*Sigh* after careful review, I noticed a slight error with this video. There is a portion of the first segment that the "Agents" title card is missing. I am not sure why this happened as it is there on my timeline. I'll be sure to double check this next time I upload. Thanks, -Alan

@tefnutofhoney2832

Жыл бұрын

Another small error, you kept saying aqua zone/aquanaut, but the skeleton in atlantis is actually an Aqua Raider from the second wave of sets bearing the name.

@randombrickfilms1253

Жыл бұрын

Ok ok not to mag but except for the translucent part of the power miners section (and the likg green and orange) you just described rock raiders 😂

@wesleymorgan3154

Жыл бұрын

dw bout it small blunder , keep up the great content moe

@adamofblastworks1517

Жыл бұрын

@@randombrickfilms1253 yeah.

@glass7923

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice.

Agreed 100%, I’m so tired of licensed themes

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

I only really ever justify purchasing LEGO Star Wars as my licensed theme or occasionally Iron Man sets, but even then it's starting to all feel the same. I am glad LEGO released a large castle set and I fully intend on purchasing one in the future.

@mattj809

Жыл бұрын

I miss the original lego themes that appeared every year. It made it exciting when the new year came because you knew lego would have something completely different come out.

@clonescope2433

Жыл бұрын

I'm also tired of basically having one original theme outside of city and Friends choking out every other possible original theme.

@seanduffy5877

Жыл бұрын

even the licensed themes were better back then

@schtaiv

Жыл бұрын

not to mention how fkcn expensive the licensed themes are. i miss all the old shit that was so good.

I like how for lego agents they just straight up said screw it and gave em guns in a 21st century setting

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

Yeah!!! I should’ve mentioned this. But it seems like LEGO has finally completely moved away from the mentality that traditional violence is bad for kids. There was a time when LEGO refused to even create gray bricks… like? So kids couldn’t make tanks out of their castle sets… Star Wars at first completely changed that. And I guess that opened more room for them to make themes like agents.

@stefannotchev7209

Жыл бұрын

"fuck it, give em some guns." "But aren't guns bad for kids?" "NEWS FLASH JERRY, NOBODY CARES ANYMORE!"

@jonniesaur

Жыл бұрын

Old lego agents had guns too, just not as commonly as the ultra agents did.

@gr-8166

Жыл бұрын

@@BrickFleet people also forget about the Lone Ranger theme and they had battlepack union soldiers with traditional Lego rifles. I thought that was the coolest thing. Hell the Roman figures in the figure packs made me so content with the idea that this could imply historical themes. While I get history is also filled with dark matter, kids at that age are more about the glamor of the knights and their fabled chivalry. I mean we have Lego Knights already. All I’m saying is Lego should make a history theme. Every two years the theme is different but within the banner. I just want Lego Romans. I bought so many of the figure packs just to enjoy them.

@therealhippo

Жыл бұрын

@@stefannotchev7209 I remember guns gave so much fun when I played like two mont- I mean when I was younger.

Mid 2000s early 2010s really were the golden years of Lego. At least to me. So many good original themes like Atlantis, Space Police, Agents, Power Miners, Pharaohs Quest, early Ninjago, Monster Fighters, and Exo Force. Along with great licensed themes like SpongeBob, Indiana Jones, and of course Star Wars. What I would give to see some of these themes revived today

@dutchmansmine9053

Жыл бұрын

I thought of hidden side as a sort of successor to monster fighters. I quite liked some of those, but didn't have any money at the time. However it was really missing that dark classic monster movie aesthetic that monster fighters captured perfectly.

@Peglegkickboxer

4 ай бұрын

For me the peak was 1998 to 2008. Bionicle, mastermind, johnny thunder, rock raiders, the return of Castle with fantasy elements, OG Star wars, Mars Mission. Bionicles was total peak.

@HenritheHorse

4 ай бұрын

​@@Peglegkickboxer1978-2003 were the golden years. Quality has gone downhill since.

@dowesschule

4 ай бұрын

@@Peglegkickboxerwtf is lego mastermind supposed to be?

@Hallorenzo

4 ай бұрын

+ bionicle

Lego Exo-Force, Agents, Power Miners, Atlantis, Space Police was my entire childhood. I miss those times man, the sets were so innovative and cool. So many hours playing with friends and imagining story lines

@timewarpdrive77

Жыл бұрын

Exo force had some ugly faces, but the theme is cool on the whole

@VenialNightmarez

Жыл бұрын

Exo force was the shit I was so mad when they disappeared on me

@lv1543

Жыл бұрын

EXOFORCE

@anonymoususer19

Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why they got rid of it all? And it’s so expensive now

@TacticalReaper56

Жыл бұрын

Original concepts and designs side edit. I had the ExoForce giant base. Big orange Gate one.

I think the a big reason why Ninjago succeeded where the others failed is because it had a TV show. It became Gen Z’s TMNT in a way. Even outside lego fans it’s nostalgic as you’ll see “long before time had a name” pop up in non-lego memes every now and then. It clearly connected in a way the others failed to and that’s probably because you had a multi season show allowing actual characterization and development.

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

I think you’re on to something about how memeable ninjago is. It’s not that I necessarily don’t like ninjago as a theme, but I feel like there’s something new that could take it’s place soon perhaps.

@cloudedarctrooper

Жыл бұрын

Boo, Ninjago.

@UnderageToddlers

Жыл бұрын

I've never been into ninjago. Never got the appeal. I always felt like it was a theme marketed towards 6 year olds, shoot for the longest time it seemed like their main goal was to be a beyblade ripoff. Lots of the newer sets are really cool though, but now they just feel like sets for a tv show I've never seen and not it's own standalone theme

@Elico-du1oi

Жыл бұрын

@@UnderageToddlersIts marketed towards teens as well

@cstick2664

Жыл бұрын

@@BrickFleet I get what you’re saying. Me personally I’m very nostalgic for those first 2 or 3 years of the theme but idk what it’s really done since. Definitely is time for new original themes

This truely was the golden age of LEGO. Store shelves weren't yet oversaturated with too many liscensed themes and there were plenty of original ones too. The builds were detailed, but not dramatically, lots of play features... Ah nostalgia!

@joshuasatterwhite9520

Жыл бұрын

And they didnt cost an arm and a leg lol

@lasarousi

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuasatterwhite9520 they always costed an arm and a leg.

@joshuasatterwhite9520

Жыл бұрын

@@lasarousi my mom says otherwise and she been buying it since I was a kid 😭

This video pointed out something I’ve been feeling for a while now but could never really express. I’m in my mid 20s now and as a kid there was nothing better than inventing stories and scenes for those original lines, or even mixing them together to create your own world. I went to a target recently and looked at the legos there and the entire aisle was Star Wars, Harry potty, marvel, and Minecraft.

@therealnuggetball

Жыл бұрын

I don't get why is that bad... When I was younger I was also investing stories with Lego ... And it was licensed.

@they3lloax060

Жыл бұрын

Harry potty lol

@LordWaterBottle

5 ай бұрын

Honestly I would be disappointed if Minecraft didn't try to have a relationship with Lego. The rest of it is getting old though.

I miss Mars Mission the most. I was totally addicted to that rather simple browser game, but mostly the sets themselves were so much fun to play with, and almost all of them were wonderfully designed. Sadly, I had only few of their last generation Mars Mission sets.

@The_Scrinn

4 ай бұрын

I absolutely loved the design of the mars mission sets. They were super unique! Miss that theme so much

@goatbeard6857

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, surprisingly mars mission sets were on eof the few legos from my childhood that mostly stayed together because I loved their base design the most instead of trying to modify them. Also I'm pretty sure that flash game got me addicted to RTS games 😅

@laurencebarnes5361

3 ай бұрын

@@goatbeard6857 lol me too. In case you don't know it, Sins of a Solar Empire is a great RTS. It's getting a sequel (SoaSE II) and it's looking pretty good so far. It's in early access, but perfectly stable, it's just getting more features. It's not just a remake, but becoming a true successor.

@343Films

3 ай бұрын

Mars Mission and Adventurers were absolutely my jam as a kid

the thing with ninjago is that it was originally just as unique as these other themes. the ninjas fighting skeletons and then snakes and so on was cool at first. the problem is that it's the only original theme that they still make. if they at least made other themes that were just as creative as the ones mentioned then ninjago being used so much wouldn't be a huge problem.

@ToaKoran

Жыл бұрын

That really is the issue. LEGO was prevalent in making original, exciting, fun themes in the past, and to this day they have an extensive supply of original themes that are well-loved, and deeply-missed. Space Police, Blacktron, Futuron, Spyrius, M-Tron, Exploriens,Insectoids, UFO, Ice Planet, Johnny Thunder/Adventurers, Alpha Team, Drome, Rock Raiders, EXO-Force, Aquazone, Aqua Raiders, Atlantis, Power Miners, Agents, the list just goes on. So many amazing themes, so much fun potential, and yet we don't see any of it, anymore... LEGO feels like it's abandoned originality and playability as we see just licenses and sets that are overly-complicated to build, yet get boring after just a couple of hours. I had the entire Aqua Raiders line as a kid, I was lucky to get every set at once for Christmas as my only gifts that year, and I couldn't have wanted more. I kept them all in a blue tote (and still have that tote, albeit now it's full of MEGABLOKS), and every day when I had free time I pulled the sets out and built a new story with them. I made custom sea vessels and vehicles, upgraded the base, created monstrosities out of the sea creature parts, and just had a blast. If I were given that same fortune with things from LEGO today in their place, I legitimately think I'd get tired of them. Modern LEGO just isn't fun, anymore, and the creativity is gone. There are too many small parts you can't build much with used in sets leading to alt builds being very limited, and almost no play features aside for stud launchers, which just aren't fun for a kid when they fire a projectile they can't fine later as opposed to a huge black missile. I have no clue if I'm in the minority or not, but I only ever get sets from the 2000's and backwards, because things from that time just felt so much more engaging and focused-on-fun. Now, it feels like padding sets with detail making them more expensive while decreasing play value with no features, or just making huge display sets that do nothing but gather dust. It feels so soulless compared to the past, and it's depressing to see.

@LookedSpy637

Жыл бұрын

I used to love the lego ninjago series. I’d watch it like every day and I had a lot of the sets. I think lego messed up by making the lego ninjago movie, or at least changing the ninjago sets to have the same design as in the movie. This was confusing as now you didn’t really know if the old story continued and if the characters really were the same. Were they like in the old series or like in the movie? Lego (i assume) realized they made a mistake and ended the series and just made some kind of lego ninjago legacy thing that was just sets that were remakes of old sets. Now there have been rumors for a new lego ninjago series in 2023 but I don’t think I’ll watch it. The nostalgia feel is gone and I am still angry at lego for that.

@qinn1996

Жыл бұрын

didn't look unique to me since Exoforce came before Ninjago which was pretty similar asian themed stuff I just couldn't find interest in

@ToaKoran

Жыл бұрын

@@qinn1996 The themes are different despite having similarities here and there. EXO-Force had a very specific design aesthetic with their mechs often having thin upper arms and legs that thickened out to a bell bottom-esque design, and always had a windowed cockpit on the torso. The remake of the Thunder Raider I feel is the closest to EXO-Force Ninjago has come, but otherwise the designs are very oriental and samurai-like in their design language, and these days they even have heads which EXO-Force never did. They were mechs first and foremost, never full-blown giant/super robots. This of course isn't me trying to convince you to like either series, you're free to like and dislike what ever you wish, I just wanted to explain the differentiation between them that does make them different in their overall design aesthetics. Overall, I find EXO-Force's design aesthetic more appealing, personally, they just needed to be built more structurally-sound.

@shortstackofpancakes13

Жыл бұрын

@LookedSpy637 that isn’t what happened to ninjago. Ninjago had its classic designs for the first 7 seasons of the show and then when the movie came out and changed the designs, the 8th season of the show changed the classic designs to the movie designs. They characters were the exact same, the only thing that changed was the designs. And no, the show did not end after that. The original ninjago saga ended in 2022 with its 15th season.

Personally, I believed the mid to late 2000s is when lego peaked. The original Batman sets, Indiana Jones, Agents, Clone Wars, Space Police, Pirates, Castle, Power Miners, Atlantis, and Mars Mission. I was unfortunate enough to get into lego in late 2009, as most of those themes were dying off. I definitely wish I would’ve gotten the chance to get those sets, because they are some of my favorite sets of all time.

@kaleb749

Жыл бұрын

TCW went so hard

@Supermatty90

Жыл бұрын

We need more Power Miners dude

@nickz4993

Жыл бұрын

Mars mission was killer

@CalmaxFilm

Жыл бұрын

Toooooooooottalllyyyyyyy agree !!! 2003-2007 were for me just the best toys EVER made on planet earth

@theshadowreborn4778

Жыл бұрын

I just want Pirates and/or the Castle (the more fantasy one with dwarves orcs etc)themes to come pack

They weren't overpriced and the sets were way cooler so they were actually worth the money. The last time I bought a Lego set, I put it together and just stared at it wondering why I spent so much money for something so small

@charlottesimss9853

Жыл бұрын

Right?? I see sets that are just reissues of my childhood 2000's sets and they cost double or even triple!

@Legojake94

Жыл бұрын

@@charlottesimss9853 ugh ikr

@benygames7399

Жыл бұрын

Before they had the largest monopoly on earth

@PotatoCrusader

8 ай бұрын

@@charlottesimss9853inflation

I loved power miners because the sets made you focus on the environment rather than the set itself. Like I remember setting up pillows like caves and deposits of legos around bends, they just encouraged me to be creative and it made me so fond of them.

@343Films

3 ай бұрын

I used to build pillow forts around my Mars Mission sets as a kid to simulate being inside a futuristic base 😂

The skeleton diver in the atlantis set is actually a nod to aqua raiders, which was the last underwater theme before atlantis where the divers were all fighting big sea monsters

@NelsonLopez-ni8nd

Жыл бұрын

What if Lego Aqua Raiders was a prequel to Lego Atlantis? I mean it would make sense

@aliciagrayson4203

Жыл бұрын

@@NelsonLopez-ni8nd that was kind if the implication, that the Aqua Raiders stirred up something they weren't prepared for and at least some of them were killed. As far as I remember, Aqua Raiders was just undersea treasure hunters, but I was barely more than a toddler at the time so I don't really remember the theme super well.

@DJFowFow420

Жыл бұрын

@@aliciagrayson4203 I remember getting like 1 aqua raider set with the mad spear gun looking things and underwater treasure I must've been like 6/7

Oh yes, Power Miners is by far my favorite theme! The bold colors and the potential of it was soooooo good... Hoping they'll make a tribute set like they did the classic spaceship, I'd be all over that! Interesting, it seems bold colors and ideas are disappearing in the world at large... We need a fresh injection of beauty and creativity in many areas of life

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

I agree, hoping we get an IDEAS set of the sort or possibly LEGO just coming out with their own remake/remaster of an older set.

@Abegilr_Dragonrider

Жыл бұрын

@@BrickFleet For a remake, I'd love a recreation of Titanium Command Rig. A set like that would have to have a lot of play features.

@they3lloax060

Жыл бұрын

@@Abegilr_Dragonrider or possibly a purple rock monster

I am extremely nostalgic here, but 2006-2012 was peak LEGO for me. Dino Attack, Power Miners, peak Bionicle, Aqua Raiders, Atlantis, Hero Factory, early Ninjago (do still love the show to this day), peak City, Alien Conquest, Space Police 3, Monster Hunters, there are MANY I'm forgetting. But for me, this was my personal peak of LEGO. And, might I add, the LEGO website was so much better back then. The games were captivating for HOURS. I don't know what it's like today, but I feel like it's not at the same level but I would love to be wrong.

Funny, I always say 2008 is where Lego peaked because it had Castle, Mars Mission, Agents, a really good Star Wars wave, and Indiana Jones. 2009 is obviously so close, and had these magnificent themes. Great video!

@jakeryan152

7 ай бұрын

I say Lego peaked 08 to 10

Finally, someone who agrees with my personal take. Space Police 3 and Agents (especially Agents) are my favourite things to ever come out of Lego. Another theme I feel impacted this generation was also Mars Mission. But that was 2007. Anyway, amazing video :)

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

Power Miners as I mentioned, was my go to theme. I am thinking as soon as I get a couple of my high ticket sets sold I am going to 100 percent it. I only need 6 sets I believe and I will basically own everything from the collection. I own a lot of agents sets and SPC III, i am only missing 2 at this moment from both.

@esqueleto2252

Жыл бұрын

Mars mission was absolutely a top tier theme. The uniqueness of the sets and play features are nearly unmatched

@gonkdroid8279

Жыл бұрын

@@esqueleto2252 Mars Mission was the GOAT

@supremeleadersmeagol6345

Жыл бұрын

Mars mission is one of the best themes LEGO ever did

Another thing is with most LEGO sets nowadays compared to the late 2000's to early 2010's was the playability, Like Most themes only include like 1 part of playability which is either an opening rear door, or just hooheehaa opening wings to some sort of jet. I think the reason why most LEGO sets don't have that much playability as they did back then was probably because of how most of them are smaller now

@GigaDonk99

Жыл бұрын

I bet it's also cause sets are more focused on detail and architecture over being fun to play with. I know when I was a kid, I didn't care if it was ugly so long as it was fun, but now they're trying to appeal to older fans as well and building techniques have only gotten more advanced as time has gone by

We also got the Glatorian BIONICLE sets, which were all lots of fun. Malum and Skrall were real fun, and we got the Skopio tank in the latter half which was one of the coolest vehicle sets of the franchise. I'd love to see a system take on BIONICLE; whether that be playsets like the majority of the line or action figures like the Marvel ones that came out recently.

I was born 1999 so when I was old enough to get obsessed with Lego lots of these sets were in their end faze and I only got my hands on one or two from each theme. I loved Atlantis and was obsessed with the Egypt theme (forgot the name) until it retired after it’s one and only wave. Fell in love with ninjago and to this day still pick up a set or two from each wave. How the time flies.

@NeoTher_

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I forgot about Pharaoh's Quest, it was so good!

@Abegilr_Dragonrider

Жыл бұрын

@@NeoTher_ I never had any of those sets, but yes, Pharaoh's Quest was awesome. Lego needs to make more themes like that, in the same vein as Around the world in 80 days. Just a random bunch of people travelling the world, ending up in random adventures. There was Lego Adventures, but I was born in 2003 so I was too late for that.

@NeoTher_

Жыл бұрын

@@Abegilr_Dragonrider Agreed.

@laport2

Жыл бұрын

Johnny Thunder?

Mars mission was such an awesome theme, it got its own RTS game on flash. Also just remembered that German BF-109 aircraft are officially obtainable through lego by getting the fighter plane chase set from Indiana Jones.

@charlottesimss9853

Жыл бұрын

Mars Mission was great! I loved Life on Mars since it was from before my time and it was so quirky, so Mars Mission really hit me where I wanted it. And the color scheme was just amazing! Just thinking back to how my brother and next door neighbor and I would be playing in my garage with all these elaborate schemes and plots.

@loganlamoreaux5347

Жыл бұрын

you can actually still play this game on crystalien redux, ive played it recently, and i completely forgot how good it was. they have all the cheat codes listed for the hidden levels too

Galaxy Squad was the theme that my brothers and I played the most. We each had our own colored set and we flew around and shot the alien bugs. Those sets were pretty playable. Good times

Another theme that I think would be amazing if rebooted with the modern building techniques and pieces is Exo-Force. It introduced some parts that still get used in sets today and with how some of their modern mechs and vehicles have turned out, I think it could go far.

@CheeseJuggernaut

Жыл бұрын

This!

Bionicle was my all time favorite toy and comic growing up since kindergarten, but these titles presented in this video were my middle school years. Such nostalgia. Gave me more appreciation for my parents that got me these toys

@joshhulst3929

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I feel like he could’ve touched on Bionicle having it’s peak in 2009 imo.

Damn this was the best year for LEGO. I’ve just recently started recollecting my old space police sets. Not only that but even themes like pirates, castle and even city seemed so much better than what’s been put out in the last few years. I even loved the LEGO board games they made!

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

Every now and then LEGO comes out with a god tier LEGO set, last year my favorite set was Barracuda Bay. It sits very proximately on an floating shelf above my Death Star. One of the best sets of 2020-2021

@SuperFroakie82

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, this really was my favorite era of basically every theme

LEGO themes used to have just so much more creativity and charm than they do now. The years they struggled the most financially are probably my favorite content wise. Back then I couldn't flip more than a few pages though their catalog at a time without finding a set I wanted. Nowadays I rarely find a set I really want. It's all remakes of remakes, bloated designs like Ninjago and of course a boatload of licensed content. I mainly just buy "LEGO ideas" sets now that were designed by fans.

I didn't mind the switch to grey suits for the power miners since the whole plot was that they started to adventure deeper underground and needed more protection. And the fact that all of this was explained in the catalogues made it pretty straight forward for me.

Your video seriously brought me to tears. It reminded me of the great times where I as a kid was really excited about building lego and creating my own stories with these characters. I hope more people will talk about issues with the recently realeased themes and hopefully Lego will respond with a great new themes that would be at least half as exciting.

Two months ago I started collecting Power Miners sets, these have been my first lego purchases in over a decade, and I'm so happy I picked this theme, the nostalgia is incredible.

@sunkist1309

Жыл бұрын

It’s a shame a lot of the powerminers sets have increased in value. About three years ago it was still a forgotten theme, I’ll never forget getting a sealed Titanium command rig in good condition for only about $150

That intro made me so happy, I felt like a kid again re-experiencing the magic that was these lego sets. Thank you

I feel like an honorable mention during the Agents segment would have been "Alpha Team" - its very much its spiritual predecessor. Really satisfied with you mentioning the previous Rock Raiders and Aqua Raiders (missing Aquazone tho, very iconic color schemes and first underwater base afaik)

Phenomenal video man! 2008 and 2009 were honestly peak Lego for me. I have so much nostalgia for these themes, and I wish Lego would continue to do new and original themes consistently, even if they did only run for 2-3 waves.

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

I feel like the emerging decade from 2010 the early years were definitely still capturing that same magic, but once they killed off the other original themes for Ninjago it just kinda has been frozen in time since.

@timewarpdrive77

Жыл бұрын

@@BrickFleet I think thats our culture in general; before we had changing interests and original ideas, but now we're just watching the same movies and franchises over&over or rewatching older movies....

I wanted to quickly put this out here, cause I feel like I have to tell someone. I’m an amateur writer, been working on my comic since 2012. Over the last few months I’ve slowly started to notice just how much of my stories/ idea can be traced back to these Lego themes. It’s kinda poetic. Lego inspired kids to create and that eventually lead me to create something that I can call my own. I honestly owe everything to Lego, from my childhood, my passion for storytelling, and why my wallet is alway so light. Fantastic video by the way!

Robot Chronicles was SO good. Bringing all of the Lego themes together in one big game was just such a blast, it really set my imagination on fire as a kid

@charlottesimss9853

Жыл бұрын

holy shit i TOTALLY forgot that existed!! I need to find an archive of the old flash games, theres so much I haven't thought about in 15 years

@princeimrahil6557

Жыл бұрын

@@charlottesimss9853 There's an emulator called Flashpoint. That's what I use

This brings tears to my eyes guys. We gotta build a time machine guys

in my opinion what makes lego so depressing today is that it's entirely licensed themes. ninjago is the ONLY original theme they have. the rest is movies and stuff. the lego soul is gone. agents is my favorite theme of all time and i still remember every villain and agent and even what their jobs were. kids today can't really have that outside ninjago and i guess friends. the rest is IPs

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

As much as I enjoy LEGO Star Wars, as soon as I cracked open a non-star wars set I always realize how much we get shorted from the classic LEGO experience.

2009 was also the year where we saw the most awe inspiring moment in any LEGO theme: Mata Nui's awakening

I remember being 7 years old every payday after my dad got home from work he would bring me a new Lego set, just sitting on the living room floor building legos, not worrying about anything, good times

I just realized I didn’t have one, but two Powerminer sets at home. My brother and I were very picky with our Lego sets and bought them rarely, that just goes to show how great the Powerminer sets were, I guess even as kids we knew.

I'm so happy you brought these themes up. I loved so many of these unique themes and looking at lego now theres a lack of original themes. I wish lego would give bionicle a third reboot. I feel like they will once all the kids from the early 2000's are adults and have disposable income.

@BrickFleet

Жыл бұрын

I feel like there was supposed to be an ideas vote or something for a new set, was it castle that won? I made a prediction a long time ago that the castle theme would win and I guess I was right. They never officially followed up with the results tho so I am just guessing.

@Luka1180

Жыл бұрын

BIONICLE Generation 1 just needs to come back, no more hard reboots.

@Luka1180

Жыл бұрын

@@BrickFleet BIONICLE actually won, but since people got mad they gave us Castle regardless.

As someone who also holds nostalgic value to 2008-2009 lego, this is amazing to see. I grew up with these sets, nothing nowadays captures the vibe as it was back in the days. Keep on the good work🤘🏻

Watching this gave me such a huge nostalgia hit, I remember seeing these sets in the stores and wanting all of them and now still find all of them incredibly cool. The ones I had I absolutely loved, I do kind of wish they brought these back.

Power miners, space police and Atlantis was my Lego Era. To me they are the most goated and cherished sets of all time

THE NOSTALGIA. These are my favorite themes as well. (I also played those flash games for countless hours)

Did you mean Aqua Raiders? I always saw Atlantis as being a nod to Aqua Raiders which was the first LEGO theme I really got into. Regardless, great video! Couldn't agree more that this was a golden age of LEGO.

@BrickFleet

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Yeah I did, my apologies. I was glancing over my reading and I just noticed. Thank you so much for the feedback!

Space Police was a theme that also encouraged the purchase of multiple sets and combining them into a massive build. I remember Space Police fondly

Begin born in 06, i didnt had the chance to cop some agents or power miners sets. But oh gosh i remember begin me, 6 years old, craving un front of videos of those theme. They are part of my childhood even tho i never had the chance to experience it.

I got my first lego set in 2009, though it was a brick box. By the time I got my next one it was 2012, and I knew basically nothing because I was so young. It wasn't until 2 years ago that I found out about all these super cool old themes when learning about Bionicle G1. These are really cool, even if the sets aren't to my taste, I can appreciate that they existed.

@BrickFleet

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Bionicle is in a league of its own in terms of the history of how it came to be and even as detailed as it’s part portfolio which is NEARLY 100 percent retired parts we don’t get anymore.

When you think about it, these old sets really encouraged play more than anything we see today

Man this fills me with nostalgia, I was also a big fan of the power miners series, but around the same period of time I remember getting some older sets from my cousins, like western and medieval themed LEGO systems. Seeing them release the castle last year made me very happy, because I see it as if they are testing the waters to see if they could get away with rereleasing these themes. Let’s hope so, because they are far superior than any licensed themes imo.

Wow i completely forgot about all of those themes. I had sets from all of the themes as a kid, this video made me so nostalgic. It reminded me of the old Lego games website where they had mini games based on the sets. This video was awesome man.

I have no regrets with this 2009 being the year I got into LEGO. I still look back fondly on all the sets I got back in those days. Bionicle, Space Police III, Power Miners, Atlantis, and Agents are still some of my personal favorite themes of all time, although the latter two were started in 2008 and 2010, respectively.

Finally someone gets it! I recently bought the first wave of atlantis sets, and its got to be one of my favorite themes now. The models may not look as good as todays sets, but the play features are far and away better. On top of what you mentioned, themes like pharaohs quest and alien conquest also had excellent sets. Legos prime was 2009-2011, and there aren't a lot of sets today that can stack up

Thank you for reminding me of this truly golden age of lego and a big part of my childhood memories I had completely forgotten about.

2009 was the year when I enjoyed lego the most, I was 10 years old and I bought whole lotta sets of Space police, Powerminers and Atlantis. So nostalgic that I still sometimes search up reviews on those lego sets... Thanks a lot for featuring and reminding good old days, keeping up your good works.

I feel like the title would work better if it was called "why lego peaked in 2009"

@BrickFleet

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Bet, I’ll change it up!

@alecabrahams4115

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@@BrickFleet what was the original title?

Bro I miss the Hero Factory show and the character sets.

Dang it's crazy how time flies by! I experiences all of these themes as well in my childhood but I could have promised they were more like 2011-2014, not 14 years old by now. Thank you for this beautiful video, reminds me of simpler times :)

@visiblehuman3705

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I wish I could go back to those times (: I think my favorite theme was Indiana Jones (space police soon after!) my brother and I loved those sets so much.

That agents truck was a massive part of my childhood. I used it for ny clones, then when it broke apart cannibalized the projector to make a medbay that lit up and the chassis to build a tank. Remember loving every minute of it

Power miners is still my all time favorite theme to this day. LEGO doesn’t do nearly enough unlicensed themes anymore, and when they do, they’re uncreative and are usually intended for a show. I would kill for a power miners revamp, or Mars mission or Atlantis for that matter lol

We actually have seen a bit of theme clash since that cool agents one! (Which I didn’t even know about until I saw this video lol). Ninjago and Nexo knights both have numerous references to Chima in them. With Ninjago and Chima having a full on (though brief) cross over in the Ninjago Season 5 finale. And Nexo Knights having some brief, holographic appearances of Eris and the lion temple.

@BrickFleet

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I didnt know that! Glad to hear we have had more of those happen since. Although sadly nexo and chima aren’t very much recent anymore and are starting to play into nostalgia factor already. Crazy how fast lego themes come and go

@ivaxtheawesome9803

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Hi babe 👋👋👋

Bro you brought up so many memories with lego miners. i remember playing using lego miners sets during new years eve with all of my friends

It’s sad that these older theme’s aren’t around anymore but i’m also kinda happy that they weren’t stretched out like how some certain shows and themes are nowadays. Short lived but never forgotten > long lived but milked to death

The only theme missing here is the Egyptian one

@BrickFleet

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I missed that one by a couple years, but I think I own one or two sets from that line still somehow.

Bro forgot about Bionicle

The Space Police stop motions hyped me up so much when I was little. I remember the excitement waiting for a set I ordered to come in

WOAH, Man just hit me in the nostalgia spot, I almost forgot about the Agents flash games. Even tho, I just got 5 or 6 sets in total for these themes, I was enjoying my childhood. Thanks for making me remember.

This brings back so many memories. I used to love those sets. Can’t forget lego castle, marsmission, and aquaraiders! Lego batman and starwars peaked at that time too imo.

9:33 Looks like someone hasn't seen Ninjago Season 8. Let's just say that the cafe would have been one of many locations the villains maliciously collapsed, crushed, and exploded during that season.

You just unlocked a precious memory of mine, I had at least one set from each one of these, I loved them so much

Bro the agents, power miners, Atlantis and space police.... so nostalgic i still have a lot of these sets somewhere in my mix of legos

being 11 was dope as fuck

@BrickFleet

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Hard facts

I have a theory that if an original Lego theme goes on for too long, it starts straying too far from the original material, as Lego needs to find new ways to keep people interested. Ninjago for example is nothing like what it was originally. If any of these other Lego themes would've lasted longer, they would've probably just become another Ninjago

@BrickFleet

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Well that is an interesting point, however I think there were internal metrics that determined the sets were a success. I see what you mean though cause I didn't like the 2nd wave of Power Miners, but I loved the first wave. More so, I loved Ninjago debut wave but everything else lost me.

@clonescope2433

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Another problem with things going on for too long it's evident with Ninjago it got killed off and fans outcried so Lego brought it back but Lego has tried to introduce several other themes to stand alongside Ninjago but every single one has been canceled early due to not being able to compete with the cash cow Ninjago or was canceled by fans due to being the supposed replacement for Lego Ninjago. And as Lego Ninjago has gone on a lot of ideas have been gobbled up by Ninjago so even if we wanted a theme say like EXO Force it'd be hard to compete with Ninjago which releases a Mech every year along with a bunch of other options with well established characters and a TV show to go along with it. Only very basic themes have been able to survive, such as the champions Lego City Lego Friends and, of course creator everything else is a license or a theme that deals with licensed properties such as ideas or icons. So far hopefully I don't curse it there's been one theme that has been able to stand on its own that is an original Ip based on a existing story that has got in its own TV show and that would be Lego Monkey Kid has a similar premise to Ninjago but it's not being put on store shelves at least in North America alongside Ninjago being a Lego store exclusive or Lego shop at home. Hopefully if it continues to do well it may get brought in full force to more parts of the world

I just finished rebuilding all my power miner sets and watching this has me so nostalgic for all these themes I grew up with

LEGO: Power Miners were my first ever set of LEGO. I loved it. So much. I still do.

90s was the best overall decade for Lego.

Okay, does anyone else agree that 2012 was the absolute height of LEGO's build style and themes? Anyone??...

@BrickFleet

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Precisely what this video is about!

@nihili4196

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Themes? Yes, absolutely. Tho 80/90s are strong contestant for that title. Especially with so many space themes all at once. But build style is now better than ever.

Lego Atlantis and Power miners were just amazing. I remember getting the titanium command rig and the the shark. I still build them

One of the best memories of my childhood was when y parents took me to Legoland in California, about 6 months before Mars Mission came out I got to see their Mars Mission exhibits being built at the park!

Personally as a bionicle fan lego peaked in 2007

@Alfwin

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Oh yeah, 2007 was the best Bionicle year, for sure. The Barraki were so damn cool!

Not gonna lie I really do like 2009 Lego but you gotta admit, 2007 With Castle, Dino Attack, Aqua Raiders and Mars Mission was incredible; I wholesomely agree that Lego is slowly drifting away completely from original titles and it's very disappointing. The 2000s in general saw the last great home name brands from Lego, now it's just all sponsorship brands, not much originality.

@BrickFleet

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I agree, I believe I have some bias that sides me towards my childhood era of LEGO but I believe even in the scope of this video, Castle, Mars Mission, and several of the other themes you mentioned are just as daring and innovative as my favorite four. Perhaps in another video I can go more in-depth about years prior as they were probably just as strong as 2009-2012 :)

I grew up with Lego, mostly Lego city but I also liked the agents and the power miners as I would use them to team up with my police, and had a “city mine” where the power miners would be.. They truly were some awesome sets. Being into cars my whole life and leaving Lego behind for years I figured out about Lego SpeedChampions and I have tried my hardest to buy every set as I truly enjoy the nostalgia and the build quality. Nice video.

Oh man, this was a real trip down memory lane! Makes me want to dig into my LEGO collection and try to put a few of my old Power Miners or Space Police sets back together!

Yes, 2007-2013 was the golden age of lego. Most of the lego sets in my collection have come from this era.

Hype

@BrickFleet

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🤝

Man.... You just brought back so much nostalgia for me. I love Power Miners, and I still remember them fondly. What music was running on the background in the Atlantis section?

I had at least one of each of these sets when I was a kid, and I LOVED Power Miners. Love the video, thanks for bringing me back

I was 10 in 2009. I completely forgot about that Lego agents truck in the first seconds of the video. My parents bought me that :)

I was just old enough to really get into Mars Mission but young enough to still enjoy the first few seasons/waves of Ninjago. That whole wave of original themes from 2007-2015~ is still so nostalgic to me. Thanks for the throwback

I agree that nostalgia may blind my sense of what a good theme looks like, but I personally think that those rock monster molds would still sell really well today. my own single rock monster is one of my favorite relics from that year. I liked space police, but due to controversies I don't think they will ever remake this theme again.

i was younger when agents, paper miners, space police, and atlantis came out but my god every memory i have with lego was those themes. mostly from my brother buying them and me playing with them

I remember those little Power Miners Monsters as being my favorite figurines ever as a child. Those were so cool and i just loved "feeding" them crystals. Sad to see that Lego seems to avoid stuff like that nowadays

When I was a little Cub Scout, I was selling popcorn, and after a very long day of fundraising, my mom rewarded me with the Lego Atlantis Neptune's Carrier submarine. That was one of, if not, the coolest Lego sets I have ever owned. I got so much nostalgia from watching this video.

I do remember wanting agents as a kid but the theme was dead for a year up to that point. seeing space police's alien minifigs unlocked a memory for me, I didn't recognize it by name

Man, I'm glad I found this video because Power Miners and Atlantis brought me back to Lego before Ninjago came along. As much as the licensed series have their highlights, Lego sets just are as cool as the were a little over a decade ago. Power Miners, Atlantis and Dino 2010 were my personal favorite original themes and it stinks Lego won't give original themes such as these guys a chance again. Hopefully they'll get a reboot and find success similar to Ninjago, even though Ninjago has taken a nose dive in quality since the movie for me at least. Good video good sir.

Cool video. I think if you were born around 15 years earlier you would have loved a lot of the themes that were in the early 90s too. The paper catalogues really fed your creativity and wanted you to get more sets and mix them up

oh man i loved the miners and my one space cop i just had one i didn't really knew where i got it from but it was my hero in nearly every scene i've played.. thank u so much for the interesting video u made! 🙂

Loved this video, brought back so much nostalgia. Every single one of these LEGO series meant so much to childhood me. A reminder of why I used to love LEGO so much. Thank you.

@BrickFleet

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Couldn't agree more! Thanks so much for your sentiment bro!

Althought I mostly owned star wars lego kit I remember that the power miner "Thunder driller" was the crown jewel of my collection