Lego Rewind Ep.33- Legends of Chima 

Chima was such a victim of circumstance. It started with instant hate since it rose from the ashes of Ninjago and the lackluster show was the second strike. It seemed like it was so hated at the time and now there are a lot of fans nostalgic for it. Give it a few years and these, now affordable, sets will skyrocket in price. If you want Chima I’d say buy the sets now.

TFW you realize Chima was about furries using performance boosters to commit genocide on each other.

It went from Lego Animal Crossing to Lego The Walking Dead really fast.

The Vehicles of Chima were great. I loved that each vehicle had the head of the animal tribe they represented. Underrated theme.

Wait, you're telling me that Fabuland was Animal Crossing before Animal Crossing?!

I find Chima becomes much more interesting when you mentally make the connection that Chima is simply post apocalyptic Fabuland. After the Chi drug was discovered all the carnivores went mad and ate all the Fluffy Bunny people and such.

Chima is a easily one of the most underrated LEGO Themes... I am glad to finally see it get the positive review it truly deserves!

16:35 "Life returns to the land! The zombies get there bodies back! And even your farts stop stinking!" Truly, divine intervention!

Chima was rather unique as far as Lego themes go, kinda sad to see it go

11:09 never saw that before, that's hilarious. I didn't know Chi had so many drug undertones

"Perry the panda" *something's wrong I can feel it*

Weirdly enough I kinda miss chima

Chima: *has a good story, great atmosphere, simple designs, great sets, masterpiece soundtrack* 7 yr old ninjago fans: STOOPID

Chima's hatedom is interesting to me because when it was announced, I was excited! I was someone who grew up fairly poor so it was cheaper and more space efficient to give me a DS and same Lego games. So my childhood experience with Lego was more about consuming media and nostalgia for shows/games than toys. So when Ninjago came out, I ate it up. It was one of my first times getting super invested in a story driven show. I was sad when it "ended," sure, but I'll never forget how Chima's trailer dropped literally right after Ninjago's "series finale." Most of my sadness was quickly dismissed when I saw oooh, new Lego show? Mkay, I loved this Lego show to death, I'm sure I'll love the next one! I was so excited, I remember being so happy that we got another Lego show! This one will probably also be a big franchise with video games and I'll probably get the complete series on DVD to rewatch over and over again and it'll be so cool and- I don't think I disliked Chima as a show because it "killed" Ninjago. (Hell, I'd say I was more let down than hating on it) I think I expected too much of it. I, like Lego, expected it to be the new Ninjago. But 1. I might've been too attached to Ninjago. After all, Chima aired less than two months after Ninjago's "final episode." 2. it just didn't captivate me the same way within the first few episodes, and 3. it just isn't Ninjago. It's Chima. It was meant to fill same spot on the shelf, but in terms of a franchise, it's very distinctly it's own thing. What appealed to me about Ninjago wouldn't be present in Chima. Now that I'm older, I can appreciate the sets, something I couldn't do as a kid since I could only take in so much in commercials. I still don't own any, but I can tell, looking more into it and seeing pictures, that the theme was so well designed. But the show still didn't do much for me. Sad though. Like, I think Nexo Knights was better written from what little I saw, but I tuned out of that one quicker than I did with Chima because it was missing something. As lackluster as Chima was as a show, I appreciated the world it built. Not so much the lore, but the aesthetics. Nexo was missing something that Ninjago had, but Chima? It had that missing piece, maybe even more. Chima will always stand out to me. I was so disappointed in the story, but I will never forget the way it looked and the feelings invoked by the designs alone. Too bad I'll always remember the hype and aesthetics better than the story and characters...

I loved Chima. I also thought of a joke where Leonidas kicks one of the characters into the pool of Chi while shouting "THIS IS CHIMA!" 😁

Man, weren't they going to do dinosaurs for the next year? That would've been cool. I miss China now, haha

Fabuland TV Show is actually one of the most wholesome and cutest things I've seen on RU-vid

The ending of Chima makes me want to see it return so badly, apparently it's creator still has the plans so it is possible

Looking through some Chima concept art I've discovered that the animal tribes originally were supposed to have more humanoid heads that wore helmets modeled off their respective animal species, that explains why in the final product we had expression-swapping minifig heads underneath molded animal masks serving as the actual head.

I'm not sure if anyone else has mentioned or thought of this but I've always thought a future wave of Chima that would be underwater themed would be the bomb. You could have the same tribes at war, say dark octopi and noble seahorses, with vehicles like a giant turtle sub and having manta ray steeds. Could have Laval and co. In it but wearing scuba gear or having their own underwater base. I'm not sure if that would be phoned in or cool though as opposed to focusing on entirely new tribes. A main plotline would be just as wars are fought on the surface, no one realized there was conflict going on in the depths. It all looks good in my head 😅

16:50 Chima people: so we live in a little island of a big island? Ninjago: actualy you live in a little realm Chima people: what? Ninjago: what?

One of my biggest regrets was skipping over this line because I was a broke college kid at the time of its release.

Yup the nostalgia hit hard with this one, this took me back to a time when all of my friends were into LEGO and we all knew about the contest and we would stare at that magazine many times. Now i actually own a big bin of one of my friends old LEGO and it's mostly dominated by Chima sets him and i would play with, zoom around and eat other figs with those big jaw features the sets had. Thanks for sharing

*I've been looking forward to this*

Yeah it's odd that CCBS fans don't really like the ultra build's, I definitely loved the different colours and parts lego made, the 2nd wave was alright but the first wave was good for the most part. Keep up the good work👍

I thought chima kinda looked dumb at first but man this gives me a weird sort of new appreciation for it now

Ah yes, the furry special episode. Not gonna lie Fabuland looks hella cute that would probably do great today.

I loved Chima. The sets more, but also the show, actually. I am still sad it ended so soon. To this day. But at least it had a worthy end. Ninjago has been revived so often... Chima had one story, three arcs, a good ending. It would be too convoluted now if we had EVEN MORE tribes. They would've probably just improved the current ones. Again, I loved this theme. It was great... I had a lot of croc stuff and my brother some big lion sets... And then, when the Ice tribes came, we put them into diplomatic meetings to oppose the new threat. Everytime I miss the theme, I go back to this video. Sometimes it feels like Nick was one of the few People appreciating Chima. In case you see this; Thank you so much, Nick.

You really made me appreciate Chima like never before. I always thought it looked pretty cool, but now I see that it was something truley unique. It’s kind of sad lots of people didn’t like it because it wasn’t Ninjago. I really want to buy some of the sets now. This is probably one of my favorite episodes.

My favorite line in the tv series was from cragger right after that big wide shot: "uuhhh quick question, how do we get back down?" Literally made me roll with laughter 😂

Chima is so underrated. I still own the sets to this day

Anyone remember that Chima-MMO? Basically my first "real" video game, even though I wasn't able to keep up with my friends because they were allowed to play way more than me.

Chima was one of my favorite lego lines as a child i always like the wolves in the fist lines but the second line i just became obssest with the figures the spider the scorpions every chrismas i got only chima sets it was realy fun to build them and now im righting this coment i think about al the fun i hade and so many stores to tale i just get that nostalgic feeling

Thank you for being a honest review that didn't butcher Chima. Most people would boil this series down to "haha funny furries" when they're not even furries anyways, just funny animals. I was obsessed with the show as a kid... I unfortunately didn't care enough about the sets and now I regret it... I'm so happy to see that there are people who genuinely like Chima as it is - the care, love and passion the theme got, all ruined because of bad timing. If ninjago failed, then Chima would've been alive to this day.

Never bought the Chima sets, but I have to say they do look great. Honestly they look better than the Ninjago ones.

I do remember Chima ( think even saw an 4D film of it at the time) and nice including fabuland in there too never thought of the two going together but suppose kinda similar but looks like you had fun with the fabuland bits lol didn’t know there was a series looks nice too;)

Now I'm just wondering how the heck I completely missed Chima.

"Not the show, that's junk" LOOOOL

Chima is one of those Lego properties that you wish would be included in the inevitable Into the Lego-verse crossover film

99% is about how much people miss Chima! 1% is about when can we have a NINJAGO episode!

Look, an underrated Lego theme that was sadly forgotten about.........

Legends of Chima was my favorite Lego theme. Wish they can bring them back.

Man, I wish this had gone on longer. Looking back on it, Ninjago was also part of the story since Chima was one of the 16 realms, so there was so much more they could have done with it. So much wasted potential...

Dude when China first came out IT WAS THE SHIT I have a very special place in my heart for China, I loved that theme so much

It's good that Chimian furries have been kicked out from our holy Lego Lands. But I gotta say, the concept and the vechicles were cool

I ducking loved Chima for basically all of my life. Even though I didn't buy all of them, I wished that there were more CCBS characters (Not the Fire or Ice, those were partially trash.), because I bought the hell out of it. Also, I thought the heads underneath terrified me. Also, these weapons were so heavy that I had to use baseplates to hold them. I was so into Chima that I'd literally quote any of it. Chima also started my love for stories of balance and war. Technically, I'm proud to state that Chima is my favorite LEGO set. In fact, I got pissed off whenever I heard that Chi were just drugs. I just defended it as much as I could. I then got sad when I heard it got cancelled. Ah, I loved Chima. Ok, I think every single LEGO fan will hate me, but Chima is better than Ninjago. Ninjago hasn't aged well for me.

Wow. This Lego Rewind blew me away. I wish I paid more attention to the story of Chima to give it more credit when it was running. Granted I bought some sets, mostly Speedorz and a few of each tribes vehicles (notably the Eagle Interceptor was a lot of fun) but I didn't realize how deep the other waves were. Excellent recap of this theme, and good summary of Fabuland as well.

Dam... and here I was writing off Chima as something dumb.

Chima may not be over yet, as Ninjago Season 5 confirmed Chima is one of the 16 realms in the Ninjago universe, which can give place to a future crossover

Chima must be the first theme that isn’t known for being loved or hated but known for being not as successful as the theme it was supposed replace. Like I haven’t heard anyone complain about it or praise about it until now.

This is a trend that i have noticed, lego just doesnt give franchises a chance long enough, and when a franchise starts getting good, lego pulls the plug.

I never really cared about Chima when I was younger. Not that I disliked it, just didn’t really pay any attention to it. But nowadays, it’s one of my absolute favorite Lego themes, and I’m working towards getting every set released (which isn’t even bad because most are dirt cheap even sealed).

"...even your farts stop stinking..." Underrated best line. I could really use this ability

Is it bad that this is the most inspirational Lego theme to me... I'm talking about both

I remember the Ninjago vs. Chima discourse back then so vividly, I wanted to hate Chima but it ended up being one of my favorites, I ended up being pretty invested in the show despite finding it flawed, and I LOVED the MMO. Great video, I love looking back on my childhood obsession with LEGO.

Ahh, the wonderful days of companies experimenting, I want them back so much.

I remember going on the LEGO boards as a kid and seeing the LavalxLi'Ella vs LavalxEris shipping wars. Good times

Man i loved chima, im so thankfull my dad was working at lego at the time, if not for him i wouldnt be able to have experienced so many different themes in lego! :D

Lego chima was a big part of my childhood, i remember buying my first chima set and building it in a restaurant. I also remember trying to build chima sets out of leftover lego pieces while watching the show.., i don't love it, but i don't hate it either. This video caused a massive nostalgic wave wash over me.

It's so encouraging to see the varied comments down here. I for one grew up with China in a sense, it was quite literally the first Lego theme I really invested myself in. I got a good amount of the sets(or at least the ones I liked) and I intently followed the story . Looking back chima certainly had its flaws, but as a kid I really enjoyed it. I still remember "mourning" the theme when I heard it was ending, and when I go through my old Lego magazine collection and see old promotions for the theme, I get filled with nastolgia.

oh hey it actually appeared in my subbox. Thanks youtube

I really love Chima. It’s World was absolutely fascinating and got me into RU-vid in the first place.

LEGO Chima was right around when I loved and enjoyed LEGO the most when I was around 12. I have quite fond and happy memories going to LEGOLand California and seeing the LEGO Chima waterpark extension of the park. I went to legoland CA a lot when I was around that age, like every week. I collected a lot of the Chima sets, and associated it with LEGOLand, which is where I bought most of them, and LEGOLand has a special place in my heart

Chima was a huge influence on my build style, with all sorts of thought-out weapons and mechanisms, and just my life in general. You’re the only person I’ve really seen do Chima justice like this, and you even pointed out some things that I didn’t notice (and I was a HUGE Chima nut back in the day). I’m still hoping for a reboot at some point, but I’m really not sure if it’ll happen. Thank you for making this.

They could gave done so much more with chima for example they could have done a underwater theme for example the baddies could be sharks, squids and eels And the new good guys could be dolphins and sea horses

Chima's drug problem is quite bad..

i will be forever looking for every chima set as part of my nostalgia quest. at the end, if i ever find all of the theme thingys i will consider my life complete and die peacefully

Thanks for your video for doing justice to this theme! This theme has much potential. It's sad to see it got discontinued.

Chima is my absolute favorite!! I still have the sets in my room and love them. It really is something unique and it's really sad to see it go. Really hope they'll revive the series coz there is a lot of missed opportunity and a huge world to explore

I personally always thought The Chima Sets looked cool when I saw them in The Stores back in the day.

Chima's lore is literally just Bionicle but with animals and it's so fucking cool

Rewatching this yet again and now have a Chima Theory. As you said, it would be natural for the ultra build Chima figures to interact with the regular system sets bc the ultra builds are essentially astral projections of the respective characters "combat avatars" given physical form. The Chi orbs, when used, give us a glimpse of the characters "combat avatar" for lack of a better term when they access a small amount of the orbs power in order to boost their physical abilities. Alternatively, when a tribe warrior calls upon the full power of a Chi orb, they are essentially a conduit for that power, which allows them to give physical form to their combat avatar. This would give them a massive advantage in combat.

Been anticipating this episode for a while, you did not disappoint.

10:27 So basically chi is energized protodermis on Spherus Magna?

Someone FINALLY shares my opinion about chima

ah you back thank you i was realy waited your lego rewind next ep. glad you back :D No worres i loved this theme as well sad thing this never was finihsed

I think they shoud bring thunder 2012 cats back Just like bionic titan

I was expecting some furry jokes on this video and, for my surprise, it didn't. Nice work for not being another one to enforce this sterotype and for bringing one of my favorite legos during my teenage along side with ninjago

As of now, the Chima episode is the 7th. most-viewed episode of LEGO Rewind; right behind Episodes 3, 21, 10, 9, 27, and 40.

Geeze Nick your enthusiasm is often contagious. I’m now actually impressed by Chima, previously my least favorite theme.

Chima is the best Lego Franchise LEGO has ever made. (My opinion) I had the Lion Temple, but my little brother destroyed it and the parts were all gone.. but still until now I try to rebuild as many sets as possible! Btw. Thanks for making this lovable video!

“FUCKEN FURRRIESSSS” - Magnus the Red

I never forget Chima, it was my childhood. 🦁🐊 ☺️

chima came in a hard time in my life, so I was so happy when it came along. I still remember the morning when I found out about it. I was already obsessed with lego at that point, having gotten all of the agori and into ninjago (I didn't even know it had been temporarily cancelled at that point), I was so excited for a animal series. I still remember one of my favorite sets ro this day, the eagle interceptor

I LOVE Chima. Chima means so much to me, and, it's so ironic because I started off like every other mad 12 year old Ninjago fan when it was announced- and was stated to replace Ninjago. The show was... goofy, but I really do think they hit gold sometimes even there, I loved the fact that Laval was basically the cause of all the problems- and that subtext on handing out drugs, almost. Probably not intentional, but I get a good laugh when I think about all the little ramifications scattered throughout the storyline all starting from that one mistake. The theme itself is technically still alive, it's confirmed as one of Ninjago's '16 realms' and Tommy himself has been hinting it's return in some fashion for a little bit now, I'm hopeful for the future- as this series truly did have heart. It wasn't afraid of what it was, and it tried to embrace all the things that made it what it was entirely. And, as you said, the final 4 waves weren't the tiny tie off at the end, but a proper and fully fleshed out concept. Chima ran its course but didn't get renewed, Nexo Knights just... was cancelled. A lot of people liked to pretend that Chima was some theme that did awfully, that it never sold anything- and all that. That just straight up wasn't true, it wasn't exactly Star Wars, but when you take into account what it was competing against at the time within Lego's own catalogue. It's surprising to imagine it selling poorly, at least for me. Ninjago's latest wave filled me with so much intrigue when the leaks came out, and while it's obviously now just their own thing- perhaps the similarities just try to reference the final waves of Chima. I think it's interesting to compare Ninjago and Chima as at the root of it all, they both had SO much potential, and while Ninjago is still going- perhaps starting to be to my waning interest, I'm just glad the writers and creators cared enough to connect them.

The final scene of the last episode made me SO HYPED for future seasons. Now looking back at it, I’m kinda sad. This was my favourite LEGO series ever. Hope they’ll do something like it again.

I was introduced to lego's in an odd way. I liked lego Ninjago, but by the end of the second season, it kinda began to fall apart for me. Reflected by the fact I only got 4 sets from it. But my dad got me the lego club magazine, and I was introduced to a whole new world of what lego themes exist. 2 magazines after my first, and Chima came. I fell in love with it from the start. I still love it. It truly was an amazing theme, and just so cool and unique. I hadn't seen much of anything like that before in my short exposure to lego. I was sad when it ended, but it still holds a place in my heart. You aren't alone in big fans of Chima.

Chima made a cameo in the Ninjago cartoon as one of the many different "realms". This means that Chima and Ninjago are part of the same "multiverse".

“Not many people remember fabuland” *just2good wants to know your location*

When u think about it the animals having animal vehicles is like humans having their own faces on cars

Lloyd (the green ninja) actually visited the chima world for a few seconds in one of the Lego Ninjago season finales,just wanted to bring that up.

This theme was a good few years of my childhood. It makes me regret taking apart some of the sets for storage or color sorting. Now I wish I could stop myself from 2014 taking apart these sets.

Honestly still upset that those Fire/Ice Constraction figures never came to the U.S. Some of those parts looked absolutely fantastic.

I love and miss this theme so much. I'm so sad it's gone.

I loved Chima. Only saw the first two seasons of the show and do wish I could see the rest of it. The animal minifigs were awesome. You showed a lot of stuff here that I never saw before so it makes me wonder if the last two waves had a very wide distribution.

lets not forget the suprisingly good lego chima game: lego chima online! Man was it fun!

Heck yeah, chima was rad! It even predicted the blowback of g2 bonkles...

The sets were really nice, I got one of them for Christmas and I loved it, even if it was rather simple compared to the other sets. I guess the thing that let the line down was the fact that Lego intended the line to replace Ninjago, which basically soured the taste of fans for it. That and it being one of the main factors for that 2011 Thundercats show, one of the show crew even confirmed that part in a convention panel Q&A. I almost want to buy some more of these sets someday. Kinda surprised you didn't mention the cameo of some Fabuland figures in the Lego Movie 2. But nice retrospective overall.

I loved Chima as a kid and I am tempted to pick up some of the old sets I really wanted back then that I missed out on

Chima has the right idea. As humans, we should start putting giant human faces on the front of our vehicles. It just makes sense.