And he should’ve be made of transparent pieces imo.
Any other pictures of the sets can be found here:
http://brickshow.com/2016/11/more-2017-lego-nexo-knights-images/
The sets are certainly starting to grow on me.
from what i can tell with the “forbidden powers”, instead of them being a form of data power stored inside the shields, they might be sort of like stone tablets or something that contains these dark powers inside of them, would explain why in some of the images on the back of the boxes, that the Nexo Knights holds them and store them away.
Honestly probably the only gimmick i like in the set. Its creepy due to the idea of the face splitting open. Its a shame that this probably wont be Monstrox himself and its probably just a possessed vehicle with Monstrox flying above.
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or its a statue that have been converted thanks to Monstrox’s magic into a monstrus vehicle.
though i personaly hope the show gives a really good reason for why Jestro is still working with Monstrox.
I suppose.
As for the reason, I’m guessing Monstrox takes over Jetro. Especially given that Jestro’s face is Monstrox’s face if you zoom in.
Also, the book named Brickster… wonder if that’s a refrence;
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/4938/295046-34.jpg
As a side note. Anyone else feel this could be the last year of Nexo Knights.
It all seems very ‘final-wave’ ish.
its possible…
but we will just have to wait and see what the Summer wave has to offer.
But if Monstrox took over Jestro’s body, they why is he still a cloud?
possible explenations would be that Monstrox have corrupted Jestro (again) and have turned him into a slave by force.
Would explain the more monstrus appearance.
The death of all humanity.
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If we get a summer wave I’m expecting Monstrox to gain a humanoid form or brick-built baddy form.
This might not all be from the same scene. It could be several rolled into one.
- The cloud might be how Monstrox appears for most the show, observing Jestro or tormenting him.
- Then he takes over Jestro and finds the ability to regain his powers
- Then he frees his ancient army, creates the massive vehicle and uses it to attack the Nexo Knights castle
- Then either Jestro overpowers Monstrox or the Nexo Knights defeat Jestro and Monstrox becomes a cloud before they defeat him again
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well… we have to remember that a good number of LEGO sets that are a part of Themes that have a TV series… does not happend or have elements that are not a part of the TV series, one example i can think of for Nexo Knight is Infernox captures the queen. Never in the show did we see Infernox make an appearance.
its possible that Jestro’s Headquarter for example might not make an appearance in the 3th season of the tv show… or it might resive a major redesign like Worriz Combat Lair did in Legends of Chima.
WRONG. He and several beings like him were in the final episodes of season one when Jestro found the Book of Destruction.
They just looked very different from the set form…
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It feels like a second act to me, I feel like 2018 we’ll get monstrox in a physical form and depending on sales we’ll go from there.
If? Seems like nexo knights is doing pretty nicely from what I’ve seen. Far far better than bionicle and about as good as if not better than ninjago, don’t be so doom-y.
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Yeah, everything seems to be doing well. So far, few of the sets have gone on mass clearance (a very good sign, stores trust that they’ll sell at full price).
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But this is only a Winter Wave, and if we get a Summer wave, then surely he’d gain a physical form then?
In addition, isn’t his form in the big set this year his ‘evil villain form’?
Its not ‘doom-y’ its just facing facts based on previous themes and story structure;
• Nexo Knights and other themes are normally given a three act structure. In this case ‘three season structure’
• This is the technically the third act of Nexo Knights as two acts worth of story were covered in 2016’s season 1 and season 2
• Castle themes have not lasted past two years since the 1990’s
• Ninjago movie release in 2017’s summer wave means that a Summer wave of Nexo Knights would be unlikely given they are both supposed to be ‘big name’ themes, and Ninjago will take priority with more sets than previously
• Monstrox’s army was the key feature of the books and him having them in the third season seems very ‘final act’ ish - and it appears they are unleashed
• Jestro going back to the dark side, whether by his choice or not, seems like an end-game storyline. He turned evil, now he’s turned good, now he’s turning evil but will likely overpower the evil because of his time being good
This is assuming you know the route of the story so far as fact.
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Nexo knights isn’t just another castle theme.
Because as we all know Lego only has one big theme at a time, it’s in fact illegal for more than one successful theme to exist at any point.
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The name is basically ‘Power Knights’
The entire theme is based on Knights and Castles with a plotline that is essentially mirroring Knights Kingdom.
It is a castle theme, regardless of whether you choose to view it as ‘just another castle theme’ or not. It even falls under castle themes when you enquire with Lego and even sites like Brickset or Brickipedia classify it as a castle theme. Its a castle theme.
Even with the sarcasm, regurgitating the obvious doesn’t apply here. Everybody knows that Lego can have more than one big theme, however you know what happened when The Lego Movie was out? It made up approximately 10% of the amount of sets we got in that year.
Now apply that to The Lego Batman movie and The Lego Ninjago movie both coming out in 2017. With double the amount of movies coming out, that is likely going to apply to sets also. With two very big themes receiving an excessive amount of budgeting, marketing and sets - compared to a theme such as Nexo Knights. It makes sense that Nexo Knights would be likely to suffer some cut down of sets or something similar.
It would be incredibly arrogant to not think that two movies with a release of a mass amount of sets accompanying them would have any effect on any other themes surrounding them. Even if Nexo Knights get a regular summer wave don’t expect it to be advertised as much or given as much focus compared to the brand new Nexo Knights movie that comes out around the same time.
That’s only 20%, which still leaves plenty of room to work for IP’s. Lego Superheroes and Ninjago already get a decent amount of sets without taking away from other themes, so I doubt there’d be so much of an increase to make much of a difference than past years. Bare in mind, The Lego Movie was a new theme, a new space for sets was needed. This cut down on other themes because they had to force it in, while Ninjago and Superheroes already have seats with their names written on it.
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