his fer is on his face a shade of red the lies heavely on the red side, plus his hair is redish
The music is cool thought
Oh gosh. I thought Lego would abandon the cheesy dialogue and characters we saw in Chima, but I guess weāll have it again.
Seriously, I stopped watching once I saw the face of that dumb book.
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The Book piece itself is amazinā, though. 
I have to ask, what the heck is wrong with the book? Iāll agree the voice is somewhat annoying (although Iām used to the accent, so I guess it sounds a lot more natural to me than you guys) but other than that I donāt really see the problem.
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Opinion: Something to look forward to.
I wonder @VictorianPandaās opinion.
Whatā¦
āPrincess that wants to be a Knightā sounds pretty clichĆ© to me, but I havenāt seen the character video, so who knows. THE CASTLE ON WHEELS IS AMAZING. That seems to be the style of this theme. Zany ideas that take stuff that was done before and put a creative/crazy spin on it.
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It kinda oozes cheese. Itās face is beyond goofy and overall it justā¦ no.
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Is there any point in drawing the Ultimate sets seeing as weāll probably get images really soon?
Iād say we just wait for the official images
Alright.
Maybe if the facial features were more like ripped paper it might have looked better. Or perhaps not, as the organic face is rather good at expressing emotion.
To be fair it could have been worse.
A whole lot worse.
Since everyone has already given set impressions, Iāll be talking about the show.
Animation
Like other Lego shows, the only things that actually look like Lego are the mini-figs. I can understand landscaping but thereās no real excuse to not make the vehicles and small structures Lego (Except the Fortex, but weāll get to that later).
The daytime landscape is alright, but the star of the show is easily the nighttime scenes. There the Tron-esque lighting really shows. Personally I think that when Jestro attacks a dark purple cloud should be there just to make the lighting darker. Fights in broad daylight really seem goofy. Anyway, this is pretty solid animation.
Characters
Stereotypical, but they have potential. Itāll be a shame if they donāt develop these characters. All of them have very strong personality traits, so itāll be interesting to see how they work off each other.
Jestro looks like the best of them all. He just hits that perfect balance of being both humorous and creepy.
The lava monsters are goofy like most Lego villains. I suspect this is because these guys look straight up demonic. Iām a little disappointed in the lava orbs, but the golems and even the minions look great. However I canāt help but notice the monsters donāt actually set fire to anything in the trailers. If nobody else, the lava orbs could definitely be improved if they had a tail of fire. They look ridiculous in broad light, but probably menacing in the dark. Making their attacks covered in shadow would be better.
Voice Acting
Phenomenal. From the few lines heard each and every character has a fantastic voice. Letās hope the writing can live up to the talent.
Concepts
The Fortex is clearly intended to be the knightās base of operations . It also is portrayed larger than the set probably to contain both the vehicles and living spaces of the knights. From what Iāve seen Iām guessing it is both the knightās armory and motor home. Since it partially isolates the knightās from the outside world hopefully it will lead to some good (and humorous) character interactions.
The only thing I canāt understand is how available technology is. Aside from the knights nobody else really appears futuristic. If youāre going to sci-fi, go all out. I see no reason why a regular bow and arrow should exist in the same world as laser crossbows.
The upgrade concept could either be handled very well or very poorly. I fear that it will be used as a constant MacGuffin. Hopefully they use it sparingly and creatively.
Final Thoughts
All in all this series has potential. At this point it can just go either way. Iāll be interested to see how it turns out.
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All these āSpotlightā video of the main character are just show-off (except Macy) of poor vs high-tech. I would feel sad for them but what do you expect on modern days?
Iād say that these guys are a whole 'nother level of goofy, even compared to some of the more outlandish villains.
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And then with the more serious looking ones, thereās just such a big gap.
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Pretty disappointed that only the minifigures look like Lego. I agree with you in the fights in the day. One thing I hate is the coloring. It makes me feel like I took a highlighter and colored some things. I see virtually very weak dynamic lightning.
Wow. Thereās the hipster girl, dumb brute, Mr. Shinyteeth, the brave one, and that kid. Huh. Jestro is cool. I usually like maniacal villians who laugh like mad.
Very true that despite there being lots of fire monsters, thereās no fire. And no, these dudes look like Nixels caught fire.
Iāll give it that, itās decent to good.
The knights look futuristic, the houses kind of look futuristic, yet everything else is normal. I donāt really get the whole futuristic village either. Straw houses with hexagonal holograms surprisingly donāt work, LEGO. Speaking of the spring canon crossbow, it looks nothing like the set version.
Once again, Iām not too hyped for it. Not that I donāt like the sets, but the show just reeks of cheese and other things that I donāt like.
EDIT: oh yeah I forgot
#WHY IS THERE DUBSTEP MUSIC
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GENERAL OUTLOOK AS OF NOW
Minifigures: AWESOME
Show: GOOD LORD DID SOMEBODY GET PAID TO WRITE THIS?!?!?
Sets: Meh. Seen better but they look cool.
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Iām going to have a field day with this theme.
The futuristic armor, new helmet-add onsā¦
im drooling
Fair enough. I guess the major difference is those villains look menacing but sometimes act goofy while these do both the look and act.
Eh, theyāll be entertaining cannon-fodder.
Iām reserving my judgment until the first episode. I certainly hope it will be good, but itās very possible this will turn into another Chima.
Also I was recently informed the reason nothing really looks like Lego is because shows that are blatant toy commercials canāt be shown in some markets and having a one to one recreation of the toy gets it classified that way. So you get a very slightly less blatant commercial that can be broadcast to a lot more kids. Disappointing, but understandable.
Edit: Thanks to that NYCC topic one of the articles linked (Idle Hands) gives much more in-depth bios. I gotta say, the personalities just got 100% better in my eyes. Axl is gentle giant giant who loves music and food, Lance is a lazy rich boy, Macyā¦ is still stereotypical, Aaron is still edge-master, and Clay is a HUUUUUGE nerd.
On nexo knights?
looks like another annoying theme i wont like to much.iāll still buy some of the better sets but i will be sticking with bonkle and starwars for the most part.
as for MOC possibility? i might buy more than a few sets for parts specifically minifigs
@SpookMeister i think the lava monsters are worse versions of these
whicch was from power miners which was a worse version of
Rather than dropping off little opinion bits in oddly dispersed posts, Iām just going to compile my thoughts here.
Visuals:
Iām actually really shocked by it, and not in a good way. The broad daylight lighting seems really bad, despite that Lego has proven their competency in it before. Just look at it!
Perhaps Iām just seeing things, but I swear that Chima and Ninjago have had much better lighting. It might also be the level of detail in the backgrounds, but Ninjago has proven that to be tolerable, so I wonāt be too harsh on it.
Characters:
Visually, the knights look really cool! They are, by far, the best looking part of(and biggest draw to) this line. Their personalities, however, seem pretty bland. Iām specifically disappointed that āgirlā is the one of the character traits here. IMO, gender should never make the character as it isnāt what determines any actual peopleās characters(also comes off as really lazy, but none of the others are any better in that department). Speaking of whom, our other knights are Laval, Prince Charming, Lewa, and big/dumb guy. Very original. As for the voice acting, itās exceedingly meh from what I can tell. I really donāt have much of a problem with what Iāve heard, but they all sound kinda generic(save Macy, who sounds oddly like Rhinona).
The villains look similarly lame, save one very notable exception. The book looks and sounds really bad, and is a pretty pathetic true antagonist if it is that which we are led to believe it is. The monsters look and act really goofy, which is honestly a huge blow to the line as a whole. Since when did kids over the age of 3 actually like āgoofyā things like this? I can assure you that I never did! In my opinion, your villains should be threatening, or at least ācool.ā Comedy relief every now and again is one thing, but your threat canāt be synonymous with it. If you mix them too much, you sacrifice the weight of your conflict!
As for Jestro, Iām actually impressed! Heās the only character that I like so far. The voice acting is good, he looks decently threatening, and the one line that he delivered actually resonated with me. My only complaint is that weāre once again starting off with a puppet villain, and as I recall, that really didnāt work last time around.
This is unrelated to the characters, but the music doesnāt impress me. It just seems like generic hi-tech cartoon action music.
I guess thatās all I can fairly say for right now. The concept has a lot of potential, but Iām already disappointed by the execution, and the show isnāt even out yet. Thatās saying something too, because even Chimaās trailers had me excited. If Chima can trick me into thinking that itās going to be good by the trailer, and Nexo Knights canāt even do that, Iām seriously worried.