The mainline Chima sets are actually incredible. I love animals so the animal motifs really appealed to me. The show was okay, but the sets are seriously overhated. Chima just had the bad luck of trying to replace the popular theme of Ninjago. I honestly think Chima had more consistent set quality than Ninjago. The sheer amount of animals trumps the amount of ideas Ninjago tries to repeat.
But chima couldn't make a really good tv show like ninjago, ninjago felt more unique compared to chima and connected to kids a lot more. In my opinion Nexo Knights felt a little more unique than chima, but still not the same as ninjago
The sets are really good, but there was a massive disconnect between them and the show. If you only looked at the sets, you'd see figures like the rotting zombie ice hunters, or Winzar who has a bloody scar and go "wow, this theme is WILD, I wonder what the show's like". And then see that the show's way too lighthearted and comedic. Unlike Ninjago which keeps a consistent tone between the show and the sets. Chima's failure to understand why Ninjago's show worked was it's downfall
Maybe, but I really don't like how the minifigs came out. With the helmets their eyes look sunken in and like the characters are tired, and without them their faces look too flat with the amount of detail they try to fit on a single minifig head.
@@vikinggamer7727 Lego just hates for their stuff to be popular and sell cause it causes the licensed products to not sell as well lol [My head cannon]
I’ve been rewatching the show, and it’s not half bad. I’d argue the show has the best animation from Lego and some of the best character designs I’ve ever seen. The sets on the other hand absolutely suck. So many of them feel incomplete or are horrible rip offs. I mean the speedorz are all the same and originally costed $20.00.
I assume Chima's face printing under the outer head molds was a redundancy. If you lost the face, you at least had something. And even with the outer head on, the different eye expressions are nice.
I don’t really understand why Chima was hated I thought the sets were really cool in design and the wolf monster truck was definitely a great set in my opinion I really like the gimmick of its jaw moving
Ninjago lovers systemically shit on it knowing chima was supposed to replace it, they couldn’t handle that so they boycotted it and only got ninjago stuff, they evaluated after the 3 seasons of chima and realized the fans loved ninjago more and they made way more off it than chima so they continued ninjago. Makes me genuinely upset knowing that we should’ve had more. They’re talking about continuing it in 2024 though!
Chima is in the top 5 best Lego themes for me. The show is great too, and the sets are decent enough. I wouldn’t say it’s as good as Ninjago, Dreamzzz, or Monkie Kid, but it’s kept me more invested than Nexo Knights, Hero Factory or Mixels.
The "Fire Lion" set was something I quite literally begged my mother for as a child. My face on the day I finally got it... What will my kids be begging me for?
I remember there was once a Chima contest in the Lego Club magazine to win the entire collection of Fire and Ice Chima sets. You were required to build a defense that would protect Mt Cavora from the Ice tribes. Then you were supposed to send in a picture of your build for a chance to win. I spent ages making this massive and elaborate fortress and I was pretty confident that I could win. But I didn’t. Naturally. I was devastated. But then I saw what the winners made and I was like Oh. That’s why. Fond memories though. I was once a massive Chima fan myself but I did not like the last season at all. Thank Lego for Ninjago.
That's why I never participate in any contests, I don't wanna get devastated. I mean, I literally build up myself on 0.001% (if not rigged) victory chances against 10.000 opponents and then earn huge disappointment on grounds of "why didn't I win?" "Free chees is always in a mousetrap", they say, and I agree. Save your nerve.
@@muellmanni1678 yeah the hate stems from the show and ninjago cause when chima hit the shelves ninjago fans did all they could to stop chima and well the show wasn't that good Ninjago is truly the most toxic community in lego
Ok, major correction: Chima wasn't canceled because it was terrible (its sales weren't spectacular, but they were passable), it was canceled because at the time LEGO planned on having 3-year run "big bang" themes. They didn't expect that Ninjago would take off like it did, and planned Chima as its replacement. Part of the issue with Constraction figures was that the system was originally designed for Bionicle, and thus catered to that specific "bio-mechanical" aesthetic. Trying to make fully organic characters using that system was just not advisable, but LEGO themselves tried it anyway. Even for a 4+ theme, Jack Stone was pretty terrible. But I can't entirely blame the designers because the theme was LEGO's first attempt at a half-way point between System and Duplo. Still, 4+ designs had a long way to go before the relatively well-done (for a 4+ theme) Juniors Pirates series. LEGO Ben 10 was again an abuse of the Constraction system. Galidor... oh god... Granted, I feel people give this theme too much shit, using it as a scapegoat to claim that their favorite theme didn't contribute to LEGO's near-bankruptcy, when in reality it was the fact that LEGO had too many loss leaders among their various lines, with features that were more expensive to implement than what the set cost. Every set with motor functions or fiber optics was part of the problem, for one thing. But Galidor didn't help, seeing as it introduced a large number of specialized molds on top of the already excessive number LEGO had, all of which cost tens of thousands to make due to tooling costs. Technic Star Wars figures were just... _why?_
Say what you will about Chima in terms of just the show. It’s nothing incredible to ride home about in terms of story and characters arcs, something Ninjago has proven superior in. And I think it’s safe to say that the developers made Chima BEFORE people demanded Ninjago back after the Final Battle, since those same developers worked on Ninjago. But in terms of the sets, specifically a large portion of the vehicles and bases for the tribes, I don’t care what anyone says - a lot of them spectacularly designed. Eris’ Eagle Interceptor, Worriz;s Combat Lair, and especially Crater’s Command Ship are amazing (the ship actually floats in the water). The concept was intriguing, it just left a lot more to be desired to get people interested in it as much as Ninjago.
I actually miss those Technic Star Wars sets. I always preferred Lego when they went for “how can we work with what we already have” instead of “what new molds can we make for pieces”. That’s also why I prefer the classic Lego Star Wars that is less accurate over the highly detailed minifigs of today
Lego chima was such a missed potential, there were some solid sets here and there but then again I’m glad it flopped so ninjago was able to continue and make amazing sets to this day
Man i grew up with chima and to this day as an adult i still cannot understand the hate. I loved the buildable figures and have most of them, i remember getting Cragger's Command Ship for my 11th christmas present and it was THE BEST PRESENT EVER. Theres so many sets i missed out on because mom said no, and now im trying to hunt them down again if i could ever find my old favourites.
Dude, I LOVE you to death for making a video on chima, thank you so much!!! I actually have 2 Munguses(?) muahahaha. Sad that you couldnt get one. Also, the chima buildable figures are shit and I don't know who likes them anyways.
The only thing I'd like to get from the Chima sets are the weapons and armor. Those look unique and pretty cool, actually. Plus, you could make custom Iron Man suits using some of the armors.
I remember being so excited when I heard that lego were making Ben 10 sets, and then being really disappointed when I found out that they were only doing buildable figure sets
The funny thing about Lego in the early 2000's is for every good financial decision they made, starting Star Wars and Bionicle, they made even WORSE ones, making Jack Stone and Galidor. No wonder it took them so long to claw their way up from bankruptcy.
Okay, I must have a totally different mindset about those lego series like Chima and Nexo Knights since I never thought they were to replace Ninjago. I always thought (and still do) Ninjago was the best but i still loved the other two and always loved to play with all of them at once. I really don't understand the hate towards them. I've never seen any actual constructive criticism. All it boiled down to was "ew no, it's here to replace ninjago".Like, can't we all just live in peace man
After all these years I have both my season 5 Destiny bounty and Fortrex displayed in my room. (My Chima sets are in the attic though, cuz none of the sets I own really look that good on a shelf 😅)
I mean, why you hate the Chima series so much? Although the helmets weren't the brightest decision, the sets and play features were super good, and I love most of its designs. Calling a set "terrible" because of some bad-quality pieces smh Those Chima sets were actually good, although I'm not a fan of the series. Apologize for apologizing for liking Chima in the past, you've offended 75% of Lego fans! Big figs are another thing, they're actually bad, especially because Lego big figs usually don't work. Add any Star Wars / Marvel / DC figure and it fits there in the video.
Jack, can you make a video talking about the Ninjago: Dragons Rising show just like you did back in the day with Seabound please? It would be a really popular video.
The good thing to with original Lego themes like nexo knights, Ninjago and chima is they come with so many cool pieces that you wouldn't find from a boring Lego city set.
I have an idea for lego Ben 10. Instead of making them out of bionicle joints they can try to make them minifigure scale by making some of the big and bulky figures just like the big figs like sandy from monkey kid, mungus from chima or even like dog shank and killow from Ninjago.
Boring fact: the reason you could combined the Ben 10 figures because the episodes "Dr. Animo and the mutant ray" made fussion aliens really popular in Ben 10
If you’re looking for the worst set, there’s a very special set called “Bears on the Beach”, which definitely has at least two pieces that stick together…
