' colors of both themes are blue and gold.) I also made wives for the two rulers. Queen Mathias wears the blue dress from the Fantasy Era Queen while Lady Vladek is clad in the robes of the Evil Wizard from whatever minifigure series he's from.

Legitimately one of the best castles Lego ever made. It’s also possible to pretty easily make it fully enclosed by attaching the Scorpion Outpost and the castle landing to it.

I absolutely love these videos, it is really interesting to see a closer look at some older lego themes that I never got to experience and learn about all of the niche pieces and facts about them

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear it! It's great that you're able to learn a few new things. That's part of the reason why I love making these videos too. I'm always finding out about rare parts and sometimes even whole new sets I've never seen before!

Gosh, I absolutely ADORED that! Knights Kingdom has a really special place in my heart. I discovered it long after it had discontinued when I was little, and it was through bits and pieces of second hand Lego I got from multiple different people, most of the sets being incomplete. It always stuck out as a bit of an oddity to me for some reason, probably because I’d never heard of it and it felt like this strange elusive theme, but it had such a distinct feel and it’s become so nostalgic to me. There’s something about it that I can’t quite explain, but I just love it! You did a phenomenal job revisiting it, and I love hearing the excitement in your voice due to the nostalgia you have for this theme, it’s so wholesome. And along with the cozy and nostalgic feel of your videos it just makes for such an enjoy experience overall! As always, I love the work you do man. You’re a real gem in the community 🙌🏽🧡

Your excitement for this series is so amazing to see. I really loved these sets, especially Vladek's fortress, which still holds the record for the longest time I've had a set without taking it apart. Glad you can enjoy it now as well!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Yesss! It's such a beauty. I wish everyone could experience it for themselves!

Another phenomenal video! LOVE the artistry with the presentation of the models and the way you describe the sets. Can’t wait for the next one!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Chris!

I can’t wait for the Lego Castle troll sets to be reviewed. Such nostalgia

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That'll definitely be a fun batch of videos to do :)

And again we got an amazing video! Thank you for these! This was my childhood as well, great stuff!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed!

I absolutely love these sets and I think you did them justice. I do a lot of moc building and you have just made me want to do a knights kingdom moc so badly. Can’t wait for wave 3!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I'm so excited to cover wave three too! The action figures are so cool

Your channel always throws my brain into blissful nostalgia. Thank you for doing these videos. It really just brings me back. I didn't get many Lego sets but I had the Lego magazine and seeing all these sets made me want them so badly. It's cool to see them "in person"

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

No problem at all! It's fun to relive my childhood dreams by purchasing these sets as an adult. Glad I can share the joy!

I saw your first review of the Knights Kingdom several months ago. I’m just now realizing you did wave 2, and this was such a blast to the past. Really enjoy your reviewing style and commentary. Excellent work! Can’t wait to see more.

@CheeseyStudios

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@harv612

29 күн бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios Look forward to the final wave if you ever decide to review it! I only managed one or two sets out of that one.

Really love these videos that go over not as popular / not as well known themes.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

These are my favorite videos to make, too! I love highlighting these old themes. The 2000s really were a second golden age for LEGO.

Love the reviews. The blasts from the past are so sweet!

The impressive thing is, despite me not liking the Knights Kingdom era, I was still very interested in watching this video and found it quite enjoyable. That's the power of Cheesey: even if you don't love the theme, he still makes the video engaging and interesting. Thats the mark of a great YT creator. P.S. I think I need to cop that Vladek Fortress now...

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ha! I love to hear it 😂 You definitely can't go wrong with the Fortress. It's gotta be one of the most epic LEGO castles ever!

Ugh, this is wonderful. Thank you so much for the trip down the memory lane with nostalgia, which was my childhood too. My KZread account was opened at the same time hence the numbers.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's too cool, ha! It was a great time to be alive, that's for sure.

These sets were also THE wave of my childhood- totally legendary! Thanks as always for the exemplary walk down memory lane

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It's my pleasure! It was so fun to rebuild all these.

Yay part 2!!! Thank you so much

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I've got you covered :)

These are my favourite videos of yours! Hope to see more in the future :)) Would love one of the battle of geonosis lego sets

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Lots more to come, don't you worry!

Another great video, love this series!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

This video series is peak, please keep it going! I'd love to see more coverage of 2000s - 90s LEGO themes like this (Still waiting on the Mars Mission wave 2 video btw)

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Don't you worry - lots more to come!

I actually just picked up wave 1 and 2 fully of Knights' Kingdom II and I'm so glad to see you talk about them here as well

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Glad you've gotten to experience these all in person!

Been waiting for this one! Loved this theme as a kid and I had mostly wave 2 sets.

@theend1555

2 ай бұрын

Nevermind, I had the wave 1 siege engine. Don't think I had any wave 2 sets 😂

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ripperoni xD Ah, to be fair, the two first waves blend together so nicely that it's hard to tell them apart!

Again an excellent revisit, well done! 😊 I was well off into my dark ages when these sets were released, but picked some sets up a couple of years ago (including 8877 that was glued together 😬)

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

The amount of effort that it would take to glue a set like that is so ridiculous 🤣 Whhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy

@Rob-kj7ug

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios crazy people, right! 😂

My favourite series! Revisiting Knights Kingdom 2 has been a treat so far, can't wait to discover the next waves

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It's sad to think our Knights' Kingdom journey is coming to a close.... Still lots of cool things to see though, and I can't wait to cover the last wave of action figures and playsets!

Yay, more moreeeee... Knights Kingdom 2 baby . Love it .. great job

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, Grumpy

@GrumpyJ83

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios at Orlando brick co, there's a few I'm eyeing

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I actually got a few of the wave three action figures from ABC when I was down there filming the LM Christmas special. It was good that I found them too, as some of them can be quite rare!

As a child I had both castles of the Knights Kingdom Series, it was so awesome to play with them, I loved it! Then the dark fortress fell apart, because my father dropped it while making room for my brother's weight bench, which he never actually used :( but it's Lego, so I could rebuild it like I wanted to, good times :)

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That is the beauty of LEGO! Still, that was probably pretty traumatic as a kid 😭

Amazing video! I also used to have the foam swords and Vladek mask, awesome stuff

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Glad you got to experience those for yourself! I love the random stuff LEGO makes like that.

Love these theme reviews! This wave must have came out when I wasn’t into Lego? I had some of the first wave of Knights Kingdom 2 and later had Fantasy era. So these sets are basically new to me?! Glad you’re here to fly the Knights Kingdom flag- it was a core part of my Lego experience while growing up 😃

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Well hey, I'm glad I could introduce you to these! Wave 2 had some fantastic sets. There are very few castles that top the Dark Fortress!

Man, I really appreciate you bringing up the weight of Vladek's Fortress. Price-per-mass of a LEGO set has always been my go-to metric and it's nice to see others use it and not just drone on about price per part.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Price per part is just so out of whack these days when half the parts are 1x1 plates 😂 Another good metric has always been Jangbrick's, which is based purely on "vibes" lol

@argosime

2 ай бұрын

@CheeseyStudios yea, I've always agreed with Jang's vibes approach, though I do think the detail inherent in the more recent sets with tons of tiny pieces works for me.

I remember standing in line outside Target early on Black Friday '05 with my mom in order to get the Dark Fortress set for just $50… absolutely appreciate all that it came with, and this video is a fantastic explosion of nostalgia that gets right at the heart of the story and play features we had back then. Thank you so much for researching and assembling all of this quality content!!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It's my pleasure! I'm so glad to hear it's appreciated. I absolutely love making these Revisiting videos.

man, I was fortunate enough to get Vladek's Dark Fortress as a kid, and have gone to Lego Land CA during the time when they were selling Knight's Kingdom foam swords and masks as well as doing stage performances. So much nostalgia watching this video, I really ought to go thank my parents.

@CheeseyStudios

26 күн бұрын

Ah, that's so wholesome! That's so cool that they did stage performances - I didn't even realize that. I'm sure Knights' Kingdom was all the rage since there's always been such a big castle presence at the park.

@cbgucci

26 күн бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios It was a really big deal at the time, back then there was a huge classic castle area of the park and the Knight's Kingdom theme was front and center. This was maybe 2005-6 I believe! right when Bionicle was enjoying their golden age and the Star Wars theme was just taking off. Great time to be a kid.

You have single-handedly rekindled my love of Lego. It's been so long since I've even though about picking up a kit. I had no idea Bricklink was a thing either!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Bricklink is gonna change your life, ha! Welcome back to the fold :)

25:20 Oh I may be one of the few who has figured it out. Its been a while, so I don't recall exactly, but what I did was hold my finger on the cog firmly, with a bit of downward force, then roll the cog backwards with as much speed as you can whilst maintaining a bit of said downward force. When you get it right, its insanely powerful, more so than the spring launcher. Not the most intuitive design, but definitely definitely a fun one. I remember rolling it so hard that the "toothed plate" piece would jam up in the front against the cheese slope.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Alright, I'm gonna have to give it another go lol! Thanks for the tips!

I have so much nostalgia for the Scorpion Prison Cave set. Love the skeleton, white horse, and scorpion build.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

There's a lot of fun to be had with that one. That was definitely a favorite of mine growing up, and served as the big bad guy castle since I never had the Dark Fortress!

8876 was my first ever lego set and I loved it, the prison cage was always a favourite feature of mine

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

The whole thing has such a fun layout, too! You got a lot of bang for your buck with that one I feel

Great video as always, look forward to your next Exo-Force video! Recently managed to get my hands on a golden guardian, can’t wait to put it together!!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ooh, that's such a good one! Glad you were able to get it

Nice that you brought up weight as a better value gauge. Excellent topic and video!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

Love the midnight vibe with the lights in the background

@CheeseyStudios

Ай бұрын

Thank you! It's always a fun setup to do for these videos

I had Vladek's castle as a kid. I've always been more of a "Legos-as-parts" kind of person than a "Legos-as-sets" person, preferring to make a set once, play with it a bit, then disassemble it and make something else from the parts. But I think I played with the intended configuration of Vladek's castle longer than any other set. I did eventually disassemble it, an inevitably have tragically misplaced many of the parts.

I've been waiting so long for this

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy! More to come :)

That "weak spot" wall in Vladek's Dark Fortress is actually a sticker too...

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It was certainly printed in my set! What country did you get your copy from? It could vary from region to region.

This was a really wonderful revisiting video, even as someone who didn’t have that much of it definitely something I’ll keep an eye out for. Not to short change your wonderful revisiting video but I found it absolutely hilarious that you mentioned 5962 The Tinderbox because that infarct is also my dream Belleville set, to the point where I’ve got a BL wanted list of it parted out xD. Wonderful job with these revisiting vids they have improved so much and as much as I’m aware you’ve got just a Bunch of them in the making I think some of the old ones could use a newer vid (not to say that they’re still not my favourites) Great job!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ha, thank you! I'm glad to hear that the Tinderbox also got your eye. 😂 What a crazy set! I'm looking forward to hopefully remastering Mars Mission later this year, and covering wave two!

Thanks for this nostalgia trip. I recently fell back in love with Lego and I got all my knights from this series from my parents place. They now live in my lego animal crossing village!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I can definitely see those colorful knights being right at home there 😂

As a kid, I was always a little bummed that Lego never made a generic good-guy knight. Especially since the shadow knights are all corrupted Kingdom knights. Could have made a cool transformation feature in a set (like the anakin to vader transformation in 2005)

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Right?? The closest we got was the chess set, but that wasn't nearly as easy to find, or even desirable for most kids.

Awesome video!! I can’t wait for the third wave!!👍💯🔥

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm really excited to cover the next batch of sets, too :)

I absolutely love the sets from this era, Lego's creativity was through the roof. I would love to see you revisit Galaxy Squad as that is one of my favorite!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I love the imagination the company had back during this decade! I'd love to get to Galaxy Squad some day.

Vladek's Dark Fortress was easily my all-time favorite childhood set. What a glorious castle!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Right?! I'm not sure LEGO has ever had a cooler villain HQ!

Great video been waiting for it

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I was literally just wondering when this would come out. Wonderful.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ay, perfect timing! Hopefully I can get started on the wave three videos soon.

The Knights Kingdom line is over all a really cool line up in general and gives much room for more Medieval based stories for kids., and really could go a long way probably if it made a third resurgence, hell make them cameo with Ninjago.

I’ve been waiting a long time for this one

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

So excited to get to the last two Knights' Kingdom videos too. This theme has been a lot of fun to cover!

This is my lego castle theme as well. great waves and love the minifigs.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad we got at least a few years out of it, too! There's so much variety in this theme

This was a cool retrospective. I look forward to the Wave three breakdown.

@CheeseyStudios

Ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed! I'm sure excited too. Lots of fun things to talk about :)

A lovely and informative video as always

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed.

I remember buying a Scorpion prison cave and foam sword bundle like 12-13 years ago sealed in the box/ plastic foil in a local toy store. I wish I still had that set, might have to buy a used one for nostalgia purposes.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It really is a fun set, and heck, I'm sure the sword would still be plenty of fun too lol!

I have a battery-operated sword from Knights Kingdom year 2 based on Vladek's design in the action figure. the idea is that as you swing the sword it makes sounds of clashing blades. It was also packed with some of the action figures if I recall correctly.

@CheeseyStudios

Ай бұрын

That sounds so awesome

Heck yeah! Excited for this one

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

There's some great sets in this lineup - they were super fun to cover!

Love the respect for Ice Blade, that is still one of my all-time favorite sets! Had the best transforming feature out of that wave too! I love Knights Kingdom II, it's my favorite castle theme. It feels how castle should be if it existed in the Lego universe, the right mix of fantasy and Lego. I also really miss the comic strip they would put on the boxes or instruction manual. I would spend hours rereading them as a kid and appreciating the art. That's one of the reasons I like the Hidden Side's box art. I'm sad they don't really do that today. I guess it exists digitally but it sure did make the instructions unique and worth keeping.

@thoregrimm6042

2 ай бұрын

The lego Dreamzzz sets actually include a comic page for each section of the building process and the ninjago Core sets do too

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ice Blade is definitely an all-timer! One day once I've got a few more Revisiting videos under my belt, I'd love to do a "Revisiting Revisiting" lol and highlight my 5 or 10 favorite sets, and you KNOW Ice Blade's gonna be on that list!

This was my wave!, love the Scorpions!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It's such a fun icon for the villains!

@chutas

2 ай бұрын

​@@CheeseyStudiosyes! I hope to rebuild my Battle Wagon, or something similar, and seeing those character illustrations brought many memories, thanks for these videos!

Fireball Catapult is one of my favorite Castle themed sets ever. I didn't need to be invested in the story, it was just a nice little build, a couple of well designed knights with color scheme implied alignment of good and evil, and a horse.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Small sets honestly go so hard sometimes. It had everything you needed here!

I really love the revisiting series, you shouldn't stop with it❤

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It's my favorite series to make, too! :) Lots more to come - more Exo-Force, Knights' Kingdom, and Harry Potter, but also Atlantis, Prince of Persia, Dinosaur, Space Police, and more!

cannot wait for the Third Wave,by far,my favorite of the theme,and a lot of that has to do with my boy Jayco getting a kingly makeover!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I'm excited to cover it too! There's some really cool stuff in the final wave

Very well made

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

This video convinced me to buy a sealed copy of vladek’s dark fortress One of the best sets I own it’s awesome!

@CheeseyStudios

24 күн бұрын

Ooh, that sounds awesome! I'm guessing the box for that one is quite cool

The idea of knocking the mask off is pretty cool. Lego should have made more things with that gimmick.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

LEGO just needs to focus on play features again in general. Sets these days just aren't nearly as fun as they used to be, even if they generally look a lot nicer

I found those exact birthday cards but for Bionicle 2004 at a goodwill. It's cool to see Lego did this for other lines.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's so epic! I miss silly little things like that honestly

I recognized the piece on the end of the mini catapult at 10:36 as a pot almost immediately. I got one of those pots in my second ever lego set, and knew about the ability to hold cylinder bricks in it like that. Never thought about using it as a catapult though. Color me surprised!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I love it when the designers think up clever parts usage like that!

I have been very sick at home for weeks now and these deep-dive videos about older Lego themes have been very relaxing and informative. Will you also make one for Atlantis or Galaxy Squad?

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Hope you feel better soon! I'm glad this can be of some small comfort. I have all the Atlantis sets ready to go. :) Hopefully I can get part 1 of 3 out later in the summer!

@JekPorkbricks

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios Thanks. And I look forward to the videos.

Huh. I knew I had some Knight's Kingdom theme sets, but oddly I have no memory of owning Vladic's castle, but every time you brought up exclusive or rare pieces, I was like "Wait a second...", went over to my LEGO collection and lo and behold, I had the exact piece. The more I looked at it, the more pieces I recognized and found in my collection, until eventually I just had to accept that my eyes were correct and I totally must've owned this set. The reason I remembered so many of the pieces was because I used them ALL THE TIME in my custom builds, so clearly I must've very quickly cannibalized the castle before the memory of what it was had time to settle in my brain. So on the one hand, I guess I "missed out" on playing with this super cool castle, but on the other hand I suppose I just played with LEGO as intended, letting my imagination use the pieces as it saw fit. Either way, I guess I ended up loving this set dearly because I got so much usage and fun out of its pieces, even to this day!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

At the end of the day, I think you got the better deal. Building your own stuff is what this hobby is all about! It does make for a funny story here too 😂

I was pretty little when this theme came out, but I was lucky enough to have Vladek's Dark Fortress. I still have a decent amount of the pieces in storage, and I have the knights proudly diplayed on my wall.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

It just doesn't get better than the Dark Fortress - what an incredible castle!

'Eyo, back at it again relating everything to Bionicle. Those pearl gold shoulder armour pieces are actually really cool to use on Bionicle mocs as there isn't really any piece that can quite replicate that shape, especially not in pearl gold which is a much more limited colour than you would imagine. You can actually also get the shin pieces in pearl gold as well. During the tail end of 2005 when they switched from flat gold to pearl gold a few sets that were supposed to have flat gold pieces, like Rascus, shipped with pearl gold instead. They're substantially more rare, I only know two people who have sets of them, and they're probably way more difficult to acquire since there could very easily be mixed up with reddish gold pieces instead. A shame, since the shin piece is even harder to replicate with available pearl gold pieces.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

When making the wave 2 action figures video, those shoulder pads were always the hardest pieces to find lol - some colors are only in a handful of stores in the US! I kinda figured they had all been snatched up by Bionicle fans, and this does seem to confirm that xD

Ah, Knights Kingdom. Easily one of my favorite themes, right up there with Bionicle and Star Wars. Thank you for these retrospective videos, it brings back good memories. Keep up the good work. Also, Bionicle retrospective when?

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoy these! It was such a good time to be a kid. LEGO really was at their most creative

@Maezhughes

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios It's been interesting see how much LEGO has changed over the last 20 years. To see all the different building techniques that they use in these newer sets, it's been fun getting back into buying LEGO's but it's been harder to get some cus of how expensive some of these sets are.

Great video, as usual! I'm curious if you're an agents fan...definitely one of my favourite 2000s in-house themes! Cheers

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I do have a lot of wave 1 Agents sets! I'm only missing one, so I'll definitely be picking it up at some point to do a Revisiting :)

While I personally preferred 1 and 3, Vladek's fortress remains my favorite castle playset. It's huge and has lots of playfeatures. I think it gets even better when you combine it with "Dark Fortress Landing".

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

You could create quite the complex between the Fortress, Prison Tower, and Landing! It was so epic.

It's bittersweet seeing the Dark Fortress again. On one hand, it's a blast of nostalgia, but on the other hand, hearing how much it goes for now makes me sad that I broke it down over fifteen years ago. :'( Had to for a move, and I just... never put it back together.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

If you still have the pieces, you should definitely reconstruct it! It's such a glorious model.

@screaminseaman6121

22 күн бұрын

Found a tub from 20 years ago of my old toys at my grandparents had every wave 1 set from when me and my brother were kids, reconstructed them all and only missing a handful of basic pieces, huge hit of nostalgia and actual buying the missing ones to return them to 100%​@@CheeseyStudios

So I have a funny story about Knights Kingdom. As a wee lad, I got a few sets from the first wave, but because my parents were pretty hesitant to buy the big sets because they were so expensive, I never got anything over the $40ish set price. At the time, a friend of mine also got the sets, but got the whole wave including the cool castle. Years later when he outgrew his Lego, (always a tragedy) he passed on his whole series of knights kingdom sets to me. Insanity! Well, it’s gets even crazier. After wave 1, my parents moved on to getting me sets from different themes, so I never had any sets from wave 2. Well, another friend of mine was lucky enough to participate in a focus group for Lego, and as a result was gifted the second wave castle for participating. Well, a few years later, when he also grew out of lego, you know who got the second wave castle? Me! I never had the minifigs from the second castle, but I had plenty from wave one sitting around, and I did get the cool mask as well!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

lol! Talk about being in the right place at the right time 🤣 That's awesome!

Knight’s Kingdom was my favorite theme at the time and I actually used the birthday invitations for my 6th birthday party!

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Ayy, that's epic! Did your party have any of the other decorations?

@maxwellarnold6631

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios I think we might’ve had plates and napkins. The highlight was getting out all the foam weaponry and whacking each other.

The fact almost the entire wave was dedicated to the villains is unheard of with todays LEGO and this is something I think they should do more rotate waves for each side in Star Wars, Dreamzzz, Ninjago etc also it is possible to find the dark fortress landing by itself but it’s very hard to find these days

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Agreed! Bad guy stuff is always so cool 😂

knights kingdom 2 is the best of the best, honestly. so happy to see another vid on it! although, idk how I feel about you being so excited to see a skeleton and drop hot coals on people...........

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

d e a t h

Probably the best knight theme really had a good story

@CheeseyStudios

Ай бұрын

I agree. So underrated!

I wish i could get some of these sets. They are pretty sweet.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Some of the small ones definitely might be worth picking up. A personal favorite is wave 1's Border Ambush! It wouldn't be too expensive to get used these days.

I have most of a copy of this set, including that side build ballista. I believe at 25:56 you demonstrated pretty much exactly how it's supposed to work. It's very finnicky but basically you hold the ballista in place and run your finger over the wheel which should propel the projectile forward. Difficult to make it go far. If I can get a good demonstration with my decrepit copy I could upload!

Hmm this video ended in an extra posivite way with your narration sytle. I guess needed it, thanks.

One of my favorite childhood sets was Vladek's Dark Fortress. Such an amazing set, and one I want to rebuild one day because I completely regret disassembling it. I suspect some of its pieces are in Storage, because there are some pieces I've failed to rediscover in my collection.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

I hope you can find all the pieces again at some point. I think you'd have a lot of fun building it back together!

@taqresu5865

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeseyStudios Thanks, I hope so too. I'm fairly certain I never sold or gave away my LEGO pieces, but I noticed while sorting that I'm missing some very distinct pieces from that era. Not just Knights Kingdom, but pieces from Bionicle, Star Wars, and Spiderman sets as well. I think I even had an Alpha Teams set with some missing pieces. Which is why I assume they're in storage, because I'm making a greater effort now to organize my pieces.

Will you also revisit Knights Kingdom 1? With Cedric the Bull?

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

Maybe one day. It was a bit before my time, so I don't own any of the sets unfortunately.

Love all of these, but I think that design of heroes’ armor was done better in the first wave. The ornamental abstract design looks much cooler, especially for Vladek. Shields too, their symmetry is far more interesting for me.

@CheeseyStudios

2 ай бұрын

That's very fair. I do think the theme lost a bit of the unique style that really set it apart in wave one. You see it with the much more straightforward castle design compared to Morcia